00:00In the end what it boils down to is enjoying yourself and making people smile and I'm pretty
00:07sure at SEMA 2016 we did that one of the most craziest cars that anyone would dare to build.
00:12The conventional ratrod to the man that loves his Ferrari and Lamborghini they're just another
00:23rusty car on the road. We try to put our own interpretation on what a ratrod should be,
00:27you know maybe a royal ratrod or a ratrod Rolls-Royce. You know if you're going to
00:32ratrod a Rolls-Royce these bodies are aluminium and you can't make them rust anyway so what can
00:36we do? We can put our own interpretation on it. Big engine, exposed welds, cut the roof down,
00:41original seats, original steering box, original grille, original body panels. We didn't put any
00:46paint on it. You know same with the ratrod style but we're just here to have fun.
00:49This incredible ratrod began as a 1936 Rolls-Royce. It was created by an
00:57international team including Sam Hard. Where we got the inspiration from building
01:02the Rolls-Royce ratrod was actually at SEMA in 2015. I was there helping a friend of mine
01:08build a car for SEMA and at the time I had a few 2,011,8 and I was talking to a few celebrities
01:15and I pretty much put my foot in it. Sam had entered himself and his team into a competition
01:21to build a ratrod to show at the following year's SEMA event. While the end design was a team effort
01:28American Michael Lightbourne had the idea of using a Rolls-Royce. He sourced the car
01:33and convinced the owner to part with it. Sam and his dad Derek helped raise sponsorship and sourced
01:40parts and the customizing work was carried out at Street Toys in Mexico by Jesse Gonzalez and his team.
01:47It's got LS6. I mean that engine's a freaking powerhouse. Big block Chevy. It's got hillboard
01:53fuel injection again that kicks up another 80 to 100 brake horsepower. How fast can it go 0 to 60?
01:59I mean it's kind of how big your cojones are is how to answer that question. I mean it's just quite
02:04scary to actually put your foot down on a car that's number one got an aluminium frame. You don't want to
02:08twist it even though it has to be strengthened unbelievably well. I mean this car probably weighs
02:14under you know a ton and the power to weight ratio is something probably like a Ferrari. I mean it's
02:19unbelievable. You put the foot down and it's actually quite scary to think that are you actually
02:23going to stop because this thing is a freaking powerhouse. When the car's paperwork was sent to
02:30motoring writer Glyn Williams he discovered that the Rolls-Royce had an interesting history.
02:36Through the chassis number I found out this was the first Rolls-Royce that
02:39Lord Tredegar ever owned and for it to be the most eccentric crazy guy you know known in the UK
02:45history near royalty friends with Hitler you know Winston Churchill all these famous people
02:51and now we just cut it up and having some fun with it. I kind of feel that if Lord Tredegar was
02:55here today he'd be smiling too. With the build finished it was time to take the car from Mexico to Las Vegas.
03:03When we took it to SEMA some of the best car builders in the world Gene Winfield you know the guys from the Diesel Brothers the guys from
03:11Street Outlaws all these crazy amazing people with unbelievable reputations not only just for the
03:17the building side of things but even in the TV world you know Welder Up Garage a massive massive
03:23rat rob builder garage in Las Vegas these guys came over to the shop and they couldn't believe
03:27what we'd done to the car it was groundbreaking it was unbelievable.
03:30After the success of this collaboration the team is already looking ahead to SEMA 2017.
03:37The car has already been bought we're just trying to make it as crazy as we can and trying to make
03:41some people scared and maybe a little bit upset and try and make the majority of the car builders
03:46in the custom car world smile. 2017 SEMA here we come.
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