Thread: VW rat rods? whats up?

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Originally Posted by JimSibley

I seen the steroid bug . Its cool but I am more talkin about the fenderless streetrod inspired bugs. The more I think about it the more I like it. These bodies are cheap to get so you could spend your hard earned money on other parts to your rod.
Just an opinion.
Jim

I have to agree with you. What's really cool is that these cars give some of the younger guys a chance to build something nice and fairly inexpensive to boot.

Here's a picture of our 63 VW with a ford straight axle in it.

Sorry about the size, not sure how to make it smaller!

Originally Posted by special-k

Sorry about the size, not sure how to make it smaller!

Assuming you use Windows you can use Microsoft Paint, it's a standard accessory program.

Open Paint
Click file, choose open, double click the picture you want to resize.
Click Image, choose Resize, then reduce by percentage, save.

Not sure if this would qualify as a rat rod but it sur is one chopped up VW.

Originally Posted by drec

I have to agree with you. What's really cool is that these cars give some of the younger guys a chance to build something nice and fairly inexpensive to boot.

New around here....

I totally agree.

I like the VolksRod for this reason.

They're cheap and fun.

Granted, I would much rather have a chopped fenderless 5 window Ford, but I haven't embraced the fiberglass body option nor do I have the deep pockets to afford a steel body...not yet. But I still hope to discover an old '32 body someday!

BTW: common misnomer - Hilter did not invent the bug. Porsche did in 1931, long before Hilter "asked" him to make a car for the German people. Hilter approached Porsche in 1934 concerning a car project (as a German business owner, it wasn't wise to say no to Hitler) Porsche offered the Kafer or "KdFWagen" as Hilter renamed it.

Following the War, Porsche served 2 years in a French prison for not saying no.

* Funny side note: In 1948, Henry Ford considered buying VW for $5 million but then retracted his offer after saying no one would buy the funny little car...(The Beetle would easily go on to out sell the Ford Model T.)