Deposit taken, Boris The Rat - 67 Beetle *sold take 2*

Hey all,

Up for sale is Boris The Rat, a 67 Beetle Deluxe currently in 'rat cal' guise.
Boris has a really good, non original 50's interior (door card fit is a little loose and seat back is the og basket weave grey under the mex blanket)and Berg Shifter. Heater channels and under battery are all fine. Original rubber mats are there, as is the original books and warranty card.
Outside, he has some nice bits, Flying VW (currently painted but only lightly, will polish off), Original Talbot of Berlin bullet mirror. Also is running a 4" narrowed ol skool customs beam with no shocks. I have 4 x og rims with near new Federal Tyres as well as some wideys currently fitted with 205/75 Bridgestones with cut in whitewalls. Has minimal rust, bit on the bonnet and the left hand wheel well and base of the doors, however A and B pillars are excellent as is the pan as a whole. Rear guards have 'poppa' dents and could probably do with replacing. Sides have been painted with a high quality satin and look good. Running boards are only fair and I have some spares that will come with it. Deck lid is not original but is rust free and painted matt black, tail light lamp not connected.
Mechanically, brakes are excellent as are electrics (still 6v) with a new heavy duty cold crank battery. Motor runs very well although I have been told by my mechanic that the heads are carboned up and consequently is down on power, but drives well if not a smidge slow. Has usual oil leaks. Trans shifts nicely and the clutch is sweet.
Some bits to turn boris back to what he once was will be included. Bumpers, visor, original hubcaps. Will also chuck in a couple of eskies!

Please contact me via PM at this stage or email darryg@bigpond.net.au
Car is located in Adelaide SA.
Has current SA Rego. RAT 067
Will probably need a few bits done for Vic RWC. Would encourage viewing in person.

Price- $2950 firm

Following are 30 x pics of the good and the bad


Cheers,
Darren Gerlach

Very unique...


Just have to find the right buyer. 🙂

Man, I love it!

The faded VW Blue paint, red seats, the bullet mirror, the black wheels with no hubcaps.
It looks great.

I have the same car, albeit with shinier paint and different wheels.

Good luck with the sale.

You wouldnt want to sell the flying VW would you?

Unfortunately no bits will be sold seperately, will destroy Boris' soul. sorry.

How good it that interior! Good luck with the sale mate, sorry to see it go.
Something else on the cards or different brand of steel. How's the 2002?
T54

Turbo54 wrote:How good it that interior! Good luck with the sale mate, sorry to see it go.
Something else on the cards or different brand of steel. How's the 2002?
T54

Yeah, interior is gorgeous Heath!!
I have a Corvair arriving this week, will bring her up when I get rego. The 2002 is as sweet as ever.
See you soon!

love the pedal rubbers.........where did they come from?

Ha ha, yeah, a bit of fun. They were on ebay from Brazil, only cost $10 or so, but that was a while ago.

$4500 now. Wife would like it gone.🙁

Ill hire it for a day....or a weekend.Plenty of room at my joint D 😀

Just buy it! Then we can cruise to Volksfest together... Ive organised a pro videographer to film my car on the drive down!

Wannavee wrote:Ill hire it for a day....or a weekend.Plenty of room at my joint D 😀

I will be away for Volksfest so we may be able to sort something out Lee.

Mate,if i had the cash,you KNOW I'd buy it.Alas,taxman cleaned me out.Will PM u

Price Drop $4k ono

I want it so bad! Wish i had the coin....

When is volksfest?

$4000, good luck with that

And good luck to you my friend.

Or maybe i should sell a car that owes me over 6k to someone with the mood 'broke' for $1000.
Or maybe i should just delete the post and sell via other means to people that understand the abbreviation o.n.o.

cool car - I would pay that money any day of the week.... 4k is cheap for such a cool early bug...

stick to your guns boris - wait for the right buyer....

'ken oath D
Stick to it

Maybe get Someone to take it to volksfest with price and for sale on it... couldnt hurt... (plus, id love to get a shot of mine next to it haha 😀)

if i didnt already have a shed full of cars and didnt want a harley and wasnt broke i would get that, if the wife let me!!!!!😁
seriously that is way cool, i recon wannavee should buy it!!!!lol

matt

Thanks for the support guys....funny how one post can put you in a bad mood🤪

It does have lotsa nice bits, beam, interior, GB Shifter etc etc. And an awesome dubber will be running it down to Volksfest, the best show in SA.
Forgot to mention that it picked up 'best rat' at aforementioned show in 2006 and 2007.😀

This is hands down the most amazing VW I have ever seen! Has some serious character.
Obviously Boris is running fine from the sounds of it, only potential problem is that I live in NSW.. would love it if you could run me through what work would need to be done to get it rego'd over here.
That is if it hasnt sold already...?
PM me if Boris is still for sale
Cheers,
Roland.

