1957lowlight
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« on: October 27, 2010, 18:38:53 pm » |
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Hi all,
After more then 8 years in a wet garagebox where it freezes in wintertime and is to hot in the summer, my 1966 callook bug is back at home in my warmed garage. I own this car since 1994 and it is restored since 1997 and I feel it is time to tread it a little more with car now.
The golf6 has to sleep outside know, but then again, that's a company car, so I should not mind.
Philip Flatline Lowriders Belgium
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1957lowlight
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« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2010, 19:13:54 pm » |
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Nice said, Speedwel, but remember this. At the lights grandpa can beat the shit of their little grandson  Philip Flatline-Lowriders Belgium
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« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2010, 20:47:33 pm » |
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Well done! And now get to work on the lowlight!  gr Wout
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nicolas
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« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2010, 09:08:29 am » |
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you should post a bit more pics of your car. it is actually a remarkably 'subtle callook' car (the ones with bumpers and trim,...). one of the nicer ones in it's genre in Belgium. 
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« Reply #5 on: October 28, 2010, 09:25:03 am » |
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Hi Philip Bring the car to me, and we can make some foto's  gr Wout
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1957lowlight
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« Reply #6 on: October 28, 2010, 17:24:54 pm » |
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@ Nicolas: Thank you very much for this nice comment. Sometimes I want to sell the car and build a new one, but when someone with your taste of callook gives some sweet comment like that, me and my car are meant to stick together forever.  @ Wout: Maybe we should do this. Xavier mentionned some years ago that he wanted to feature my car for Boxertje, if he still wants this, you can take the pictures  Philip Flatline Lowriders
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« Reply #7 on: October 28, 2010, 18:33:31 pm » |
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It's hard to get a callooker in the magazine  gr Wout
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« Reply #8 on: October 29, 2010, 06:55:00 am » |
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But then again, Wout, getting this car featured in Boxertje is no priority as well  Philip Flatline-Lowriders Belgium
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« Reply #9 on: October 30, 2010, 13:12:17 pm » |
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@ Nicolas: Thank you very much for this nice comment. Sometimes I want to sell the car and build a new one, but when someone with your taste of callook gives some sweet comment like that, me and my car are meant to stick together forever.  no problem, just my honest opinion. BTW thanks for the nice comment as well 
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« Reply #10 on: October 30, 2010, 15:35:15 pm » |
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hi there, nice 66, do you have any interior shots?
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« Reply #11 on: October 31, 2010, 15:24:32 pm » |
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I will take some interior shots and it maight be a good idea to post some pictures for the beginning up till today. The outside of the car always remained the same, but the dash did change a bit over the years. I'm a vintage VDO pervert, so now I got the dash I wanted. I come back on this when I have acces to all my pictures at home.
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« Reply #12 on: October 31, 2010, 16:15:37 pm » |
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it maight be a good idea to post some pictures for the beginning up till today.
x2 ! Nice car.
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« Reply #13 on: October 31, 2010, 21:54:14 pm » |
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Hi all,
I took some pictures of the dash as it is right now and will stay forever :-) The Empi GTV steering wheel was a wedding gift from my wife Eva, with who I'm married since 12 years (anniversary today!!), Shifter is a Early Bergshifter and all the VDO gauges are working perfectly.
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« Reply #14 on: October 31, 2010, 22:17:49 pm » |
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First of all,congrats with your anniversary Philip,AND that dash looks GREAT!!!(like the whole car). And try to make a feature for "boxertje",it deserves it.Have fun with it. Peter 
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« Reply #15 on: November 01, 2010, 14:02:07 pm » |
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Happy Anniversary, Philip.
Please post more pics of your car when you're able. '66 Bugs = GREAT!
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« Reply #16 on: November 01, 2010, 14:24:06 pm » |
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Some pics over the years  Now that's a car that always gets my attention. And happy anniversary from my behalf too. Spa '00  Volksworld '06   Spa '06   EBI III  Spa '10 
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« Reply #17 on: November 01, 2010, 14:59:57 pm » |
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nice bug dude and the ghia 
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« Reply #18 on: November 01, 2010, 21:11:42 pm » |
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EBI 3 ...
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« Reply #19 on: November 02, 2010, 14:04:26 pm » |
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sweet!!! mine long way more to go. any chances of shots of your seats, door panels? 
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« Reply #20 on: November 02, 2010, 14:34:04 pm » |
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Hi everybody, How nice is this to get a revival of my car after so many years it was actually finished (1997!). @ Tero: thanks for the nostalgia pictures. The first one shows me when I was waiting for Ivan Mc Cutcheon to get the car featured for Volksworld. I think it was 1999 or 2000. I had no kids at that time and my oldest son is 8 now! I do remember that I used this particular picture to communicate to my friend that I had bought a new project: the 1957 Ghia. @ Wout: Good things come to those who wait  @ Pupjoint: I will take some shots, but nothing special there, I decided on the interior in 1996 and there was not much available for my budget, so stock TMI beige seatcovers went on. I will replace the seatpads this winter to sit a little more confortable :-) @ DKK Fred: I doesn't take a 1967 to create something nice, although I would love to own a 1967 on day, but when I bought this car in 1994, 1967 beetle weren't that hot at that time. I was more then happy then, that it was a before 1967 model, so I didn't need to change wings and decklids to make it older 
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« Reply #21 on: November 02, 2010, 15:07:28 pm » |
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Thanks to Philips '66 I got in love with Cal-Look beetles. I think this is a nice example of a classic callook car, wich is timeless and an inspiration for a lot of other cars! And after 13 years it still looks as good as in 1997. Just one small mistake about the year, one year to old  Just kidding!! Thanks Philip!
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« Reply #22 on: November 03, 2010, 07:33:56 am » |
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Hey Kurt, But 1966 Callook bugs are rarer  Philip Flatline-Lowriders Belgium
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« Reply #23 on: November 03, 2010, 13:45:28 pm » |
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@ DKK Fred: I doesn't take a 1967 to create something nice, although I would love to own a 1967 on day, but when I bought this car in 1994, 1967 beetle weren't that hot at that time. I was more then happy then, that it was a before 1967 model, so I didn't need to change wings and decklids to make it older  I fully agree. I've had two 1966 Bugs and enjoyed them. To me, '66-'69 were the best four years for these cars.
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« Reply #24 on: November 03, 2010, 18:12:28 pm » |
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Yeah Yeah smartass!  Hey Kurt, But 1966 Callook bugs are rarer  Philip Flatline-Lowriders Belgium
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« Reply #25 on: November 03, 2010, 19:24:42 pm » |
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Hey Kurt, But 1966 Callook bugs are rarer  Philip Flatline-Lowriders Belgium '67s are the Deuce Roadsters of Cal-Look 
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