Saw this at the VW show today.....

Sorry but seeing these photo's only made me cry. This was my old beetle "Gladys", she was never a rat. This is how she used to look, a perfectly fine beetle without a whole hacked in the roof...

surely this cant be serious????is that rat the red beetle?
If so what an absolute waste of a car, if the new owner thinks thats cool then

Yeah Steve, sure is my old girl!

thats just rediculous, sorry to see that happened to your old car

i assume it will hopefully get a golde sunroof in that hole but still what a waste

I can hardly believe that it's the same car. Fake rats should be banned, they look silly anyway. Why is it missing lights and horn grills? And a seat? That's not even rat-look, that's just destroying a car.

I think the plans are for slats of wood to go in there

oh no way!!!!!!

What a waste! I'm not a fan of fake rat lookers.

Biggest fail i've seen in a while.
Don't know why anybody would ruin a perfectly good car just for hipster points.
Yeah yeah, "personal taste" blah blah.. Fact is, a wonderful example of a terrific machine got ruined for shits and giggles. It's a shame.


I really like true rats as they have a lot of character. I just don't like to see things ruined for the sake of it though.

It is each to their own, and i guess it the right you give up when you sell a car. Gladys wasn't perfect, but i didnt think she was that bad to get a hole cut in the roof and be stripped?

hey all love the feed back on my car, and yes it is personal choice, its called build a car for ur self and dont care wat other people say, if u dont like the car thats cool just keep ur mouth shut. and just so u no it wasn't a terric machine, fact is all panels have been replaced on the car so i could actually find some metal on her, paint hides alot AzzA_teu just cause it looks pretty from the outside doesn't mean its good. it is bullshit hard to find a true rat, so sorry if i disgusts u.
also should point out car is no where near finished, just thought i would take her out and get ridiculed by the VW community, thanks for the hate guys ill see u at the next shoow ready for ur disaproval
=(

Did you end up putting the original bonnet on her, or the one we gave you Kristen?

Whats the plans for the hole in the roof?

bonnet is the one u gave me, picked up all new guards off a wrecked bug from the auctions, roof is getting braced after the tranny lift is done, hard wooden slats round the edging then mexican blanket cover. car is far far from being finished, just wanted to take it to a show, every one at the show seemed to like it, but guess it freaks out enthuseists, they just need to chill out and have a laugh, the car has shit loads of character Azza, and wat ever hipster points is it wasnt for that, im only 20 years old but have been going to hot rod shows since i can remember, and beleive me if i could have found a true rat and afford one on minimum wage living out of home building a car on the gold coast, i would of, the chance just didnt come up, cant wait forever

Nice Sardine can man

This Almost Brought a tear to my eye how could some one do this to that perfectly good 60's bug like this would be a dog effort to do on a superbug little own a 60's nice restored classic. what a waste of hours of time and effort putting into the paint for it to be all sanded back into a rat its realy sad.

From Dylan

lol its a rats and rods forum peeps......dont like em? go away

I don't care whether people keep their mouth shut or not. I like to hear the opinions. I am all for getting original one owner 40 plus year old cars and chopping them to pieces. I have cut up and modified heaps of original paint 1960's cars. I love it. The cleaner original they are the better they are to cut up.

whilst i think a rat should be 'made' from a car 'already approaching' rat status (otherwise you are trying too hard, or a try hard?), I really like the idea of wooden slat seats, very cool.

Looks rad man. keep going. Make it your own. Ignore the haters.

Looks cool can't wait to see it finished

Yeah good call, does anyone know if theres any progress on this car ? Has "courierboy" started a thread in members rides ?

hey benjicon sorry for late reply im never on here, purists dont like me hahaha. lil update, been pretty slack but engine is out just making up brackets for tranny lift, redone all my wiring and air gear, raised thefloors 2 inches and couple of other lil things, will be getting pin stripping and sign writting in the next couple of weeks, start getting her ready for coolie rocks on

Im keen to see more pictures,im sure theres others keen to see more
cheers shane.

What can I say

Also, to me a real rat is just a preservation of mother nature's NATURAL character