We May Have Just Found The Rat Rod Wrecker's Limit!
Summary
TLDRThe video follows a group of mechanics as they work on restoring an old truck. They install new seats, lower them for more headroom, and add gauges and other upgrades. There is some trial and error as they test fit parts and work to problem solve issues that arise. They are optimistic about the project and eager to get the creature comforts installed. There are lighthearted moments as they go on escapades to find supplies. Overall there is a sense of camaraderie and satisfaction as they incrementally improve the old truck.
Takeaways
- 😀 They are working on lowering the seat in an old truck to make more headroom
- 😃 They cut out part of the seat frame to lower it 2 inches
- 🔧 They installed new gauges and a boost reference line
- 🚚 They recovered a loaded tanker truck
- 🔨 They fabricated and installed a custom mount for the lowered seat
- 👷 Sean built parts to connect the transfer case for 4 wheel drive
- 😄 Tested the lowered seat and it has much more headroom now
- 🛠 Got the 4 wheel drive shifter working
- ⏩ Next they plan to install sound deadening and power windows
- ✅ Overall, good progress customizing the old truck's interior
Q & A
What kind of vehicle are they working on in this video?
-They are working on an old truck they call the 'rat rod'.
What is the main issue they are trying to fix with the seat?
-The main issue is that the seat is too high and the driver's head hits the ceiling, so they need to lower the seat.
How do they lower the seat in the truck?
-They cut out part of the seat brackets to lower it a couple inches and then built a new mounting frame for the seat base.
What is the purpose of the four-wheel drive components they are installing?
-They are installing a transfer case shifter and linkage so they can switch the truck into four-wheel drive.
What are some of the other improvements they make to the truck?
-They install new gauges, tap into the intake for a boost gauge, spray truck bedliner, and add sound deadening.
What is the white fluid they apply before cutting metal?
-It is correction fluid/whiteout that helps provide a visible line when cutting metal.
What is the purpose of the seat frame they weld to the floor?
-The seat frame lowers the seat mounting point to give more headroom and support the seat base.
Why do they say it is difficult to find parts where they live?
-They mention living in a remote, rural area where large chain stores are far away.
What is the final result of lowering the seat?
-The final lowered seat gives the driver much more headroom so their head doesn't hit the ceiling.
What work still remains to be done on the truck?
-They still need to permanently install the new seat, add power windows, and finish the interior.
Outlines
😊 Getting a Tanker Truck Unstuck
The paragraph describes attempts to recover a loaded tanker truck that is stuck. They hook up the truck and successfully pull it out with another vehicle, appearing easier than expected.
🔧 Installing New Gauges and Seat
The plan for the day is to work on the interior of the rat rod. This includes lowering the seat, installing new gauges on the dash, welding down the lowered seat frames, and adding creature comforts like sound deadening.
😀 Enjoying a New Massage Chair
A new massage chair has been gifted to the shop. One team member is shown enjoying it thoroughly while another works on installing a boost reference line for the engine.
🤔 Evaluating New Gauge Cluster
A gauge cluster was built and installed but the angle causes visibility issues. They debate making changes but decide to test it out first before doing more work.
🚗 Driving Far for Correction Fluid
Based on an internet tip, they drive 8 miles to buy correction fluid to test if it works better than sharpie for cutting guides. Unable to find the ideal pen version, they test by painting it on.
