The Cal-look Lounge

now another topic with the 80's cal look but type3   ;D notch , square & fasty 
 ;)

Jim, one question: what means "Aufklaerung VW club 1995-2000" ??

And by the way: nice cars...

in the 80 there's a lot of big square side windows(one piece window)   why????  and  some square back were top chopped  those were cool  nice look

 ;)

 8)

I've always believed that Jim Moore's Notch was the quintessential Cal Look T3 for the era.  Clean, well built and fast.  Darrell Baker's Squareback was another personal favorite of mine.  Fabian, can you help me with the pictures?  Thanks.

I would love to have a callook square one day,always liked those cars somehow ;D

Here in holland they are very rare and you dont see them that often on meetings.

The graphic type 3 is currently for sale on ebay. A real 80's cal look. I love it:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=008&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=180161428440&rd=1

Wow, that would be a great car to update with fresh paint and interior.....but it would be a shame to sand down such a great graphics job.  Its one of those cars that would be cool to have, yet you would be embarrased to show anyone you had it!  ;D

Now that black panel window square and the blue chopped car would be easy to bring up to date.  Makes you wonder where all thee cool cars went.  :-\

Fabian, that graphic`d square has been with that dealer for a while now - I enquired about it 2-3 years ago!
I`d have it in a second!

Can`t talk about 80`s T3`s without adding a pic of the orange grail...KS`s former baby which is now sitting in my garage - debut due for EBI 2 :o

Still the best-looking Fastback ever... IMHO, of course. :D

There was a kid (weren't we all) in El Monte named Nicky who had an early Notchback.  1984 or 1985...........REALLY red with a 2180 built at B & B German Auto (Jim Behrens and Dave Barnes).  Fast car with a lot of street cred in the valley.  He would race just about anybody.  Never made it to a magazine, that I recall, but a real clean car.  I'll try to dig up a picture..........

Then there was a Turbo Notch in Velvet Green that attended the Type 3 Day events.......had four lug Mahles and was pretty clean as well.  Never saw that one have a go, though.  

Let's not forget Danny Gabbard's car either.  Right there alongside Jim Moore's for quality.

There was `kid` deans chopped square too, nomad style sweeping b-posts & frameless door glass I think..where is it now??

more  ;)  guys i 'm happy that you like this topic  ::)
the yellow one is very cool  with the ragtop  & polished fuchs

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do you remember the sewfine square   ???, white is a very nice color for cal look and fuchs in white was so cool on that car  8)

 :o for me  the most ever beautiful notchback  8) danny gabbard  , this notch was awesome , if one day i will have a type 3 he will look at this one

Yeah, thats about perfect isnt it!

Here's a rare shot of Bill Schwimmer taking "Pepto" for a ride at Carlsdirt. 8)  I took this shot back in 1984.  Running a little rich... :P

its not running rich... its just tire smoke off of my black tires.

Um, yah... ::)

 ;D

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=507679

love that type 3 on the samba< kev that should be yours....... 80's rule

Fabian, any luck with pictures of Jim Moore's Notch?  2004 or 2005 Hot VW's.......if you like Danny's car, I think you would like this one as well.  As always, thanks for chasing down the memories and posting the pictures.

i will watch my mag and found this one  ;)

(http://www.laflat4.com/eighties/bug50.gif)
(http://www.laflat4.com/eighties/bug36.gif)

Not a Type 3, but one for Kev...
(http://www.laflat4.com/eighties/bug28.gif)

ouch that last one hurt my eyes  ;)

just found this picture is it fast company?
(http://www.timetraveldvds.co.uk/gallery/SLYFIELD%201987/images/slyfield_1987_036.jpg)

That's Garry Henry's (so67vw) old fastback. Garry was one of the founding members of the Las Vegas VW Club and my current club Southern Oregon Volkswagen Club.
(http://www.laflat4.com/eighties/bug50.gif)

Yes! Straight after new paint – note chrome strip round windshield, no door windows and colour-coded eight-spokes. Where did you find the photo?

