The Cal-look Lounge

hi all!!!
there is sun outside and im here in my room with fever!!!!!!
and i have to stay near the bathroom!!!!! :-X :-X

but there is a thing tht could help me to get well in a couple of days: to see a lot of pictures of dune buggies on their natural elements: the sand and the beach.....they are a good medicine i think.....

this should make you feel better  :)

a couple more dude  :)

oh, oh ,oh......where are u goin on all that grass monki?

 :o

that elvis manx of "live a little love a little" is simply stunning......
tht tires....tht mufflers......tht colour......pity for that "tellevision set" windscreen......could tht be mounted for scenical reason??

mmm i'm fell already better.....ty monki.....c u at bug in

Roll on Summer!!

laurie is that ur imp?

Here ya go

Looks just like Baja - Right  ??? :)

And don't say that about the elvis manx - I just finished fitting a taller/bigger screen today, I think they give a more Old Skool Look :)

Here is a couple more pic's for you buddy

Also Lurrie I hope your coming to Bug In  ??? The Imp looks AWSOME by the way  :)

just a couple more  :)

here's a couple that aren't mine  ;) :)

Such a treat, it's like it's the man's b-day  :D

P.s. Lee sit up straight for once will ya ;) i'm appreciating buggies more and more these days after reading your article in the volksworld mag

A friends buggy, built almost finished in my garage before he moved to th UK (Liverpool). Hopefully it wil be finished this winter.
(http://www.beachbuggy.eu/images/pic082.jpg)

Hi bullitt,
yes, it's my Imp. Based as closely as possible on the one owned by VW in the Autostadt in Wolfsburg, apart from the sidepods, which I prefer not to have. Got it finished just before the Winter last year so I have not really used it so far. Hoping for a good Summer this year - get well soon!
laurie

Lee - would love to get the Imp to Euro Bug-In but may be a bit tricky as I will be at Camberg the following week

Oh dear – you'll be very lonely. Camberg's a week before Bug-In!

congratulations laurie, very nice car....
i love metalflake and all settings.
seem comin directly from seventies!!!!
i'm particularly interested in tyre-wheel combo.
seem u have  15 inches sprintstars 8 rear 5,5 front
then farm implement tyres firestone 11L15 rear and 6.70-15 front, isn't it?

i would do implement on ther rear on my deserter but 14 inches wide oval on front on my deserter.
would put smoothies steeel wheels with chrome nipple 356 cap no logo.


monki thtat seem just like baja...but baja is just a little "drier" that green england lol!!!!! niiiice piiics!!!!!

rasser when i finish my buggy i wanna do some donuts , jumps and wash on the sand too.....
just on the face of that fuckin showcars!!!!!!

nice wheels roman!

not possible in your opinion to organize a "european-level"  nostalgia buggy weekend on the sand dunes on a nice beach in england or france?
would be great.....bug in of the sand?

...it seems that the fever is still highter ;D
See U soon Phil!

Bullett,
spot on with the wheel/tyre combination. I am also in the UK and it was a lot of hassle finding suitable tyres in the UK so had the Firestones shipped from Florida. They are are not road legal here and are only speed rated for 25 or 35 mph but ride fine. UK and Europe  now use radial type tyres even for agricultural use. I have a set of road wheels/tyres but having seen the Imp with the Firestones the others look crap.
laurie

wooo...at least i feel a little better.
but keep posting plz!!!!!
laurie is the imp still drivable with that wonderful farm tyres??

hey laurie, sorry about my poor english.....spot on means that i got it??? ;D ;D

see this

and these

and these

and then

and....

here 're some cool picture

one of my favorite love those BAJA STAR wheels ;)

 :o

 ::)

I was going to say that myself ;)  and anyway a load of us are going over for BOTH shows and during the week between the shows we're going on an off roading day with DAS and Kobus - so come on dude you know it makes sence  :)

 :o

 ;)

 :o jump around  ;D

I will be able to sit up straight this year now I've fitted the taller/bigger screen  ;) :)

Also looks like a few of you guys found that Desertdust site - there are some amazing pic's on there  :)

p.s I love those BAJA STARS too  ;D

I`ve got one but cannot post until The Samba is back online :(. So, until then how about a video?
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=1606603327

Finally! The Samba is back up! Heres an old 8x10 that I got from a local shop. Its an old Hi Jumper promo photo.
(http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/242205.jpg)

Here's a couple of Imp press photos, one Empi the other the European AHS

here's more buggies pictures  ;)

the towd  from meyer very cool small buggy this one was bob major's towd now this one reside in france in the super vw magazine museum  :o i've take some picture of this one a few year ago  ;)

 ;)

cool pictures of an cool meyer manx and of the little known empi inch pincher too that one was the first IP2 the gasser came after this one  :o

waouuwwww that was the fast & furious buggy version  ;D

I owned this one for a couple months.  It was built from an NOS body.  Should have kept it longer.
(http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/317057.jpg)

Thanks for the comments dude - it was one of my intension to make people realise that not all buggies are cheap ugly thngs running on slot mags  ;) :)

Here's an old shot of a friend's street/strip cal-look Manx buggy.  He ran a 82x92 (2180) engine, FK89, IDA's, etc. ;D

These shots were taken at a VW drag race at Bakersfield, CA, USA in 1985.  Bitchin car!