The Cal-look Lounge

Lets hear about some of the club rivalries and any interesting "incidences" that occurred between the different clubs. Who were the main rivals for the big clubs? Was it mostly at the shows or did it play out on the street and strip as well? Did different clubs favor different shops and have their own "turf"? It seems a lot of people changed clubs as they came and went? How was this handled? Any good interclub competitions or organized events? What about getting ready for the shows?

--louis

Not really looking for negative things. Just any interesting stories between club members.

--louis

There's certainly no rivalry between clubs today... on the contrary I would say.
Was it really different before?

I thought it would have been like in that film The Warriors! ;D

probably off topic,
the club Kyle, Bates, Sheep, SODA, Crofty and others were in, 1990's... no rivalries really outside the club. But-

some pretty hot topics going on within the club itself at times.

Typically revolved around one guy, and his 1776. Seemed he wanted a piece of everybody, so there was some humorous tenison admist the club focused on him. There were friendly pranks, but some unkind events too. I recall dismissing the guy from my garage one night, in front of everyone, after some pretty lame comments were made to my g/f at the time. But overall, the inner-rivalry made for good competition at our local street racing venue, and even better stories for the future. Bates based a whole motor just on getting even with this guy.  ::)

I think it's been posted before, but I'm sure John John won't mind winding the clock back and telling us about his Project X motor aimed at our said clubmate.

I'll share some more stories later too.

                                                         Santa Fe and Del Amo. And I mostly remember all VW folk sort of ganging up on V8 or mini truck. or JT people, regardless of club affiliation. The only rivalry I can recall was for , Most Represented Club at Bug In's.

                                                    Hey, you promised never to repeat that!

This one guy with the hard on for everybody was a good friend of mine, actually, and a roommate too, at the time. Everybody in the club pretty much knew how to get his hackles up.... it was classic. All one had to do was "one up" the guy, or at least threaten to, when it came to VW's. He ran an Engle 125, so if you wanted to make him squirm, you'd just say you had an Engle 126. Oh man, I can remember everybody coming up with their own version of shaking him up. Working at Buggy House gave me special privileges when it came to VW-related pranks. This guy would come home much later than I did @ night. So I'd bring home real exotic race stuff from work, not mine, I'd just borrow it for a night, you know like a library... stuff like Autocraft 1.4 rockers, Vertex mag, IDA manifolds.... etc. I'd write the name of another of the club members on the side of the magneto or on the manifolds, or make a fake invoice with their name on it, and lay the whole bit on the kitchen table, which he had to walk by when he got home....  I'd go hide in my room and hear the front door open... a few footsteps, then silence. Then you'd hear the parts get set back on the table. Then a knock at my door.... "so when did ____________ buy the magneto and the FK89?"

Thats a funny one Jim ;D

LOL, I remember that junction in time.

                                                        Yes, but no meat sauce. You know how I am.

My first VW club, Half A Brain, used to have a running battle with any of the other clubs local to us - we always though that we were more "into" VWs, had better (read "Cal Look", not stockers or resto cal!) cars and tried to go to more shows than anyone else. However, our big battle ground was the dodgems at Bug Jam, where we would have 10 HAB members against 10 of another clubs members! No winners or losers, but a chance to let off some aggression! :D