Amazing build of "Rusty"

madwag · 21-10-2011, 07:08 PM

first of all, mods feel free to move this if it should be somewhere else.

OK this is an amazing build i saw on a different forum, well worth a look if you like BMW and rat rods!!!!!

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum...&highlight=e30

Enjoy!!!!!

HenryFordJr · 21-10-2011, 07:14 PM

Such a nice model BMW, still don't get the rust and the roof racks, maybe I should read more.

aussie muscle · 28-10-2011, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by HenryFordJr

... still don't get the rust and the roof racks, maybe I should read more.

i hate it. it was a beautiful looking little beemer at the start and he purposely wrecked it. a rat rod was built that way because the owner couldn't afford, or didn't have the skill to finish it, so they left it rusty and unfinished while they drove it around. This guy purposely made it rusty by taking off good panels to put rusty ones on. that to me is doing it backwards.

anyone who can afford or has skills to make a hot rod are flying the face of what a rat rod stands for (eg boyd coddington making a rat rod is insulting).

**cs123** · 28-10-2011, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by aussie muscle

i hate it. it was a beautiful looking little beemer at the start and he purposely wrecked it. a rat rod was built that way because the owner couldn't afford, or didn't have the skill to finish it, so they left it rusty and unfinished while they drove it around. This guy purposely made it rusty by taking off good panels to put rusty ones on. that to me is doing it backwards.

anyone who can afford or has skills to make a hot rod are flying the face of what a rat rod stands for (eg boyd coddington making a rat rod is insulting).

He threw the bonnet on for effect but after that the car was in an accident. The A pillar was busted. The car was a write off.

I think what he did was brilliant. While it's not a Rat Rod what he did was to experiment with a "look" and did it at home and for very little cost.

GTP 290 · 28-10-2011, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by aussie muscle

i hate it. it was a beautiful looking little beemer at the start and he purposely wrecked it. a rat rod was built that way because the owner couldn't afford, or didn't have the skill to finish it, so they left it rusty and unfinished while they drove it around. This guy purposely made it rusty by taking off good panels to put rusty ones on. that to me is doing it backwards.

anyone who can afford or has skills to make a hot rod are flying the face of what a rat rod stands for (eg boyd coddington making a rat rod is insulting).

You didn't actually READ the article did you?

darkside · 28-10-2011, 02:58 PM

the whole time i was reading it to start with was when is he going to fix the dent in the bonnet ,then the rust stage my thoughts were "it keeps the d!k heads out of fords" ,what a lot of work to achieve what leaving a car in a paddock for 10 years can achieve.what was the reason for the fire ?prolly joined power wires with a twist and let them hang loose to earth out to get a few sparks .not a fan...doc

SLO AU XR8 · 28-10-2011, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by darkside

the whole time i was reading it to start with was when is he going to fix the dent in the bonnet ,then the rust stage my thoughts were "it keeps the d!k heads out of fords" ,what a lot of work to achieve what leaving a car in a paddock for 10 years can achieve.what was the reason for the fire ?prolly joined power wires with a twist and let them hang loose to earth out to get a few sparks .not a fan...doc

The fire was un intentional. Mike lost $15k+ in parts in the fire. the car wasn't built for anyone in particular, but for Mike himself.

drew`SEVNT5 · 28-10-2011, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by darkside

the whole time i was reading it to start with was when is he going to fix the dent in the bonnet ,then the rust stage my thoughts were "it keeps the d!k heads out of fords" ,what a lot of work to achieve what leaving a car in a paddock for 10 years can achieve.what was the reason for the fire ?prolly joined power wires with a twist and let them hang loose to earth out to get a few sparks .not a fan...doc

Evidentally plenty of richard craniums in Ford's still..

Nikked · 28-10-2011, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by aussie muscle

a rat rod was built that way because the owner couldn't afford, or didn't have the skill to finish it, so they left it rusty and unfinished while they drove it around

Haha, its more to it then that...

Its the "anti" of people who care to much about there pretty 100K paint jobs, its about having uniquie style that can't be copied. Its takes more balls to do this then to just keep it plain jane like everyone else. There is alot of thought and trial and error put in to this, its not a happy-go-lucky approach.

