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55Kab
14 years ago

and the younger get older, and sometimes the rise ther cars back to stock hight and sell the crap from the roofracks trough ebay for a sh!t load of money :rofl: 😛

oval56 wrote:



yeah, it's a lot of those once younger who are now older that moan about lowered cars...way of the world... :rofl:

lifeintheslowlane
14 years ago

yeah, when he had long hair and was smoking funny ciggies...

55Kab wrote:



Sounds like you know Dave Cantle...he's still living in the '60s. BTW if you see him at shows this summer, call him Dude...he just loves it.:wink:

I blame it all on the Red Hot Chillies....they have "Dude" in every line of their songs.:roll:
John.
55Kab
14 years ago

Sounds like you know Dave Cantle...he's still living in the '60s. BTW if you see him at shows this summer, call him Dude...he just loves it.:wink:

lifeintheslowlane wrote:



As a former HVWOC member I do know DC. I'll certainly refer to him as that next time I see him. :wink:

rudolf hucker
14 years ago
Mr 55cab
There are modified cars like yours and then there are the others, modified to look as if they are dangerous. I think these cars at D..freeze are not modified but ..cked up.
I know I am not cool but I do not understand why people do this.
Is Rat look just a cheaper way to gather some sort of acceptence?
Maybe even ratlook better than an MGB?
GKL 7
14 years ago
In some eyes Ratlook may be cool.
But how did it start......Lack of funds to restore a car?
rudolf hucker
14 years ago
Many people who have lowered VWs put them back to normal height when they get bad spine or neck pains. Maybe that is why it is young who have them. The ride comfort in a balljoint Beetle cannot be described as improved when lowered.

I have never understood why spend lots of money to make car worse.

But I not cool dude.
55Kab
14 years ago

Mr 55cab
There are modified cars like yours and then there are the others, modified to look as if they are dangerous. I think these cars at D..freeze are not modified but ..cked up.
I know I am not cool but I do not understand why people do this.
Is Rat look just a cheaper way to gather some sort of acceptence?
Maybe even ratlook better than an MGB?

rudolf hucker wrote:



Tks Rudy, I think I can take that as a compliment! :smile:

All this is a personal thing and at the moment, I prefer the look of a lowered car, however I'm not interested in Rat-Look. I can appreciate why people think they're cool, it's just not for me and as George had said above, I often say Rat-Look is for people who don't have the funds to restore a car. 😳

lifeintheslowlane
14 years ago

I have never understood why spend lots of money to make car worse.

rudolf hucker wrote:



I have to say I must speak exclusively to those who have spent lots of money on lowering their "rides"(please note correct terminology) and have actually improved the way it drives.:roll:

Mind you I also only speak exclusively to people who play a one armed bandit and are "still up at the moment.":lol:
John.
Rattletrap
14 years ago

All this is a personal thing and at the moment, I prefer the look of a lowered car, however I'm not interested in Rat-Look. I can appreciate why people think they're cool, it's just not for me and as George had said above, I often say Rat-Look is for people who don't have the funds to restore a car. 😳

55Kab wrote:


Its all taste, but I can't understand that what is now a vintage car can look better lowered. As for 'Rat Look', if it is a nicely mellowed car and not a car deliberately rubbed-down and left to rust or full of holes, then I'm happy with that because the car is preserved much in its original state and can be returned to stock. Of course, then there's the 'Rat***trap' look…:sneaky:
Rattletrap – the Volkswagen Beetle that has covered an incredible mileage equivalent to over 35 times around the planet :omg:
Running nifty since 1950… the King of Volkswagens:beer: Why not make friends with this famous little VW – he's on facebook! :d
http://forums.pre67vw.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=16378 
Si Med
14 years ago
Ok, I suppose many would class my oval as "rat look". So I will respond with my personal view.
If i tell the truth if i could afford a real top end resto, id do it!
But I really wouldn't want to rip the og headliner out and all it character for second best.
Im saving lots of of og and nos parts for an eventual resto.
And hay just because its no show winner why shouldn't i enjoy it? I dont drive it "rat look" because thats cool.
I drive it that way because in my opinion its better than someone fitting a saggy tmi interior and a shit blow over paint job.
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Rattletrap
14 years ago

Ok, I suppose many would class my oval as "rat look".…

Si Med wrote:


As you know I love the look of your car Si. Hell, it has so much character, never paint that car.:beer:
Rattletrap – the Volkswagen Beetle that has covered an incredible mileage equivalent to over 35 times around the planet :omg:
Running nifty since 1950… the King of Volkswagens:beer: Why not make friends with this famous little VW – he's on facebook! :d
http://forums.pre67vw.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=16378 
55Kab
14 years ago

As you know I love the look of your car Si. Hell, it has so much character, never paint that car.:beer:

Rattletrap wrote:



x2

I don't count your car as a Rat-Look car Si. It's a nice unmessed with car with a huge amount of patina.


