1990-1993 (FORMERLY 4 YEARS- NOW CONDENSED TO 3)
Jim Ratto:
Quote from: Tony M on October 20, 2016, 21:58:22 pm
Having been that guy in the 80's at BH, i truly relate to you story. My time line was a little more in the 70's but down the same road.
Thank's for sharing and i'm glad to be still part of it.
Yeah, a few years before I ended up there, you were the "go-to" guy for all the VW kids at Amador HS. I had heard about you even before I had my car. The guys in my sophomore drafting class that sat across from me had Bugs, they were seniors I think. One guy had a maroon '69 with gold 8-spokes and a 1776 with S/E heads and 45mm Dellortos, the other guy worked for Randy where you are now! He had the yellow '77 standard Bug with yellow 8-spokes and Fuldas, Dan Jackson, and he had the hot rodded 1776, with fuel injection, I think he said he ran injectors from Datsun and some other throttle body, the motor had CB Eagle cam, I remember him always talking about advancing the cam timing with the gear. It was supposedly like a VZ25. I never rode in that car but I saw him cook the tires off in it. Pretty cool for a kid in high school.
I bought my chrome adjustable beam from you in 1987, Tony. ::)
Bruce:
Quote from: Jim Ratto on October 20, 2016, 17:08:00 pm
.... Bill's car, ......, the V-8 looking turbo muffler attached to the merged header (way before this was de rigueur on modified VW's around the world), .
This was more significant than you think, Jim. That was the first car to ever have a big V8 muffler on it.
Nico86:
Really enjoying both words and pictures !
Bill Schwimmer:
Quote from: Bruce on October 21, 2016, 06:47:35 am
Quote from: Jim Ratto on October 20, 2016, 17:08:00 pm
.... Bill's car, ......, the V-8 looking turbo muffler attached to the merged header (way before this was de rigueur on modified VW's around the world), .
This was more significant than you think, Jim. That was the first car to ever have a big V8 muffler on it.
there were a few others before me, Mark V. , Steve Wilkerson & a few others from DKK, but it was still pretty uncommon.
Fastbrit:
Fun reading! Realise that our paths must have crossed at shows back in the late 1980s/1990-ish as I was in the USA three times a year back then, going to a variety of events along the way including Jamboree, the Goodguys VWevents and a whole bunch of PRA and other non-PRA drag races. Buying my Wilwood brakes from SCS, served by this tall skinny guy in glasses who I later came to know and love as Mark H. Seeing the rats running around the back warehouse area at Johnny's Speed & Chrome on Beach... Seeing Bill's car at a cruise night at the burger place on the corner of Beach and Orangethorpe way before I ever met Bill. Happy days - when Pomona swap meet was really good, too.
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