I was fortunate enough to meet Jeff and his mates at the Valla event this year and did a feature shoot on both his 56 oval as well as this ultra-evil 65 ratrod beetle. He contacted me this morning to let me know its up for grabs at a measly $5000 - a real bargain! The car is based in Sydney. Serious buyers can u2u me for his contact details or post a message.

I've cut n pasted a little of the article with some specs for you to read.....

Sorry Jeff has moved to QLD (apologies for any inconvenience!)

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"The look we wanted to achieve was that of a matt black hi-boy style of hot-rod of the 50's.
After centre mounting the custom Speedo and removing the mudguards (fenders) we realized we would have to reshape the front and rear aprons, the main priority was to get the front "right" first and if time allowed us we would do the rear (as you can see we ran out of time)
After sorting out the front we turned our attention to the headlights, front indicators, rear indicators and rear stop/tail lights. We used chrome bucket headlights and bullet style indicators, the same indicators are on the rear and a modified set are used as stop/tail lights.
Painted steel wheels are used and white wall tyres as used on the cool56 achieved the look we were after.
The bright red steel wheels match the 'chilli pepper red' interior well, the same 750mm skull topped gearstick sits well with modified vertical hand brake lever in front of the custom made folding BENCH seat, the stark matt black dash features a centre mounted custom Speedo modelled off of the infamous Jim Beam can, there are no surprises why the fuel gauge always seems full with many thanks to porn star Brianna Banks for the incredible chest! The glove box houses the CD player which provides essential cruising tunes.
The custom 'VW666' badge on the engine lid provides the essential touch to this evil ride!
The shinny black iron crosses on each of the doors provides a "subtle" contrast to the matt black exterior.
The motor is a stock 1600cc twin port"

pics to follow.....

[Edited on 18-12-2004 by sneak_e]

wow so many ncie things for sale atm, good luck wit it.

An excellent opportunity for those rat lovers...

(Tempted, but I'd be divorced before I was married..)

that. is. so. unbelievably. cool.

If I didn't have so many projects already I'd have that for sure! awesome!

We were down on the beach when those photos were being taken.....cool pics, good to see them. Are there any more?

just wondering if its street legal without the guards?

its regod. i beleave they had it sorted out.

its got guards, they're just real tiny

yeh and they real close to the wheel

i wonder if one of those guards has ever fallen off or got caught being so close to the wheel ? like on long trips, say valla for examples sake.


kool car but dont get me wrong:bounce

Faaaark - I only just remembered Jeff has moved to Qld so there's a slight geographical alteration to the above ad

Yep there's a heap more pics however the shoot is due for publishing so I probably can't release all of them

it was driven to valla from campbelltown
now stop the snivelling and buy it

Does it come with the guards to finish it off??
Paint needs a bit of a cut and polish too.

Gra, sarcasim is my job.

Cheers
Dave

Well it must be catching mate!

Some ideas for you rat bug,
Mind you yours really should be called a rancid bug.

God how I love beetles,

Should I swap my bus for one, I'll have to ponder that for a while before I make up my mind,.

See I give good sarcasim.

Cheers
Dave

i looove this beetle. there should be some pics of it at the shootout, but brilliant all the same...

anyone got 5000 dollars spare. you can have my other beetle until i pay it all back...

jim beam speedo face in this is really :bounce

That's right volks folks, the little beast is now mine. I picked it up from Jeff Baker (thanks mate) on the Gold Coast yesterday and finished driving it home to Canberra today. Didn't miss a beat and was an absolute blast to drive. This things attrcts so much (positive) attention and I thoroughly enjoyed talking to admirers on my trip home.

I will be putting this in the members rides section and posting regular updates as to the things I will be doing it.

Lovin the Ratrod.

great score. Such a kool ride I luv that fuel gauge too. Jubblies:bounce

very nice ya lucky bugger.....:cry

Saw it at the lights going home yesterday. Very nice ride. Now I just need to sell my other car and get me one.