Eric Birkys 70 yellow/white empi 8 spoke car, lets find it !
speedwell:
:o :o :o
Russell:
Right guys this ws the car that got me in too VW's so we need to find it. There is a small reward for the person who can supply me the contact number of the current owner !
Lets see how good the lounge really is...........
luftkafer:
Russell,
I live near Birky's Bodyshop where Eric did the car. Last I remember he worked at a paint store down the street. He mixed some Glasurit Gulf Blue L 390 paint for me years ago.
From what I heard through the grapevine was that the car was in L.A. beat to shit as stated above. But that was years ago. The car may have been sold to a relative of Eric's if I remember correctly.
I can ask around for you.
Erich
Ivan:
Eric's car was featured at the time that the '64 I was building was in the paint shop, and gave me the idea of having different colored wheels - it also confirmed what I had visualized in my my for the car - the darker color needed to be at the back of the car as the white wheels at the back didn't work for me. I can remember thinking about copying the louvers in the wings - but then I worked out two things firstly the cost and secondly how shit the car would look after a bit of mud came through the louvers after a bit of rain. it was inspirational to me as a young kid who knew no better.
mr. warehouse:
Eric was / is a good friend of mine.
Erics dad still races Tor Fuel. One of his crew / drivers has a shop just across from mine.
He actually helped Arnold and Eric build the Holey Moley that is now for sale http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=502688
Eric is long gone out of Santa Rosa and VW's. He moved to Oregon quite a few years ago after a stint at Hawleys Paints in Santa Rosa then a bicycle shop in Rohnert Park which he owned.
When he got out of VW's I bought everything he had. The only thing he kept was his Westy.
That car bounced around quite a bit locally after Eric sold it, then it slowly wade it's way South.
I asked around a bit after I saw this thread and as far I as I can tell the car is no more. After numerous owners, minor wrecks, multiple engines, and new owner mods it was finally parted and scrapped
A funny side note :
From day one that car had a plexiglass back window. Eric was 99% done with the car and ready for it's first show, but he couldn't find a nice rear window for it so he cut a piece of plexiglass and put it in. Last time I saw it that was still the case.
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