Building a Rat Rod.

The HPI Cup Racer is often called "True 1/10" but really its more around 1/12. I picked one up awhile back and spent a bunch of time building up a really nice 1972 BMW 2000. Picture below.

I have been yearning to build a rat rod for some time now using this body and yesterday I dove right in doing that. I picked up the Pro-Line Rat Rod body and it was a damned near perfect fit. Just needed a tiny bit of trimming behind the front wheel wells and that was it. Here are the pictures of the build step by step below.

The Pro-Line Rat Rod as shown online

And today I finished things off with some rod to support the soft top... some racing stickers on the body, some interior graffiti art, bit of hand written "FORD" lettering on the back end and bullet holes plus oiled up the wood slats. Now I'm gonna go outside and drive it. :)

Sorry about the damned dog hair on the body in the pic below. Things are everywhere.