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Jim Ratto
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« on: February 01, 2008, 18:26:08 pm »
Those pictures taken from some dried up grassy park in 1972 of the DKP cars... there's a number of them in Keith's book... (Mahaffey's split, Arnie's '67, your '63, Stan Davis' late model, mark Thurber's brown car...)
What was going on that day? Where was that park? Looks like there were DKP cars as far as the eye could see...

Tell us the story Sarge
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« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2008, 18:51:14 pm »
Quote from: Jim Ratto on February 01, 2008, 18:26:08 pm
Those pictures taken from some dried up grassy park in 1972 of the DKP cars... there's a number of them in Keith's book... (Mahaffey's split, Arnie's '67, your '63, Stan Davis' late model, mark Thurber's brown car...)
What was going on that day? Where was that park? Looks like there were DKP cars as far as the eye could see...

Tell us the story Sarge

Those pics were taken at Featherly Park in Yorba Linda.  It was right after the park opened, so the shrubery was pretty sparse. 
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« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2008, 19:32:07 pm »
here're the picts  Grin
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« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2008, 19:40:21 pm »
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« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2008, 19:49:17 pm »
more  Wink
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« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2008, 19:57:15 pm »
Mahaffey's car looks deadly serious in those pics. Love the stories elsewhere about that car
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« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2008, 20:03:35 pm »


Always liked this one. Any chance it is still around?

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« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2008, 20:12:02 pm »
Quote from: louisb on February 01, 2008, 20:03:35 pm


Always liked this one. Any chance it is still around?

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« Reply #8 on: February 01, 2008, 20:15:26 pm »
True...it only lasted a few months after John sold it.  I have plenty of memories of cruising in that car...and working on it!
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« Reply #9 on: February 01, 2008, 20:20:02 pm »
Do you remember any engine specs on the Butternut, Sarge?
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« Reply #10 on: February 01, 2008, 20:20:30 pm »
I love that one too.  Being from "pre" Cal-look days as far as magazines are concerned, was it ever featured?  Would love to see detail shots of it.  I imagine if there were any, we'd have seen them by now.
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« Reply #11 on: February 01, 2008, 20:27:24 pm »
Quote from: Jim Ratto on February 01, 2008, 20:20:02 pm
Do you remember any engine specs on the Butternut, Sarge?

I wanna say it was 78.4 X 88.  We'll get the straight scoop right outta the horses mouth tomorrow afternoon... Wink
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« Reply #12 on: February 01, 2008, 20:29:42 pm »
Quote from: Sarge on February 01, 2008, 20:27:24 pm
Quote from: Jim Ratto on February 01, 2008, 20:20:02 pm
Do you remember any engine specs on the Butternut, Sarge?

I wanna say it was 78.4 X 88.  We'll get the straight scoop right outta the horses mouth tomorrow afternoon... Wink

shit.......you invited a talking horse to the party??  Ratto will be a happy guy!!!  Grin
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« Reply #13 on: February 01, 2008, 20:36:08 pm »
Quote from: Carlos De Alba on February 01, 2008, 20:29:42 pm
Quote from: Sarge on February 01, 2008, 20:27:24 pm
Quote from: Jim Ratto on February 01, 2008, 20:20:02 pm
Do you remember any engine specs on the Butternut, Sarge?

I wanna say it was 78.4 X 88.  We'll get the straight scoop right outta the horses mouth tomorrow afternoon... Wink

shit.......you invited a talking horse to the party??  Ratto will be a happy guy!!!  Grin

Atta boy, Carlos!!  Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin
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« Reply #14 on: February 01, 2008, 20:37:49 pm »
Quote from: Carlos De Alba on February 01, 2008, 20:29:42 pm
Quote from: Sarge on February 01, 2008, 20:27:24 pm
Quote from: Jim Ratto on February 01, 2008, 20:20:02 pm
Do you remember any engine specs on the Butternut, Sarge?

I wanna say it was 78.4 X 88.  We'll get the straight scoop right outta the horses mouth tomorrow afternoon... Wink

shit.......you invited a talking horse to the party??  Ratto will be a happy guy!!!  Grin

just show me the way to the handrail I'll be fine.
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« Reply #15 on: February 01, 2008, 20:42:11 pm »
ok let's get back in topic.  we don't want to piss people off now. 

Sorry guys it was my fault........... I started acting like a child again  Embarrassed

I can't wait to hear all the cal-look stories .........!!!!
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« Reply #16 on: February 01, 2008, 20:44:21 pm »
Quote from: Carlos De Alba on February 01, 2008, 20:42:11 pm
ok let's get back in topic.  we don't want to piss people off now. 

