The Cal-look Lounge

My dream 3-car vw garage consists of:

1.   White 67 old school cal look with one piece windows that work.  ::) original lotus white paint but de-chromed body ( you know what i mean) , red interior, 2007cc twin 48 Ida motor with hunt magneto, berg linkage etc berg 5 speed and can runs a 12s ¼ mile but reliable enough to run across country, oh and runs on pump fuel.

2.   Early low light ghia, stock looking with 4 1/2 and 5 ½ steel sprints stars or Porsche pattern cosmics. Dark grey or silver paint with dark tan or dark red leather interior, berg 5 speed and large capacity blow through turbo. Would have a nice early porsche style steering wheel (not fussed what type) and early berg or deno shifter. Super clean and perfect running gear. Again runs a twelve but nice round town and not two low.

3.   Early crew cab or panel van with really big type 4 or 3.2ltr Porsche flat 6 again a 5 speed trans, nicely lowered not to low with stock steels or fuch alloys. Dove blue and grey interior and got to have front and rear safaris. 

What would you have  ;)

 Ps you could swap any of the above with a super clean heb cab again with nice ida motor and lowered with porsche wheels. You can pick what type of wheels as I;m not too fussy ;D

 1) Early Crew Cab, dove-blue, std interior, lowered, powerful NA low rpm stroker engine (type1) on orig. rims or radars...

 2) Split Karman convertible in two different shades medium grey, with grey rooftop  (cal-look for strip use) on fuchs/erco with MH dot slicks

 3) A nice mildly tuned vw blue '67 cal-look on golden Enkei's, for daily use...

 (and in my backyard a Fridolin, type34 sunroof, nice gasser, a white T2a on fuchs, a 412, Mr. Komori's Dannenhauer, Calfornia-Look Schwimmwagen with a whining 2332cc to use as speedboat in the weekends...

Hey that back yard is cheating. ;) still all very nice

Who's next

My choices will change regularly ::)...but today they are
1. Razor sunroof, dropped at the front running a strong 2.0+ motor & 5 speed, black with rocket 5 spokes
2. Original looking 23 barn door running full carrera 4 running gear on detailed fuchs
3. Split dash cabrio with full 356 running gear & rudge nock off`s

 ..nice!  ..likin' those choices !

 ;D

Ferrari 250 Lusso (four wheels and an engine – like a VW)
Mercedes 300SL Gullwing (well, it's almost a VW – German with swing-axles)
A Beetle (to keep you lot off my tail!)
 ;D

1 Porsche 917 street version
2 ford GT
3 hebmuler callook with 2,3 liter engine and genuine BRMS  ;D

'67 Cal-looker running hoooge Ida motor, autocraft box, csp discs, cage and original berms or ARE magnesium torq thrusts

'73 911 3.8 RSR for shits and giggles on country lanes

'41 Willys coupe(steel of course), blown hemi, 12 spoke mag spindle mounts and E/T Rears, Halibrand quick change rear end

Ron, keeping this choice down to 3 is just evil ;D

late looker 68 sunroof bug off white running gold empi 8s discs all round 5 speed and and evil 1955cc efi motor

black 701/2 RS Z28 camero on american racing five spokes with a full tilt efi small block

black 3 window 32 high boy with real halibrands and a 400ci small block

and just for Keith heres the coolest looking 300SL I have ever seen  8)

(http://dragstripper.smugmug.com/photos/169084948-O.jpg)

I love it how it says VW at the top and there's a bunch of people that post here regularly that apparently don't know what a VW is? Go figure! ;D

Keeping it simple and in house as per the subject, Bugs only and all the 3's. :)

1.) '69 Razoredge Ghia Looker, toga white, Gasburner, Fat Biscuit interior, 2276, IDAs (already in my garage)  :)

2.) '71 Baywindow De Luxe, sliding sunroof, walk through, cianti red/white, Gasburner, lowered all around (driveable), 911 engine (already in my garage but unrestored and w/o 911 engine  :(

