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Reader
Rides

Bucky’s 37
Desoto

here is no doubt that reader rides are the heart of this
magazine. i’ve said many times that this entire magazine is
a collection of reader rides… and i believe that. it’s a great
T feeling to publish a magazine that truly is dedicated to the
average Joe and all the talented builders out there getting their

nothing makes me and this staff happier than sharing the work of
Smegal Brothers hands dirty – for nothing more than the satisfaction of doing it.
over the past year we have been absolutely inundated
custom “Dragon Wagon” the blue-collar american.
with emails and submissions – which is great, because it Paul’s 46 Ford
means there are a lot of cool rides being built and driven all
over the world. the drawback is that we can’t possibly answer
or even open every email or envelope. (there are over 25,000
emails sitting in my inbox at this moment) if your email or
father & son build
submission is one of these, please don’t be discouraged. We
(dad’s daily driver!
didn’t open it up, laugh at your ride, and not respond. t rust
me when i tell you we are not here to judge – just to share
what you’re all doing out there in rat rod land. if we didn’t
get to your email, it’s not because we don’t like your ride – i
promise. We’re doing our best to share as many submissions
as we can… but the fact of the matter is we’ve been over-run Matt’s 53 Ford

your stuff, and we’ll keep pumping ‘em out. rat on!
Terry’s 40 Ford by rats. Which is a Wesome. Keep hitting us up, keep sharing
— Steve

Rob’s
Mini
project
“Pandora”

Mikes extremely
long 34 Dodge

Brandon’s 37
Chevy

Steve’s
51 Ford Steve’s 47 Chevy

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