Whats your scariest moment in a cal-look bug?
61SNRF:
Late one night WAY BACK on the way home from a rally in OC my gas pedal and speedo were both pegged for 3 miles coming up the 405N transitioning to 605N TRYING to keep up with Shubee in his '69 1700/Webers with my '61 1641/Kadrons! I know he was laughing and grinning all the way!
Jason Foster:
One night after SMOKING a Subaru WRX I noticed a couple of Downey's finest behind me at a left hand signal in Felony stop fashion. My heart quickly sank, I was sure my car was gone. You see, here in California the officer has the option to confiscate any vehicle participating in a (cough)" street race" (cough). Well luckily for me the officer decided to let me keep my car as I pleeded with him that I had my heart and soul in the thing. So long story short I got a misdemeanor that has since been expunged and a nice $1400.00 ticket. So.... boys, don't street race. You Dig.
Jason
Lids:
Had just got my 1914 running, car wasn't finished, no interior but took it up the road with the front seats just placed inside. Floored it my brother shot into the boot area and i fell off my seat unable to see where i was going. Just hit the brakes and hoped for the best.
Sam K:
The saciest moment I had in my Bug was the day before Thanksgiving 1998 I was driving to work in my '67. It still had the stock drum brakes and they probably needed to be adjusted. I had just installed my first stroker engine the previous Sunday.I was hauling ass down and freeway and traffic came to a sudden stop. Just as traffic was stopping, a young lady in a Honda changed lanes in front of me. Had she not been there I would have had no problem stopping, but I ran right into the back of that Honda. The only damage it had was a pair of scratches in the bumper from my front overriders going under it. My bug needed new fenders, hood, headlights front apron and a bit of work on the spare wheel well. It also needed a windshield because I hit it with my head. The girl in the Honda got a ticket for careless driving and I got one for following to close.
nlvtinman:
Well, another of those "moments", although not scary, but they could have been.
This might strike a note with the old guys who were around in the early Bug-in era.
We members of the DSK would always have our twice yearly party the night before the Bug-in. Of course, there was a lot of fun and HEAVY drinking going on.
Any other other guys in clubs remember those good times too?
When the drink ran short, the time had come.
Now we had an inordanant number of Weber carbed built motors for a club from the San Gabriel Valley. Didn't much matter that it was usually about 12:30-1 am, we'd all get out, fire 'em up, and quite blasted beyond reason, haul ass down the 57 & 5 to OCIR.
I think the best time we "posted"for the trip was about 22 minutes Glendora to OCIR.
And the activity in the dirt at OCIR the night before Bug-Ins! It was the happening place to be in the middle of the night. Trying to sleep in your car( or the dirt), and usually feeling pretty shitty hungover during the days events.
It was GREAT-- Then! But as to drunk driving...ahhhh, a fun part of the past, but not really the wisest thing to do anymore.
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