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.
00:21I don't like to copy what other people have.
00:24I like to build cars that stand out from the others.
00:29My name's David Jeffery and I build Rat Rods.
00:32Car enthusiast David has always had a love of cars.
00:35And for the past seven years, he's taken that passion
00:38and turned it to creating some incredible and unique vehicles.
00:50I like Rat Rods because they're different to what you see in all the magazines.
00:54You see the standard 32 roads to it and they're just different colours
00:58or depends on how much money you put into them is how they look.
01:03And yeah, they're just fun to drive.
01:09The original Rat Rod, built by David, was named Bella Rat.
01:13My daughter's name is Isabella and we call her Bella for short.
01:16So Bella and Rat.
01:19Bella Rat took about four months to complete.
01:22She's a small block Chevy.
01:24It works so she can move when you need it to.
01:27She runs into the Zoomies so you can make it loud or quiet at the time,
01:31depending on your mood.
01:32Put the old shotgun shells on there as an airbag system.
01:35So as you can see, it's sort of made up of just lots of different parts
01:38but together they sort of make up a car.
01:41Even got the luxuries of a stereo system and a sunroof.
01:45The cost for Bella Rat was probably around the $12,000 for individual parts.
01:51We've been offered some good money for Bella Rat
01:53but it's a personal car and I want to keep that.
01:56David's wife, Suzanne, has been a fan of his work since the beginning,
02:00often helping him by pitching in on projects.
02:02I think I'm really proud of what he creates.
02:05It's amazing what he does in the garage.
02:07It's not, you know, it's not something that he just works in the garage
02:10and then switches off and then comes inside.
02:13We built Bella Rat first.
02:16We've built the diesel one since then.
02:18Still trying to get that through the system.
02:20And the Rolls Royce we've just finished in the last few days.
02:26Favourite would be Semi Rat because it was done as a family car.
02:30It tows beautifully.
02:32It's got a big long semi-trailer that normally goes behind it.
02:36Cars are always finished in some aspect
02:39but most people think they're not finished
02:41because they're not painted or...
02:42I like the best deal because it shows its history.
02:45It might be a hundred years old.
02:47Why cover that up?
02:49Yes, he has won a few awards.
02:52He has won Beach Hop 2012.
02:55We've won Beach Hop 2016 with Semi Rat.
03:02I'm very proud of David.
03:04I think he's achieved a lot building these cars
03:07and he still continues to achieve a lot.
03:10Winning the awards is a big achievement.
03:14The demand for a rat rod seems to be growing
03:17against the wishes of our transport industry.
03:20But people like something different.
03:23They like to stand out.
03:24Most people want to stand out in some way or another.
03:27They want people to be able to strive for their fans.
03:34No one won't.
03:35So it won't win.
03:35Birth for高峰
03:35No one won.ulty
03:36is the obligation. Behind the
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