The Birth Of A Hot Rod 

This is what I've been looking for! A channel that does real builds and takes you along for the ride with multiple episodes. I wish youd show the work. Thank you.

Sir, you are a TFB. "Total Freaking Badass". You're a craftsman of the highest order. You call yourself a redneck, but this is bespoke at its finest.

"You don't have to be a good welder, you just have to be a good grinder"....Love it, awesome craftsmanship :)

Thank you for all this old school knowledge!! I appreciate ever word. Hope your doing well!

what your doing in this video is great taking an old rusted out car and making a rat rod unlike some videos where people take mint condition cars and destroy them

“You don’t have to be a good welder, you just have to be a good grinder” thank you sir, words of wisdom.

OL BOB JUST BUILT ONE OF TWO OF MY DREAM RIDES A RAT RIDE AN A 57 CHEVY BEL AIR .BOB IS A GENIUS HES 1 OF THE FEW LAST DIEING BREEDS ALL THE UP AN COMERS CANT DO HANDY WORK WITH THEIR HANDS THEY USE MACHINES TO BUILD WHAT THEY WANT YOU GOT A FAN IN ME BOB FOR SURE HOPE YOU KEEP UP THE GREAT BADASS WORK GOD BLESS

That paint technique never gets old... love watching it come together ! Great highlight reel Bob !

Hey Bob. Don't change a thing. Just keep doing what you've been doing. I thoroughly enjoyed this recap of the build.

Wow! You make me want to quit my J.O.B. and be your apprentice. I would just shut up and do whatever you tell me to do. You are a MASTER of your craft and SOMEONE needs to learn from you! Thank you for posting your work, you really lit a fire in me! God Bless you!

Loved watching this! My Grandpa used to build jalopies back in the 1920's. He would trade his rifles and things for the cars, when the college kids would go back to school after working the farm on summers. When he was 13 years old, he had 13 Fords! When he was in high school, he had a build that easily evaded the local sheriff, but... living in a small town, that sheriff knew who he was, haha. Lots of great stories,... watching you build this Rat let me imaging what kinds of things my Grandpa did, back in the day. Appreciate you sharing! Patience and ingenuity... defines both of you.

I can’t say enough about how good this is. I am so glad I got to see this. Thanks so much.

Sir, I have to say amazing build! I'd like to have 1/10 of your talent and knowlege! 👏🏼👏🏼

My name is Steven and I'm looking forward to building my very first junk rod soon. I have cancer and want to make something with all the bits I have been gathering for the past 12 years. I want to do this for my kids before I can't do it at all. I have a Volkswagen beetle body and a 1939 Dodge D11 chasiss. Our engine is from a 1974 AMC Ramble straight 6. I have a 1.5 ton Dodge front end and a solid 70s rear end with plenty of old farm machine parts. I will call it my BUDGE! Thank you for making this seem far more easier than I imagined. God bless you for your help. Steven P Williams Artistic Industrial Redemption Gold Bar Washington

I just done a Hot Wheels Rat Rod and was pretty happy with myself, that is until I watched this video.... brother were you been all my life !?

"Gotta lil bit uh rust down there, it's not too bad, probably just leave it that way" *shows a rust whole the size of a coffe table* I love this guy

You are incredible!! Wish you were my neighbor!!! So inspirational!!! I’ll tell you what, if I had the cash you would be building me a custom rat rod for sure. Your cars to me are priceless!! One off incredible creativity!!

I wish I had your talent to build something like that...what a craftsman you are.

Best build on RU-vid hands down 100% worth a subscribe

I HAVE AN IQ OF 180 AND BOB IS ALSO AN EXTREME GENIUS! I LOVE THIS GUY! BOB ROCKS!!!!!!!

Enjoyed watching this video build ... gives me hope when I build my 35 Ford sedan... showed me that with simple tools you can fabricate anything.

Got that did!! Lov it!! Great extra touch with the red back spider!!

