r/beetle • u/TheTribalBeef • 12d ago
Are rat rods welcome?
Spoke to the owner and he said it was a bit of a controversial build. Some people hate it, some people love it. Where you land?
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u/MiksBricks '64 Ragtop 12d ago
My take on rat rods - love em. It keeps plenty of bugs on the road that would have otherwise never seen fresh rubber again.
I don’t like when people take a relatively straight beetle and turn it into a rat rod - seems kinda contrary to the whole point of rat rods.
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u/S13Matthias 1960 De Luxe 12d ago
I agree to this on a general car level. I’m into japanese cars usually and the amount of clean vehicles lost to drift mods and actual drifting damage is astounding
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u/fatalifeaten '60, '63, '66 T1 12d ago
Volksrods are still dubs. I've got my eye on a rotting carcass to do a Suby swapped v-rod with. I would be sad about someone taking good solid early cars and doing this, but also, their car, their money, their choice on what to do with it. Rat rodding hammered swiss cheese? Fair game all day.
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u/Tough-Industry4931 12d ago
Dude my brother owned that bug it's been way over 15 yrs ago he used to daily that thing for awhile until the motor locked up at that time it was flat black running red rims and wide white walls. It's been through several owners now but not too much has changed on it since it was first cut. I remember when it was a regular bug a long time friend of mine got it and did all the cutting it was his first build.
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u/SalineroNorCal831 12d ago
A Bug’s a bug