80's Tarago, turned panel van, matt black, lowered on red stockers with whitewalls and skull & crossbones stencil on the side!

its63b Seriously Crusin Dubber

150 posts · joined Jan 2005 · 15 Oct 2005, 10:16 am

#417696

that commodore looks sooo shit hey man,the red tint doesnt do it any favours either..

twoguns simply aircooled

4,275 posts · joined Nov 2002 · 15 Oct 2005, 10:45 am

#417710

dont think so sam. its getting pretty general. i have a hiace up this way... matt black with similiar treatment. i passed a hiace with a gothic sorta theme on the freeway on the way home yesterday.

i have been trying to talk my nephew into a 80s torago... with all the skylights etc. sort the euivialnt to the splits of hte 60s. and for him it is with in his budget.

Simply Cruzin'...

baybuscamperkid prince of insufficient light, ruler of heck

4,316 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 15 Oct 2005, 11:45 am

#417726

mate, dont talk him into a tarago, unless its real new. have you ever driven one of those things? they make a split feel safe. the ones i have driven have been gutless, the frames until the late 80's? were more crude then the bay kombis, and on a mates ealry 90s turbo diesel 4x4 the brakes are a joke, beetle sized single pot disks on the front and drums on the rear! maybe an import custom hiace instead, i hear they are a lot better.

Reimagined/Recycled/Upcycled Cool

VDubya Seriously Crusin Dubber

103 posts · joined Sep 2005 · 15 Oct 2005, 12:23 pm

#417735

did i start something very very bad..?

Shyhooks fan? Ego is not a dirty word.
That look has been around since before you swam out of your daddy.

sgetty Fahrvergnugen

994 posts · joined Sep 2003 · 21 Nov 2005, 11:21 am

#430808

i think i saw that wagon in cessnock a couple of weeks ago, not impressed👎:puke
deon

🙂

fekkinell Wolfsburg Wizard

655 posts · joined Jun 2005 · 2 Dec 2005, 11:24 am

#434285

Tarago's are my sworn enemy on the roads... they always seem to be jumping in front of me and getting in my way... lucky for me my beast of a standard engined kombi can outrun them MWAHAHAHAHA!!!! :P

decked dubby Custom Title Time!

1,046 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 2 Dec 2005, 2:24 pm

#434332

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frenzix Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,742 posts · joined Dec 2003 · 4 Dec 2005, 1:20 pm

#434969

can you please tell me why you would be wanting to spot possums all day long

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WABaja Call ME when you need a TOW

824 posts · joined Nov 2004 · 4 Dec 2005, 4:31 pm

#435057

Ohhhrrr....
Those are So "Old Skool"...
I just love these "Rats"..
What cool "HoodRides" man, wow...

I hate to admit it, but man, I think you're right....

PrettyBlueBug Almost over it...

2,032 posts · joined May 2005 · 4 Dec 2005, 7:20 pm

#435091

Hahahahahahaha 😂

I'd say something, but I can't stop laughing at them.... hahahahahahaha :P

11CAB If ya got it....Baja it

4,674 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 4 Dec 2005, 7:26 pm

#435093

So he worked out how to lower the rear, but can't quite figure out where to weld the front adjusters to.........:P

65 Meyers Manx
68 Country Buggy (KO 367)
68 Country Buggy (KO 669)
68 Country Buggy (KO 789)
68 Country Buggy (KO 815)
68 Baja Bug
76 Baja Kombi Twincab

CAFFINEPUSHERMAN bandito di culo

1,609 posts · joined May 2005 · 5 Dec 2005, 8:11 am

#435210

so so wrong

A candy coloured clown they called the sandman tip toes through my room every night just to sprinkle stardust on my pillow go to sleep everything will be allright
1967 Type 3 square
1956 double door panel
1968 single cab kombi

hipichic Insano Dub Head

763 posts · joined Jun 2005 · 5 Dec 2005, 6:14 pm

#435383

🙅 ewww

Time is a great healer. Unless it's a rash, then you're better off with ointment.

crewcabconnection Being Sid James

1,922 posts · joined Apr 2003 · 5 Dec 2005, 8:39 pm

#435454

I believe that in the UK people are getting into Historic People Mover Racing...but seriously why would you bother? You can't polish a turd. (Jackie Gleeson, Smokey and the Bandit). Next well see a T3 gone matt black. I'm also not sure about the degree of difference between a Rat, Rat Rod and a Hood Ride ... seems that Rat/Rod is more of a Beetle/Type 3 thing than a bus thing, and Buses seem to fit more into Hoodride (as per www.hoodride.com). But that's not to say that the owner of a Rat Bus would agree. When is a Rat, just a sh_tbox trying to be cool? - maybe it's all in the eye of the beholder. It's all getting very confusing..but I don't think you can 'pimp' a Kia and make it cool anymore than a Tarago. But no doubt someone will prove me wrong (again).

