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57kombi Hannover Elder

2,544 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#315988
As I said a rat should be as found, with a nice worked motor, nice wheels and lowered.
The rest are just turds.

Rikki James in England spent a hell of a lot of money doing his barney 23 window bus as a rat, he repaired all the bodywork ,fitted discs and had the paint matched to suit the faded original paint and then he dropped it , fitted nice wheels and a stroked type 4 turbo motor, that is a rat.
Safe to drive , with power and handling

Cheers
Dave

57 Chook Shed Custom Title Time!

1,021 posts · joined Oct 2002 ·

#316111
Ahh piss off Dave.
I wanted a cool ride to go to the show in the other day. I`m fuckin skint so I begged and borrowed a few bit`s and pieces, put shit loads of time and effort into re-working the suspension and bodywork to make it look the business, turn heads, make people smile.
For that I won a trophy.

"Rikki James in England spent a hell of a lot of money doing his barney 23 window bus as a rat, he repaired all the bodywork ,fitted discs and had the paint matched to suit the faded original paint and then he dropped it , fitted nice wheels and a stroked type 4 turbo motor, that is a rat"

If I had the money then I`d have stuck a big motor in it and be running Porsche Big Reds all round with polished Fuchs.
But hey, money isn`t everything.
Gra.

[Edited on 13-3-2005 by 57 Chook Shed]

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bugeyedbabe Wheres her VW heart on her sleeve

3,945 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·

#316150
it couldn't come back...some fool put a rust convertor on it, and it dissapppeared.

lol:P

owner was not happy :cussing
dubless. 🥲
🥷 And who the helled parked the Mitsubishi "Prancer" under my house??? 🥷

bugeyedbabe Wheres her VW heart on her sleeve

3,945 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·

#316254
ya's all have no idea how hard he worked to make it that rusty...turning a blind eye every time it got a dent..

FORCING himself got to get out the panel beating tools...

actually credit to those who rat...i doubt i coudl do it properly...

the bad exterior i could, the bling bling wheel i could, big motor i could...but then i'd want a nice interior...with pretty flowers...and a good stereo...and...the list goes on and on.
dubless. 🥲
🥷 And who the helled parked the Mitsubishi "Prancer" under my house??? 🥷

frenzix Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,742 posts · joined Dec 2003 ·

#316255
i love taht wagon, it's paited now isn't it?
www.nkcrew.com.au

bugeyedbabe Wheres her VW heart on her sleeve

3,945 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·

#316275
no idea...

did it belong to anyone on here...
dubless. 🥲
🥷 And who the helled parked the Mitsubishi "Prancer" under my house??? 🥷

robnjo Veteran Volks Folk

2,082 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·

#316299
love the rat KG...I think it the KG I like or maybe the hood orderment:P

Spook Driving the 64 wheeler

1,168 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#319142
There seems to be some confusion between a beater, a rat & a sleeper.

A beater is some piece of shit that leaves the drive once a day. Held together with blu tak, tape & silicon, & just legal enough to pass rego.

A rat, well I'm with Celtic Warrior on this one. It will be parts of different cars put together, BUT, it will be as solid as the day it was built & probably stock as a rock. Gets washed now & then but hasn't seen polish in 20 years. Left & right tyres may match. Front & back probably wont.

A proper rat wasn't meant to look like shit, it just fell together that way.

Now, a sleeper. This is a hard one because they will be one of two extremes.
It will either be imaculate, or look like a complete piece of shit, but this is the one with the worked motor. Not a rat. The difference being, if a sleeper looks like a piece of shit, it was done on purpose.
Well my friends are gone & my hair is grey, I ache in the places where I used to play.

Stealth Ich Leibe mein Kastenwagen!

1,021 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#319274
That Type 3 Wagon is now Black and is Aldo's. You would not recognise it now days, it is very straight and clean with accessories everywere. Should be at the Jamboree next month.

STEALTH