MGB Rat rod

[gn3dr]

Not sure if I like this but worth a post anyway.



More here www.britishv8.org/MG/SteveKimball.htm

[Tomarse]

Oh dear.

[akku]

slam it well hard and then its no more pretentious than any of the VWs doing the same thing.

[welder]

All he's done is paint it satin black and do the wheels red. Looks good on a 32 roadster, totally naff on that.

[Brian Damaged]

I think if it was painted satin BRG and dropped over yellow-painted wide steels it might work better. As it is it just looks like he couldn't be ar5ed to finish restoring it so he slapped some flat black on. But as long he likes it, that's the main thing, and rocking up with that at your average MGOC local pub meet would be enough to have them choking on their half-pints of Scrottocks Old Dirigible.......so it's not ALL bad!!

[hongkongphooey]

I bet the mg club hates it....for that alone it's a WIN.

[Rusted Pistons]

slammed it'd look better, its not a rat rod though!

[octagonalpaul]

that would work so well with a bit of pinstriping and dropped on some wide red steels

[octagonalpaul]

just noticed it does have some pinstriping:



its growing on me



definately needs wider wheels though

[Ads 19]

if it had the wheels from the one behind or maybe some tr6 steels it would be on a win for me. tbh hood is too white and mint so he should leave it down. Maybe a Sprite screen and a roll bar. I still like it for reason atleast it aint a VW

[usedabused]

OH Dear..............

[rmad]

I think the title 'rat rod' gives the impression that it's something it's not.Ignoring that issue (which may be nothing to do with the owner), as a car with obvious hot rod styling influences I like it, although personally I reckon it'd carry off the theme much better with a bit of height removed.

[GavinJ]

Quite a bit of smoothing gone on with that - dehandled/delocked, raised plinth at front of bonnet smoothed, side trim removed.....but height is a definate issue!

[rmad]

Jul 25, 2010 10:23:43 GMT Ads 19 said:

if it had the wheels from the one behind or maybe some tr6 steels it would be on a win for me. tbh hood is too white and mint so he should leave it down. Maybe a Sprite screen and a roll bar. I still like it for reason atleast it aint a VW

The red wires and white hood, to me, are actually quite well observed additions.



Call the car a 'traditional hot rod influenced MGB' and it all looks much better, in my opinion.

[popuptoaster]

i quite like it, i think it could do with a slight rake and wider wires on the back, i know the term "hot rod" is suposedly applied to older cars, but in my mind we are mostly all still building hot rods in spirit.

[valman]

love it, just needs a hit with the stick!

[VIP]

Jul 25, 2010 8:33:29 GMT gn3dr said:

Not sure if I like this but worth a post anyway.



More here www.britishv8.org/MG/SteveKimball.htm

Tell me what is 'rat' about this car...

Nothing, it's matt black and red wheels is HOT ROD look, nothing rat at all.

I wish people would know the difference...

[BenzBoy]

I like it. As others have said, a bit of height removed and it'd make it ten times better.
I like the smoothing work that's gone into it. I also like the white hood.
Great to see someone doing something different with a B!

[qwerty]

Come on!! Someone potatoshop it lower!!

[Autofive]

if theres a V8 under that matt skin, then the whole appearance does not matter a jot,

but its a cheeky choked chevy 2.8 v6, auto & 3.909:1 rear axle, no LSD




still be fun on those 185/75 tyres