3.) '58 Beetle, true 70s Looker, de-chromed, one of the cool beige/brown 70s Porsche colors, 2110, IDAs, only period parts like 010, dual quiet, (no MSD, turbomuffler), plexi glas dashboard, period seats, no rear seats, Fat Biscuit plaid/leather, t-bars, empi sprints 5x205 chromed/black for street use, Ercos (0 offset front) for strip (that dream car may come true some day)

And (luckily it's not a VW but still aircooled) a black Porsche 964 coupe w/sunroof for daily use  ;)

Maybe we should start a new thread for the OTHER cars  but if we've gone open season on any car then

 Ferrari 250 GT California red obviously 

 Porsche 550 spyder silver blue stripes

 Steve McQueen’s Porsche 917 from Le Mans

 Model A coupe with big block engine in black

 RHD 964 turbo s or just plain old 964 RS super low mileage in red or white for Sundays

Ps no particular order

As long as you're not thinking about sticking it in the garage then that's OK. ;)

Mat, it will stay outside - it's just a daily driver (or will be)

And no, we are not going open!  ;) Stick with the three Vdubs!

Here in holland:

1: A 23 window samba bus,bagged with berg 5 speed trans,2275cc engine with 48 webers to carry my drumkit for gigs.

2: 67 pro street/callook with 2332cc engine with 51 IDA's,pro trans by dave foltz and in full trim for daily use.

3: My pro stock beetle thats in curacao right now with its soon to be 2.8 engine.

In Curacao:

1: Sandrail with 2275cc trubo engine to hit the crosstracks

2: See item to above, ;D

3: See item 3 above, ;D

And off beetle topic or in the backyard like Jordy: porsche 911 turbo,my dad's pro mod trans am dragracer,Lincoln Navigator on 24 inch rims  ;D

how about some photos                                                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   :o

I think my dream 3 car VW garage would be..

1. 9 Sec Pro Stock Bug
2. Split Vert or Hebmuller Bug - Loaded with OG period accessories and a 2276 with IDA's
3. 23 RHD Window Barndoor with a period (such as Devon) camping conversion

Then in my side workshop I would have..

1. 28/29 Ford Roadster on solid wheels with whitewall tyres (no fancy modern wheels!)
2. Old school bobber bike

It's nice to dream  ;D

my VW dream garage:

1. 1967 type 34 ghia w/ sunroof, volcano grey, black/anodised Fuchs, (until here, I'm done :)), Berg 5-speed, 2276cc with lots of low end torque!!
2. 1955 oval, volcano grey (same color like my ghia), fully dechromed, Berg 5-speed, disc brakes all-around, polished Centerlines, 2332cc, 200hp
3. 1957 type 2 samba, volcano grey (what else? :)) w/ black top, porsche 911 SC engine, 5-speed, disc-brakes, Fuchs wheels.


my dream garage:

1. 1967 type 34 ghia w/ sunroof, black/anodised Fuchs, Berg 5-speed, 2276cc with lots of low end torque!!
2. 1949 mercury 2 door coupe, chopped, lowered, flathead V8 with period speed parts
3. 1932 ford model b roadster (or 5w coupe), traditional/late 40s style with flathead V8 with period speed parts or early hemi

My dream garage would be one, all done (!) with extra high ceiling, fitted with a lift, roll-aways full of tools, air conditioned, heated, painted floor (VW blue of course), a covered spot for the trailer, killer stereo and room to buy and store another car... just in case!

as well as underground parking for 20 cars, paint booth, etc, etc, etc....

decent show worthy panama beige 65 cal looker
decent show worthy 70' stick shift
and a decent manx buggy

64-67 Double Cab Lowered on detailed Fuchs w/big motor and disc brakes

64 Looker, no chrome, 1 piece windows, 2276....

Big pre runner style Thing for a change of pace

Why the f*** would you spoil it with gansta sh*te

cheers richie,uk

1 Old school British style VW drag racer Betelgeuse best time for me 11.4  118mph more to come hopefully. Wing now off ;)
(http://i.pbase.com/o6/69/341069/1/82715638.ObZ9zA5Y.IMG_5733.jpg)

2 1967 cal-looker 192 hp low comp engine runs 12.5 second 1/4s and 5 speed box CHECK  all I have to do is finish the car off.