Just watched the whole build over again for a refresher course from My Rat Rod Hero!!! Look out 39 here I come!!!! Loud Car's and Loud Guitar and Staying Out Of Bar's!!! Keep Rocking it out Bob and Red!!!!

I’m a 36 year veteran bodyman you done one hell of a job I can’t even get off my ass to paint my truck after work.

That is some amazing work you've done. Extremely impressive, and inspiring as well. A whole lot more people may be putting together a rat rod because your instructions, so because you built one (and posting videos about it), there will be many more rods on this planet. That made the world just that much better, and for that I thank you. Lookin' forward to the next one as well.

I don't know why you would call it a ratrod cause I think it's a work of art, it's beautiful

Nice to see these people do these cars up from scratch reminds of the old days Love lt

You're a true old school craftsman, not only a gifted metal worker, but you have a great imagination and artistic sense.

Best darn video on RU-vid!!! I wished I could follow you around all day for many days!! Thanks for sharing your talent with us.

That's got to be the best video and rat rod build I've ever watched , your a very very talented man 👍thanks for sharing 👌

What a build! Good job you son of a gun. Remind me of Uncle Jesse on the Dukes of Hazard. Don't worry about the thumbs down they just hating because they have no vision and can not recognize natural talent and skills.

You sir... are an old school hot rod builder. Not many people square up their chassis with a spray paint cross on the floor and a plum bob !!! My dad and the dirt track race team he wrenched for in minnesota. I will keep watching.thank you so much

Hey Bob. Iv'e been watching as many of your videos as I can. Man, you sure taught me a lot. Little tricks to someone like me that is just starting out go along way. Thanks for sharing Bob.

You have so much talent and skill. I wish I could do something like this.

Thanks! Professor Bob, She's a cool gal!! Taking what other's see as scrap and seeing it as what it could be and gettn er done. Honda Mike

I was a fabricator for 35 years. Your knowledge,your talent,your technic and attention to detail amazes me.

Thats a wealth of knowledge, thank you for sharing it.

Thank you Bob! Inspiring. Regards from Durban- South Africa

Total old school, garage built rat-rod. Lots of ingenuity, and LOTS of old rodding knowledge here that a lot of people will otherwise not ever have known.

Country guy knows his stuff. Well done work & video. Get her done!

Amazing talent...you'er the real deal!!!!

Great job Bob! I thoroughly enjoyed your video. You are incredibly talented!

Wow.. that was amazing,. You didn't "assemble" a car, you didn't modify a car... you literally BUILT a car. I really enjoyed this a lot. I hope to someday have the time and resources to but a Rat Rod.. and just seeing how you did things was such an eye opener. No laser alignment, no fancy tools, just your hands and the standards.. seriously awesome. Thanks for posting this.

Brother you have talent that cant learned. You're just born with it. I am a builder myself and can say I have a long ways to go when I I see your craftsmanship. I respect you and your work and thank you for sharing with us your skills and videoing doing it. Much appreciated!

Love the concept and really love how you made and did the webbed interior

The world needs more of this. Thanks for the fantastic content. Your a mechanical artist sir.

"Not hard to make. Easy to make". Spoken like a skilled man who has done this 1000 times! You are an inspiration to this old man who needs to get his ass out to the garage and get to work on his projects.

Hi friend. My name is Wagner And i live in Brazil. You re Crazy. You don't cut old cars. They are relics, they are stories, they are beautiful . . .

I'm so glad I sub with you along time ago!! Each video shows "Old School" talent and a Master of his trade in action. Thanks for letting us ride along!!! w.w.

Very nice work. Love the video and thanks for sharing. Best regards.

I think this is more of a 2019 Rat Rod Bob than it is a 1931 Chevy! It’s a whole lot of fun watching you have a whole lot of fun! Great build!

I came across this vid & started watching because you don't see a lot of custom Chevys this old. This vid is amazing I've learned a few new tricks I'm going to try on my builds, thanks for posting & sharing your skills with the world👍👍

your a legend, thank you very much for sharing. beautiful car.

