New Group: Rat Rods Malaysia

[everblur]

Rat Rods Malaysia: Cars for the Rock Stars

Hello everyone,

I'm starting a new group called Rat Rods Malaysia. The Malaysian car scene is dominated by mainly imported sports cars. I am a big fan of imports but recently I have gotten myself into something very new in Malaysia.

Not many people know about it and so far I've met one guy who's building this type of car in his garage. What am I talking about? I'm talking about Rat Rods! To know more about these cars, please join my Facebook group.

I hope to see more and more of these cool cars on the street. It might not be everyone's thing but hey no harm starting a group.

Thanks!

Aaron
President of Rat Rods Malaysia

 

[clanzkiller]

for those who got no facebook?how to further information?:/

 

[Vagabond]

what kind of cars are these?

 

[clanzkiller]

tat's why..i also got no idea..clicked on the link..need to login on facebook..no facebook acc how to see le?lol

 

[bimasakti]

me oso dont have facebook acc.. err is that rat rod same as hot rod?

 

[drag_addict]

first of all its always a good effort of trying to bring in something new..
correct me if i'm wrong, but aren't Rat Rods the 'unfinished version' of hot rods? it does not have much difference with its cousin Hot Rod in other words just minus all the 'bling bling' factor, only bare essentials that makes it driveable..also not forgetting some of the custom job like 'zeeing' the chassis to make the car looks lower? chopped top? big block engines? and the list goes on and on.....................

hmmm..seriously, good luck dude!

 

[ExceL]

I wondered when this will catch on here.. Personally I love rat rods, especially those exaggerated ones, a.k.a; lookers but impossible to drive (legally).

I'v seen people making their hood's rust (salt+rain water), but thats as far as it goes with non-retro rides. It'd still be interesting to see a rat rod scene here.

I thought a volksrod scene woule be more popular or catch on faster.

Example of a Volks rod


Wikipedia- Rat rod http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_rod

 

[jinkl]

if u need a club website or such, email me
[email protected]

 

[SkYwAlKeR]

i'm not driving an imported sports car...

 

[BananaBoyz]

i'm not driving an imported sports car...

me too..................................

 

[ken yeang]

cool idea. Are rat rod car legal in malaysian road? Any rule/regulation in jpj that states anything abt rat rod?

 

[ExceL]

cool idea. Are rat rod car legal in malaysian road? Any rule/regulation in jpj that states anything abt rat rod?

I dont think the JPJ specifically states anything directly related to rat rodding your ride, but c'mon.. you cant rat rod a shitty straight 4 with a modern body on it

Last thing you want is to have the looks of a ratrod, but the sound of a souped-up vespa (no offence to vespa owners )

 

[ken yeang]

haha, but knowing malaysian that are damn creative, they can rat, hamster or mouse anything.....esp with fibreglass material

Anyway, it would be an eye opener to see a rat rod in Malaysia though.

 

[everblur]

Hi everyone! Sorry I didn't know this thread is active! ZTH didn't send me any updates. Anyway for those who don't have a Facebook account, I'll try to get something up...

Here's Wikipedia's explanation on Rat Rods:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_rod

Now with regards to whether these cars are street legal in Malaysia? To be honest, I doubt it! It's more like a hobby car but it's still possible to make it street legal (just like how we make our turbofied Protons legal hehehehe). There is someone who is already building a rat rod. His name is Robbie Krishnan. Do check his website:

http://www.amcmotorsasia.com

He has pics of his rat rod project up on his Facebook account. Unfortunately you need a Facebook account to view it.

This is just the beginning but I hope we can start something new or create our own version of rat rods. I've seen people using the 1st generation Honda Civic as a rat rod! It doesn't qualify as a rat rod to the Americans but hey its unique and gets a lot of attention!

 

[everblur]

Here's a Google image search to give you an idea of how they look like.

 

[ExceL]

He has pics of his rat rod project up on his Facebook account. Unfortunately you need a Facebook account to view it.

Why dont you mirror them & post it here.

I hope people understand that ratrods are not unfinished hotrod's perse, but rather an exaggerated form of a vehicle, but because of the lack of parts/knowledge/culture/history/whathaveyou.. I think if this scene does get bigger, it'd be mostly Rat-lookers, and thats not a bad thing either ;).

 

[clanzkiller]

lol ok i know wat it is now...
not for me i guess :(

 

[everblur]

Here's are some of the pics. If you want to see more let me know. It's more or less the same pics. This ain't "finished" yet.

I think rat rod would appeal to classic car enthusiast, rock music fans and the younger generation. But then again I'm not sure if it would appeal to Malaysians in general. Anyway keep the thread going. :proud: It's a good thing that people wants to know more about the sport.

 

[ExceL]

^Ford Popular?

Ratters should be mechanically sound. I can almost hear some classic car purist screaming in pain at just the thought of a ratter Screw them, its all about individual expression.

Where is this ride's home? Is he going to chop the roof?

 

[everblur]

Hahahaha... yeah but this guy is a classic car enthusiast himself. It will start off as a rat rod and eventually a hot rod once it's done... He has 50 cars in his collection so I heard. If you're interested you can email him, [email protected].