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PHOTOS AND
WORDS BY
PORKSTICK

Rat Rodding might have begun
in the good old US of A,
but that doesn't mean
that the phenomenon
is limited to our borders.
Au contraire. Coolness
has no limits: physical,
mental, geological,
or otherwise.

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Rat Rod Magazine a visual journey into rat rod culture

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OWNER: DREW WRITTEN BY RICK LOXTON
When one thinks of cars and France,
LEGER what normally comes to mind are Citroën 2CV’s
maybe a stately Delage or an elegant Delahaye.
Display until July 11, 2017 and DS’s, Peugeots, or Renaults. Going back further,
PHOTOGRAPHY: But rat rods?
issue 43 June /July 2017
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BRIAN FORDYCE,
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PHOTOGRAPHY: OWNED BY DREW LEGER OWNER: YO AND
PHOTOS BY BRIAN FORDYCE,
ALYSSON BORGES KAIT VAN DOORN, AMANDA HUSTON, ALEX KOSTREZWA
AND DREW LEGER
WRITTEN BY RICK LOXTON
MODELED BY CONNIE STEVENSON OF
There's not a hint WWW.MISSUNDERSTOOD.CA PHOTOGRAPHY:
anywhere on this ARMAND
car that it was built hen you hear the name HIERSTNIXMEHR
‘Mercury,’ what comes to mind?
A ’49 – ’51 lead sled? How
outside the USA. Wabout the lithe, yet luxurious
Cougars of the late ‘60’s? Maybe your
Talk about unique... grandfather’s white ’07 Grand Marquis Our friends
with gold trim and a padded roof?
it's hard enough to What you probably did NOT think of from France are
was a pickup truck. Ford of Canada
did indeed sell rebadged Ford pickup
fi nd a Lincoln V-12 trucks under the Mercury nameplate constantly building
from 1946 through 1968 as a way to
increase availability through the Mercury
in a car here let dealership network. amazing cars and
Drew Leger of Lumby, British
alone in Brazil. He Columbia picked up his ’47 half-ton bikes. Their '30 Ford
variant of the marque off kijiji (kind of
like Craigslist for Canadians) about four
learned as he built years ago. It was fairly complete, but and '62 Chevy C-10
missing the hood. It was built to be a
daily driver and it has been that and
this vehicle, plus he then some, taking several trips all over are cruise-worthy
Canada and knocking down a steady 30
had to source most MPG the whole time. in any country. And
One of the first things Drew did was
ditch the stock frame and drivetrain and
of his parts from substitute one from a ‘92 Dodge ¾ ton who wouldn’t want
2wd, including the first-gen Cummins
12V and 5 speed. With only 330,000 km
another country on the clock, there’s plenty of life left on to go for a rip on
the old oil-burner.
several thousand 14 RAT ROD MAGAZINE ISSUE THIRTY-SIX RATRODMAGAZINE.COM RAT ROD MAGAZINE 15 one of those bitchin'
miles away. It’s a bikes? I’m sure it’s
killer vehicle, which Who's crazy 'bout a Mercury? Drew Leger, that's who. Canadians were only a matter of time
is befi tting of its fortunate enough to benefi t from FoMoCo's decision to build the stylish before you see more
nickname, 'Henry Mercury trucks for the Canadian market. They were long on looks, but of their stuff on
VIII'. short on guts. Drew fi xed that with a big dose of Cummins power. these pages.
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