1946 Ford Jailbar Rat Rod: Farm Truck to Turbocharged Daily Legend
A Builder’s Story from Rawsonville, Western Cape
Wayne Gresse isn’t just a car guy — he’s a storyteller who welds his tales into steel. Living in the quiet farming town of Rawsonville in the Western Cape, he spends his spare hours doing what most people only dream about: building hot rods, reviving forgotten trucks, and turning rust into attitude.
Among the collection of projects scattered around his workshop, one stands proudly finished (sort of), serving as his favourite daily driver. The others? Let’s just say they’re “still in progress”… or as his wife jokes: “Never, ever going to get finished!”
But that’s part of the charm. Because when you build rat rods, finished isn’t a destination — it’s just a coffee break between ideas.