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Title: The Mike Martinez Shop Top
Post by: SOB/RFH on April 15, 2007, 09:12:44 am
That is the car that got my heart ticking back in 1978.......wow what a cool car......like the overall photos of it and especialy the drag race start picture and engine picture......looks like I still like the way it looked and it still inspires me!!! So I know it was part of the scene, got sold to Dyno and he in his turn sold it to Japan and it all ended with a rod broken after a high speed event on a freeway.......anyone know it's whereabouts and how about some old cool stories from back in its day. I recall it being part of the Head Shop team so there should be some good stories around!!   8)


Title: Re: The Mike Martinez Shop Top
Post by: Frank LUX on April 15, 2007, 11:04:47 am
Sorry SOB/DBR,

No story about it, but here is the feature out VW TRENDS N°4...

Frank


Title: Re: The Mike Martinez Shop Top
Post by: Shubee2 (DSK) on April 15, 2007, 17:14:56 pm
Heres the Real Thing with a super sano Motor


Title: Re: The Mike Martinez Shop Top
Post by: speedwell on April 15, 2007, 18:53:31 pm
another pictures  ;)


Title: Re: The Mike Martinez Shop Top
Post by: speedwell on April 15, 2007, 18:55:17 pm
 ;)


Title: Re: The Mike Martinez Shop Top
Post by: speedwell on April 15, 2007, 19:03:37 pm
 :o deep black


Title: Re: The Mike Martinez Shop Top
Post by: speedwell on April 15, 2007, 19:04:44 pm
club display


Title: Re: The Mike Martinez Shop Top
Post by: Shubee2 (DSK) on April 16, 2007, 01:15:54 am
another pictures  ;)
its got 42 Dcnf's In That Picture


Title: Re: The Mike Martinez Shop Top
Post by: Rick Meredith on April 16, 2007, 23:43:13 pm
I remember watching it street race behind Nabisco after a rally.  ;)


Title: Re: The Mike Martinez Shop Top
Post by: speedwell on April 17, 2007, 19:13:24 pm
another pictures  ;)
its got 42 Dcnf's In That Picture
shubee watch on the car there's the flag from the dkp display  maybe those pictures were took the same day: front hood open  , doo rs & rear deckid open  ;)


Title: Re: The Mike Martinez Shop Top
Post by: SOB/RFH on April 17, 2007, 22:31:08 pm
I remember watching it street race behind Nabisco after a rally.  ;)

Did it say Nabisco.....and what happened??? give us an input of who was there, who got up against who and how did the shop top do it during the seasson!! ?
 8)


Title: Re: The Mike Martinez Shop Top
Post by: Rick Meredith on April 18, 2007, 06:21:27 am
Gosh... my memory was pretty addled by excessive consumption of alcohol.

I remember that it squared off against a red...maybe peru red. Manx with Fuchs on it. That's about all I remember.


Title: Re: The Mike Martinez Shop Top
Post by: Luftkraft on April 18, 2007, 08:15:29 am
nice car! I remember adoring it in an early/mid-80s issue of the german custom car magazine "Chrom & Flammen". Lots of cool pictures in it, a shame I haven't got it anymore :-\


Title: Re: The Mike Martinez Shop Top
Post by: Lids on April 19, 2007, 09:38:05 am
I read on cal-look.com that dyno don bought this car from martinez