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Cal-look/High Performance => Cal-look => Topic started by: Nico86 on October 15, 2009, 11:17:52 am



Title: French Cal-look Karmann
Post by: Nico86 on October 15, 2009, 11:17:52 am
Last week this Karmann re-appear in a meeting, it was built in the early 90s (or late 80s ?), maybe one of the first cal-look Karmann in France.

Maybe Fabs you have more pics or an article in Super VW Mag ? I will check mine but they are not old enough I think.

My pics, it seems it's still in the same shape as it was 20 years before.


Title: Re: French Cal-look Karmann
Post by: Nico86 on October 15, 2009, 11:29:08 am
More pics :

from http://public.fotki.com/muscles-cars/cars-shows/cars-shows-2009/rod--kustom-day/?cmd=fs_slideshow

(http://images19.fotki.com/v36/photos/2/1154812/8016467/DSC08644-vi.jpg)
(http://images51.fotki.com/v1584/photos/2/1154812/8016467/DSC08647-vi.jpg)

from http://fuchsmania.skynetblogs.be/

(http://blogsimages.skynet.be/images_v2/002/575/849/20091013/dyn006_original_794_600_pjpeg_2575849_b4f27ac365a564377cd13e8d9c31d170.jpg)

from http://massiliavolkswagenclub.skynetblogs.be/

(http://blogsimages.skynet.be/images_v2/002/528/764/20091004/dyn006_original_705_457_pjpeg_2528764_c24655acf5e1b59a067087a08650931e.jpg)


Title: Re: French Cal-look Karmann
Post by: Neil Davies on October 15, 2009, 12:20:55 pm
Looks to be a nicely built car, but I think I'd put chrome bumpers, light trims and handles on it. Other than that, it seems to have aged very well! :)


Title: Re: French Cal-look Karmann
Post by: speedwell on October 15, 2009, 14:38:26 pm
i will check my books ;)


Title: Re: French Cal-look Karmann
Post by: deano on October 15, 2009, 16:09:44 pm
Could this be the old Jeff "Eggs" Benedict Ghia that once was on the cover of Hot VWs, shot on the Balboa Ferry about 1978-79? If so, it was once the World's Most Beautiful VW"....


Title: Re: French Cal-look Karmann
Post by: speedwell on October 15, 2009, 16:19:11 pm
no deano  , the french one as a similar color ,here's the cover   :o , one of my top 5 cal look ghia ,


Title: Re: French Cal-look Karmann
Post by: empicolector on October 15, 2009, 17:14:15 pm
Last week this Karmann re-appear in a meeting, it was built in the early 90s (or late 80s ?), maybe one of the first cal-look Karmann in France.

Maybe Fabs you have more pics or an article in Super VW Mag ? I will check mine but they are not old enough I think.

My pics, it seems it's still in the same shape as it was 20 years before.

the car was repaint in grey in late nineteens


Title: Re: French Cal-look Karmann
Post by: speedwell on October 15, 2009, 19:09:27 pm
that's it,  i found it,  it was in super vw n°18(dec90/jan91) , the car still the same only the 5 spokes were swap for a set of fuchs , there's another french kg in pame green in the same year with fuchs featured in the 20/21 may be
the car  still have the same plate  :o


Title: Re: French Cal-look Karmann
Post by: speedwell on October 15, 2009, 19:19:03 pm
 ;)


Title: Re: French Cal-look Karmann
Post by: speedwell on October 15, 2009, 19:21:03 pm
 ;)


Title: Re: French Cal-look Karmann
Post by: vwcab on October 15, 2009, 20:08:31 pm
I like that exaust.


Title: Re: French Cal-look Karmann
Post by: Nico86 on October 15, 2009, 20:38:13 pm
Thanks for the article Fabs ! I did'nt find it in my mags, the oldest I have is number 25. It's nice to see that nothing have change on this car, maybe the owner is the same !