it was in with some on http://www.timetraveldvds.co.uk/page64.html I got the link from the NSRA site

Well, I set outto the event - Surrey Street Rodders' Wheels day – in the Fastback and got a few miles down the road when i smelt petrol. Stopped to find one fo the fuel lines weeping like crazy. Headed to Autocavan (I had a key for the workshop) and changed the hose before carrying on to the event. It still had the automatic trans,then, as well. VERY early photo. Thanks for the link. I think I'll be spending some money on their DVDs!  :)

yeah there are a lot of cool old photo's and videos on their site, and they update it quite frequently as well

That's my Dads christmas presents sorted ;D

VW-action 1988.

(http://home.planet.nl/~slote060/ac88-4.jpg)
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Fresh fast company pics - made my day ;D

Keep them coming.. ;)

keith  & kev do you remember this report of fast company

keith, why oh why did you ever change it from orange.... ?

That's the car that did it for me.. Bill looks as though he may be sporting a moustache...

here's bill pepto squareback   8)

stories about your car bill  ::) at that time did you still in the dkk or you weren't there any more ???

if i remember correctly from the mags i read the pepto car is a 67 square with a 1776 engine and a W120 cam. i don't have any other specs on the car

Here are some 80`s samba find`s:

(http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/49995.jpg)

(http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/49991.jpg)

(http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/49969.jpg)

MANN this typ-3 (from danny gabbard) really kicks ass what a nice one ! super 8)

(http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=2541.0;attach=8163;image)

It reminds me much about the nice notch from Walter/Austria

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=239311 (http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=239311)

Greetz,Felix

more soon nicolas   ;)

the color of the square was  poppy lilac  ::)
nicolas here some species from the engines :stock dual solex , NPR 85.5mm pistons, bosch 009 , full flow , fourtuned exhaust and dual mufflers , 1600cc unit from a 71 square  ;)

Here's a Nowegian Notch built in 88. Pictures taken in the early 90s. Wohaa  :P

A few from the early Bug Jam shows in the UK:

(http://danallum.com/aircooled/images/square_2.jpg)

(http://danallum.com/aircooled/images/yellow_fastback_1.jpg)

(http://danallum.com/aircooled/images/red_fastback_2.jpg)

My all time fav:

(http://danallum.com/aircooled/images/the_red_type_3.jpg)

Fast Company on the startline (sorry for the rubbish pic):

(http://danallum.com/aircooled/images/fast_company_1.jpg)

hey are you the guy with all the albums with all different type3's that you photographed at meetings all over the UK? if so we met at T3D this summer...

Could this one also be classified under the 80'ies type 3?
This one was built in de US and was powered by a flat 6 Porsche engine and gearbox on solid mounts. It featured some customs tricks.
In the mid nineties the car came to Belgium and was purchased by Koen from a Begium vW shop Geko tuning. Porsche engine and gearbox were removed and a strong type 1 powerplant and gearbox was fitted. In this lay out the car was featured in Super VW magazine.
Later on, when GEKO stopped its activities, my friend Pascal bought the car from Koen, drove it like that for a little and started the rebuild with new paintjob.
About one year ago Pascal sold the car back on the Steve from Steve's VW shop.
First pictures was a Pascal bought it and the second was after the respray in Champagne together with my 65 1500S.

If anyone has more info about who had built this notch over in the states, I would be happy to hear it.

Greetz

Wim

Wim

Hi Nicolas,
No, I didn't make it to the T3D this year unfortunately, but I know who you mean though. Sounds like you met a guy called Danny Lord. He has photo albums of Fastbacks, Notches and Variant/Squarebacks stretching back over the years.   :)

ah that cpuld be him as he had a lot of albums of all types. i assumed it could have been you as these are also negative prints that you have. and they look quite similar

Yeah, he has them separated out for each model.  :) They look similar as they are just old school 35mm prints.  :)

