Milford, Ohio cruise-in. This Rat Rod immediately caught my eye. Talk about some basic transportation. A 2"x8" (or there about) board with absolutely now back serves as the driver's seat. Cool has it's price.

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2010 Pumpkin Run National held at the Clermont County Fairgrounds in Owensville, Ohio. When I first saw this car, I didn't quite know what to think. There were very few rat rods this year, but some were in the process of being cherried up. Most of the almost 3000 cars at the show were in pristine condition, not the kind of car I'd like to drive for fear of chipped paint or scratches.

I wondered if this was a work in progress that was sitting on the ground or . . . ? Ultimately, I came to believe that it is exactly the way the owner wants it. It certainly is the way I'd want it if it were mine - something I could drive and have fun with. LOVE IT!

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Pumpkin Run National held at the Clermont County Fairgrounds in Owensville, Ohio.

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Sharonville are of Cincinnati, Ohio. OK. This will be the last car post at least until the next show.

Having owned several old bugs, I found this one very close to my heart. The business end of this mutt is purely frightening what with the turbo charger and all. Back in the day, we had a Porsche engine that we swapped between a few bugs and a micro bus. The bus was geared so low that you could almost pop wheelies with it and the hole shots were impressive. The problem was that you had to shift almost before you got going. I tend to think that this thing would blow away any of our Porsche engined ones.

The main body is from an old small back window model, but who can tell the vintage of most of the other parts? The interchangeability of parts was one of the nice things about beetles. It also created a problem with theft as parts from one could be used on many other years. One of my cars was stolen a couple of times, but I was lucky. The thief worked the second shift and only used it for a ride home.

Note that he has drilled out the initials "VW" in the hood and fabricated the visor out of some cheap hardware cloth. The size of the headlights is imposing, while the air conditioning is basic. For those of you too young to remember, the big tube hanging out of the side window is an early air conditioner that worked (and I use that term loosely) by putting ice into it and then channeling the air over the ice and into the cabin as the car moved on down the road. Not very effective, but probably as good as the stock heater/defrosters were on these old things. The hood opener is a crystal (probably really plastic) door knob you'd find in many homes, the skylight looks like it was cut out with a hack saw or the jaws of life, the shift knob is from a Budweiser bar dispenser, and the whole thing is topped off by the raccoon tail on the antenna. There are many other features and details, but you get the idea. All in all, a fine motor vehicle anyone could be proud of. I know I would.

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Sharonville area of Cincinnati, Ohio. The owner called this original a "Rat Rod", but I've never seen a Rat Rod so nicely finished. Call it what you want, it is way cool. The seating accommodations, while nicely trimmed out, looked a bit hard on the body. The seat is only a little above the body pan while the seat back is against the back of the cab with almost no padding. I guess that is the price of being extremely cool. I've seen lots of semi's with smaller stacks. It was interesting that there is no carbon build-up on the inside of them. Note the way they are routed through one of the holes in the frame - nice touch. The gas tank is a beer keg.

Regardless of some of the shortcomings I noticed, I'd take it in a minute. I just wish they would keep the hoods down at car shows as the up position generally ruins the lines. Then there are all the gawkers who always seem to be in the way of the ideal shot.

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