😁 Enjoying Completed Interior Work
With the new seat installed and functional, the day's interior planned work is complete. Additional future plans may include power windows. The team is satisfied with the results.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Rat Rod
💡Off-roading
💡Fabrication
💡Dashboard
💡Upholstery
💡Off-camera
💡Trial and error
💡Patina
💡Project car
💡Gearhead
Highlights
Trying to recover a loaded tanker truck to see if the old truck is big enough to do it
Lowering the truck seat by cutting out part of the seat frame to give more headroom
Installing a custom gauge cluster and boost reference line to the intake manifold
Fabricating a new seat base from square tubing to lower the seat height
Testing if Whiteout works better than sharpie when marking cuts to prevent melting
The Whiteout worked to mark the cuts without melting away
Test fitting the lowered seat and finding the headroom is much better
Tack welding the new seat base in place after adjusting the height
The truck now has four wheel drive capabilities
Spraying truck bed liner inside the cab for sound deadening and durability
The bed liner made a big mess inside the cab when spraying
Lowered seat and new gauges installed along with sound deadening
Next steps are to install the seat and power windows
The truck modifications made good progress in this session
Still more work needed before the rat rod truck build is complete
Transcripts
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oh oh
dude that's so much better I can't even
oh all right we may have found our first
recovery that we don't get done today
we're going to go try it it's a loaded
tanker truck yeah I don't know if the
old truck's big enough to do this we're
going to go see what we can do though so
try
it
I don't know what or
how that's coming out of that big that's
a
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lot
oh yeah I don't know
man
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I'm way more
optimistic this is in park and the keys
are locked oh that so we pick the back
up we're going to move
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tool box
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loaded so he's going to have to back it
up just like a trailer
yeah
that one way of doing it I
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work that
I'm all
right
okay tell him to
go that was too easy to easy
I guess they work right
yeah yeah we P up like oh that ain't
going to get me out that I'm like no
would you be surprised these guys can do
those ropes work pretty amazing so we'll
go home see you later
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all right new day in the shop back on
the old rat ratb I always want to call
it the rat rod but that's in the other
side this one's the rat back we're going
to try to get some inside stuff done
today Sean climb in that thing and show
them the problem with the
seat
maybe the window's just not tall enough
yeah so basically your head's going to
be hitting the the top so we have all
this real estate down here I think what
we're going to do is take 2 in out of it
lower the seat down so we're going to
get that going today we're going to get
the gauges in it maybe the dash piece
across the front of it put in and if
we're real lucky we'll get some spray on
bed liner inside of this thing today so
we'll see how things go we'll get going
I think we'll just just cut it right
next to it right there that's about
where it's going to
be I like it let's get some some four
whe Drive action in the the ratp back do
we build a template for that probably we
probably ought to just build a template
we'll set it down in there on here same
as that gasket yeah I think will that
gasket come off gingerly if that gasket
will come off we'll be in the chips man
hasn't tore yet
well you just jinxed
yourself oh boy all sorts of
nervous cool
perfect
okay sticky yeah it's sticky get a drill
bit I'll drill it out and then cut it
with the the airsa so it's nice then
we'll drill the rivets
and
I'm going
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in all right there's that that's precise
right that was pretty good actually you
didn't expect that from me pretty good
all
right she
fits I like it all right let's do
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this yes that's enough
I don't know what that was but that's
probably it probably means that that was
tight
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now all right portal Drive shifter at
least is installed now we got to make it
work what are you doing Merlin sent
these from AV he really just clean he
just love his love I got two more in the
truck so I get down to havu and I tell
Merlin um I was told to come down here
cuz it's good weather it was torrential
downpour really he says it rains two
times a year and I just happen to be
there on one of the days is that your
first time being there yeah I've never
been there it was raining the only day
it is pretty cool is that all yeah
13 that's a long day especially going
through FL
exactly things are looking more
plausible grab us a/2 inch on that
little inacker
going to have to find another boot that
one's not going to cut it but I don't
know why that won't work hopefully it's
not in the way too much but is what it
is trying to get the seat frame out that
side's out the well the nuts are off
it's pretty Rusty in the back we may
have to pound it out once we get it all
the rest of the
way
broke I don't know if we should slide it
first it's going to
launch all
right let's take the springs
off there she
