What do you Guy's and Gals think of it?
Will need to put the Safari's back in for a better pic next time.










[Edited on 11-5-2003 by Aussie BLKBUG]

looks cool as is,how about getting the cruz site up dated,seems a bit behind how are you ment to get people to go if its so far behind,come on guys get your shit together i want to mark it on calander

nice South AFFFRICCAN wheels

Personally I love all things vw and your safari looks great but to me the rat look seems to be when you can't afford any other look. I know i'm gunna be proved wrong but please don't take offense to this remark any rat lookers or lovers of. I've seen some nice ones.

i gotta agree with kafar on this one, the only way to do it justice would be a clean semi custom/resto

You could always ratlook it now and change your mid later!

Looks cool.
Needs a Gt stripe.
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LOVE IT
GO THE RAT !
Tint the windows, drop it a bit, maybe a side step and thats all....well maybe a speed stripe in flat red...... !
SWEEEEEEEEEEEEET !

Madness! Nice wheels.. They look better on your bus than they would've on the Beetle.

With the Rat look, I think that that is the idea of doing it like that. The idea is then to spend the money on the motor, rather than restoring the outer or the 'looks'.
Usually the money has nothing to do with the equation, it is more a personal taste or preference thing..

[size=6]DUMP IT, RAT IT[/size]

GO THE RAT-LOOK!
There's plenty of "pretty" splits around these days with plenty more in progress, I cann't wait to find a suitable single cab to do the rat-look on!!!!

The rat is best...

Keep it lasting rat by using a matte clear coat over the old paint....

that is the perfect base for a rat looker.
another vote for RAT !

How much doe's it cost for a set of wheel's like that ?,Nice:thumb
And what are they called so I can keep an eye out for a set.
CBK

GO RAT

South African Sprintstars!?
Rat it now, resto later! The car is too solid to keep it ratted!

N!

I agree, rat now, resto later.

I guess the rat look is the unrestored but still fighting fit lowered look.
I have seen a wide range of buses refered to as "the Rat Look"
And now its a bit confusing,
what do you define as the rat look?
Cheers tony

Rat look:bounce:bounce:bounce

We need a decent rat at our shows and I love the look

Hey the ones I've seen in mags don't look like too much skimping has gone on. The body still needs to be protected from rust and rust taken out etc

Sweet go for it:thumb

I think the beauty of the rat look is the history that is told just by the body itself.
It cannot be copied, and makes your vehicle really unique.
If you get sick of it go the resto. In fact use it to pick up resto bits!

While on the topic of “the rat look”, today in the Victoria University car park I spotted a 1962 Beetle that looked in poor condition. As I'm new to Volkswagens I didn't even knew that people would like to drive a "Rat look" VW's.

I'm not sure If this car has been done up have the "rat look" or if it's just in very bad shape? It has dented bumper bars and what appears to be surface around the back.

The car's rego is MI-350 (Vic) and I've seen shots of it at various Beetle events.

love the bus, just on the note of the " rat look" we should make a deffinition post up that diffines the rat look the cal look and the various other looks out there

Definateley the Rat look on the Kombi.
The Beetle is a different story.
If it has been done up Mechanically then great, or if the person just Loves driving around their unrestored Beetle then fine
But if they just (and only just) keep it on the road because its their Bomb that they dont care about at all - then thats a bit sad...............but better on the road than crushed..!!!

get some old style looking sign writing on it in german,try to keep it looking as ratty as the car SLAM IT IN THE WEEDS upgrade the brakes put a huge motor in it ,then smoke em up , i think rat is the way for this bus :thumb:thumb:thumb:thumb:thumb:thumb:P

1972 super the car looks tired the best bit on it is those [size=6]rare 1961 taillights[/size] in good condition

I luv it you from melb why ya not a Oildripper,Pyro all the looks are well described already these looks have been around for along time.As for rat being budget orientated [Im doing my 64 square in matt black ] with sprintstars roofrack cause I just luv the matt look I also love all other looks its good to see all sorts off looks at a show.

"IT`S A FARMERS UNION ICED COFFEE OR IT`S NOTHIN"

Mattie you dont know how hard it is to get a farmers union in Melb! consider yourself lucky every servo has em, none here do!

Looks great Anth with the proper tail lights and those sprintstars. Lends itself to the ratlook mate.volma1

I love the look of the body in the original paint as it lets the car tell it life story.
Once you paint it you then have to rechrome , new rubbers lenses etc etc , because it only looks half done.
Then you spend that much you carn`t just park it anywhere.If the car is still all one colour and has no rust holes etc then its cool.
I think people respect that to and still admire the car for its age.
So thats my 2 cents worth:thumb

Hi 1972super,

The beetle in the car park is mine.
No, I did not go for the "rat look" just a cheap daily driver. It was in better condition until a taxie ran into the back of it a year ago.
The floor pan and the mechanicals are in excellent condition but the body has a lot of rust, will end up using it as a donner for the 61 rag top.


Darth


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Thanks Darthbug for your reply, do you lecture at Vic uni? I've seen a few Vw's in that car park.

As a new comer to Vw's, after I heard their was a category called the "rat look" I thought about your car, I wasn't sure I it looked like that on purpose. As I said I'm still learning so I hope I didn't offend you.

Pity about the taxi running into the back of you, hope to see your 61 rag top in car park soon.

1972super.