3 Chris Bubetz pro turbo car IMHO the most iconic VW dragster ever.

Simple

1) 1949 heb

2) Keith Goss Chop

3) DKP1 car

however i would install racking in my 3 car garage and have another 3 up top and they would be

4) Sum Fun

5) Flat 4 DDS replica

6) 1950's Split Crew Cab

I have had my "dream 3" planned for years  ;) :)

1 - The Meyers Manx (got this one ;))

2 - A full on 70's style Cal Looker (coming soon ;))

3 - A Split Single Cab with a 4 carb Corvair motor, Radius rear arches and slotmags  - so I can carry the manx on the back and tow the CaL Looker behind  ;) :)

Maybe by EBI 5  :D :D :D

 Gangsta shite fo shizzle!!

 You down with OFP?!  Yeah you know me...
 
 (http://www.javelinamx.com/carstars/herbie.jpg)

 ;D

How many others actually OWN their dream top 3.... Russell, I'm really starting to hate you  ;D

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My dream 3-car vw garage consists of:

1.   White 67 old school cal look with one piece windows that work.   original lotus white paint but de-chromed body ( you know what i mean) , red interior, 2007cc twin 48 Ida motor with hunt magneto, berg linkage etc berg 5 speed and can runs a 12s ¼ mile but reliable enough to run across country, oh and runs on pump fuel.

2.   Early low light ghia, stock looking with 4 1/2 and 5 ½ steel sprints stars or Porsche pattern cosmics. Dark grey or silver paint with dark tan or dark red leather interior, berg 5 speed and large capacity blow through turbo. Would have a nice early porsche style steering wheel (not fussed what type) and early berg or deno shifter. Super clean and perfect running gear. Again runs a twelve but nice round town and not two low.

3.   Early crew cab or panel van with really big type 4 or 3.2ltr Porsche flat 6 again a 5 speed trans, nicely lowered not to low with stock steels or fuch alloys. Dove blue and grey interior and got to have front and rear safaris. 

What would you have 

 Ps you could swap any of the above with a super clean heb cab again with nice ida motor and lowered with porsche wheels. You can pick what type of wheels as I;m not too fussy  [/quote]

1 I own a lotus white 67 look alike but that as far as that goes on that one but more in the pipeline for this

2 I will be picking up a low light ghia project at the end of the month which will have a large blow through turbo engine  8

3 still working on the bus  ;D

1.  '61 crew cab - driver and tow rig for number 2 (see below).  Slightly modified.
2. '62 ragtop - pre cal
3. '62 ragtop - we'll see.........


4.  '64 convertible.  It's already in there.

Lucky enough to be living the dream.  I don't want the other cars anymore. 

Easy.. My brother's EMPI demonstrator, Inch Pincher 1, and my own car

well have been thinking about this post for a while and i can't live with a 'dream-3-space' garage... it is way too small to store what i dream of.
but i have managed to have a top 3 at the moment.

1. hector bonilla's car (with bumpers and empi-bars)
2. don bedfords 67 (dark blue and dds rims just make me drool)
3. a tie between dave rhoads car and berglar. i really can't chose between those two at the moment

 ??? it is just strange i can not think of a type3 that just has all going for it to make it in this top 3 at the moment  :o

the same  ;D ;D ;D

mine will be
1 : the butternut car (john lazenby 63)
2 : danny gabard notch ( dkk car)
3 : frenchy or r crago ghia
 ;D

nice looking cars

1) sorted out VW Thing in cal-look fashion with no shortcuts
2) sorted out stock VW Fridolin
3) SP-2 in stock condition

I already have the first two :-)

A proper, no frills cal look 67 sedan.
A road tripping Ghia for two. Berg 5.
A bus for camping with the family and getting away from it all

I'll have a go  :D


1. My 67 Cal-look. All steal, but with a turbo street engine.
2. Oval race car. All steal, lowered with rised gearbox. Turbo
3. Bad ass street car. For example 1303 with a full suspension kit, biiiig NA engine.