Awesome skillset sir. Old school tin bending at its finest. Perfect narration as well. Thank you sir for allowing us to watch a master at work. Boooooob ain't too bad either.... (-:

My Grandad was a blacksmith and he always used to say ''I use my bad eye to get a straight edge, coz I'm deaf in the other.''...Your fabricating is immaculate by the way. Thank you Sir.

This video has been in my que for about three weeks and I refused to watch it, until my grandson was watching videos with me and he wanted to watch it. I was thoroughly entertained. My grandson liked the puppet, which he called it a robot. Although I'm not a fan of rat rods or Chevys, I liked some of the things you did, especially with the spider web theme.

By far the most enjoyable video I've watched in a long time. You are finally someone who basically covered all aspects of the build in one whole program. It brought back memories of when my late brother and I built our race car in the carport while we were in the military. A lot of fabrication, and satisfaction every step of the way. The car turned out great to say the least. Your skills are topnotch. Thank you for the program, memories of my yesteryear and the enjoyment of seeing a beautiful project come together.

Sir you are AWESOME hello from from San Diego California

You are the 3rd Bob I know thats got bad ass hotrod skills!!!!!

Awesome build I m a welder myself and I'm doing a Toyota turbo engine swap on a Volvo and it requires a lot of custom made parts I upgrades the original torque bars with poly bushings I found in a container 6 years ago plus customer made motor and tranny mounts plus a whole lot of other things Many blessings to you Sir!!!

man what you do is an artistic event,I'm a machinist so I can really appreciate your work ..keep going brother I just found your channel and definitely subscribed God bless Brother

You have skills that's for sure.

I admire people who have this type of skill

I just watched the FINEST ! Rat rod video , Sir you are a God of metal! Thanks for the inspiration!

Thank you so much for taking the time to make the video to show how it’s done and share your work , wish I had that much talent to build my own rat rod ! Great work man !

Man what a great job.

Real old school rod. I thoroughly enjoyed the video. And you probably made it look way too easy. Because now you are going to have a bunch of tenderfoots trying out their hands at the art of rat rodding. I say that's a good thing, You can't learn to do anything without putting your hands on it and starting to try to do it. I'm glad there are still a few older guys willing to show us how it's done. Good job and God Bless You and Yours.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge, I recently pulled a 49 ford F5 cab that sat in one of my great uncles pasture fields for over 40 years... I tried to talk him out of it since 2008, finally gave it to me almost 2 months ago, you have given me so much guidance and I appreciate it

Quote of the Day- "You don't have to be a good welder, you just have to be a good grinder". Story of my life....lol.

This its my favorite farmer

Red is your made man and alter ego, and side-kick -all in one. He's a great "help" when you get stuck.

Never been so impressed by a build video, in any genre. Period.

If you like what I'm doing consider subscribing to my channel. I upload new original content as I build .. several times per week! I just want to pass on my knowledge to those interested in building Rat Rods and other cool stuff! By the way, here is the link to the playlist of the entire build of over 90 videos and hours and hours of detail: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NbcsPhfvPdM.html

My boy its gone freak with tha animatronic 💪😎

“So what I done went and done is” love this guy this is the first video I’ve seen of him and I love it

amazing work, your ability to take junk scrap metal and turn it into a running and driving hot rod is truly inspiring. Im 25 years old currently and working on building a tubbed 4 link v8 powered datsun 260z, never done anything like this before but love welding and fabricating its cool building something from scratch with your hands vs just buying something and bolting on aftermarket parts like most people do.

I wish I was ur grandson so I could learn more of that line of work I can turn wrenches but not so much the fab work

Bob Your awesome How build all parts for rat rod Means you need wait for parts to be shipped to you I like those car seats there awesome

I like the way you do stuff. You explain what your doing so even my sister could understand and she isn’t the brightest bulb on the string of lights.

I absolutely love seeing older guys who're still active and building shit, let along building crazy shit like this! Really motivates me and reminds me of my grandpa

Turn it to the "right" a little bit. No, the other "right". Shakes his head.

Dang that's a great build sir! One question: At 22 minutes you're showing us your brake master cylinder and there's this loud creaking sound. That your knees?

