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Title: More Rat Rod Stupidity Post by: louisb on October 02, 2008, 23:49:08 pm Guy on the Samba complaining his car will not do over 50 mph. ::)
(http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/482439.jpg) (http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/482438.jpg) --louis Title: Re: More Rat Rod Stupidity Post by: Lee.C on October 02, 2008, 23:50:50 pm ::) :)
Title: Re: More Rat Rod Stupidity Post by: Jim Ratto on October 02, 2008, 23:52:53 pm it will falling off a cliff.
Title: Re: More Rat Rod Stupidity Post by: Diederick/DVK on October 03, 2008, 00:01:44 am such a wanker!
everybody knows you have to take your tissues out of the exhaust to go over 50mph!!! Title: Re: More Rat Rod Stupidity Post by: Tony M on October 03, 2008, 01:40:41 am It's because ther is no gear lube getting to the rear axle bearings - SSOB >:( DW
Title: Re: More Rat Rod Stupidity Post by: Rennsurfer on October 03, 2008, 01:45:10 am HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Too funny. I don't know which is more lame... stuffing the heater channel with cotton balls or the axle bearings running dry from too much negative camber.
Rat Rods & Hood Rides = the mullet of the new age. In a few years, they'll all look back and go, "Oh my God, what was I thinking?" Title: Re: More Rat Rod Stupidity Post by: Tony M on October 03, 2008, 01:48:02 am Hey Fred there Not Thinking ??? ;D
Title: Re: More Rat Rod Stupidity Post by: danny gabbard on October 03, 2008, 02:14:12 am Instead of rat , they should be called {mouse} short for micky mouse. But I remember asking one of my mentors back about 30-35 years ago if he would help me lower the front of my first vw. same thing kinda WTF.
Title: Re: More Rat Rod Stupidity Post by: Rennsurfer on October 03, 2008, 02:21:10 am Hey Fred there Not Thinking ??? ;D Amen to THAT. Clearly, they're not. So... is this what Keith S. drives when he's not in his VW? (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/78/168422961_44110f4139.jpg?v=0) Just kiddin', Keith. Meow. ;D Title: Re: More Rat Rod Stupidity Post by: danny gabbard on October 03, 2008, 03:38:54 am Hey mark, must be one of those kits kids are buying! Ya you take a 20,000 car and make it worth 5,000
Title: Re: More Rat Rod Stupidity Post by: Rennsurfer on October 03, 2008, 04:07:27 am Hey mark, must be one of those kits kids are buying! Ya you take a 20,000 car and make it worth 5,000 Yep, your numbers are rather generous, Danny. Hell, I was thinkin' more along the lines of worthless, But hey... if someone is willing to pay $5k for someone else's abortion, then so be it. There's one born every minute, yes? HOLY COW! I just stumbled across the thread that those pics came from. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! The guy that owns this um... "car" is whining and saying that everyone that insulted him isn't gonna a part of his "club" and some other funny stuff. Too funny. God, I love the 'Net. Where people say things they never would in person. Oh yeah... he posted that it's his choice if he wants to die in his "car" and his "club" is for people that think outside of the box. Wow. Check out what the rest of the um... "car" looks like. (http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/482436.jpg) The trophy, bumper (rear overriders), and hood bling just kill me. The aux. red light is trick, too. The best part... the lowered bumper. Yes, you read correctly. Look at the bumper. Taking it to an all time LOW. I can't stop laughing. Title: Re: More Rat Rod Stupidity Post by: BeetleBug on October 03, 2008, 08:44:19 am such a wanker! everybody knows you have to take your tissues out of the exhaust to go over 50mph!!! Indeed... I would also blame the Continental Eco Contact tires... they are so eco friendly they don`t go abow 50mph. Title: Re: More Rat Rod Stupidity Post by: Rennsurfer on October 03, 2008, 12:39:24 pm Indeed... I would also blame the Continental Eco Contact tires... they are so eco friendly they don`t go abow 50mph. HaHA!! That's funny. In the end, the owner found out that his ignition timing was way off and now the car goes faster than 50mph. Which frightens me, in a car that low. But... to each their own. ;D Title: Re: More Rat Rod Stupidity Post by: Neil Davies on October 03, 2008, 12:47:38 pm My old Karmann Ghia was fairly low but nowhere near that - even so I still caught the beam a couple of times on stuff in the road like cats eyes... That is just stupid IMO, and the biggest problem I have is that the car probably wasn't in too bad condition before these idiots got their hands on it. >:(
