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WHERE TO FIND IT: COVER, ISSUE #9
OWNER: DIEDEL KOOS
PHOTOGRAPHY: RONALD VETH

COE’s are all the rage now, but Diedel
was bitten by the bug way back in 1994.
He started the project in 2000, before
it was so easy to do things over the
Internet, so imagine how tough it was
WHERE TO FIND IT: to acquire or even fi nd a vehicle to start
COVER, ISSUE #32 with. There’s a lot going for this truck,
OWNER: STEFFEN including big-block Chevy power, air ride,
and a scratch-built wooden bed.
NIELSEN and a scratch-built wooden bed.
PHOTOGRAPHY: JAN
LAUGESEN
This was our fi rst
international cover. Rat Rod South Africa visits
Steffen's creation the 2016 Rat Rod Build-Off
BY JESSICA CONRADIE
was built for one fter months of planning,
Ratrod South Africa braved
a 16-hour flight to one of the
purpose: to cover Abiggest events on the Rat Rod
Calendar – Rat Rod build-off 2016. A
trip over two continents is nothing
straight spans of WHERE TO FIND IT: ISSUES #28 AND #41 immerse yourself in the family who
if your passion and drive is to totally
wholeheartedly embrace the sweet
sounds of V8 engines and rust. After
asphalt - rapidly. months of planning, Ratrod South
Africa braved a 16-hour flight to one
FRIKKIE, JESSICA, AND GLEN
of the biggest events on the Rat Rod
Beneath that rough OWNERS: FRIKKIE, JESSICA, AND GLEN if your passion and drive is to totally
Calendar – Rat Rod build-off 2016. A
trip over two continents is nothing
exterior is a dead- PHOTOGRAPHY: JESSICA CONRADIE 48 RAT ROD MAGAZINE ISSUE THIRTY-THREE immerse yourself in the family who
wholeheartedly embrace the sweet
sounds of V8 engines and rust.
serious racecar. The RATRODMAGAZINE.COM RAT ROD MAGAZINE 49
chassis is built to You’ll fi nd their pictures in the issues noted above, but their heart and soul are present in every
match the spec of issue. Frikkie and his daughter Jessica, as well as best friend Glen are from South Africa, doing
a 6-second car. Let the rat rod thing (and doing it well) on the other side of the planet. Frikkie and Glen came along
THAT sink in for for the 2014 Rat Rod Tour, while Frikkie and Jessica did the same in 2016. These guys are family,
a moment. Cool, and you will not fi nd nicer people or better ambassadors for the culture anywhere.
fast, and safe. Nice
fast, and safe. Nice
combo.
combo.
WHERE TO FIND IT
WHERE TO FIND IT: ISSUE :
#9
#9
OWNER: NICLAS
NILLSON
PHOTOGRAPHY: JAN
LAUGESEN
‘We come from the land of the ice and
snow, from the midnight sun where
the hot springs fl ow,” or so sings Led
Zeppelin in ‘The Immigrant Song’.
Niclas’s 1929/1930 Ford is an automotive
reincarnation of a Viking warrior. It’s a
no-nonsense, take-no-prisoners ride.
The fact that Denmark has some of the
world’s harshest automotive regulations
and taxes is a true testament to Niclas’s
dedication to the rat rod culture.
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