Rebuilt Scat Rat makes Draggins debut

“When (the theft) first happened, I was very upset, sick to my stomach. I didn’t know if I wanted to rebuild the car, or if it could be rebuilt,” he said.

However, continued encouragement from his family and friends pushed him to pull out the tools.

Heroux and several friends spent the next nine months, and close to 2,000 man-hours, rebuilding Scat Rat. By chance, Heroux had a second car body on his farm.

“It had trees growing through the engine compartment; it was in the bush. My family was like ‘dad, are you sure you can rebuild it?’” Heroux said with a laugh. “I’ve never restored a car in nine months ever and have it look the way it looks.”

Dubbing the rebuild the “sister car” to the original, Heroux had a bow painted in the head of the rat logo on the side.

The sister car has the same interior and Heroux said they were able to use about 25 per cent of the old car including hinges, chrome and glass.

“I never ever got to run it, so now I have a chance to run it with the motor in there,” he said.

Scat Rat, along with part of the old car, a slide show of the build and dozens of other cars will be on display at the Draggins car show Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

With files from News Talk’s David Kirton

by Lasia Kretzel

Rebuilt Scat Rat makes Draggins debut

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