1. My Oval Cal Look
2. Low light cabrio Ghia in RHD Unicorn version
3. Richie Kings 23 window Devon samba

1 CSP ghia

2 Martin Taylors oval Drag beetle

3 my own 74 flatscreen beetle if the above Martin Taylor ever builds my engine
 :'( :'( :'( :'(

1) Kawell's Blackie
2) Raceshop Fiat
3) An Oval with four-cam Porsche motor and running gear

1) Skinne Beetle
2) Hater Maker
3) A super nice 1303 convertible on classic BBS wheels, big Porsche brakes and a strong, big T4

All of my VWs are my dream cars... they just aren't in dream car status yet.  :-\

1). '69 Cal-Look Bug with Sprint Stars (and original 8-spokes), 2056cc Type 4, Berg 5, Diamond Blue paint, PEFI/PEI

2). '70 EMPI Imp dunebuggy with widened rear wheels, mild 1679 with retro pieces (Treuhaft manifolds, EMPI deep sump, early stamped Kadron air cleaners, 019, etc.), bright lemon yellow paint

3). '65 T34 with red/black paint, 16"x6"/7" Porsche Fuchs alloys, Porsche 5 speed, 2270/2316cc Type 4 (stock cooling so I can keep the two trunks), leather interior with 911 front seats, PEFI/PEI

Tuna

My blue '69
the '58 'FunnyBug' (Finished!) LOL
Shoob's '58 sunroof project (also finished!)
ALL with 4" power  ;D

Anything else is icing ...
TxT

    My choices

    # 1 Buy my Ghia back from the owner in Japan or build another one
    # 2 Keith Goss chop top
    # 3 Mike Billings 67
    # 4 Doug Mische red 67 Cal Looker
    # 5 Stephan's 57 Cal Looker

     I am cheating I know

    Frenchy

1. An early sixties standard bus with a camping kit
2. A speedster replica
3. My 56 sedan redone

My 67 euro beetle
Lb 1
Black 67 of russel that was at ddd10 loved that car....... :D

A simple enough qusetion,but even ron couldnt narrow it down to just 3 ;)



For me as its a dream garage you wouldnt include anything you already own,thats reality not a dream,so here goes











1.Billy mitchells Motion minicar radically chopped race car[it just looks so mad and I would want to run it and see how quick it actually goes ;)]

2.Frenchys yellow ghia with fuch[although its a little low for me i admired that car for a long time]

3.A stock 50 or earlier beetle,proberly with a fold down roof and 4 seats still ;)[but no one in there right mind would sell  me one as I cant see me keeping it stock for very long ;D ]


That for me is a proper 3 car VW dream garage 8) 

thanks ron,it wasnt a complicated question :D



cheers richie

I changed my mind ...  ;)

My blue '69
Shoob's '58 Sunroof
The Berg '67 Blackie loaded with Merlin

 8)

1#
(http://static.skynetblogs.be/media/163559/62569_133230616724413_100001124250071_168053_225408_n.jpg)

2#
(http://static.skynetblogs.be/media/163559/185794_10150142910717629_151352572628_8387971_1631592_n.2.jpg)

3# this is my car now, but my dream is to restore her...
(http://sphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/545736_4672228806027_597250986_n.jpg)

My 54 Barndoor lowerd on Fuchs + 4" IDA motor.
My lowlight Ghia with a RLR chassis + 4" Turbo motor.
ProStreet 41 Willys.

 ;D

My VW dreamgarage would look like this: 
                           #1 Sarge's "67 red cal-looker
                           #2 Italy 1 gasser
                           #3 Rikki James's "54 barndoor samba(2,6 T4)
 ;)

I've got my dream 3 car garage:  My own Bahama blue '65 club car
                                              2010 Candy white passat with Hi Def kit
                                              2012 Candy white TDI sportwagen

Well you did better than .me  keeping to three car was hard, can't believe this thread got dug up from somewhere, first post was 2007 l :o

VERY cool 3 right there  ;D

1. My split bug but with a 2.3L and a berg5 gearbox

(http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6001/5900761866_788022592a_b.jpg)