That red square is one of my fave 80`s cars ever!
I`ve also got a pic I took standing in almost the same spot that one was taken - spooky...
Its now mat black with a red `flake roof, its been passed around a few owners in the past couple of years & is back up for sale now.I really thought about buying it, but with 3 projects already its just not going to happen!
Oh, check out my fastback thread in the projects section if you want to see what `fast company` looks like now ;)

hey could you send me some detail pictures of the front turnsignals? i will change the lights eventually to lucas round type for an better balance between the front and back. the back doesn't have the reflectors and the front will look a bit too 'full' with full bumpers and the lights imho. but it seems to be harder to find a good location of the blinkers as the front curves differently as opposed to a beetle.

thanks allready

nicolas

http://(http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/10/paulruimetrodesquarehf2.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)


well here is a famous 80ies type three ... guess who ... ???

Wow, he looks so young!!! :o ;D

the type three or the guy ???  ;D

that cars been around at least 3 people i know in a year or two!

i once had a girlfriend like that  :-\

Do you have her number?

no not anymore sorry

but damn!

you act with women the same as with you cars???











ah but don't we all do that  ;D

 ;D ;D ;D

Let us know if you find that number..............   ;D ;D :D :D :D

Yeah I saw that the other day, pretty cool!   ;D

pretty desperate guys. but i wil see what i can do.  ;)

I was first! >:(

hold your horses guys, i have had some crappy girlfriends, so there is no need to worry about availability,  ;D
but i banned most of them to my subconscience so i think i have to go under hynosis to remember the telephonenumbers.

here's jim moore notchback another nice one

another uk fasty, built by Gary Constable who know lives in Louisville and has acompany called Mutant Art, the man can't see very well but he can really use an airbrush for some pseudo chromework!!


Garys Fastback
(http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w28/retrobuggy/IMG_0005.jpg)


Some artwork
(http://www.customrodder.com/images/0605cr_03_z+1949_ford_coupe+.jpg)

(http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z148/2manytoys_photo/noch020Medium.jpg)

(http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z148/2manytoys_photo/noch017Medium.jpg)

Kind of 80s/90s..Car is ready for a total re-vamp.

(http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z148/2manytoys_photo/mnmgreen_red.jpg)

and

(http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z148/2manytoys_photo/mnmgreen_red001.jpg)

both cars are now gone,...the green in heaven and I think the red in Japan,...the last major US buyout.

p-

cool pictures  ;)

hy danny why have you polished the wheels after ,this pictures was took at type3 day in 86 iyt look like the dkk was still in action because bill S. was there too and had the 2nd awards for custom squareback and you , you won the custom notchback award  :o
how long did you own the notch ???  did you start the ghia after this one ???

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think those are two different set sets of wheels. In the color picture it looks like they are 14's (at least in the front). Danny?

It always had late 6s on it and one day borded I stripped the paint off the wheels after joni talked me into it. Joni my xwife. when I first built the car it had 2 liter alloys on it , before I got into DKK. Here are some pictures of it , Just after clipping it and when first built.

did you build the ghia after the notch ???

here's the report of the notch  ;)

 ;)

If I remember right , I think I had the ghia but it was stock and just setting covered  up in backyard. Its been a few years.

 :o :o
 thx danny

fabs

some pics I found from the early 90's

some pics I found from the early 90's

some pics I found from the early 90's

some pics I found from the early 90's this was mine

Please tell me that the grey notch is going to get the same decklid treatment!

That's when I had my taco business! Oh and I was busy last night sir go out to the garage and take a look at the new decklid on the Fastback! I bought that car already painted I just had to but it together so does that mean I built that car? ;)

ron jones notch was an awesome  one , he's in my top 4 favorite with  danny g  , geno combs , jim moore

here's kelly munk 63 ntchbad  ;)

 ;)

I ca tell you that the bottom of danny's car was as clean as the top side

Only if I can keep ya awake! Dam that was along time ago. Randy stayed up all night helping me put the notch together, Well (TRYED) to stay up all night! Fricken long day and long night and then Short day trying to put a fricken vw together.Kinda funny story, Was looking for him, Found Randy,Under the notch, With rag in hand, Sleeping! Great friends and great times.

