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Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:00 pm

I just bought a 71 vw standard to build as a car to cruise around town and was wondering if it's a fat chick? If it is, is the car bigger than the earlier ones ? does it weigh more? does it matter when I buy parts for it. Can someone help me understand this weird saying.
Thanks

Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:03 pm

You're rollin plump! :lol: I just refers to the bigger (fatter) bumpers, and bigger taillights, all that safety stuff. Which consequently makes it just a taad heavier too I think (but it's got more power too).

Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:09 pm

Fatchick Slang term for most air-cooled VWs that use 4-bolt wheels, such as 68 and newer Standard Beetles, Super Beetles, Bay Window Buses, 1970 and later Ghias, 1970 and later Type 3s, etc.

Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:22 pm

Oh ok. I can see the fat in my chick now. Well I don't know where to start because it has no fenders hood..woops trunk lid, doors yet..I bought it for 150 bucks so I will have to find some parts yet but I did get it to run and bombed it home 2 miles..Thank god I didn't get pulled over, I could have bought a nice one built for the costs of all those tickets.
Well thanks for letting me know.
I have alot of work to do.

Wed Nov 18, 2009 5:44 am

The term Fat Chick, I believe refers to the Super Beetle with Mcpherson struts and not to a standard bettle with a front beam. Supers have a bigger front end making them look fatter.

Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:10 am

ryohey wrote: The term Fat Chick, I believe refers to the Super Beetle with Mcpherson struts and not to a standard bettle with a front beam. Supers have a bigger front end making them look fatter.

That's what I always thought... :?

Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:13 am

jlex wrote: ryohey wrote: The term Fat Chick, I believe refers to the Super Beetle with Mcpherson struts and not to a standard bettle with a front beam. Supers have a bigger front end making them look fatter.

That's what I always thought... :?

Not a Super Beetle thing,,,,

I think its like Leviman said ,You're rollin plump! Laughing I just refers to the bigger (fatter) bumpers, and bigger taillights, all that safety stuff. Which consequently makes it just a taad heavier too I think (but it's got more power too).

Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:25 am

I hate to tell you this guys, but it's derogatory. It has nothing to do with the suspension, size of a Supers front hood, bumpers or rear tail lights. It's a slam from the guys who own early cars. It comes from the same slam about fat women. As in "a fat chick can be fun, but you just wouldn't want any of your friends to see you with her".

-jeffrey

Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:35 am

jhicken wrote: I hate to tell you this guys, but it's derogatory. It has nothing to do with the suspension, size of a Supers front hood, bumpers or rear tail lights. It's a slam from the guys who own early cars. It comes from the same slam about fat women. As in "a fat chick can be fun, but you just wouldn't want any of your friends to see you with her".

-jeffrey

Okay Nubie still,,,,,,,,, is it any Beetle after 68 that is a Fat Chick?

Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:48 am

Desertmedic covered the years and models above.

"68 and newer Standard Beetles, Super Beetles, Bay Window Buses, 1970 and later Ghias, 1970 and later Type 3s, etc."

-jeffrey

Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:52 am

jhicken wrote: I hate to tell you this guys, but it's derogatory. It has nothing to do with the suspension, size of a Supers front hood, bumpers or rear tail lights. It's a slam from the guys who own early cars. It comes from the same slam about fat women. As in "a fat chick can be fun, but you just wouldn't want any of your friends to see you with her".

-jeffrey

Correct. Fatchick owners cite dozens of reasons why their car is labeled as such; all of them nonsense. To find the truth, simply ask the people who actually call them that: early model owners. That said, it may be derogatory, but it isn't mean-spirited. Enjoy your ride.

Wed Nov 18, 2009 8:07 am

Yellowbeard wrote: That said, it may be derogatory, but it isn't mean-spirited. Enjoy your ride.

Wrong, it is mean spirited, but if you embrace it, it's meaningless.

-jeffrey

Wed Nov 18, 2009 8:11 am

ryohey wrote: The term Fat Chick, I believe refers to the Super Beetle with Mcpherson struts and not to a standard bettle with a front beam. Supers have a bigger front end making them look fatter. There are Beetles with a rear beam?

Wed Nov 18, 2009 8:45 am

jhicken wrote: Yellowbeard wrote: That said, it may be derogatory, but it isn't mean-spirited. Enjoy your ride.

Wrong, it is mean spirited, but if you embrace it, it's meaningless.

-jeffrey

Yep!

I love my fat chick, and I'm secure enough to say so. :P

The same thing applies to the term 'rat rod' - it's supposed to be derogatory, coming from the trad rod guys, and is to some. But to most of the guys I know with 'em, they like it and roll with it.

Wed Nov 18, 2009 9:33 am

Well thats interesting. I love my fat chick and the car is also growing on me :lol:

Wed Nov 18, 2009 9:53 am

jhicken wrote: Yellowbeard wrote: That said, it may be derogatory, but it isn't mean-spirited. Enjoy your ride.

Wrong, it is mean spirited, but if you embrace it, it's meaningless.

-jeffrey

Speak for yourself. I've always called 'em fatchicks, even when I owned them. Never meant to hurt anyone's feelings by it. If I wanted to hurt someone's feelings, I could've thought up much better ways than a nickname for their car...

Wed Nov 18, 2009 10:34 am

My response was about the origin of the term, not your interpretation.

-jeffrey

Wed Nov 18, 2009 10:34 am

For whatever reason that they are named "Fat Chicks" I drive mine with my head up and top down almost daily.

Wed Nov 18, 2009 10:40 am

And I got two cuz Fat is where it's at!

-j.

Wed Nov 18, 2009 10:42 am

jhicken wrote: My response was about the origin of the term, not your interpretation.

-jeffrey

Right you are. But twenty or thirty years downrange, I think it's safe to say that it's just become a nickname.