Ok guys and girls, out of curiosity now that I'm seeing these beaters even in old Aberdeen. What's your opinion on this craze? God knows why I bothered to spend so much on my bug! Rust is in, apparently...





[Edited on 19/9/08 by Mr Whippy]

Air cooled VWs are okay but not my thing. Anything else is sheer idiocy!

As above...only OLD cars can get away with this...done carefully..

Some things just look like heaps oh shite

An aquired taste IMHO and not one I've developed yet. However, this does look very cool...

Old veedubs look so cool as rat look but it is a fine balance to get it right.

Steve

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Originally posted by Howlor
Old veedubs look so cool as rat look but it is a fine balance to get it right.

Steve

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Maybe get rid of that overspray as well on the tyre, you don't want the paintwork that good!

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Originally posted by Howlor
Maybe get rid of that overspray as well on the tyre, you don't want the paintwork that good!

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Shiver me timber's - does this mean I've been ahead of the trend for as lonf as I've been a car owner ? They all look tidyer than my tin-top

Rat Rods

and another

Hehe, the second pic, the Merc is a Hungarian one... Funny. Most Merc drivers here think they own the country, so its fun to see someone with a sense of humour... even though the car is ugly...
But I like the Beetle!

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Originally posted by Gergely
Hehe, the second pic, the Merc is a Hungarian one... Funny. Most Merc drivers here think they own the country, so its fun to see someone with a sense of humour... even though the car is ugly...
But I like the Beetle!

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If it's done right, mint

This passed me at RTTS Newquay, this year, in the flesh, absolutely the best rat I have ever ever seen

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://farm1.static.flickr.com/155/432597060_f01652a1d8.jpg%3Fv%3D0&imgrefurl=http://www.flickr.com/photo s/paulsilver/432597060/in/set-72157600024207756/&h=375&w=500&sz=111&hl=en&start=1&um=1&usg=__sf5DhA2wda9jUL0h2XuBzJz2H1w=& amp;tbnid=oxcNyQ_y1xF3LM:&tbnh=98&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Drat%2Blook%2Bcamper%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/197/464434765_a8632f0158.jpg?v=0

Think about the work that's gone into that, just metal, straight as a die, not an inch of filler, amazing.............

[Edited on 19/9/08 by Stott]

Oh, and I think the 17 Y.O with the corsa in the O.P should be shot,

As said, done right it's great but some mabye take it too far, it needs to be fit to use! The green Merc is just wrong! If it were a 1960/70 saloon with well faded paint it could carry it really well but it just dosent look right, it's over-done & too modern.
There's a Mini sat in a shed at work, been in there 10 years or more & covered in dust, tyres flat etc. I think it looks great as it is, waiting for the time when somebody turns it into something brilliant.
If we actually cleaned it somehow it just would'nt look as good.

Love it or hate it, this one I really like. Build by the Radikalbugz.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeI5Pr4ZLXA

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Love the squashed bug - thanks Dr Fastlane.

I think the rat rod look can be made to work on newer cars but some subtlety is required. For instance, I think this works but some may not like it at all:




Dominic

kin scene boys get on my tits, and the pretentious VW lot are the worse imo.
The local club round here seem to have a superiority complex because they drive some poxy run of the mill german shitbox.