Re: [Amc-list] nasty nash

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Noticed the ad says rear disc brakes. Says the front brakes don't work and they
are drums anyway. :)

Ken

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> You just have to be careful looking at something like that! The "rat rod"
> craze has hit hard, and some people throw together whatever junk they have
> and call it a "rat rod". Some I've seen recently are plain death traps --
> they shouldn't be on the road at all. This one looks rough, but if you look
> closely at the details you'll find that it's fairly well put together. There
> are good welds (they have been allowed to surface rust -- doesn't hurt
> anything) and things like brakes haven't been overlooked. The rear axle has
> nice heim joints and such. It would still need a close inspection before
> actually buying/driving, and it won't be registerable for the road in some
> states. you can't see everything in the photos, but there's enough good to
> think the builder built it with the intent to make it reasonably safe to
> drive. That it was driven in the 50s and 60s helps a little, but not much.
> Might be a fun car, but for $11K I could throw something together in a
> similar fashion. Finding 
>  the old
> body and chassis would be the hard part, but then a true "rat rod" was built
> with what could be found. 
> 
> To bad it doesn't have a big Twin-Six in front though, or even a straight
> eight!
> 
> 
> Frank Swygert
> Publisher, American Motors Cars
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