Well...
I'm probably not the most proper person to make any statment, as though I'm in the process of turning a 1302 into a late looker (low buget by the way).
You can say, that I'm a poser, cause my car is not a pre68, does not have a classic cal wheels - no BRMs or Fuchs, just a set of late cookie cutters, and all of them are 7inch wide. BUT It has the biggest, double carbed engine I could afford at the moment (1914cc, 40x37.5,C-35, 40Dells, 1 5/8 merged&SQP) no bumpers, rake, U know...
Someone here said, that real cal-lookers back then were most of the time somewhere "in the pocess".
For me, the most important thing is the proper attitude. All this stuff in the car are sometimes a matter of accident, a 'find' for cheap price, or something.
The real BRMs in the 70s weren't a popular 'off the shelf' item - they were a 'find'.
I bought the cookies, cause sourcing a set of proper Fuchs wheels in Poland is very hard and very expensive.
Starving for a couple of months, just to be able to afford a real IDAs, or things kinda like that is not my style.
Did U, the real Cal-look guys from back then sacrifice so much to be able to afford some 'proper' items to your cars? Like did You wander if buing a $5 burger at the nite cruise brake at local Diner would ruin your plans for new carbs?
I don't thik so. Most of these parts was cheap in California of the 70ties. Am I wrong?
BRM's in the 70's were a lot easier to get then now day's we Sold Them Brand New at Auto Haus in the mid 70's $49.95 Each things were cheaper in the 70's But We made half the money we make today Except for Sarge and Jim They both have very Deep Pockets LMAO
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