I like old cars and trucks very much, so much that I hate to see them rot down, crushed and discarded. I think a car thats too rough to restore and somebody takes it and makes somthing out of it that they have fun with and learn with is a good thing.My son has taken a car that I bought for parts and spent hours on end workin on it tryin' to fix it on the cheap with yard mowin money.I see him truely enjoyin himself havin good clean fun. He can't afford to restore it.It's rough as night in jail.When his papaw died he poured hisself into this rat rod.It kept him busy and was a way to help him through the pain. I think people tend to classify too much, like what a hot rod is or a street rod.What difference does any of it make,like it love it hate it it's all an opinion. In the 50's if you drove a flat black 30's coupe that was thrown together with what you had it was called FUN.... 2009 beleive it or not it's still FUN!