Title: Re: More Rat Rod Stupidity Post by: Sarge on October 03, 2008, 12:52:37 pm So... is this what Keith S. drives when he's not in his VW? How do you get in that Sardine can.... with a church key?? ??? ::) Title: Re: More Rat Rod Stupidity Post by: Rennsurfer on October 03, 2008, 13:04:02 pm How do you get in that Sardine can.... with a church key?? ??? ::) Holy cow! You're right, Sarge. In my haste to zing Keith, I didn't take the time to notice the door(s), or lack thereof. Sheesh. I love when people modify their cars so much that they end up being non-functional. Hey, maybe that's a new name for rides in that catagory... dysfunctional cars. So they can but the FUN in dysfunctional. Title: Re: More Rat Rod Stupidity Post by: Sarge on October 03, 2008, 13:22:48 pm How do you get in that Sardine can.... with a church key?? ??? ::) Holy cow! You're right, Sarge. In my haste to zing Keith, I didn't take the time to notice the door(s), or lack thereof. Sheesh. I love when people modify their cars so much that they end up being non-functional. Hey, maybe that's a new name for rides in that catagory... dysfunctional cars. So they can but the FUN in dysfunctional. Can you imagine the size of the window regulators?? ::) :o ;D Title: Re: More Rat Rod Stupidity Post by: javabug on October 03, 2008, 14:01:54 pm The only stupid thing is no link is posted! But I guess if Mark can find it, I should just go look... :P ;D
Title: Re: More Rat Rod Stupidity Post by: Rennsurfer on October 03, 2008, 14:41:20 pm http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=321976 (http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=321976)
Can you imagine the size of the window regulators?? ::) :o ;D HAHA!! Good point. IF it even has any. Title: Re: More Rat Rod Stupidity Post by: Jim Ratto on October 03, 2008, 16:35:32 pm yeah look at the dropped bumper, and the license plate held on with turkey-roasting string.
dude... can I be like you? If the car LOOKS this bad, imagine how great it is to DRIVE. Title: Re: More Rat Rod Stupidity Post by: Harry/FDK on October 03, 2008, 16:41:43 pm What a waste of cars/parts.
Title: Re: More Rat Rod Stupidity Post by: Jim Ratto on October 03, 2008, 16:45:21 pm saddest part of all, this car was once in perfect condition on a dealer lot or showroom floor.
there should be a rescue program for these fucking piles of shit. Like abused dog rescue, but for these poor cars. Title: Re: More Rat Rod Stupidity Post by: Rennsurfer on October 03, 2008, 16:49:50 pm Wait... I just thought of something; if someone's gonna go through all of that trouble to have so many illegal violations on one car, then WHY bother with the front license plate? D'OH!
Title: Re: More Rat Rod Stupidity Post by: speedwell on October 03, 2008, 21:01:13 pm arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hoodride >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
Title: Re: More Rat Rod Stupidity Post by: Jim Ratto on October 03, 2008, 21:03:31 pm arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hoodride >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( you don't want to be like him? ::) ;D ;D ;D Title: Re: More Rat Rod Stupidity Post by: speedwell on October 03, 2008, 21:08:52 pm i vomit now ::) ::)............. ;D ;D
Title: Re: More Rat Rod Stupidity Post by: Jim Ratto on October 04, 2008, 00:35:08 am here, to cheer us all up... how about this car, just as it is, but with a 2276 in it?
