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Doesn't that make you smile?
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Must be owned by a diver, or a really innovative customizer
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What better way to show pedestrians where the bus stop is?
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See a gallery of the above South carolina prison bus rat rod at John's:
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The above green car... looks like a new idea in rat rods, take a newer than 1960 vehicle and made a rat rod from it by getting rid of all the body work forward of the firewall. This one looks like a Buick, but I can't recall the model
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I don't think I've ever seen a rod quite like this, unless you count the early dragsters from the 50's that were using a long wheel base chassis to set back the body for weight transfer to aid traction.
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Wow. I think I posted a photo of this one before, I think it's a Seagrave roadster ... how cool are the various cans to the back of the gas tank?!
Jesse: I spotted that prison bus at the Turkey Rod Run in Daytona Beach last year!!
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