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« Reply #4110 on: August 22, 2011, 20:57:41 pm »

Vintage Eelco VW artwork and overlays !
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« Reply #4111 on: August 22, 2011, 22:26:13 pm »

Wow, does that bring back memories... That was a bad deal for Greg and Tar Babe, but I sure forgot how much damage it took that night at OCIR. I guess now that Russell knows what about that damage, he will want to sell it cheap... Looks like that heart taillight took the brunt of the guardrail bash. Between that crash, the the trailer towing midhap, Tar Babe went back to Beckers more than a few times for touch ups.
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« Reply #4112 on: August 24, 2011, 05:44:49 am »

Hey Deano, do you remember a guy from La Habra, yellow late model Squareback, named Gary Peterson? He was a member of Marc Buehler's and Ed Craig's DRA... He thinks he remembers you, and he said he certainly remembered your '67... Anyway, he lives about 5 blocks from me, and that is where that photo of the Tar Babe came from. And the guy that owned Bug Engine in La Habra, not only is my neighbor, but also my partner @ work... guess Sarge Edmiston used to work for my neighbor...small world !
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« Reply #4113 on: August 31, 2011, 11:32:12 am »

Got a few things: bug-in plaque #19, an issue of VW trends (now complete), durachrome catalog and a magneto instruction manual. thanks Zach.
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« Reply #4114 on: August 31, 2011, 12:13:20 pm »





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« Reply #4115 on: August 31, 2011, 14:14:14 pm »

Got a few things: bug-in plaque #19, an issue of VW trends (now complete), durachrome catalog and a magneto instruction manual. thanks Zach.

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« Reply #4116 on: September 01, 2011, 00:04:22 am »

       The story behind the Tar Babe crash,   Greg Aronson and Mike Liebey built lowering spindles and added low profile slicks for the front end of the car, the night of the crash was the first time running with the new setup, through the lights at the top end under deceleration the front end dropped ,the tire on one side rubbed and was cut on the fenders lip causing a split second lockup of the one front tire, upsetting the car enough to spin across the track and into the guardrail . Later when the car was being repaired they needed one heart tail light assembly ,I contributed to the cause and gave them a pair Id had for years, Ron and Greg had done so very much for me it was the  least I could do. I was working on my chop top at the shop ,( F&A on Howell street) when they returned from OCIR that night, everyone was trying to see the upside because of what could have happened, but still , not a good night at all. If Gasser Garage found white paint when restoring the tail lights they are the ones used to repair the car,   just a little history.                 Keith Goss
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« Reply #4117 on: September 01, 2011, 00:37:48 am »

Great story Keith and answered a lot of questions !
Hope to see you again soon !
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« Reply #4118 on: September 01, 2011, 04:22:19 am »

And if that mishap at OCIR didn't happen, Greg would have kept racing Tar Babe and would not have sold it to Ron and Mike...
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« Reply #4119 on: September 01, 2011, 08:10:11 am »

    Richard, hope to see you again too, I was hoping to make it to Sac.this weekend but cannot.                                                                          Deano, odd isnt it how a bad experience can change things in so many ways, you probably talk to the guys more often than I do, if I left out any details or am wrong about anything, please correct me, I dont want to be a revisionist, if I remember correctly Jim Holmes was also there that night.  I remember when they went racing in Mexico and came home without Tar Babe how disappointed I was, that car was such a big influence. To me the Tar Babe was and is Americas Most Beautiful Volkswagen, just seeing Greg Aronson sitting in the seat of the Tar Babe at the reunion made every one of the 850miles I drove worth it.      KG     
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« Reply #4120 on: September 02, 2011, 10:36:20 am »

Here is my new exhaust !!  Smiley

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« Reply #4121 on: September 02, 2011, 10:41:07 am »

not in the mail...  Roll Eyes





why??? Grin
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« Reply #4122 on: September 02, 2011, 11:55:51 am »

Here is my new exhaust !!  Smiley



I want to see this painted in white!   Grin
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« Reply #4123 on: September 02, 2011, 12:12:31 pm »

The only thing that makes me doubt is I wanted to keep the nice red "Kadron" sticker... but on the left "Made in Brasil", that's not very cool...  Cheesy

So, I think I'll paint it in white, now I have to find an hight temperature white paint  Grin
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« Reply #4124 on: September 02, 2011, 12:21:43 pm »

Paint it white and tape the kadron sticker if you want to keep it  Grin
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« Reply #4125 on: September 02, 2011, 13:12:26 pm »

Pink Slip for a 67  Cool just need to pick her up from the docks  Smiley
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« Reply #4126 on: September 02, 2011, 16:32:48 pm »

Paint it white and tape the kadron sticker if you want to keep it  Grin

Yes but... if I want the muffler on the left, the kadron sticker will be upside down...  Cheesy
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« Reply #4127 on: September 02, 2011, 16:53:55 pm »

Here is my new exhaust !!  Smiley



Cool, that looks a little different from the usual Kadron glasspacks I've seen... the two-bolt flange is standard for those K-dog headers, but the tip is usually shorter and fatter (larger diameter).
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« Reply #4128 on: September 02, 2011, 17:47:28 pm »

Yes Bugnut68, I had never seen this model of Kadron before too  Wink
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« Reply #4129 on: September 08, 2011, 22:34:53 pm »

Finally....A new Michelin 145 XZX from Coker Tire.
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« Reply #4130 on: September 08, 2011, 22:48:01 pm »

As I was reading that my 165 XZX's showed Smiley
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« Reply #4131 on: September 09, 2011, 01:19:11 am »

Finally....A new Michelin 145 XZX from Coker Tire.


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« Reply #4132 on: September 09, 2011, 05:29:12 am »

Finally....A new Michelin 145 XZX from Coker Tire.


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« Reply #4133 on: September 11, 2011, 04:15:23 am »

hard the work at the shops Smiley




















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« Reply #4134 on: September 11, 2011, 08:49:13 am »

Nice! Where do you find all these cool NOS stuff?  Grin Grin
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« Reply #4135 on: September 11, 2011, 12:32:32 pm »

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« Reply #4136 on: September 15, 2011, 03:16:08 am »

Got a set of CSP beam stiffeners in yesterday, and just finished installing them. VERY nice product. I was surprised to see how substantial they were. Impressed!
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« Reply #4137 on: September 15, 2011, 10:46:53 am »

not vw but for vw action  Grin Grin Grin Grin
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« Reply #4138 on: September 15, 2011, 18:33:02 pm »

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« Reply #4139 on: September 16, 2011, 18:37:22 pm »

I got a pair of berg shifters from a guy in Hawaii.
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