is come on that side and help you
shouldn't be
too nice work I think we cut that thing
clear out of there that's what I was
looking at spot yeah and we just build
something that holds it cuz that would
almost just bold on the
ground but it'll set it won't set flat
like it needs to we'll have to build a
front pedestal yes yep then we can
actually store something under the seat
to a little bit if we need to exactly
yeah a rope or something can be under
the seat so I think let's do that just
take the old plasma cutter and run it
right around the top of that
Rim Yeah leave the and leave the leave
the bottom it won't that's just going to
help structure on the floor then we'll
grind it smooth and we'll go to building
what we need to build here to make it
bolt down game plan is to trim this out
we measured the brackets and I think
we're going to have to lose the slider
if we lose the slider we can get 3 in
we'll get this out and then deal with
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that
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you
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n
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all right there it is my new gauge
cluster let's see if we can bend
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it there it is weld it all up and drill
some holes and
see how it fits looks flat right yeah
see what we can come up with to get her
back
in I don't mind that all right uh Sean
he's building four-wheel drive stuff
here this is the rod that hooks the
transfer case to that lever that we put
in earlier so how long's this got to be
19 and A4 and you are currently 15 so
you got to add a few inches yep so you
just cut it in the middle and welder
together right we'll add 4 in and should
hook up should be pretty easy
we got some random random stuff laying
here that'll do it so that one's short
too yeah it's shorter so yep there you
go what are you doing Hunter this thing
is amazing this is heaven on Earth Paul
might have got me a Christmas SL
birthday present that I've always wanted
for years now I think everyone in the
shop is going to like it though it's not
just for me right Hunter this is awesome
this perks the job here I'm going to
move in I told him there was a couple of
rules you couldn't sit in if you were
disgustingly dirty and you can't I'm not
going to say naked you can't be naked
you can't be naked in it all right
Hunter's in there slaving away in the
massage chair I'm going to come out here
and get this done so I got to drill the
intake right here and put this in it now
a smart person would unbolt that and
take it off but that's four bolts that I
don't want to take out so I'm going to
dip my drill bit in some grease and
drill it and all the shavings will stay
on it and then we'll tap it so I'll show
you how that works all right so I got
the hole drilled and uh use a little
grease on the drill bit I don't know
that I videoed that sorry I got
sidetracked but now we're going to go
ahead and tap the
hole and then we shall have boost
reference
all right technically it's aluminum
anyway so the Piston should chew it
right up right
flakes uh it doesn't get any in there
I've done this so many times if you just
put some grease on the drill bit it
stays all on it look I'll show you right
here all of the shavings are stuck right
here so I drilled most of the hole
without anything on it then I greased a
bit that's all that would have fallen in
there anyway
problem solved we're getting there
okay all right I think it's going to be
easier to poke that up through I hope
this looks good cuz I'm way committed at
this point it needs to look
good that going to be terrible it's hard
to know without the seed in here yeah
I'm going to I'm going to pretend like
I'm setting in the seat will that work
be way better if it set like that can't
quite see it or you can see angled down
it's just angled down gotta but my gauge
stuff already is touching the back of it
right there if it was like that it' be
way better off it's a
wedge maybe back to the drawing boards I
don't know for sure we'll get back to
you so we've decided we're just rolling
with it for now if I hate it we'll
change it later but we're going to run
this through here perometer already
plumbed in then we're moving on to
bolting the seat back in it Sean's about
got all the cutting and grinding done so
we can go back together so I hope by the
end of today we're ready for some
Creature Comforts like uh padding and
sound deadener and all those little
things keep pulling just pull it
okay that's it some self tappers and I
think it's
in what do you
think it's not not terrible no looks
pretty good I think it's going to work
we test
it yeah let's see if it
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boosts oh yeah she
boost
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how much just
10 tell you put a load on yeah once you
put a load on it she'll start building
boo so it works
cool hunter will you grab me a zip
tie that's good enough for now it's out
of the way
cool well we're close let's build a
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seat 4in Square tube bolts to this hole
that hole same on that side we'll cut
the taper on the other end and just weld
it to the floor it's going to be 2 in
tall in 3 in tall in the front 1 in tall
in the back that should low us two full
in so we need two pieces that are
basically 19 1/2 in long I
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get 3 in
tall so we'll just put a straight
edge
just like
that technically one should do them both
right