EF ECTIV · 28-10-2011, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by aussie muscle

i hate it. it was a beautiful looking little beemer at the start and he purposely wrecked it. a rat rod was built that way because the owner couldn't afford, or didn't have the skill to finish it, so they left it rusty and unfinished while they drove it around. This guy purposely made it rusty by taking off good panels to put rusty ones on. that to me is doing it backwards.

anyone who can afford or has skills to make a hot rod are flying the face of what a rat rod stands for (eg boyd coddington making a rat rod is insulting).

would be a pretty boring world to live in if everyone did the same thing over
and over and over.....

As said car was a right off so he had some fun with what he had - isn't that
point you were trying to get across in regards to building rat rods; making
do with what you have?

So because someone has deep pockets/epic talent they have to have a
perfect paint job? Because they have money/talent they have to build a
modern rod?

**DJM83** · 21-10-2011, 07:19 PM

Ive seen it before, i like it though. Who said a car cant be art.

TheZHLANE · 21-10-2011, 07:25 PM

1JZ No ****!

dylby1 · 21-10-2011, 07:27 PM

Its nice if you're into that type of thing I guess, I personally think he looked in the toilet and thought "I want my car to look like that"

I love rat rods, when they are rods
Not BMWs, beetles and golfs

Nikked · 21-10-2011, 07:31 PM

Roof chop is nuts, such a constantly evolving car. It has a fair bit of worldwide fame, known as "Zombie", then "godfather"...the Gold Ronel rims set it off though. I think i rather it in the roof rack stage though...

Iggypoppin' · 21-10-2011, 07:42 PM

Very cool. I like it a lot, the jaws on the doors are cool too.

XR6T0Y · 21-10-2011, 07:45 PM

I reckon having a "rusty" part on a car is kind of weird. But as everyone sayd, each to their own!

HVAC PRO · 21-10-2011, 08:13 PM

certainly different i like it don't think i would do it myself but hey it looks cool, i bet it stinks too being covered in diesel oil and what not...

Ringo · 21-10-2011, 08:37 PM

The link was posted before but its a unique story that this guy tells of how the car came about and what he did with it...plus the pics are A grade!

big_landau · 21-10-2011, 08:49 PM

that does nothing for me at all.

**cs123** · 21-10-2011, 08:59 PM

I saw that some time back.

The guy has quite a flair for it. Not what I would do to a car but that is why I like it so much

G6ET8U · 21-10-2011, 09:03 PM

I have seen that car and thread before but wow that is some simply stunning imagination when it comes to cars.

Love it or hate, it's not the point. The reaction it gets is worth it!

THE SLUG · 21-10-2011, 09:36 PM

Rusty is AWESOME! Now I know what I'm gonna do to my EB

madwag · 21-10-2011, 11:20 PM

i wonder if anyone has done this to a falcon or cortina or escort yet???

Neale · 25-10-2011, 09:32 PM

I love this style of cars, so mutch character.

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Originally Posted by madwag

i wonder if anyone has done this to a falcon or cortina or escort yet???

Here are some nice rat cortina's
http://www.classicfordmag.co.uk/2009...t_mk1_cortina/

Im planning on a mild version of this for my cortina mk2. Just have to drop it on its guts & try & source some wide steelies I think would look cool

TheInterceptor · 26-10-2011, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by madwag

i wonder if anyone has done this to a falcon or cortina or escort yet???

I WAS going to do that to my EL as a project but then thought nar.....wont pull it off.

Absolutley love the beemer!!

Haters gonna hate!

EF ECTIV · 22-10-2011, 12:53 AM

This car is amazing.... no-one would be able to accurately replicate
something like this.... built to suit the owner.... **** the haters....

Till_Lind · 22-10-2011, 02:02 AM

I admire his work and all, but not the sort of thing I'd do with funds and time. Hot dang I love 80s/90s BMW, awesome shapes.

SLO AU XR8 · 22-10-2011, 11:06 PM

Rusty was unfortunately in a fire late last year and burnt to the ground. At this stage Mike is undergoing a full on rebuild! I'm a fan of this car!

nstg8a · 23-10-2011, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by SLO AU XR8

Rusty was unfortunately in a fire late last year and burnt to the ground. At this stage Mike is undergoing a full on rebuild! I'm a fan of this car!

indeed it was

THE SLUG · 25-10-2011, 06:51 PM

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indeed it was

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Ah no, that sucks! At least he's rebuilding it