mattymartins rat-wagon

mattymartin · Post by **mattymartin** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 6:15 am

this is a pic of my first little holden... my second project car ever. my first one was the enemy... rx3 coupe, it got stolen the day in got rego...
back to my ol girl , i purchased her in june 2006, i plan to make a bit of a rat stlye wagon out of her, sitting nice and low on some 14's whitewalls, falt paint finish, venetians, has a 186 which i 'm still tossing up wether to keep or chuck & go efi (rb30), also custom grill and chroming & inside try to keep it as original as possible, with a few surprises...

this how she looked when we meet...

don't be fooled... like my girls she they fool us at first glimps... once we spent some time together & got to know each other alittle better, she started slowly opening up & showing her true self...

the more she opened heself up to me the more i could see that she had been hurt buy previous relationsships...

misstreated...

even abused

after a good chat and letting her know that my intensions where honourable, we agreed that it was meant to be...

Trev · Post by **Trev** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 6:48 am

Hi Matty, welcome to the forum.
Looks like you've finished, I mean it's already got a great rat look with out touching it, just make the 186 run well and you'll be on the road before you know it

, stuff around with the rb30 and it could be off the road for a while

. Totally up to you thou of coarse

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By the way, was that car from Vic? Because I saw one the same (chrome strips on the tailgate) down here around early 06, rang about it but it was sold already

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Trev

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mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 7:06 am

my god that red inside is bright, wouldn't want to be in there after a big night

NoMAD · Post by **NoMAD** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 12:21 pm

Nice Matty!

as Trev said its already got that 'Rat' Look about it, you should sort out the body interior etc.... get her properly on the road and then start trickin out an RB30 for her so you can enjoy her first before giving her another break...then again best to put want you want in from day one otherwise you might not get round to it!

Cheera
NoMAD

parisian62 · Post by **parisian62** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:27 pm

G'day Matty,

Looks like a diamond in the rough...

Glad to hear you're going to make an honest girl out of her.

regards
Stewart

61FBspecial · Post by **61FBspecial** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 6:28 pm

I'm sorry, I just don't get this whole 'rat' craze.

smooth · Post by **smooth** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 7:07 pm

Looking at the hubcap it would appear to have had it's way with an EH as well. (Maybe the EH had it's way with the wagon?)

Regards, Smooth

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 9:04 pm

the "rat" thing is about enjoying yor car without spending mega bucks and worrying wether someone is to close to yor car or if it's gunna get a stone chip and most of the time done correctly will get just as much attention as a big dollar car for less money and hassle

Trev · Post by **Trev** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 8:29 am

61FBspecial wrote:I'm sorry, I just don't get this whole 'rat' craze.

It's like Ratbox said, for example our club president has an fb sedan, flat black with flames, something that he put together for a bit of fun and to last a year or so (four years later

). Where ever we go as a club it's not the shinny car that catch the publics eye, they nearly always go and look at his car first

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Trev

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MINT62 · Post by **MINT62** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:21 am

nice wagon matty

they look good black
the chev inspired strips on the lower tailgate look cool

good luck with it all

regards sting-ray

61FBspecial · Post by **61FBspecial** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 6:40 pm

I'm sorry, it's not that I don't like them or like looking at them. Just like 'feral' utes, I can appreciate the effort put in but it's not really my cup of tea. OK, I will shut up now.

Trev · Post by **Trev** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:52 pm

Don't be sorry 61FBspecial, the world would be a boring place if we all liked the same things

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Trev

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mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 8:01 pm

no apolagies needed 61FB just an explanation

the feral ute thing on the other hand

Devilrod · Post by **Devilrod** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 1:25 pm

Arrrrggghh the rat debate...

I have retyped this a couple of times before hitting submit.

Suffice to say, build it how you want it.

Things can be made to look really good and enjoyed like a normal car at a very inexpensive price. It just takes hard work rather than $$$$$ and can be done. Deliberatly trying to make something look like crap, why bother......

Every old timer I ever talk too in the rodding scene struggles with this whole idea of a rat rod. Their comments are always" we never had much money but we always wanted our cars to look nice".....

acotters · Post by **acotters** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 6:29 pm

Perhaps the all red interior, chrome tailgate strips, blacked out front indicators and whited out rear indicators were an attempt to make it look more like a '57 Chev? Works for me.
Andrew.