People really don't get the rat look, it came from the hot rod scene, where the owners of the cars were more interested in the performance of the vehicle rather than cosmetic appearance, so a true rat look car should have very good mechanicals under then bonnet and a good load of power to be a true rat look car, and it doesn't have to be a hot rod either, but that's where it started. There was a very cool Anglia in the classic ford scene owned by the guy who had wacky racers performance (or something like that), had a naturally aspirated cossie under the bonnet which was well tuned, but the body had a bit of primmer on show, the odd rust bubble and the paint had seen better days, but mechanically it was good. That's a rat look car to me.
Agreed, I think the stuff Caddyshack was getting annoyed about above sounds more like a fucking dubber where some bellend puts a roof rack full of plant pots on a tatty polo and intentionally rusts the paint up just to look cool...