Pics by Benou67

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flow it's not very 80's and cal look  ::) ::)

(http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/717269.jpg)

This is a great period looking car for me.


(http://www.keversite.nl/fotoalbum/fotos/100297.jpg)

(http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/2460/160ce.jpg) (http://img257.imageshack.us/i/160ce.jpg/)

(http://www.keversite.nl/fotoalbum/fotos/101473.jpg)

Nice car!  8)

Dave.. I remember that Guy/car. When was in high school that guy would cruise Whittier Blvd in Montebello/Pico.  Car sounded meaner than anyhing i ever heard at the time.

First of all: The topic is "80s cal look type 3", isn't it? So please STICK WITH IT!

@Sander: When Fabian started this thread I thought about that very car. "Red Religion", as it was named by the owner Leon van Laarhoven, was a milestone car in the european VW scene for sure.
At that time there weren't too many modified Type 3s and Leon's car has won numerous shows like VW Euro (NL), Super VW Nationals (F), Bug Jam (GB) and VW Forum (GER). It was also featured in VW Scene and in Volksworld.

I wondered what might have happened to it and then, last weekend, I saw it again. It was displayed at the Kever Winter Festjin in Holland last weekend and I had the possibility to talk to Leon. It was a nice trip down memory lane.

Hi Georg, now that is a coinsendence  :)

Late 80's or early 90's i spotted a Notch and Ghia on several meetings. Both Silver with Orange racing stripe. I think Swiss license plates. That pair was awesome. Pics anyone ? I lost all mine.

  I also remember that Red notch, We were going to street race one night. He had a little blonde girl friend, that she was so proud off. the car.  I asked her who was the owner of the car. ( Tall blonde kid ) She said that my boyfriends car.. :D I told him okay, lets line up.
But he wanted to see my motor first.  Just as I pointed out my car. some knuckle head kid jumped out back of a truck with a rifle. and all Hell broke lose. :o :o  We split the area, never to return. There was a mutual friend of ours named Wolfer ( Wolf Towing Co )  he tried to get us to re-raced but never happen?

What a story Art!   Yeah, Nicky wrote more than a few checks to B & B.........or his mom did.  I think she thought it was cheaper than rehab.

I have a hangar at a local airport right across from Jim Behrens, who built Nicky's engine and trans.  I see him quite often.  He's still portin' and buildin', just mostly for the sand crowd.  I'll ask what Nicky's Notch had inside the case........


Rifle.  Wow.  Where was that?

 I would like to believe it was San Gabriel area?..There was a hot spot there at a local super market parking lot.  The rifle thing was some local gang members up to no good!

Good times..

How about this one?

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That car blew us away in 1990! It belonged to Svein Erik Olsen from Norway. Is it still around? Does any of our Norwegian friends know what happend to it?
Fabian, I thought you will show some of the cool european stuff as well? Or were you to young back then and you can't remember those cars?  ;)
This '66 notch was the bomb!

i remember too the red fasty and that flashy notch those were  into super vw mag too , when i've time i will scan those

fabs

The Ralphs on Valley?  The San Gabriel Valley was his haunt.  I went to his house a few times trading parts.  Each time he was cleaning it.  Never saw him wrench on it, though.  I never saw the car at New York, one of the unofficial dragstrips here, but I did see him a number of times at Burger King on Live Oak and Santa Anita.  That's where the real deal showed up, many times on trailers.  Cash was king.

Mr. Galassi ! I think you need to post some pictures of the nicest NOS notch, Car was bitchen!!!!

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i do it for dave  ;D ;D

 ;)

For those that never got to see car up close, It was VERY nice. Well like all of daves cars !!

i saw that squareback this year at le bug show meeting and when i see it ,it remind me dave's notch especially the wheels i not a big fan of that kind of wheels but those one fit well on the car

Some reason those wheels work good on type 3s

Remember when I saw this notch the first time in a mag, that was it have been a T3 guy since  :) Is the car still around?

