1939 Chevrolet Pickup Rat Rod

[mr.mean]

About time somebody did a ratrod

[Pyrex238]

Originally Posted by mr.mean

About time somebody did a ratrod

Yeah, everyone seems to be making lamborghinis and european economy cars. :?

[Catlin]

Hmmm coolio,but explain whats Ratrod mean,and difference to a hotrod? keep going anyway looking pretty good.

[Pyrex238]

Originally Posted by Catlin

Hmmm coolio,but explain whats Ratrod mean,and difference to a hotrod? keep going anyway looking pretty good.

Basically, they are hot rods that are all go and no show. They use crude paint (most of the time it's flat black) or sometimes theres not even paint - it's just rust. They use various parts from different vehicles, the grill from a ford sedan, bed from a 29 studebaker, cab from a 39 chevy, etc... and they use weird parts - like road signs for firewalls or beer kegs for gas tanks. It's kind of a nostalgic 50's built for purpose vehicle.

[Pyrex238]

I havent had much time lately to work, but tonight I made a simple suspension. I have to set up joints and pivots for the suspension so it works properly in game... so ignore the spindle created out of cylinders, and the mysterious floating grill and head lights, lol.

And no it's not 25k polys, thats mostly the cheap scene. The total polycount so far is 9500

[mr.mean]

Nice

[ibeam]

if you're making a rat rod, wouldn't it be more genuine to have a solid front axle. ifs is a bit modern imo. regardless, this is what games should have

ibeam

[Pyrex238]

Originally Posted by ibeam

if you're making a rat rod, wouldn't it be more genuine to have a solid front axle. ifs is a bit modern imo. regardless, this is what games should have

ibeam

Excellent point. The game features a completely customizable suspension setups. As one of our first complete open wheel models, I chose to first design a fully independent front suspension so the programmers could get the more complex coding out of the way, but the vehicle will feature a fixed front end with the initial purchase - however technically these cars did not have front axles, they had rigid I-beam spindle mounts suspended by a leaf spring, only early 4x4 vehicles would technically have a solid front axle. A pretty bone jarring ride if any of you have ever experienced it. Upon initial purchase this vehicle will be a stock 39 chevy pickup (which is the reason why I branched off from a stock designed cab earlier in the thread) with the factory inline-6 motor, rigid spindles, leaf springs, 4 wheel drums, and full fenders. I probably have another full month ahead of me to finish this model. Our publisher is pushing us for content and media for marketing, so I'm temporarily circumventing the normal design process, which would normally have me finishing the original and moving onto the modified.

[Pyrex238]

10,044 polygons - not optimized
Finished the front suspension for the time being - need to do some testing to figure out what the best method will be for the joints and bones.

[Nik]

Looks pretty sweet man.