How to Buy a Rat Rod for Sale for Pennies on the Dollar

Author: dj fresno

For those of you looking to get into the rat rod scene here are a few solid suggestions that will help you not overspend while still finding the perfect rat rod project or already built rat rod to purchase. The first mistake many make when looking to buy a rat rod is actually searching for rat rods for sale. What you should be doing is locating the make, model and year of the rat rod you are looking into FIRST without having the rat rod, hot rod or classic car in your search at all.


A simple example of how this will help you understand why NOT including the actual term rat rod and other "hot niche" keywords while searching is as follows. Someone selling a rat rod odds are knows that within the rat rod scene itself they can sell it for a markup because it is exactly what a person looking for a rat rod would want BUT if you search for an exact model and year you can locate a rust bucket that is sitting on someones property who is not in the rat rod scene but simply wants it off his or her property and at many times for pennies on the dollar.

You can even come across plenty of people who have rat rods or what we would consider a rat rod just sitting around for years and would GIVE you the rat rod car or rat rod truck just to get it off their property. What you need to do now especially now that you know the best way to save a ton is to locate the make and model that you are wanting to buy and see what pops up whether in an online auction, online forum or local. Instead of the rat rod markup you can get the same rat rod vehicle for much less.

To someone in the rat rod scene a rust bucket is a goldmine but to someone outside the rat rod scene it is an eyesore and something they would like to unload on someone else. That is what I like to call a win win for everyone in the deal. You can then use all of that saved money towards all the rat rod parts you want to further make your custom rat rod more of your own style.

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Rat Rod Versus Hot Rod and Yes There is a Difference

While there should not be any confusion between a true rat rod and a hot rod there seems to be many who are getting them mixed up. Within the hot rod crowd even mentioning the word RAT in their circle is a big no no for many reasons but mostly because the hot rodder group tend to have a higher end taste than most rat rodders do in general.

A ratrod in general has many qualities that are exactly opposite of what a true hotrod should have and many works in progress tend to be generalized as a rat car or rat truck for one reason or another. You can tell for the most part the subtle differences between a work in progress muscle car styled hot rod versus rat rods and it lies mainly in the details of the work.
No matter which scene you might be in or thinking of joining there will always be those who dislike another style of rod just like those who have an issue with ford or chevy. In the scene many people will brand their identity to the make, model or style of their ride and those who trash talk others are mainly doing it out of fear, embarrassment or their own insecurities and nothing more.
Throwing around the rat rod word in a hot rodders backyard can end up in an arguement even though we all can agree with how childish that may seem but to those who take their cars, their scene and their rods seriously, it is a big deal and you should at least be aware of what words come out of your mouth and when.
You can search for both rod types whether rat or hot through any search engine and don't forget to do an image search as well. See how many you know as a true rat or if it is a project vehicle on its way into the hot rod hall of fame. Don't let price fool you because you can drop a decent amount in either scene depending on what frame and model you start with as well as what stage of completion the ride is in.

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