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14 years ago


I drive it that way because in my opinion its better than someone fitting a saggy tmi interior and a shit blow over paint job.

Si Med wrote:



Absolutely. Shoddy restos are far worse than even very scruffy original IMHO.
I am dreading the day my original headliner finally falls out, but I know it´ll happen sooner or later, and there´s nothing to be done about it.

None of this has much to do with deliberately sanding the paint off your car to give it a "look" though.
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14 years ago

In some eyes Ratlook may be cool.
But how did it start......Lack of funds to restore a car?

'50 Karmann wrote:



Not exactly to restore... It came from the guys who would built hot rods - their priority was speed over how shiny it was (real speed measured over the mile on the Bonneville salt flats). The cross over to VWs has missed that element out, so VW rat-looks tend to be rough, slow and handle badly as well - the worst of everything.

One of my favourite splits is the Wolfsburg Performance Services car which I would consider a true rat-look. Original tatty paint, but faster than a 911. :omg:

Cars that have deliberately been made look worse than they were (bare metalling and then leaving to rust for example) are just trying to be fashionable, I think there should be a new term for those piles of crap.
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14 years ago


I am dreading the day my original headliner finally falls out...

JD wrote:



I guess I was lucky in that all of mine was already gone, I just had some aftermarket canvas over the frame - no headliner or padding. I'm not a big fan of my saggy TMI headliner though, presumably it would have been better if done by someone who knows what they're doing - but at least its better than it was.
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Happiness is a stock VW
lifeintheslowlane
14 years ago

Cars that have deliberately been made look worse than they were (bare metalling and then leaving to rust for example) are just trying to be fashionable, I think there should be a new term for those piles of crap.

pre67vw wrote:



x2 on that...should be dropped from a helicopter, but let's not go there.:wink:
John.
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14 years ago

I think there should be a new term for those - "piles of crap".

pre67vw wrote:



Fixed.
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Rattletrap
14 years ago

x2 on that...should be dropped from a helicopter, but let's not go there.:wink:

lifeintheslowlane wrote:


Those Top Gear fools would drop an immaculate 1949 split from a helicopter, John. You don't think they'd notice the difference between that and a 1970s do you.:x

BTW, has Mrs Lifeintheslowlane unlocked her wardrobe ready for your weekend jaunt as Joan. :shock:


Rattletrap – the Volkswagen Beetle that has covered an incredible mileage equivalent to over 35 times around the planet :omg:
Running nifty since 1950… the King of Volkswagens:beer: Why not make friends with this famous little VW – he's on facebook! :d
http://forums.pre67vw.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=16378 
lifeintheslowlane
14 years ago

BTW, has Mrs Lifeintheslowlane unlocked her wardrobe ready for your weekend jaunt as Joan. :shock:

Rattletrap wrote:



Well...now this might come as a bit of a shock to you John but I'm just as much a tranny as yourself.:smile:

Never got past the problem that Mrs Lifeintheslowlane is 5'4" and I'm 6'2":wink:
John.
Rattletrap
14 years ago

Well...now this might come as a bit of a shock to you John but I'm just as much a tranny as yourself.:smile:

lifeintheslowlane wrote:


:omg: Can't imagine John, climbing in the cab of my Routemaster wearing high-heels and skirt. Then there's cycling – showing the 'whale-tail'. I'll stick to old Beetles for my weekend unwinding.:shock:
Rattletrap – the Volkswagen Beetle that has covered an incredible mileage equivalent to over 35 times around the planet :omg:
Running nifty since 1950… the King of Volkswagens:beer: Why not make friends with this famous little VW – he's on facebook! :d
http://forums.pre67vw.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=16378 
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