The Cal-look Lounge

does anyone know if ryan reeds 61 ragtop is still about? i think it was sold to one of the gfk.i did like that car even if the rear was lowered slightly ::) nicely detailed alround and wouldve been a great cal look car with a few minor adjustments ;) it was running a 1776 and fuchs when it was featured in volksworld.it was also featured in hot vws along side sarges car.

Still around. He's building a BITCHIN '37 Ford Coupe now.

I see it at a lot of shows here in AZ. Really well done, one of the best!

Does somebody have pics of this car?

no it's a restocal  :-*........ :D :D

(http://71.18.51.103/cpg/albums/userpics/10001/IMG_3385.JPG)

(http://71.18.51.103/cpg/albums/userpics/10001/IMG_3384.JPG)


I think this is it.  Last I heard, it was in AZ.

I always liked that car a lot, the Hot VW's issue it was in is one of my favorites!

it would look great at the right height and take a chopper to the swan necks.all the rest i could put up with ;D

I think that car was very under rated, Maybe because it hit the seen and sold very quick. Both ryon and work mate aron at the time both had unreal built cars. Both guys also build some real nice hot rod stuff. Just my 2 1/2 cents

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danny the aaron you mean is aaron broughton? his car was lickable as well.did they both work at the so-cal speedshop?

Yep, same guy. I think the cars were built at about the same time, too.

ha ha ha no im not related to fabs but great minds n all that.its a pity this car went to the darkside.thats the diversity of the vw scene it could go a few ways stocker,restocal,hoodride or a full on looker.hopefully the latter ;D

 ;D ;D funny mark  , but i'm the only one crazy licker   8) 8)............., other are fake one  ;D ;D ;D


here's Aaron's car
(http://www.oldbug.com/409%20008.jpg)

Here a bad pic of them together....  This is at DKP Cruise night, Aaron's first trip out w/ the green '57.  it had a crowd around it all night.  Ryan's car did as well, but I think they had all seen it before. 

(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a6/Hotrodvw/Aaron4.jpg)

X2. Those are the gayest mirrors one could put on a VW. It ruins the car for me.

Both very cool cars! Resto-cal, when done properly, is just as cool as Cal-look imho...

"Properly" is subject to interpretation, which is really the spice of life in the VW hobby.   ;)

i have too agree john.when the first pic of that car was posted on this thread i took one look at it and thought...........................................................well you know ;)

Aaron has his own shop now, not sure what Ryan's doing now.

http://www.foothillfabrication.com/ (http://www.foothillfabrication.com/)

Here's Aaron's Hub Garage page.  There's almost more on it than his web site.
http://www.hubgarage.com/mygarage/FoothillFab/vehicles (http://www.hubgarage.com/mygarage/FoothillFab/vehicles)

aarons car is a piece of artwork for sure.one thing that puzzles me though is the solid mounting and the really short gearbox pretty much the same as my own car.theres so much torque in that motor does it really need a gearbox that does 49mph at 3000rpm? i mean its a sort of hotrod beetle.the guys building hot rods dont stick a really short gear in it because they like to drive miles on the freeway ??? aarons car also has a welded in midmount.i know it could be changed but its alot of work when its that pretty under there.