yeah yeah it should it's exactly the
same we just cut that on that angle
we'll have it we cut an extra one for no
reason sometimes my thinker doesn't work
very fast it works it's not very
fast that right
okay you know what I seen the other day
on the old
interweb if you use wide out for
this it doesn't meld off as you're
cutting it you can see the line the
whole way wide out those little wide out
pens yeah we should go get one and try
it that's a good idea let's do it let's
try
it pattern interrupt we're really going
to get we're going to go to the Dollar
Store and get one I like the
way just cuz you had the idea you saw it
on the interweb I want to see if it
works let's go get one we'll be
back we're really just driving 8 miles
to just try this out got a better I
don't know how else to see if this is
real
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there what's your bets think it
works
it
better correction fluid man they don't
have it quick dry time usually there's
pins we live in the middle of
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nowhere P yeah they just don't have them
all right let's go to Terry's all right
we're off Terry's got to have
one
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we found some think it'll work you're
going to paint it on we didn't find any
markers I don't think it's going to work
we live in the
boonies how's that camera it's
good well we didn't get what we
wanted but we got what we got so we're
going to go home and try to paint some
on and see if it works it does find one
of these pens all right we're back let's
go see if this works pen would have been
way easier just in case you're wondering
I'm going to try it on something I don't
care about first I think where where did
that little piece of metal go I just had
right here we're going to slather up a
little of
this what's your bets I don't think that
will work it's like too
liquidy look at
that wow I mean if if you had one of
those pins yeah more distinct line
that's
cool all right we're on the search we're
going to have to find one of those pins
now yeah that
just it doesn't
melt doesn't melt let me show them the
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difference
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well that didn't melt that time of
course why wouldn't
it usually when you start cutting it
melts your line off of it and didn't get
hot enough do that quick but interesting
well we solved that myth wide out will
work all right let's make some let's
make some Sparks still not decided if I
like like this or
not it was too dim for my liking too dim
I couldn't find the line or too dark too
dark
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okay
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we've got to cut that off of it so that
it'll fit down where it goes that's
going to work plus it's going to Solid
the floor
up let me get a
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Sharpie this time lapse no it's gone
dang it you are live my
friend
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don't know how to draw that
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round there we go probably put rivets in
this Mar go will rivet them and then we
can set it in there set the seat in it
and see how terrible it really is I
think it'll be
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good
it's it's low low now let's get the seat
see what it looks like heck yeah too low
baby look at that the seats that is how
solid is
it good enough once it's
welded all right got it
yep drop the front in the front right
what am
I just like
that
oh
dude that's so much better I can't even
oh it's not
uncomfortable put the back in it let's
try
it I think we've done
well by
golly all
right it's good enough for right now
we're just
testing it's going to be better yeah
head's not going to be
touching so four-wheel
drive it's going to be fine four low
it's going to be fine with it so let's
welder
in I think we roll the welder over and
Tack it where we can tack it and then
we'll pull it off
Center I don't know let me see that
tape I'm inch and
34s two and a
half two and a
quter perfect welder
down
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that's going to work freaking good in
there
sweet looking good little welding left
little bit I'll build I'll build
something for those something to set
down in I'll just build some little
piece of angle or something that'll be
well both sides
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okay
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well here we go Sil
C I don't know if I can get into where I
need to seill it
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here okay it did it let's fill a
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cap that's really
satisfying all right well uh grab me
another
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can
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oh yeah right on the steering wheel
that's where I thought it would go take
a razor knife and cut that all trim it
to
fit wow got to have done something
right all right we got a bunch done
today we got the seed all put in it we
got gauges put in it it's uh it's
getting close I got the floor all buffed
and ground out right now we're waiting
because of all that foam it's just
foamed up and I can't do anything so
next time you'll see us get the seat put
in we'll get all the sound deadening put
in we may put some power windows in
these doors so until then though thanks
for
watching
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