Rat Rods ,64 Mustangs,68 Camaros and faggots.

When I am in public and the regular folks see me dressed the way I do, they think in their head " Hmmm he looks like a car guy. What can I say to him so he will see that I like cars too?" Invariably the conversation goes almost verbatim like this:

"So you are into cars? Well I have a car that you're gonna LOVE! My
(neighbor, brother, sister, cousin, whatever) has a ( 68 camaro or
64 mustang)! Its got a tubbed rearend and a huge hood scoop!"
Huh?
Somewhere along the way pre-conversation, they must have fallen and hit their head.
I dont like ANY of that. NONE!
So my gut is to say - "Fucking dumbass! Why would I like that SHIT?
I build kustoms, not PILES OF SHIT!
Honestly, if I can't get that image out of my head in the next 30 seconds, you die."
It seems that shitty hot rods (aka Rat Rods) are now this way too.
Here is a compilation of ACTUAL conversations I have had lately~
"Hey my (neighbor, brother, sister, cousin, whatever) is one of "you guys".
He has a RAT ROD! He wears all of that West Coast Choppers and Orange County Chopper stuff! I'm gonna build me one-a those RAT RODS too. I have a
Datsun b210 and I'm just gonna take the body off and out a bucket on it."
OK here is where Fonzie fucked the shark-
One - that is BIKER clothing, and its "commercial" to boot, so do the simplified math on that.
Two - (and the saddest part) is that PILE OF SHIT will probably make it as a feature in OLD STOOL RODS! It could get a centerfold like "Dirtnap-Hollow backstabber" or whatever that one was called with the paint slapped on the door.
Hot Rods can be cool if they are done traditionally and with some style and talent. Most of them, however, these days are not. Most are junk-yard dogs. Rat Rod has become a condescending term for traditional hot rods, usually spoken by Street rodders. Junk yard dog is much more fitting because it is far more accurately describing the pile of shit you are being forced to look at.
Here are 10 RAT ROD examples of "If you are doing this, you suck dicks."

1. Welding chain or tools or shit like that directly to a body panel for decoration. Why do that?
2. Kick, hit, punch dents in panels that don't have enough so it looks more like a "rat rod" ~Gay.
3. Radials, exposed A-arms and assorted MODERN suspension items. Deep throater.
4. Taking the body of of a modern era compact and dropping a bucket body on. - How queer..
5. Hot Rod styled cars with Semi smoke stacks or organ pipe. - You tongue juggle nuts, don't ya? 6. Themed cars based on cartoon characters or animals or planes. All about the rainbows isnt it? 7. Fuel injection, digital gauges, power anything. Please just go fuck yourself.
8. TUB MEATS on the back and motorcycle wheels on the front. Its "OUT" day in 1982 isn't it?
9. Square headlights, import brakelights, skulls on cover you can buy. aw SCHUCKS, its gay!
10. AIR SCOOPS, CRAGARS, AIR BAGS on hot rods. Go buy a NOVA for fucks sake!

This applies to hot rods... when it comes to kustoms - this list will be MUCH worse.