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1955 Dodge Rat Rod, Ready To Cruise, Daily Driven Hot Ratrod V8 No Reserve on 2040-cars

Year:1955 Mileage:2113
Location:

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Richmond, Virginia, United States

This is a ready to drive Rat Rod.  Nice patina, draws attention wherever it goes.  I have driven it daily and it is very reliable and pretty fast.  The gauges are all functional and include speed/odo, fuel, oil pressure, coolant temp.  It was entered in the spring 2014 Rockabilly riot and won best truck.  All lights and signals work, it has a horn and 1 windshield wiper.  Electric Pusher fan keeps it cool in heavy traffic.  Heat works and the vintage air box has components for a/c if you wish to add it.  The original "Job Rated" cab has been channeled over the frame and welded into a 2000 chevy S-10 floor pan.  The frame is from the same s-10 giving the truck a nice stance, good ride and excellent handling.  The rear has been lowered with 2" blocks and the front is still sitting on stock suspension.  It would be easy to lower this even more with s-10 components or airbags to make it really low but as a DD its a great ride.  The bed is early 50's chevy and has been placed on the s-10 bed floor and reinforced, I have hauled everything from motorcycles to couches in the bed. The 350/turbo 350 driveline mated to an 8.5" rear diff with highway gears even does ok on fuel, my best was just over 20mpg.  Edelbrock performer carb and intake with a 1" riser.   There is an HEI distributor for low maintenance.  Headers into glass packs with side exits sound good without being unreasonably loud.  I have a lot of extras to go with it, a brand new trans cooler, a bunch of sheet metal including patches for the door bottoms and flat metal to make skirts on the bed.  I have rear fenders that could be altered to install. This little ride even has a spare tire and tools incase you ever get a flat.  

The cab has plenty of room for taller occupants, I have had guys 6'5" tall in it with plenty of room left.  




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Take a look through the gallery to see what you think of the sketches for these concepts, and scroll down for the full announcement from FCA.

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