OMG someone buy this now

It is an awesome car with shit loads of character.

Way too cheap to last

Noooooooooooo! It cant go to NSW, someone in SA buy it!

Matt,you know I'd buy it but i can't after what Ive just spent 😂
Boris will be at Volksfest unless sold prior.
Anyone keen on Boris should get on it very soon as you would buy a helluva lot worse for more money
Itl will sell at Volksfest (last weekend in November for you interstaters)

Darren,give me a ring mate
0407 42 151

lol, just stiring lee😀
matt

ImprezaRS wrote:This is hands down the most amazing VW I have ever seen! Has some serious character.
Obviously Boris is running fine from the sounds of it, only potential problem is that I live in NSW.. would love it if you could run me through what work would need to be done to get it rego'd over here.
That is if it hasnt sold already...?
PM me if Boris is still for sale
Cheers,
Roland.

PM sent Roland😎

I know Mattie.All good mate
Looking forward to catching up

Bumpo

nice

Unsure Andrew....perhaps Feb or March??? Seems sketchy at this stage.
Cheers.

PS another drop in price.🥲

Hey Darren, Could you pm me with an email address I can contact you on, have some questions. Cheers.

PM sent mate

Email replied to Ben.
Cheers bud.

Just wondering what it looks like now, the photos at the top of the page, or the one where it is at the show?
cheers.

brock wrote:Just wondering what it looks like now, the photos at the top of the page, or the one where it is at the show?
cheers.

Brock, it looks like the pics at the top of the page but bumpers etc. will be included in sale.
More recent pics will be posted this weekend.😎

To save confusion....30 x pics are up now how Boris stands and how he will be sold.....price drop now $3500 and negotiable👍😢🙄😁

hey darren
love the car i have some cash but dont know if you would take it can you pm me your details and ill call you
or call me on 0413388155

cheers

Will be back in Australia by mid january, If you bunch don't snap it up by then its coming to sydney to join my others.
This looks great and is too cheap!

hey daren
still waiting for you to get back to me....
is he away???? dose any one know
dont want to loose this car

Hey buddy, been flat strap at work....will give you a buz tomorrow

Boris is SOLD pending payment.
Thanks so much for those who showed interest and for all the good props.

Cheers,
Darren
👍

Good work D

boristherat wrote:Boris is SOLD pending payment.
Thanks so much for those who showed interest and for all the good props.

Cheers,
Darren
👍

Well, we all know how it goes. Someone is dead keen and gives you their word for the car to be collected next week then.....low and behold, it falls through.

Boris is back on the market at the heavily reduced price of $2950 firm as it needs to go by the end of the month.

Nice!! 😀 Too bad the sale fell through..Their lose eh..Someone will snap it up real fast at that price..

We are trying to sell our Harley & the amount of tyre kickers is unbelievable. 😬

Will somebody plaese buy this car! geez it's so damn cheap.

1916baja wrote:Will somebody plaese buy this car! geez it's so damn cheap.

And can someone teach me how to spell?

Bumpo

I Thought this sold Dazz?

Doc, sale fell through as per previous post.

That sucks Daz... end of the month hey? That means i need to get my arse into gear and get the square back on the road before someone buys it!

pm mate.

Deposit taken now. Boris is staying in SA.
Thanks again for all the kind words and interest.
He will be leaving on Thursday and I will wave goodbye with a heavy heart.🥲

Just wanted to say I saw this on ebay and loved it but wasn't ready to commit to buying just yet. I've only just joined Aussieveedubbers.

Sorry for your loss but congrats to who ever bought this. Lovely looking rat.

Glad its staying in SA

Know this is an old thread but thought I'd let you know that I just bought Boris the Rat who will have a name change (sorry) to Bledri which is welsh slang word meaning wolf given to outlaw warriers back in the day in Wales where I originally come from) He is currently with my mechanic in Vic (again sorry he's moved from SA) but fell in love at first sight - there won't be many changes to him just get him back up and running well and just clean him back up (oh and legalise the front end lol) He is so very awesum and will be well loved and looked after - was great to see a little bit of his history! I'll post photos if you're interested and no doubt he will be back on the road and showing off as soon as possible 🙂

was good mates with boris
great lil ratter ,good buy

Fell in lurrvvv 😍 He's got some work to do on him but hopefully I'll have him back on the road and cruising soon 🙂