That was really a nice car,and also had a great interior.
I met that guy in 1991 on The VW Forum meeting(D)

It is.       http://www.the1500club.com/  Scroll down.  A few changes and  a lot of miles, but still going. 

still looks good  :o

From http://lozerifornia.skynetblogs.be/

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nice scenery

I have a cal look square in the making -

(http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jakeandmarta/square-resto/round3/prep09.jpg)
painted last week - now time to put all the pieces together>>>
(http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jakeandmarta/squarebuild/newpaint01.jpg)

Nice !! Keep us updated  ;)

Here's some from the DKK Archives.

Brent Kooiman's Ambulance
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Bob Davis
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Dave McNew's
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More DKK Cars

Gary Dean
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And lastly, mine with my '67
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Nice cars Rick.

 ;)

Looking very good, can wait to see this finished!

Rick is this the Notch you still have in the garage?  Let's get that rolling too!

Yes it is.

Thanks Nico hard to believe that picture was more than 30 years ago.

Finally - the square is coming along...
(http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jakeandmarta/square-resto/oct316.jpg)
(http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jakeandmarta/square-resto/oct3012.jpg)
(http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jakeandmarta/square-resto/oct3013.jpg)

nice dash.


what tyre size did dave mcnew run on that metallic square back? i think the fronts are 145's, but on the back??? i would like to know, as they look awesome.

Wow this really POPS!! Nice teaser.. Great job

(http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jakeandmarta/square-resto/oct316.jpg)

that would be very kind of you to do that. i am almost certain they are not 165's so 185/65 or 185/70 is an option as well. if you can ask him, it could help in a later decision for new tyres

Okay, now that everybody's stained their favorite blue dress over Gab's, Geno's, and Galassi's car...

This car resurfaced Spring '10 on Craigslist for I think $1,800. My pal Rob Mellinger bought it. It's still intact but a bit worse for wear. He's a historian so it'll go back the way he remembered it when he lusted for it. And yes, it's still in the pacific northwet (Tacoma now).  

As for picture windows, no square was cool in the '80s unless it had 'em.



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thx for the info , have you some picture of the car from now ???that would be cool to see what the car looks after 30 years later
 ;)

You're welcome. I don't have any photos but I'll ask Shawn if he's taken any.

thank you!

That is a nice type3! They seem even slicker than type1's when they are eighties-cal-looked...
I would love to own one of those...  :)

any news on your car? looking great!
i like your front hood :)

this is my project:

I d like to paint it porsche blue and of course dechrome it :)

thx Peter.
Have done 100s of jobs on the car but it still is not making as much progress with the UK weather not playing ball.
Have the running gear nearly ready and wheels / tyres ready to go on.
will update with some recent pics.
Like the stance on your notch - v nice...

This car is still alive and well and looks the same here in Orlando Florida, see it from time to time at Sonic

Bit more progress with the cal look - been a while since I posted...

(http://imageshack.com/a/img607/1011/ghmy.jpg)
(http://imageshack.com/a/img6/7858/uk7a.jpg)

Jake, sq. lookin good, hope to see it in the flesh soon :)

'80s Type 3 rides? Damn, this place just gets better and better!
My '73 Square I had in the early/mid 80s was Honey Brown, gold 5-slot mags with a matching gold "Z" 80s-swishy-thingy down each side, polished teak rails on the roof between chrome rails, too-loud 2" hotdog. From memory that thing was damn cool back then. I lost count of the tickets that car earned me! Hahaha! Wish I had photos.

Best of luck with your Square mate, looking good.
 8)

In my mind, the most 80's-lookin' Type 3, besides the "Suicidal Tendencies" Square, is this hot pink targa-roof Fasty that I thought was pretty ugly, but it did garnish a lot of attention in its day...

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b376/fastyjay72/targafasty.jpg)

Just wanted to mention this (or that look) red notchback...
If I remember corectly, it was featured in Colin Burnham's book about custom VW's in the '80, correct ?  8)

ed fiore fasty  ;)