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 build a car
01:08for SEMA and at the time I had a few 2,111s and I was talking to a few celebrities and I pretty much
01:16put my foot in it. Sam had entered himself and his team into a competition to build a ratrod to show
01:22at the following year's SEMA event. While the end design was a team effort, American Michael Lightbourne
01:29had the idea of using a Rolls-Royce. He sourced the car and convinced the owner to part with it.
01:36Sam and his dad Derek helped raise sponsorship and sourced parts and the customizing work
01:42was 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 0-60? I mean
01:59it's kind of how big your cojones are is how to answer that question. I mean it's just quite scary to
02:05actually put your foot down on a car that's number one got an aluminium frame. You don't want to twist it
02:09even though it has to be strengthened unbelievably well. I mean this car probably weighs under you know a
02:15ton and the power to weight ratio is probably like a Ferrari. I mean it's unbelievable. You put the foot
02:20down and it's actually quite scary to think that are you actually going to stop because this thing is
02:24a freaking powerhouse. When the car's paperwork was sent to motoring writer Glyn Williams he discovered
02:33that the Rolls-Royce had an interesting history. Through the chassis number I found out this was the first
02:38Rolls-Royce that Lord Tredegar ever owned and for it to be the most eccentric crazy guy you know known
02:45in the UK history near royalty friends of 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 here
02:55today 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
03:09from the Diesel Brothers, the guys from Street Outlaws, all these crazy amazing people with
03:15unbelievable reputations not only just for the uh the building side of things but even in the TV
03:20world you know Welder Up Garage, a massive massive rat rob builder garage in Las Vegas. These guys came
03:25over to the shop and they couldn't believe what we'd done to the car. It was groundbreaking, it was
03:30unbelievable. After the success of this collaboration the team is already looking ahead to SEMA 2017.
03:38The 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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