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danny gabbard
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« on: January 28, 2010, 18:24:15 pm »

I don't know it this is Cal-Look but who remembers the sports car made in Brazil by VW.
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« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2010, 18:41:36 pm »

Hey Danny, those are great pictures!  This will teach you to log out on my computer! LOL
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« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2010, 18:45:30 pm »

You better not be buying porn stuff, Under that name!
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« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2010, 19:18:12 pm »

I loved those cars,in curacao you had a few and they were bitchin Cool
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« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2010, 22:27:33 pm »

a guy in my former home town got a yellow one. quite nice but never got in touch with him...
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« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2010, 23:36:39 pm »

Yeah, I was going to comment on Danny's photo skills AND, the sun is out in northern Nevada.... No snow?
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« Reply #6 on: January 29, 2010, 02:52:02 am »

I've always liked 'em and wanted to build one with gray metallic paint, non-polished 911 alloys, slightly lower the front end, and either a huge Type 4 or normally aspirated 911 engine. Be fun to drive and rather different.
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« Reply #7 on: January 29, 2010, 03:29:56 am »



     I have 1/2 dozen of these type of fan shrouds for Pumas I had for years. Building a nice Weber motor with short type manifolds and one of these shrouds would be cool.

    Frenchy
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« Reply #8 on: January 29, 2010, 06:11:18 am »

Came very close to buying one a few years ago with the round tail lights and thin bumpers, except Frechy wouldn't let me run the DRKC with it! He is still going to give me a fan shroud in Pheonix though,...right?
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« Reply #9 on: January 29, 2010, 10:36:54 am »

I have one here,its a RHD south african version and is slightly different to the brazil made ones,its has been treated very badly since coming to england and needs alot of work,I have the body off the pan and cut the pan halves off ready to replace them,I will IRS it at the same time and it will be porsche 5 stud brakes,still to decide on wheels and engine combo and change those rear lights,they are so ugly

But no its not really cal look

cheers richie,uk
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« Reply #10 on: January 29, 2010, 14:56:01 pm »

I have 1/2 dozen of these type of fan shrouds for Pumas I had for years. Building a nice Weber motor with short type manifolds and one of these shrouds would be cool.

Agreed.
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« Reply #11 on: January 29, 2010, 15:59:28 pm »

Nice pan! Shocked
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« Reply #12 on: January 29, 2010, 17:45:00 pm »

Nice pan! Shocked


Yep,the previous owner really didnt give a s##t about it and just left it to be destroyed by the elements,shame but it will see life again soon Smiley

cheers richie,uk
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« Reply #13 on: January 29, 2010, 20:40:37 pm »



   Who is Frechy ? LOL

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« Reply #14 on: January 29, 2010, 23:38:22 pm »



   Who is Frechy ? LOL

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You know that that will become your new nickname, Frechy. LOL
The car came with a non-doghouse shroud, CB has the newer version for the doghouse cooler.
A lot of funky tabs had to be ground off to clean it up. The engine by the way is a 2276 that
made 172hp.
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« Reply #15 on: January 30, 2010, 06:10:32 am »



    Dave I have all my VW parts in storage as soon as I have everything back at the house I will look for one of them.

    Frenchy
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« Reply #16 on: January 30, 2010, 13:13:12 pm »

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« Reply #17 on: January 30, 2010, 13:14:28 pm »

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« Reply #18 on: January 30, 2010, 16:23:11 pm »

some footage of a puma in my former hometown.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/lJxeCcVz9tk" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/lJxeCcVz9tk</a>

just check 0:30 till 0:40

the rest is senseless... ;-)
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« Reply #19 on: January 31, 2010, 20:08:41 pm »

I've always wanted a Puma. A friend of mine drove one during high school (20+ years ago) and it was very cool. I tried to get him to sell it to me, but he never would.

There was one for sale here locally in the classifieds, but it must have sold quickly... The guy never called me back.  Sad
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« Reply #20 on: January 31, 2010, 21:53:14 pm »

A friend of mine, Gary Urwin, had one years ago. I helped lift the body off the pan - jeez the bodies are HEAVY! My back has never been the same. Gary reckoned it was probably not far off the weight of a Bug shell. All I know is...It felt like it!
If you're going to get one it want to be the first generation body - the second generation shell was nearly as ugly as a '70 on Type 3.
Actually, scratch that... Grin 
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« Reply #21 on: February 02, 2010, 16:16:30 pm »

A friend of mine, Gary Urwin, had one years ago. I helped lift the body off the pan - jeez the bodies are HEAVY! My back has never been the same. Gary reckoned it was probably not far off the weight of a Bug shell. All I know is...It felt like it!
If you're going to get one it want to be the first generation body - the second generation shell was nearly as ugly as a '70 on Type 3.
Actually, scratch that... Grin 

Just spoke to Gary, the car is still in Sussex Grin
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« Reply #22 on: February 02, 2010, 17:00:57 pm »

From memory he sold it to someone called Jim Bourne. I don't know why I remember the name about 20 years later, but I'm pretty sure that's what he was called. I never met the guy. I recall Gary saying the guy put it in his garden and did nothing with it. I think Gary sold it for £500.
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« Reply #23 on: February 02, 2010, 17:10:12 pm »

Opal or Vet tail lights would look so much better on one of those.

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« Reply #24 on: February 04, 2010, 06:09:03 am »

Here's a couple shots of a buddy's Puma. It and it turned out pretty good.







-jeffrey
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« Reply #25 on: February 04, 2010, 15:35:25 pm »

Frenchy,...I will be looking for you in Pheonix,  hopefully we make it.



I see that red Puma is for sale:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=883643
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« Reply #26 on: February 04, 2010, 17:18:25 pm »


Yea, that's Raul's. You gotta see it in person to appreciate what went into it.

-jeffrey
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