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=674325 8) Title: Re: More Rat Rod Stupidity Post by: stealth67vw on October 04, 2008, 00:49:26 am Needs 5.5 chromies with no caps and 185/65s all the way around.
Title: Re: More Rat Rod Stupidity Post by: Jim Ratto on October 04, 2008, 00:55:26 am Needs 5.5 chromies with no caps and 185/65s all the way around. widened stock 67 wheels in back with drag radials. Title: Re: More Rat Rod Stupidity Post by: WhiteTrash on October 04, 2008, 04:05:06 am here, to cheer us all up... how about this car, just as it is, but with a 2276 in it? Agreed, all the rest should be made into baked bean cans, for what scrap is worth, f*&%in hood ride sh*te and I like all sorts of cars from 1908 to 1968http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=674325 8) Title: Re: More Rat Rod Stupidity Post by: Rennsurfer on October 04, 2008, 05:36:26 am here, to cheer us all up... how about this car, just as it is, but with a 2276 in it? http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=674325 8) YESSIR! That would be COOL! Either leave the outside stock or slightly lower the front end, put my A-1 exhaust on there, and have the rear wheels widened... left black/white, of course. Put some Hella H4 headlights on and let the fun begin. No matter what, put some decent handling shocks and swaybars on, too. And throw in a built transmission. God, I miss my Java Green car. Such a great color. That car in the pictures looks exactly like my best friend's car. He showed it at the Classic. His is a little cleaner and more correct. I'm real close to convincing him to add BRMs and lowering the front end on his car. He drove mine the other day and loved it. Title: Re: More Rat Rod Stupidity Post by: javabug on October 05, 2008, 03:55:13 am Mark, what color interior did your Java '66 have? My car is an original Java/Gazelle (tan) interior, and I can't imagine it any other way. Even if that restored car that's for sale had black originally, I think I'd have to change it to tan.
(http://images.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/pix/medium/2282760.jpg) Title: Re: More Rat Rod Stupidity Post by: Rennsurfer on October 05, 2008, 14:25:45 pm Mark, what color interior did your Java '66 have? My car is an original Java/Gazelle (tan) interior, and I can't imagine it any other way. Even if that restored car that's for sale had black originally, I think I'd have to change it to tan. (http://images.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/pix/medium/2282760.jpg) That interior looks AWESOME! Mine, believe it or not, was a white one. In the States, I had never seen a car with that color combo. But my car was originally sold in Berlin... so I figured that Europe got different colors than we did. I once saw an Italian '67 Beetle that had a brown interior with Lotus White paint. Brown was really rare in this country. My orange '66 was originally that color combo, too. Black, tan, or white all look really good with Java Green in my opinion. Title: Re: More Rat Rod Stupidity Post by: Neil Davies on October 06, 2008, 09:40:36 am here, to cheer us all up... how about this car, just as it is, but with a 2276 in it? http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=674325 8) Nah, what you really need to do to be cool is to lower the car until the floor sits on the ground, pour paint stripper all over it followed by salt water, then add a roof rack covered in the contents of your grannys attic - THEN you'll be as cool as the Hood ride kids... ;) Title: Re: More Rat Rod Stupidity Post by: Neil Davies on October 06, 2008, 09:42:49 am Oh, and take a few of the sump plate nuts off for that fine oil mist "effect" that they all seem to have... :D
Title: Re: More Rat Rod Stupidity Post by: Jim Ratto on October 07, 2008, 21:47:50 pm here, to cheer us all up... how about this car, just as it is, but with a 2276 in it? http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=674325 8) Nah, what you really need to do to be cool is to lower the car until the floor sits on the ground, pour paint stripper all over it followed by salt water, then add a roof rack covered in the contents of your grannys attic - THEN you'll be as cool as the Hood ride kids... ;) Pleaaaaaseee NO NO NO NO NO!!!!! |