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Mitch Pullen
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« on: January 21, 2007, 00:16:57 am »
Hello  from  Texas..!!..i see a bunch  of names from  the  CLF  from the U.S.A..on this  site  which seems a million miles  away..!!!!!..what a great big world  we  share.!!!!..just thought i would drop in..and say HI  and  thanks..!!!..thanks  for  keeping it growing and getting stronger   day by day.!!!!...you have some awsome CAL-LOOK cars  and race cars..!!!!..i'am   a  70's freak.!!!!..to know a  VW  bug  was  roaming  the streets of  CAILFORNIA in the late 60's & 70's,,  and  picking off   some of Detroits  "BIG THREE" gives me goosebumps.!!!!!,..and then it to bleed  into  drag racing..and have cars like LIGHTING BUG,,,,DEANO DYNOSOURS,,,INCH PINCHER,,RACE SHOP GHIA....is just mind blowing..!!!!...what's even  wilder  is to see  alot of the old  gassers being  bought and ship  to your lands and keeping the spririt alive.!!!!!,,take the  Kieth  Goss  chopped show winning  bug..,,the "RACE SHOP" ghia,"SNOPPY"gasser (you do not know how close i came to buying this one!!),up to  a modern day  Mark Herbert's(RIP) "SUPER SHIT BOX"..I know there is alot i missed  and cannot recall at this  time,,but it;s  nice to know  that  there is a bunch  of   us  worldwide  that have to keep  this  hobby going!!!..stronger and better each and every  year..THANKS  AGAIN....Mitch Pullen....
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« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2007, 00:32:13 am »
Welcome to the lounge Grin
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« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2007, 00:36:14 am »
THANKS..!!!!!....YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT SITE..!!!!!!I  keep  a eye on FRANK LUX....I'am    a old   magazine  collector   myself.!!! Wink.... Grin....
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« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2007, 01:04:30 am »
welcome to the lounge cowboy
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« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2007, 01:27:31 am »
Quote from: Turtle001 on January 21, 2007, 01:04:30 am
welcome to the lounge cowboy
THANKS........
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« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2007, 02:14:26 am »
Hey Mitch... Good to see you found the "real" Cal-look board!
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« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2007, 03:31:36 am »
Hi Mitch Welcome to the Lounge Where in Texas are you I just Moved to Texas from Calif Been in to VW's Since the Early 70's  I think I am going to need to Lower the seats in my 67 So I Can Wear My Cowboy Hat when I go Curisin all I need now Is A big EMPI emblem for my Belt Buckle Hope my Spurs Dont mess up my Carpet LMAO
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« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2007, 03:32:34 am »
Quote from: DKK Rick on January 21, 2007, 02:14:26 am
Hey Mitch... Good to see you found the "real" Cal-look board!
thanks  Rick,,,,,it is a  Cool.     site..a bunch of  great pictures  and stories..!!!!!
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« Reply #8 on: January 21, 2007, 03:35:06 am »
Quote from: Shubee2 (DSK) on January 21, 2007, 03:31:36 am
Hi Mitch Welcome to the Lounge Where in Texas are you I just Moved to Texas from Calif Been in to VW's Since the Early 70's  I think I am going to need to Lower the seats in my 67 So I Can Wear My Cowboy Hat when I go Curisin all I need now Is A big EMPI emblem for my Belt Buckle Hope my Spurs Dont mess up my Carpet LMAO
now  that's funny!!!!.....right  between   Dallas and  FT.WORTH.......i think i remember  talking to u last  year    about the move, your in the automotive   biz right..?  i work at a Chevrolet  dealer   remember.?..
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« Reply #9 on: January 21, 2007, 04:10:36 am »
Welcome to the Lounge dude - I don't need to lower my seats to wear a cowboy hat - No roof you see  Wink Smiley
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« Reply #10 on: January 21, 2007, 04:42:40 am »
    Roll Eyes   Now  that is just to dang  cool. Cool.......got  to love the Metal-Flake..!!!!!!..N-I-C-E..Buggy..!!!
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« Reply #11 on: January 21, 2007, 10:20:24 am »
Welkom to the Lounge!
Do you have a picture of your car? Smiley
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« Reply #12 on: January 21, 2007, 13:04:26 pm »
Welcome to the Cal-Look Heaven!!! Wink Grin Grin Grin

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« Reply #13 on: January 22, 2007, 13:58:25 pm »
heeeeyy Mitch, welcome to the Lounge!!!!



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« Reply #14 on: January 22, 2007, 14:47:09 pm »
Quote from: Sander on January 21, 2007, 10:20:24 am
Welkom to the Lounge!
Do you have a picture of your car? Smiley
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« Reply #15 on: January 22, 2007, 16:29:16 pm »
Now that is a nice car! I can`t help it but I really like blue lookers  Smiley

Welcome to The Lounge Mitch!

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« Reply #16 on: January 22, 2007, 16:31:23 pm »
Mitch, your pic should go here http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php?topic=963.0  Wink

cool looker  Cool
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« Reply #17 on: January 22, 2007, 16:54:59 pm »
thanks.!!!!...i hope  the  IDA  guys don't get too mad  Angry.........but been collecting  parts  for  a Turbo  build-up.. Wink...i always  loved Dave Perkins  blue  PRO/TURBO  car from the mid-80's.!!!...so why not  a  PRO/ TURBO/STREET  car. Grin....
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« Reply #18 on: January 22, 2007, 17:51:31 pm »
Quote from: Mitch Pullen on January 22, 2007, 16:54:59 pm
i always  loved Dave Perkins  blue  PRO/TURBO  car from the mid-80's.!!!...so why not  a  PRO/ TURBO/STREET  car. Grin....

Me too! I saw it race several times here in Sweden in the early 90's and a friend of mine has the original engine!
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« Reply #19 on: January 22, 2007, 18:21:55 pm »
my fav.. Roll Eyes..!!!!...Roman  i have seen this brought up before...the car is on  your  land  now right..!!!..the reason i remember  the late  Mark Herbert  was  in on the discussion  about  it was a all steel car and how the P/T cars  was the most exciting racing out there..but i think the car  has alot of fiberglass  panels now? ...still  one of my favorite....thanks for the picture...
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« Reply #20 on: January 22, 2007, 18:42:36 pm »
It has a one piece glass fibre front end etc, you wouldn't recognize it if you saw it.  Cry
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« Reply #21 on: January 22, 2007, 19:55:04 pm »
You got any recent pics of it Roman?
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« Reply #22 on: January 22, 2007, 20:27:08 pm »
Quote from: Mitch Pullen on January 22, 2007, 14:47:09 pm


Nice little late model Mitch, welcome to The Lounge.   Cool

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Don't know what it is about that car but it is awesome. Would have loved to see it pounding it's way out of the box when it was full steel.

So this is a now oficially a blue Bug thread then huh?
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« Reply #23 on: January 22, 2007, 20:58:03 pm »
houston !!!! we had a problem mitch is on the lounge  Roll Eyes  Grin  Grin  Grin welcome mitch and enjoy   Wink
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« Reply #24 on: January 22, 2007, 21:51:48 pm »
Thats a realy nice car indeed!! Cool
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