Anderzander Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 This will blow your mind ...... read the guys post, and don't jump ahead to the pictures..... Link.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 that has got to be the worst vehicle I've ever seen reckon he never Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Freak Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 That is so unbelievable..... Just had to laugh out loud.... I wonder if the guy was a little upset after the condemned it.... Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 holy **** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted April 29, 2009 Author Share Posted April 29, 2009 lol you guys response has been the same as mine. Its blown my mind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 I knew exactly what it was without clicking on the link... saw it a little while back posted on D44 forum. It is a right old heap of sh**e. I would have just laughed if I was the tester that day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FKD Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 To be fair it has a certain rustic charm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason110 Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 i was having a cr*p day today, but that put the smile back on my face! cheers honestly though, what was he thinking?!?!?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 As someone said on the barrys forum, its probably half finished but he wants to get it thru an SVA before the new IVA comes into force. Take it along like that and he'll walk away with a "fix these bits and you'll pass" list, then he gets his plates etc and can finish the car properly I hope... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 I doubt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat_pending Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 I couldn't believe what I was seeing! Someone send round the stupidity police to take his tools away.....NOW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
task Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 What has been seen cannot be unseen. Probably one of the worst cars to appear on BB's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBMUD Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 So, just for my interest, who can pick out the SVA fail points apparent in the pictures? For all I know this guy built this car to look like this for a reason. Anyone familiar with 'Rat' bikes? Where the point seems to be to have the worst looking bike possible while remaining road legal and reliable? A guy I know wins prizes for it. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Attryde Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Also imagine the looks on peoples faces at a run what you brung/ track day if underneath the very nasty exterior there is a sorted engine and suspension/brake package so the thing is indecently fast. Would appeal to my sense of humour. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbocharger Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 the point seems to be to have the worst looking bike possible while remaining road legal and reliable Umm.... <thinks> <lightbulb> "That's the effect I've been trying to achieve all these years!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Baldwin Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Are they making a new series of Chop Shop....??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 That is not so much rat look as ratsh*t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 So, just for my interest, who can pick out the SVA fail points apparent in the pictures? For all I know this guy built this car to look like this for a reason. Anyone familiar with 'Rat' bikes? Where the point seems to be to have the worst looking bike possible while remaining road legal and reliable? A guy I know wins prizes for it.Chris Understand your point, But as follows, 1. Sharp edges and gaps in bodywork, Hazardous to pedestrians etc, I got pulled 20 years or so ago for just that offense! 2. Headlights obscured by bodywork, 3. Bonnet / bodywork not secured safely, (can you imagine that staying on at 60mph let alone 100+) 4. Possibly side exit exhaust on passenger / footpath side, Not sure of legality of this, (also for 90's etc) 5. Vauxhall steering wheel, How friggin dangerous is that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBMUD Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 1. Sharp edges and gaps in bodywork, Hazardous to pedestrians etc, I got pulled 20 years or so ago for just that offense! Fair enough. 2. Headlights obscured by bodywork, Does that actually matter as long as the correct beam pattern is produced etc.? 3. Bonnet / bodywork not secured safely, (can you imagine that staying on at 60mph let alone 100+) I cannot tell if it is secure or not from the pictures - though I agree it does not appear secure. 4. Possibly side exit exhaust on passenger / footpath side, Not sure of legality of this, (also for 90's etc) As you suggest, plenty of road cars with that. 5. Vauxhall steering wheel, How friggin dangerous is that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Certainly a style infraction if not a technical one. Just playing devil's advocaat. I am mainly interested how everyone seems an expert and wondering how many can 'walk the walk as well as talk the talk' in terms of declaring is a wreck. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missingsid Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Also imagine the looks on peoples faces at a run what you brung/ track day if underneath the very nasty exterior there is a sorted engine and suspension/brake package so the thing is indecently fast. Would appeal to my sense of humour. Pete I would agree except that it was canned as it had leaking vitals (Brakes etc.) so it cannot have been well engineered to suceed? Marc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat_pending Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 So, just for my interest, who can pick out the SVA fail points apparent in the pictures? For all I know this guy built this car to look like this for a reason. Anyone familiar with 'Rat' bikes? Where the point seems to be to have the worst looking bike possible while remaining road legal and reliable? A guy I know wins prizes for it.Chris The OP on BB said it was leaking fluids and the SVA condemned it, So I don't think people are just judging it on the photos. I'm more than familiar with the concept of the rat bike having owned a few. Ugly, but with a certain functional charm, (a bit like me), however, that thing is just awful. I see your point though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landmannnn Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 [Just playing devil's advocaat. Just wondering how bad the devils advocaat could be, certainly the normal Warninks stuff is hideous enough I am surprised this ot thread has been allowed to last this long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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