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sarge  and some other "old" dkp guys & friends did you remember this reunion at yorba park in OC in 90 ???
some stories about this event  ;D
i saw there's some cool pictures from dkp cars & drag cars like tarbabe & underdog ,where're those pictures now ???
thanks guys to have write the story of the cal look & vw movement
regard
fabian

some pictures
doug gordon receiving the underdog II decklid from dyno dom , arnie mohlman 67 , and the entire generation of dkp guys  with sons , daughters etc ... cool t shirts kids  :o  where are they ???.... ;D ;D

I think Sarge missed that one because he was on a bike ride, hahahahaha
No joke ;D

I think this article, along with the "Cal Look" issue that featured the array of BRM'd cars on the cover, got me more pumped up about authentic Cal Look culture more than anything else at the time. Of course, seeing some of the DKPIII cars in mid 1990 helped too, but reading about the history of the club and its members and the cars they owned. Not until Keith's book hit my bookshelf in early 1995 (sent my girlfriend 35 miles to a Tower Records the day after the first batch was stocked) did any other bit of text fire me up like these. I can remember BS-ing with sheep on some of our drives to OC shows or back from the Phoenix show about how cool it would have been to have grown up in the midst of the Cal Look genre in OC. Since we lived 400 miles away, we just kind of made up our own Cal Look culture in North Calif. Too bad it was just about half a dozen other guys that followed us. Anyway, now to be part of the DKP is one of the greatest honors in my life, seriously. What a great bunch of guys. While the cars are all very cool....it is truly about the people.  :)

no jim it was the february 91 , the cover with the brm's car was the sept 90 issue  ;)

right, it was both those issues that got me all excited. And Gary Berg '67 too.

pm sent jim  ;)

 ;D

HARHARHAR! :D

Uh Carlos....the boss wants to see you in his office RIGHT NOW!!

shit.......I'm in trouble.......   :(

thanks for the pictures sarge i apreciate that you ask me to do this  ;)
jim & his wife at the reunion in 91

awesome pic. Two of the nicest people I have ever met.

here's another "old" member of DKP , it was nice to talk and listen some old stories with arnie this year at EBI ,
as you can see it I am glad to have sat with arnie in his 67  8) great moment for me

You've obviously mistaken us for another happy couple... ;)  Thanks Jim!

Thanks for posting my pic, Fabs.  The reunion was probably the best day of my life.  It had been almost 20 years since the original group disbanded and getting to see everyone again was off the charts.  Like Sheep mentioned though, I was seriously into bicycling at the time and about halfway through the day I pedaled down to the beach and back (2 hours / 40 miles)....never crossed my mind the importance of that day for some reason.  Thanks to all the cycling, I was able to wear my old burgundy bell bottoms from back in the day!  I have lots of photos from the day...maybe I can persuade Fabs to help me post a few on here. 

sure sarge no problem let's do it  ;)

Hey Sarge, I hear there is a DKZ reunion. Are you and Rayburn going? hahahahah

Arnie is the MAN, cleaning the wheels before raceing, so cool, glad i was there also.

                                        Sarge and I will be representing the Restocal fashion.

dont know who took the pict  but here the BRM'S cleaner  ;D... ;)

here's some picture that sarge send me , maybe  jim you can explain  who 're the guys at the table and the moment when doug gordon received the UNDERDOG II rear decklid from dyno don , and  behind them there's MC RON ;D
rgd
fabs

I am on you will recognize well the cars and the people on the picts

Thanks for taking care of me again Fabian...great job!!

I thought maybe some of you might like to see the guy who was responsible for founding DKP.  His name is Pete Dayton (white t-shirt, first photo).  The guy standing in the black shirt is Mike Huggins and is responsible for the clubs name and in some part the design of the clubs decal.  Seated are Steve Stow (tan shirt) and Gary Kruger.

The second photo is of Doug Gordon (Underdog) Dyno and Ron Fleming

The pic of the guys by the Underdog are L-R, Ron Fleming, me, Doug Gordon, Gene Berg, Dennis DeMarco and Roy Jiminez

The display of photos and memorbilia was off the charts at this event!

Thanks for posting the pics for me Fabs!