Loves a lolcat

Hertz www.melburgluft.com

1,080 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 30 Dec 2005, 10:10 pm

#442523

WABaja wrote:Ohhhrrr....
Those are So "Old Skool"...
I just love these "Rats"..
What cool "HoodRides" man, wow...

That is a slap in the face for anyone wearing a Hoodride stencil on their dub!

WA Volksrodder Seriously Crusin Dubber

105 posts · joined Dec 2005 · 30 Dec 2005, 10:20 pm

#442524

I hope so....!!!!!!!!!!:cussing

The opinion of The Village Idiot, only matters to those that would have him Ring The Bell....

Schmoburger Baywindow Mafia Godfather and Cement-Shoe Fitter

2,185 posts · joined Oct 2005 · 31 Dec 2005, 3:58 pm

#442716

That Commo' is teh sux!... like, OK, I was gonna pimp mine a bit a while back, but then thought.. why bother???... sure, I admit they look awsome if ya do it right (that POS up top is NOT RIGHT!!!)... but it dont make the car any less shite... still rates as a feeble attempt to polish a turd... hehe... love that phrase... and that makes two occurrences of it now 😀

Basically, you pimp a Kombi... you is t3H_5h1T... OOHH YEAAAH... on the other hand, pimp a Commodore, you is FULLY SICK BRO'!!!... YECH... FULLY SICK is an insult that is deserving of the one who utters it being plastered by arediculously lowered Kombi! (cue the Helbus 🤘)

As for the Tarago's... BUUURN BURRRN BUUURN!!!!!... SACRIFICE TO THE DAKDAK-DEITIES!!!! :jesus

I saw a shit Tarago afew months back with friggin' HYDRAULICS!!!! ARGH!!!:repuke

People is really takin this rat-rod thing WAAAAAY too far... serious... Sigmas, Tarago's and Datsun 1300's with bling???? WTF 🙁

1976 Kombi Trakka camper, "Buttercup"... driver.
1976 Beluxe Microbus, "Saphir"... resto.
1974 Kombi panelvan, "George"... shed.
1974 Superbug, "Schmeetle"... resto.
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Schmoburger Baywindow Mafia Godfather and Cement-Shoe Fitter

2,185 posts · joined Oct 2005 · 31 Dec 2005, 4:06 pm

#442720

Hmmm... that van appears to be a later Mitsubishi L300 or a Ford Econovan.... or maybe an earlyish Hiace.

I got my mony oin L300 tho...

1976 Kombi Trakka camper, "Buttercup"... driver.
1976 Beluxe Microbus, "Saphir"... resto.
1974 Kombi panelvan, "George"... shed.
1974 Superbug, "Schmeetle"... resto.
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boristherat Wolfsburg Wizard

563 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 20 Mar 2006, 10:08 pm

#466316

Definately a L300

L for lame and 300 for how many metres high the cliff should be that it drives off.
:puke

1959 Mercedes Benz 190
1963 Chevrolet Corvair
1969 BMW 2002 Auto
1973 Mercedes Benz 230.6

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 20 Mar 2006, 10:54 pm

#466344

its a long wheel base express van 2.4l to be exact probably a 89-90 model
there the kindda cars ppl point and laugh at

Joel

crazyfiggi Wolfsburg Wizard

657 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 22 Mar 2006, 7:15 pm

#466776

I think they are great. Seems like a good way to have a car that you can build on an extreamly tight budget and break away from the norm. The van looks like it hauls a dirt bike round in the back for sure.
Alex.

baybuscamperkid prince of insufficient light, ruler of heck

4,316 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 27 Mar 2006, 4:05 pm

#468430

not half as bad as i expected. what do you think outside people think of a late beetle dropped on its pan, or the insane chamber on the rear of madly lowered bugs?

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Schmoburger Baywindow Mafia Godfather and Cement-Shoe Fitter

2,185 posts · joined Oct 2005 · 4 Apr 2006, 12:54 pm

#471522

well..to be honest..i dont think much of lowered swing axle bugs either..anymore than i do commodores... and superbugs and l-bugs look crap which ever way you look at them... no offence intended to anyone who owns one.. each to his/her own! 👍

The commodore I could JUST live with... only JUST tho... but Im afraid I cant agree with you guys on the Lame 300ft cliff van... it just looks terrible whichever light I look at it in... very very sickening.. :puke:

1976 Kombi Trakka camper, "Buttercup"... driver.
1976 Beluxe Microbus, "Saphir"... resto.
1974 Kombi panelvan, "George"... shed.
1974 Superbug, "Schmeetle"... resto.
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baggedbug68 Slammed & Awesome Dubber

95 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 18 Apr 2006, 11:18 pm

#477615

i like the camber on the rear of my 68 bug when i drop it on its guts (but each to there own). As for those cars they are sooo yuk its just not funny(my opinion). not that i want to get into a debate about rat style as i will look at any car done right and think it looks good no matter what style it falls under.but spew to the dunnydoor and the cliff van:puke

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