Thread: VW rat rods? whats up?

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Originally Posted by john gemmer

i realy dont think of them

Now thats the funniest thing ive seen all day.

When i was working out in Maricopa, AZ an old bug rolled up. But i didnt know it was an old bug, all i saw was a really low, right front rounded fender with a big whitewall stuffed into it. I decided to go outside an investigate it and i was absolutely shocked to see it was a 60's beetle. The guy had put a roof from a 70's beetle on it, chopped it about 6inches, a rear window from a different year bug in it, narrowed the body a few inches, shaved it, and shot it with tan primer, then put old rallys on it and big ole biasply whites on the back and whites on the front. I couldnt believe what i was seeing. It was like i was in some prank video where someone stripped an old rat rod and threw all the parts on a Beetle!!! I guess i missed the start of that whole trend completely because theres theres not many hot rod VW's are running around Chicago.

And also i must say, it was good quality work and i give respect for the time and $ into it, but i still cant believe theres a whole crowd out there who modifies old beetles into "rods". It amazes me. What will they think of next?

So, truth be told, i began looking at my 77 C10 and my 99 Sonoma in a different light because of gas prices, and the little hampsters in my head started turning the wheels and cranking out hot rod VW ideas... And im still not sure whether these ideas or good or bad... But a slight desire to turn heads in a rodded out VW is floating around in my brain.