Sorry guys it was my fault........... I started acting like a child again  Embarrassed

I can't wait to hear all the cal-look stories .........!!!!

That's more like it!! Roll Eyes Grin
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« Reply #17 on: February 01, 2008, 20:58:26 pm »
can  you remember the dash of john"s car Huh
we can see there's 2 big gauges ,and small one and plexi on this one Huh and what steering wheel it was ??
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« Reply #18 on: February 01, 2008, 21:08:30 pm »
Quote from: speedwell on February 01, 2008, 20:58:26 pm
can  you remember the dash of john"s car Huh
we can see there's 2 big gauges ,and small one and plexi on this one Huh and what steering wheel it was ??

I'm pretty sure John had VDO instruements...we worked at Auto Haus back then and that was where you'd get most of your stuff.
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« Reply #19 on: February 01, 2008, 21:12:52 pm »
Quote from: Sarge on February 01, 2008, 21:08:30 pm
Quote from: speedwell on February 01, 2008, 20:58:26 pm
can  you remember the dash of john"s car Huh
we can see there's 2 big gauges ,and small one and plexi on this one Huh and what steering wheel it was ??

I'm pretty sure John had VDO instruements...we worked at Auto Haus back then and that was where you'd get most of your stuff.
sarge is this this one??
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« Reply #20 on: February 01, 2008, 21:14:24 pm »
Quote from: speedwell on February 01, 2008, 21:12:52 pm
Quote from: Sarge on February 01, 2008, 21:08:30 pm
Quote from: speedwell on February 01, 2008, 20:58:26 pm
can  you remember the dash of john"s car Huh
we can see there's 2 big gauges ,and small one and plexi on this one Huh and what steering wheel it was ??

I'm pretty sure John had VDO instruements...we worked at Auto Haus back then and that was where you'd get most of your stuff.
sarge is this this one??
may be not the wiper are in the opposite way as john's car
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« Reply #21 on: February 01, 2008, 21:24:33 pm »
Wrong steering wheel too.


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« Reply #22 on: February 01, 2008, 21:35:40 pm »
looks like Lazenby ran Motolita.
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« Reply #23 on: February 01, 2008, 21:56:36 pm »
Quote from: Jim Ratto on February 01, 2008, 21:35:40 pm
looks like Lazenby ran Motolita.

That sounds right, Jim.  Thinking back on John's car...it started life red.  As a 40hp, it had a Judson and an 010 distributor.  It was later repainted at Babe's in Fullerton...the color was firemist green metalic and was truely a thing of beauty with loads of clear on a flawless base.  John had Babe's reshoot the car in butternut years later but the job was rough (the paint never really hardened) so he drug it over to Becker's to get it right.
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« Reply #24 on: February 01, 2008, 21:57:45 pm »
Quote from: speedwell on February 01, 2008, 21:12:52 pm
Quote from: Sarge on February 01, 2008, 21:08:30 pm
Quote from: speedwell on February 01, 2008, 20:58:26 pm
can  you remember the dash of john"s car Huh
we can see there's 2 big gauges ,and small one and plexi on this one Huh and what steering wheel it was ??

I'm pretty sure John had VDO instruements...we worked at Auto Haus back then and that was where you'd get most of your stuff.
sarge is this this one??

Maybe Thurber's car?
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« Reply #25 on: February 01, 2008, 22:28:31 pm »
its look like a sepia  brown no Huh not a brown metallic
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« Reply #26 on: February 01, 2008, 22:30:59 pm »
Quote from: speedwell on February 01, 2008, 22:28:31 pm
its look like a sepia  brown no Huh not a brown metallic

maybe Hunsaker's?
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« Reply #27 on: February 02, 2008, 02:57:05 am »
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« Reply #28 on: February 02, 2008, 04:38:50 am »
As I recall, Lazenby had Fleming build a new engine towards the end of his ownership of that Bug ('73ish?). It was an 78.4x88, with Fleming heads and IDAs, 120 or 130 cam, and a magneto.
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« Reply #29 on: February 02, 2008, 04:56:33 am »
Quote from: Carlos De Alba on February 01, 2008, 20:42:11 pm
ok let's get back in topic.  we don't want to piss people off now. 

Sorry guys it was my fault........... I started acting like a child again  Embarrassed

I can't wait to hear all the cal-look stories .........!!!!
F' em if they don't have a sense of humor... I say!  Cheesy
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