my wifes got herslelf a VW beetle (not my idear) The guy she got it of give her some mags to go with it. i had to have a look and i see that the vw boys have this thing thay call it rat look it means that thay (as far as i understand) just leave the car as it is. one guy had sanded all the paint of and left it out outside to rust some of them do look quit cool as it gos theres a webb site hoodrides do you think we get Rat Look FORDs

 

Holy fuck! what a complete tool he must be

 

yeah the yanks used to do it in the 50's.

Had a vw camper many years ago and we painted it matt black in true rat look style

Actually, it was shite

 

Nothing new matey... we've had ratters round here (lincoln) for ages, buy an old shed, do it up a bit, en wolla... 1 rat racer

When I was a kid, we used to have ratter Minis, old mk1 Fiesta's all sorts...

 

In other words, no one has any money to do it up, so make it look as shite as possible, ghetto style i.e. council estate

 

Loads of camper vans etc have it as well! A friend of mine restores them and customers come in wanting that look! He just laquers over the top of the bare metal to prolong its life! Got to admit though they do look kinda cool in their own little way!!

 

taken from a post on here about the ring... https://passionford.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=191812

Thats a rat racer

 

Did the Ł600 include sanding the paint off rat style?

 

rat look does suit the vw campers.there was 1 at newquay lastyear staying at the same camp site that PF stayed at.turned loads of heads where ever it went.its cool 2 be different

 

Never heard of a rat car before

Rat bikes are very popular though

http://www.ratbike.org/

 

Thats just what i mean. Can you see it working on fords?

 

Yup, some rat look VWs are mental, properly serious motors.

Unfortunatley the closest you get to rat look in the ford world is just total sheds, which is not quite the same, lol.

Not at all, some spend a LOT of money to get it looking right.

Im doing similar with my S13, not rust, but just mean and moody, nothing flash, hence the matt black paint etc.

 

I used to be well into my vdubs, not everyone understands rat look but there are some seriously cool beetle/campers out there!

I think the guys that donut them two mk2 escorts at the ace cafe have gone for a sort of rat look-ish...

Not for everyone, but cheaper than restoring your car

 

Here's my sisters Rat-look bus!!





You think its low enough at the back??

It has a litte camber too.

 

I am sure Kev and his Bro will be happy to hear that

 

This is my Ratbike click on link

http://www.visordown.com/forums/show...74#post3696874

 

what about mick rogers cossie powered ford? Think its an old cortina. Powerfull and definately rat look.

 

No-ones said 'get yer rat out' yet, what's going on?

 

Looking for more pictures...

 

 

Nice

Think it does 10.5 sec passes

 

Proper proper Ratty

 

As already said true rat is an american hot rod thing

 

The new rat hotrods are actually painted so they rust. theyre painted with some sort of metal flakes in the paint so it rusts on the outside. Proper metallic paint