Vehicle Description
Known as the "Cancer Car," this hot rod honors a two-year-old boy
with kidney cancer. Steve Darnell, owner of WelderUp car shop and
star of the reality TV show "Vegas Rat Rods," forged this car in
the spirit of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's 1960s Rat Fink designs.
According to Darnell, it's ugly and it's meant to be ugly, because
that is how cancer presents itself. This 1930 Ford portrays that as
much of it is covered in a rusty patina. Incorporated into the
design are 10 dozen metal roses surrounding a 392ci HEMI engine
from a 1957 Dodge. This vehicle portrays, from front to rear, the
hopeful journey of a cancer patient from the black dead cancer
roses of diagnosis to the fresh living red blooms of recovery. This
car is now for everyone fighting cancer. "I could not have hoped
for a better use than to help fund cancer breakthroughs at TGen,"
says Darnell, whose shop specializes in crafting rat rods from a
hodgepodge of other vehicles cut, chopped and dropped ultra-low
with little chrome and often with a lot of rust. **100% OF HAMMER
PRICE TO BENEFIT TGEN CHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH FUND** **WILL BE
SOLD AT APPROXIMATELY 5:30 PM ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2017**
