Cool stuff I found among the rat rods at the 2012 Grand National Roadster Show

 the above is the coolest thing I found among the rat rods. Everything else was a distant second. Compliments and congrats to whoever did this!

 and down between the cool seats is

 Rat Rod magazine

 Way cool Kultured virgin Mary

Bitchin door handle

 it's rare to see a car with this minimal a windscreen

 but it had this cool Stewart Warner tach in the below photo

 great old Buick, and everytime I look inside this model, I notice the mirror reflected speedometer, which might be the only car I've ever seen with one, and I don't think I ever noticed the cool gear selector indicator before

 1928 Essex with a 1957 392 hemi. Gotta be the only one

 great turn indicators

 awesome ashtrays

Ted's Rod Shop rat rod at the Grand National Roadster Show 2012

 I dig the leather belts and blanket... it's a small touch, but it seems to complete the look of the trunk area very well. Nice pinstriping too... very nice. Not day glow neon colors, instead they are complimentary to the colors of the car, and are subtle, but accentuating.

http://www.tedsrodshop.com/ is the winner of the GNRS 2011 Best Radical Custom 1935-1948 and the
West Coast Kustoms Most Outstanding Custom of the Year.

the next rat rod is also from Ted's

I'm not sure if the following photos are of Ted's cars though

 I think the above catch all is from a military mess kit. Intended to be used as a cup or soup bowl.

 I don't know what the shifter handle is or was... but I like it

Not many people include bitchin old fire extinhuishers... but it is cool.

and having an old can wrapped around the ignition coil is not uncommon, but never is it oeverstated. It's cool, and I like seeing what guys have found, and how old or auto related the cans original use was. The more unusual the better