0:00
In the end, what it boils down to is enjoying yourself and making people smart
0:07
I'm pretty sure at SEMA 2016, we did that one of the most craziest cars that anyone would dare to build
0:17
The conventional rat rod, two of the men that loves his Ferrari and Ladagini, they're just another rusty car on the road
0:24
We try to put our own interpretation on what a rat rod should be
0:28
You know, make it a royal rat rod. Royal Rackrodrod, or a Rouse Royce. You know, if you're going to wrap one of Rolls Royce, these bodies are aluminium, you can't make them rust anyway
0:35
So what can we do? We can put our own interpretation on it. Big engine, exposed welds, cut the roof down, original seats, original steering box, original grill, original body panels
0:45
We didn't put any paint on it. You know, same with the Rack Rod style. But we're just here to have fun
0:51
This incredible Rackrod began as a 1936 Rolls-Royce. It was created by an international team, increasingly
0:58
including Sam Hard. Where we got the inspiration from building the Rolls Roy's Ratrod was actually at Seema in 2015
1:06
I was there helping a friend of mine build a car for Seema. At the time I had a few 2 million 118s and I was talking to a few celebrities and I pretty much put my foot in it
1:17
Sam had entered himself with his team into a competition to build a rat rod to show at the following year's Seema event
1:25
While the end design was a team effort, American Michael Lightbourne had the idea of using a Rolls-Royce
1:32
He sourced the car and convinced the owner to part with it
1:36
Sam and his dad Derrett helped raise sponsorship and sourced parts. And the customising work was carried out at Street Toys in Mexico by Jesse Gonzalez and his team
1:47
It's got LS6. I mean that engine's a briffin powerhouse. Big block Chevy
1:52
It got Hillbore fuel injection again That kicks up another 80 to 100 brake horsepower How fast can it go north to 60 I mean it kind of how big your Cajoners are is how to answer that question
2:03
I mean, it's just quite scary to actually put your foot down on a car. It's number one, got an aluminium frame, you don't want to twist it
2:09
even though it has been strengthened unbelievably well. I mean, this car probably weighs under, you know, a ton
2:15
And the power to weight ratio is something probably like a Ferrari. I mean, it's unbelievable. You put the foot down and it's actually quite scary to think that
2:22
are you actually going to stop because this thing is a freaking powerhouse. When the car's paperwork was sent to motoring writer Glyn Williams
2:32
he discovered that the Rolls-Royce had an interesting history. Through the chassis number, I found out
2:37
this was the first Rolls-Royce that Lord Fredegarde ever owned, and for it to be the most eccentric, crazy guy
2:44
known in the UK history, near royalty, friends with Hitler, you know, Winston Churchill
2:49
all these famous people, and now we just cut it up, and having some fun with it
2:53
I kind of feel that if Lord Treda Garl was here today, he'd be smiling too. With the build finished
2:59
it was time to take the car from Mexico to Las Vegas. When we took it to Seema
3:05
some of the best car builders in the world, Gene Winfield, you know, the guys from the Diesel Brothers
3:10
the guys from street outlaws, all these crazy, amazing people with unbelievable reputations
3:16
not only just for the building side of things, but even in the TV world
3:20
you know, a welder-up garage, a massive, massive rat-world builder garage in Las Vegas
3:24
These guys came out to the shop and they couldn't believe what we've done to the car
3:28
It was groundbreaking. It was unbelievable. After the success of this collaboration, the team is already looking ahead to Seema 2017
3:37
The car has already been bought. We're just trying to make it as crazy as we can and try to make some people scared
3:42
and maybe a little bit upset and try and make the majority of the car builders and the custom car world smart
3:47
2017 Seema, here we come
