Late Models...
Ivan:
Everyone has there favourite or ultimate year of Beetle - which may make some owners come across as being model year focussed or Pre '68 snobs.
In my opinion it's important that people invest time and money into '68 and on VWs, otherwise before we know it they will be a very rare sight.
In the last 15 years the number you see on the street has dropped massively - especially in the U.K.
The ethos behind the California look can be used when modifying any air cooled VW Beetle really, and if done with the commitment to quality which has become the norm today - who wouldn't stop and have a good look at it?
I know I would.
Mangokid:
Quote from: Bill Schwimmer on April 17, 2006, 03:52:37 am
Thanks for the post about my 70' beetle.Back then late model Cal Look cars were everywhere...I don't know how the mind set that they did'nt exist got started, it was probably by somebody who was'nt even born yet..At the time I got into VW's,about '80-'81 it was just fine to hot rod a late model.They were plentiful & cheap,A typical 10 year old car & you did'nt have to do as much work as an earlier car.It was still cool to have an early car,ovals were plentiful,as a matter of fact I sold a 57 sunroof to do that orange car,but the oval was a piece of crap & quite a bit more work than the orange car.That photo was taken @ Greg Brinton's parents house about '82 or '83.As for super beetles,they were here & there but not as many people did them as standard beetles.I do remember a 71 super owned by Ron Lesnick ,typical cal look mods 2l fuchs ect.It had a IDA motor w/ nitrous.It was the 1st VW I every saw driving around w/ Firestone slicks & it was about the fastest street car around & it was a SUPER BEETLE!! It kicked the crap out of a lightweight race sedan out of Gene Berg's & Roger Crawfords shops on the street one night...This is a cool forum,I hope it does'nt get overrun by the race car crowd like that other forum. Later Bill
So, does that mean that i wasn't all that wrong when i ran my 1970 T-1 1500 on 5,5" sprint stars, (rear) 4,5" (front), threw away the bumpers and the back seat, lowered it up front and mounted an EMPI leather rimmed steering wheel, EZR shifter, speedwell instruments, bulit a not too hot 1915 engine with a glaspack muffler and so on?
Well, i still got the "no no" from most of the crowd for running a "too new" car for the cal look style back in 1998! For the record, i was not born "back then" when the time was right, but after playing with VW's for a few years i knew what i liked, and i knew what was right for me, not everyone else. Dare peopel!
Sander/DVK:
How about this car. First on wide-5 rims for a little Old Speed look, now on Mahle Pedrini rims. Like that car! 8)
speedwell:
waouwwww this late model is very nice :o
Zach Gomulka:
Hey this is my first time on this new board! Thought Id share a pic of my late model GTV... its not cal look yet, but when I find one more 4.5" sprint for the front end it will be!
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