I have seen a few cars that are shitty looking pieces of turd that some are calling rat look.
I was led to believe(according to all the mags) that a rat is actually a vehicle that is as it was found, ie not restored and it is then lowered and most importantly fitted with a worked motor.
Am I right in thinking that the suspension and motor make the rat or can anyone just get a heap on the road and call it a rat look.
Cheers
Dave
Here we go again...
I think the term "rat" had been extended to include any VW that looks like crap. The more traditional are lowered etc, but niw Bling on a crap body is what I consider to be a modern rat, and it seems the worse it looks with rust etc the better it is. Either way, I have no respect for rats.
Reality leaves alot to the Imagination
Come on , its been really boring latley.
Cheers
Dave
Rat for the most part meant traditional.
Putting a cool ride together with bits and pieces you have or could be be sourced easily.
Usually doing it yourself. (If you can paint it can have shit hot paint).
A better engine than stock is always preferred but not necessary.
Lately it is becoming more a term for shit lazy arses.
A beater is not necessarily a rat.
A lot of it is in attitude.
cna i be a rat, pls pls pls pls pls
dubless. 🥲
🥷 And who the helled parked the Mitsubishi "Prancer" under my house??? 🥷
my car is a rat then....it look pretty shit at the moment, but I'm working on it
what's a beater exactly? never heard that one
Reality leaves alot to the Imagination
that what me kids call me as i'm whacking me...:thumb
dubless. 🥲
🥷 And who the helled parked the Mitsubishi "Prancer" under my house??? 🥷
a beater would be like a well used daily, maybe some dings or wrong coloured panel or sumthing, but i would say to this, who really cares, a rat is wen u see a car and go "whoa look at that rat" u just know.
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One man's junk...
Its just a universal truth then eh? A rat is a rat because it thinks it is a rat and therefore is. A rat.
Reality leaves alot to the Imagination
Rat really still should mean the same thing it always did... A rat is a car built up out of whatever parts you've "ratted" from the parts bin, the dump, other wrecks including other makes.
My old Peugeot wagon is a rat in the truest sense, as the bullbar is made from leftover prebent pipe and C purlin (to replace the smashed nose), the Radiator is from a Ford LTD (freebie), the carby is off an old holden ($1 from the tip shop), air cleaner is Mazda (freebie), headlights are Toyota Corona (came in a box with a buggy body I bought), the distributor is from god knows what and mashined at home to fit (50c from tip shop), towbar is made from part of Dad's truck mufler support and some salvaged boiler tube out of a building I rented with tongue and sockets ripped off a wreck of mine, alternator is off a Volvo (one of my wrecks), horns are unknown origin and sound like a freight train on steroids ($1 from tip shop), roofrack is ex Landcruiser troopy cut and welded to fit Pug roof ($4 from tip shop), and I'm about to replace the Renault front seats with Commodore ones...
Everything works, she goes well and can be (and has been) driven any distance. It has towed massive loads (a 2 tonne, 7 metre long, 3.5 metre high offshore boat mold on a car trailer). It's regularly driven in extreme offroad situations and through the river (about 18 to 24 inches depth) just for a shortcut. On top of that, it's my daily transport.
Now that's a rat... :thumb
A Rat is an overgrown mouse ???????
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i class a rat as a old dub that you intend on restoring down the track but cant bare to take of the road yet,so you drop it do some engine work and throw on some cool accessories and enjoy.
1961 swb buggy
1960 karmann ghia
1963 Single Cab: "El Concreto"
1963 bent 23 window " Frieda Samba "
1963 Eriba Faun camper " Cara Van daCamp"
2012 Skoda Octavia scout
Get down low and go,go,go
I have to agree with Hot Rod Matt...except for maybe the paint.
what is a rat ?
what is art ?
what is beautifull ?
what is ugly ?
i recon it all depends who's looking at it. like vwfool said, you just know
I thought it was as found then dump it, big motor and the shiniest rims.:jesus
Yes thats what I thought,
But a lot are just getting them on the road and saying they are rats.
Cheers
Dave
Find an old piece of shit ,Slam it....Maybe a couple of bits thrown on.
Rat,
Fuck the big motor.
Sounds like your bus hey Dave.
Now we wait for the"what is"
Cal look,Resto look,Resto cal look,German look,old school look,new school..
"O.S.K"
We make it happen!
"New school " Haven't heard of that one before ????
Is that for the newbies?
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i'll have "Dave D " for $100 thanks Alex
your answer Paul
"what is a shit stirer"
[Edited on 10/3/2005 by Resto 64]
Look at the second post I made Paul.
Cheers
Dave
he he go and get a check up and geta job(postie Dave)
Are you going on the kombi cruise.
The meeting place is at Plane Tree Drive, but its the same day as the Clipsal, so I dont think you will get anywhere near the place.?????
Dont think I am going, my mate goes back to England same day.
Cheers
Dave
I heard that originally, the term 'Rat' was bought in from the lil character below - Rat Fink - associated with all hot rods, older cars etc. I'm not sure how tru this is - I've been looking all over the net for anything that can support this, has anyone else ever heard that?
[Edited on 11/3/2005 by BettyBoop]
a rat is the thing running around my borther roof...scarying the shit out of me when i least expect to.
dubless. 🥲
🥷 And who the helled parked the Mitsubishi "Prancer" under my house??? 🥷
and what is new school???
dubless. 🥲
🥷 And who the helled parked the Mitsubishi "Prancer" under my house??? 🥷
in august 04 issue the author describes a rat as an early car
in original, unrestored condition showing signs of ageing with
a few signs of light surface rusting, a few bare surfaces, the odd
dent & scratch, (in short,a car with character & every scratch tells
a tale.
this daul cab was the centre piece for this article,clear gloss, shiny bits, dropped, hot motor.
then in the same story they tell you how they sanded back some
panels to get a rusted affect, a contradiction in my eyes.
in my eyes a rat is something that looks like a 'heap. they have character though so i love em. especially when they're stroked!
57kombi wrote:I have seen a few cars that are shitty looking pieces of turd that some are calling rat look.
Cheers
Dave
ok Dave calm down, who has called your bus a shitty looking piece of turd, come on who was it??
