They consider rat rods as junk and unsafe, but as you well know there are some very well built (and expensive) "rat rods".
Many of those guys are stuck in the 50's. Really. Traditional? What is traditional? Period correct is a better classification.
Dont feel bad about your post. Just last week I saw two get locked. One being about an hei fake magneto. The other about radial tires. But then again you will see posts about air bag suspensions with no one complaining. I am probably gonna get banned now.