00:00Building cars is just fun to create as you go.
00:03You don't know how it's going to look until you're finished.
00:05And it's the end product that you hope to achieve.
00:10I don't like to copy what other people have.
00:13I like to build cars that stand out from the others.
00:18My name's David Jeffrey and I build Rat Rods.
00:21Car enthusiast David has always had a love of cars.
00:24And for the past seven years, he's taken that passion
00:27and turned it to creating some incredible and unique vehicles.
00:39I like Rat Rods because they're different to what you see in all the magazines.
00:44You see the standard 32 roads doing and they're just different colours
00:47or depends on how much money you put into them is how they look.
00:52And yeah, they're just fun to drive.
00:58The original Rat Rod, built by David, was named Bella Rat.
01:02My daughter's name is Isabella and we call her Bella for short.
01:05So Bella and Rat.
01:08Bella Rat took about four months to complete.
01:11She's a small block Chevy.
01:13It works so she can move when you need it to.
01:16She runs into the Zoomies so you can make it loud or quiet at the time,
01:20depending on your mood.
01:21The old shotgun shells on there is an airbag system.
01:25So as you can see, it's sort of made up of just lots of different parts
01:27but together they sort of make up a car.
01:30Even got the luxuries of a stereo system and a sunroof.
01:34The cost for Bella Rat was probably around the $12,000 for individual parts.
01:40We've been offered some good money for Bella Rat,
01:42but it's a personal car and I want to keep that.
01:45David's wife, Suzanne, has been a fan of his work since the beginning,
01:49often helping him by pitching in on projects.
01:51I think I'm really proud of what he creates.
01:54It's amazing what he does in the garage.
01:56It's not, you know, it's not something that he just works in the garage
01:59and then switches off and then comes inside.
02:02We built Bella Rat first.
02:05We've built the diesel one since then.
02:07Still trying to get that through the system.
02:09And the Rolls Royce we've just finished in the last few days.
02:15My favourite would be Semi Rat because it was done as a family car.
02:19It tows beautifully.
02:21It's got a big long semi trailer that normally goes behind it.
02:25Cars are always finished in some aspect,
02:28but most people think they're not finished because they're not painted
02:31or I like the best deal because it shows its history.
02:34It might be a hundred years old.
02:36Why cover that up?
02:38Yes, he has won a few awards.
02:41He has won Beach Hop 2012.
02:44We've won Beach Hop 2016 with Semi Rat.
02:51I'm very proud of David.
02:53I think he's achieved a lot building these cars
02:56and he still continues to achieve a lot.
02:59Winning the awards is a big achievement.
03:03The demand for a rat rod seems to be growing
03:06against the wishes of our transport industry,
03:09but people like something different.
03:12They like to stand out.
03:13Most people, you know, want to stand out somewhere or another.
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