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Ray Dolph was actually working on a Chevy Nova project when he came across a
1948 Ford F47 truck body, half buried in the mud. The owner of the truck said...
“if you can
“if you can
“if you can
“if you can
dig it out,
dig it out,
dig it out,
dig it out,
WHERE TO FIND IT: ISSUE #21
you can
you can
you can
OWNER: JASON KILBOURNE you can
have it.
have it.
have it.
have it.” ” ” ”
PHOTOGRAPHY: AUSTIN GIBSON
WHERE TO FIND IT: COVER, ISSUE #9 Jason wanted to build a ‘61
Chevy lowrider, but it wouldn’t
Chevy lowrider, but it wouldn’t
OWNER: DIEDEL KOOS fi t in his garage. Lucky for us,
fi t in his garage. Lucky for us,
otherwise the world would be
PHOTOGRAPHY: RONALD VETH otherwise the world would be
less one screamin’ rat rod. A
real-life blacksmith, Jason put
COE’s are all the rage now, but Diedel real-life blacksmith, Jason put
many of his skills to use in the
was bitten by the bug way back in 1994. many of his skills to use in the
construction of this ‘38 Dodge.
He started the project in 2000, before construction of this ‘38 Dodge.
With almost 400 horsepower
it was so easy to do things over the With almost 400 horsepower
Internet, so imagine how tough it was routed through a proper
to acquire or even fi nd a vehicle to start manual gearbox, each of the 74 Rat Rod Magazine issue twenty-three Owned by Ray “MOuse” dOlph • phOtOs & wORds by Chad tRuss
50,000-plus miles he’s put on
with. There’s a lot going for this truck, 50,000-plus miles he’s put on
including big-block Chevy power, air ride, it must’ve been a real hoot. ratrodmagazine.com Rat Rod Magazine 75
and a scratch-built wooden bed.
WHERE TO FIND IT:
ISSUE #12, #23
OWNER: PATRICK
WILSON, KEVIN
STIEH, RAY
Distorted BOUCHER, RAY
“MOUSE” DOLPH
Vision PHOTOGRAPHY: CHAD
WHERE TO FIND IT: ISSUE #17: ISSUE #17
w whether your ride is one or 396 horsepower, hether your ride is one or 396 horsepower, WHERE TO FIND IT TRUSS
OWNER:
you’ll have Jason Kilbourne’s full attention
you’ll have Jason Kilbourne’s full attention
OWNER: JOHNNY RABBÆK
o owned by Jason Kilbourne | Photos by | written by ricK loxtonwned by Jason Kilbourne | Photos by | written by ricK loxton We made one small
PHOTOGRAPHY: exception to our
PHOTOGRAPHY: JAN
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LAUGESEN
LAUGESEN Top 10… and added
an eleventh spot.
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Thanks to Jan for hanks to Jan for The Thunder Bay
bringing us these
bringing us these Canadians were
Danish delights!
Danish delights! just featured in our
Johnny’s ‘29 Ford
Johnny’s ‘29 Ford last issue’s “budget
went from drawing built & driven hard”
went from drawing
board to runner in a segment, but we
board to runner in a
scant six weeks. A big-
scant six weeks. A big- still wanted to give
block Chevy punched them a nod here as
out to 468 cubic well… both the “OH
inches shoves all 525 Canada” feature in
horsepower through issue #12 with three
a set of 4.88 gears. vehicles/owners, and
This rat can get up the “mouse” feature
and boogie with the in issue #23 are
best of them. defi nitely worthy of
this list.
WHERE TO FIND IT
WHERE TO FIND IT: ISSUE #33 : ISSUE #33 John and his son James are no strangers to building cool stuff, and this ‘31 e no strangers to building cool stuff, and this ‘31
John and his son James ar
OWNER: JOHN ATKINSON Ford is no exception. Rat rods are a unique sight in the U.K., but this one
would stand out on this side of the pond, as well, as not many builders run
PHOTOGRAPHY: KRIS SHAW AND Studebaker 232-inch V8’s for a powerplant. The guys deliberately left the roof
EDDIE PRATT at its original height to stand out from the chopped-top crowd.
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