Wow, you guys look so young.  :P

--louis

no problem jim it's a pleasure for me  ;)

Hard to believe, huh?  ;)



 8) ;D

this is what Cal Look is all about, man this is AWESOME. Somebody that was THERE, not only at the reunion, but also there during the heayday (the reason for the reunion!)
Check out all those priceless photos....what I would give to go through all those. Love the pics of Ron Fleming assembling beam.


thanks for sharing Sarge,

Jim

Great pictures.  Thanks for sharing "Surge"   :D

Down boy, down.

And yes I agree, great pics. We want more photos from back in the day.

--louis

 :D :D :D :D :D.......... :-*

BTW, you folks who are in clubs like these should realize how lucky you are. Take it from someone who lives out in the boonies of North Florida where a "HVW" means it still runs.  ::) Man I wish I could be a member of a  club like the DKP, Green Hearts, DAS etc.

--louis

No shame in being your own club, Louis. 

Oh I know. It's just a lot more fun to hang out with like minded folks.

--louis

very nice subject I enjoy the pictures thay are so cool please post more of them

I couldn't agree more.
I too drooled over the article about the reunion.
If only I could have been there !
 :o
P.S. More pictures ! (DKP memorabilia too)

Yeah Sarge is alright ::)  ;D I guess he did bring me some grape juice. Too bad I had to go and regurgitate it on JimR's white carpet :-X

Anybody know where I can get the Reunion video tape? I loved the sound track.

wow I interesed really this history dkp reunion !! it 's good fine sarge is tell much thing this history lol
 

there is a videotape? where, where, where???

i would love to see that

thanks

I don't have the reunion tape, but I do have the '68 Comeback Special.  That was pretty killer.

...wait, what?

Get in line behind me !
I've been trying to get a copy of that tape for years !!!!!!!!!!
 :'(

I have one... :P

I know Mike Gagen had one too!  We watched it years ago after steak and beers.  Right after the bleeding stopped when we tried to take the end of his finger off between the case and transaxle of his red car.

Jim Ratto had a copy in the early/mid nineties. It's quite boring actually. The old race footage is what I loved about it. Jim borrowed Rick Zavala's copy when they were still an item.   :o  ;D

i have a vcr, let's get together!

now we need somebody with a big bag of crisps and a cold beer.

I like it too.is there somebody who can put it on Youtube?

here's some new picture from sarge ,there's dean kirsten with the pink shirt  , arnie mohlman with is 67 , and some collector rally dash plaques 8)

The guy with the beard talking to Dean iin the first pic is photographer Jere Alhadef.  The second pic from left to right is DRF member Allen Sheldon, Arnie, and Matt Joy in the yellow hat.  The last pic shows Don Crane and his kids chasing balloons.  Thanks again for all your help, Fabs!  ;)

de nada amigo  ;)
i want the same balloons for my daughter birthday party ;D ;D can you send me a package  :D
rgd
fabs ;)

magic moment in DKP vid tape, 8mm footage,

Guitar solo in "Aqualung" (Jetrho Tull) hits first long note, and, I think, it was the DDS car, leaves the line HARD at CArlsbad, in what looks like late afternoon sun. Gives me fucking chills

john , ed , dave  nothing to say about this one  ::) ::)

rgd
fabs

Great read thanks for bringing that back to the top Fabs.

Those guys are all too old to remember anything, Fabs....  ::) ;D

GIMME A "P"!!!  GIMME AN "A"!!!  GIMME AN "N"!!!  GIMME A "Z"!!!  GIMME AN "E"!!!  GIMME AN "R"!!!  GIMME AN "S"!!!

   say, isn't that.... no, it can't be... ;)

 ;D ;D ;D
sarge and his sunglasses  :o :o
 and those t shirt look cool  ::)

Was just looking over some other pictures and wondered ? at the reunion someone was presented with a toy prurple pedal car with DKP stickers on it..... who was it presented too and why ?

Also the teeshirt arnie wore at EBI1 was the same one from the reunion, never new that until today.....always learning.

I want to say the Berg's brought that along, but not for sure.  As for the t-shirts, those were a one-off, one time only deal.

Thanks

The badge of the adult says patrick ? I assume thats his kid sitting in the pedal car, wonder if hes into VW's......

Dave Patrick...

normally you're right bro it was the berg , i remember a pictures of this car in a old hot vws  , i will check after this one

 ;)

one picture from the other forum , posted by sarge  ;)

jim bang red gtv

is that primer? ???