Rat & Retro Style Mk1's...

[silverMK1]

this has got to be 1 of my favs..

[GoLfMan]

ohhh hot diggity

[Water Boy]

Sticky...

Thanks to who ever just made this a sticky... Great so any one can just refer to it...

Lucky me today got some retro Mk1 bits... TS Passat Steering wheel mint condition, massive ol skool roof rack (not sure if it fits Mk1) and some brand new dress rings for standard 13's... Oh yeah... Now all i got to do is get a Mk1... Oh well still 2 years to go...

Cheers James

PS Keep those pics coming...

[Water Boy]

buy mine, its cheap and has a old school sun visor

Mate id love to but im not quite that up there in the $$$ departmant atm... Oh yes i have seen that sun visor and it looks hot... I want...

Hope it goes to a good home...

James

P.S Keep those rat pics coming

[Water Boy]

Just another one....

Found this one today and feel in love with her... Not to ratty but got plenty of retro friz... Oh yeah... Very nice...

http://golf-mk1.skyrock.com/pics/247382476_small.jpg

Enjoy...

Cheers James

[alex g]

why is this thread sticky

and how as a moderator can i un stick it

[Water Boy]

why is this thread sticky

and how as a moderator can i un stick it

Mate i didnt make it a sticky so dont ask me... But i hope you dont have any thing against rat/retro... Every one has to love some thing....

Be nice just for me and keep retro alive...

Cheers James

PS No offence to any one who doesnt share the love for rat/retro Mk1's...

[Satanstoenail]

Some more clean retro style:

[GoLfMan]

im digging the chrome P slotters/chrome steelies with white walls look!!!!

[alex g]

i have a rat dub or did i just dont understand why everypage now has to be littered with stickies, a good thread shouldnt need to be stickied, just my 2 cents

and here is my old rat crap dub

[Jarred]

personally the rat look on a mk 1, just doesn't work, as someone said previously, and i agree with whole heartedly; rat Vdubs are best left to the aircooled fellas, with beetles, transporters and the like, althought some do look stupid; rats need to have 'old' body work (bit of rust) and airbag/really really low susp., add a few extra misc items, and its ratted.

what i do think is cool on a mk 1, and is often confused with 'rat'; is retro. some of the pics on this thread are clearly of retro mk 1's, not rats.
im going to go for the retro look on my mk 1 (when i get it- hopefully tomoro or thurs, ausmk1's 3dr; yay!) so basically;
- chrome bumpers, - chrome mirrors, - steel rims with chrome dress ring (i'd dish if i could afford it, but i cant), - very possibly a roof rack, chromed of course and a - chrome side pinstripe maybe. but you get the idea, chrome! retro is meant to be old fashioned, like from the 70's, 70's cars have alot of chrome, yes i know i wasn't alive then, but its true...

anywho, thats just my personal opinion!

[Water Boy]

personally the rat look on a mk 1, just doesn't work, as someone said previously, and i agree with whole heartedly; rat Vdubs are best left to the aircooled fellas, with beetles, transporters and the like, althought some do look stupid; rats need to have 'old' body work (bit of rust) and airbag/really really low susp., add a few extra misc items, and its ratted.

what i do think is cool on a mk 1, and is often confused with 'rat'; is retro. some of the pics on this thread are clearly of retro mk 1's, not rats.
im going to go for the retro look on my mk 1 (when i get it- hopefully tomoro or thurs, ausmk1's 3dr; yay!) so basically;
- chrome bumpers, - chrome mirrors, - steel rims with chrome dress ring (i'd dish if i could afford it, but i cant), - very possibly a roof rack, chromed of course and a - chrome side pinstripe maybe. but you get the idea, chrome! retro is meant to be old fashioned, like from the 70's, 70's cars have alot of chrome, yes i know i wasn't alive then, but its true...

anywho, thats just my personal opinion!

Sweet sounds rad... Mate its alrite i know the difference between "rat" and "retro"... What your doing to ausmk1's ol car sounds ace... Good to see some one looking a littel different... You already have the cool looking sun visor... Make sure you do a build up report...

Dubstarmk2 i love the "low'n'slow" with the primer... Your mk1 will sure llok a bit different when it finished...

Satanstoenail i love the pics you post keep em coming...

Pity this isnt sticky any more...

Cheers James

[reborn]

Who needs a bonnet...

It's rusty and bonnetless... But it's low and driving though!

[Golf Loon]

i have a rat dub or did i just dont understand why everypage now has to be littered with stickies, a good thread shouldnt need to be stickied, just my 2 cents

I agree. Its now no longer a sticky.
Lets just keep it for useful things. Diverting and interesting this thread may be, but it is not useful.

I think the rat look is a bit pointless in Oz as there are so few Mk1s around anyway that people will miss the point and think its a battered old Golf.

[PuttPutt'76]

Ahhhhh, memories off puttputt floating back a rare species of golf called 'vandiemensraticus' more commonly know as 'Tasrats'