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up the tailgate with the word Stud Rat, and used
the year or model. Most every piece was from
a 10-gallon keg for the gas tank. The repurposed
a junkyard or made himself. Like the scavenged
engine was from a 1968 Thunderbird. The 429
mix match seats that he could not even
Thunderjet had been sitting for 15 years. They
recall where he got them from. He called it a
installed an automatic transmission for ease of
scavenger hunt and as he put it, the way it should
use. He modifi ed a 1929 grill to fi t a Chrysler
be. He also tinkers and creates some pieces like
radiator. Like most of the parts, the headlights
art work; one-of-a-kind pieces that could only
were picked up from a junkyard not knowing
come from the Rooster himself.
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