2. A 64 or 65 OG 911/912

(http://luxedb.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/1964-Porsche-911-5.jpg)

3. An oval woody with a type3 flat engine.

(http://static.skynetblogs.be/media/7926/757_93f834d602cb148ef8d7da210b4a8972.jpg)


4. 1934 Ford Coupe Hot rod from Rolling Bones

(http://thehotrods.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/08.02.10-traditional-hot-rod-1934-ford-coupe-3.jpg)

and many more...  ;D

1. Top fuel funny car... streetable
2. Top fuel dragster...less streetable
3. Semi truck and enclosed trailer with VW powered generator... Ohh and a VW powered blender with Terminators;  of coarse.... ;D

While I would be the first to say that '67s aren't really any better than any other year, when I think of the cars I would most like to own, they're all '67s. Also, only one of them is really well known.

1. My '67 pre-wreck but with the drivetrain I'm planning for it.
2. Mark Dean's Turquoise '67
3. Bergler before it was f'd up

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1. Top fuel funny car... streetable
2. Top fuel dragster...less streetable
3. Semi truck and enclosed trailer with VW powered generator... Ohh and a VW powered blender with Terminators;  of coarse.... ;D
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Dam!

How could I forget! New number 3 on my list:

- Rolling black out

It changes on a daily basis, but I think today I'd like:
An 11-second street Oval, dechromed, on BRMs. Full cage, two seats and just a really angry tune up! Something that sounds pissed off and goes like a rocket!
My own '67/'68 but with a Berg 5 speed and a 2276 with the IDA/magneto look but EFI and ignition, and IRS with 4 wheel discs. Basically I love the look of the car I've got already but I'd like it to drive better!
Tar Babe - the perfect roof chop. I've always loved it and one day I'll manage to be in the same place as it and just lose some hours looking at it.

Dam!

How could I forget! New number 3 on my list:

- Rolling black out
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I'll take that compliment !! Thanks my man !

1. Goss chop Top
2. Martenez Chop top
3. 51 split deluxe, like this one:

My Dream Garage is/would be:

1. My own 1960 2332cc Black Ragtop
2. A Black 1958 Cal-Look Karman Ghia (still to buy...)
3. A bone Stock 1952 Brown Split Window Bug (still to buy...)

Frank

my garage would have
            1 my 63 rag (finished  ;))

            2 a 54 oval gasser (in my lookup that needs starting)  :-X

            3 a cal looked rometsch  ;D

         rich

1951 Samba, totally stock

1957  Jaguar XKSS (ex McQueen car, but please paint it BRG again, Mr Freshman)

1971 Lamborghini Miura (in green please!)

Ron

I guess your question was to complicated for some people,what was I thinking ::)


On a VW forum as well ;)

I'm thinking about this one for days now, just can't make up my mind.
I'll give it some more time , there will be a '55 post barndoor dbl door panel in it for sure and prob. Dominick Luppinos '66 burgundy red ...

Barndoor Deluxe
Lowlight Cab
Split Cab (not zwitter)

predominantly og, but tweaks allowed :)

1. A chop-top race bug
2. A split-window street bug with IDA's
3. Lowlight ghia or a splitty panel van

Completely stock 1958 T1 with semaphores, L255 grey and ivory two-tone, red interior.
(not that I've thought about it much!  ;D)

A drag buggy.

A Low-Light Panel with a supercharged 2.5L auto to pull it.........and just drive everywhere.

You know I can fit 7 VWs in a 3 car garage, done it before, but it seems that everyone is posting 3 cars  and not always VWs    HHHmm,   1. Heb  2.Type 1  Split    3. 21 Window Barn Door.

But a dream garage.  1. Lamborghini, Miura        2. 550 Spyder       3. 21 Window Barn Door Bus

In my pursuit of some form of happiness I have gotten as close as I guess I will get.  72. Jarama       63  Porsche 356      &    56 kombi  euro style               I have to settle for this for now.

Once owned a 76 Lamborghini Urraco and sold it for penny's on the dollar, huge mistake   

In no particular order...

Martinez Black Chop
Dean Kirsten Blue 67
Dave Rhoads Green 64

Xavier