Im building a rat rod out of a 1927 Willis Wippet and I learned so much by watching this and so many new ideals Thanks

I GOT TO SAY THIS GUY HAS SOME SERIOUS FABRICATION SKILLS,HE REMINDS ME OF MY FATHER WHO WAS A MASTER WELDER/FABRICATOR..ALOT OF PEOPLE DONT REALIZE HOW MANY DIFFERENT SCIENCES,GOES INTO BEING ABLE TO FABRICATE ON THAT LEVEL.JACK OF ALL TRADES AND MASTER OF THEM ALL!!....MAN I MISS THE DAYS ID SPEND IN THE OLD GARAGE LEARNING FROM MY DAD,HES BEEN GONE ABOUT 13 YEARS NOW,AND I LEARNED A HUGE WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE FROM HIM,AND AM DAMN GOOD WITH MY SKILLS,ILL NEVER BE A PIMPLE ON HIS ASS IN COMPARISON...SO FEW ALIVE ARE CAPABLE OF THIS WORK WITH THE TOOLS THEY HAVE,GREAT WORK MAN...I HOPE YOUR PASSING ALL YOUR SKILLS ON TO THE NEXT GENERATION..

Bob, thats one wild ride. Thank you for the invitation... We will see you at the party...

Love it Bob! Good to see we still have people that can make things by hand. Keep up the good work.

That was one of the best car builds I ever seen , and I’ve seen a lot.

This is a great contribution to everyone's future abilities in metal work and design. So many just show what they've made, but the great gift here is all the techniques you show us. I know this will give my lifelong habit of metal work a huge boost.

I have to say great job sir and thank you.id watch 100 Commercials for every video just to get your gift of Knowledge.plus you are a Mississippi boy like me!!

You are a craftsman. Yo built this with basic, primitive tools better than most modern shops could do. I tip my hat to you Sir! This was an excellent video to watch.

Dang Bob ! Crazy skills.. you make me want to chop my cavalier..it's nice to see old school getting her done ..thanks Bob ,I really enjoyed that .

Bob, Sir! I gotta tell ya, 'bout ol' George Fletcher d.b.a. "Fletcher Frame & Axel" ! When I was in high school I owned a '57 Cadillac Hearse and the front crossmember, where the A frames bolt up was tore out. Well Sir, I got me a job working after school with George to pay for the work needed to be done on my Caddie. This old man taught me so much...like if we didn't have a certain tool, we'd make one! We used to straighten out big rig frames on his frame machine that he built himself. He used to give all his customers match books with his name and info on them. You know that little fold in the cover between the front and back ....his read "WE ARE ALL THE MASTERS" ...and it was true! Bob, you remind me soooo much of him, and I mean that as a high complement! Thank You For Your Video! Captain BUCKLEY (ret.)

I am totally speechless the amount of talent that you have.Im an auto tech and in all me years I’ve never seen anyone make their our rubber mounts.

As a fabricator of over 35 years I was glad to subscribe. Excellent work!

You sir are an artist. What you did here with Charolette is a masterpiece. I bow to the master.

What a GREAT build and video!!! Absolute craftsman and old school craftsmanship! Thank you!

I just watched this whole program of Bob sitting here with my mouth wide open dumbfounded man this guy is awesome

You are a artist. It's a pleasure to watch a true artist create a masterpiece. You take a idea that you see and feel and build that idea. I can feel, (possibly)exactly ( at least I hope that I do ) what you feel inside that moved you to make that idea a physical and emotional reality. It's really something! A true artist has a gift of being able to make a emotion a physical thing. ( When a person looks at a hand crafted object you created by hand that generates emotional feelings by the act of physically looking at your idea.) Amazing!! You my friend are a true artist and I thank you for the awesome time I have watching you build this rat rod. I was able to just let the world and the stress of life disappear for a hour. Awesome 👍

Piece of art Bob you have a gift ..

You sir are an artist. I wish I could do something like this but no mechanical skills thank you for showing us this.🇬🇧