The Cal-look Lounge

I think it would be great to post some of our old cars..even the PRE-CAL Look gasser era shots.  I am posting a couple projects from 1971 and 1972-73. It was in the heart of the gasser years.  I've seen Sarge and Jim Holmes on here now.  Let's bring in a few more.

These are cars I was building when H/Gas and I/Gas was hot in the early 70's.  Usually someone came along and bought them from me and I did not get to own them long.  Stay tuned.  I am in the process of assembling a couple new Cal Lookers...one chopped.

Rick Mortensen

Here is an additional Chopped 67 I was working on. Look at the crazy shirt and hair!  I will post the chopped oval before finished shots.

Rick M

The chopped oval and early Rick Mortensen. Check out the whacked out flared fenders.  Anyone remember "LIME FIRE", "GOING BANANAS" and some of the other early chops?  Some one purchased this one from me once in primer and I never saw it again. The front and rear fenders were fiberglass, as were the front and rear hoods. The rear hood had the big scoop in the middle like some of the early drag bugs had.  I chopped the top 4".

Rick Mortensen

that first chop is beautiful!!!!!
very subtle, and nose-down-ish  :D

lime fire & going bananas

Rich Stanchfield eventually got the going bananas car, if I remember right.  It later became a chop top with a different name.  Maybe I can get Rich to find this site and make some comments.

Rick M

cool topic! the first one is awsome :o :o :o :o

Hey Rick, I thought you were going to stop bye this week?  Got busy again, huh!

>>STRIKE 3..YOUR OUT..!!...being the prior owner of Going Bananas and also a good friend and roomate  of the late Dan McGrath i can assure you that Going Bananas was not a chop top..///also in the same frame of things rick stanchfield had nothing to do with  Going Bananas but rather bought and chopped his own sedan back in the day which he named "Tuff'e'Nuff.. circa 70's ....Dyno  ..ps, rick i still luv ya..!!

You do some mean chops Rick. It is tough keeping a good profile on a chop. Any of your current projects going to be a chop top?

--louis

    LOL !!

    Frenchy

Being a relative newbie and cal-look wannabe I love these historic threads.  How about a complete DKP history thread with all the members from DKP1, 2 and 3 with a picture of their cars.

That would be THE coolest thread  8) (if it's not be done already  :-[)

lofty there's those thread  with some club story and pictures of dkp III cars
http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php/topic,2322.0.html (http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php/topic,2322.0.html)
http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php/topic,3651.0.html (http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php/topic,3651.0.html)
http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php/topic,3419.0.html (http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php/topic,3419.0.html)
 ;)

rick here's some picture from kobus  he took them in his last trip in japan going bananas is in bea haus collection 8)

 8) thx for the pict kob  ;)

Thanks, will check them out  ;)

Dyno....No offense taken.  It is an age thing. The car I was thinking of was the TUFFnNUFF car.  There were so many old cars, it is hard to keep track of them all.  One of my other favorites was Dennis the Menace, the SUPER BUG chop, the ORANGASM chop, and a host of others. Even the GREVEN Bros, Andersen Bros. Tar BABE and more.  There was no end of the chops being done...then of course there was BIll Mitchells radical chop top that freaked everyone out about being done legally with the stock window angles being retained, as the NHRA rule book called for.

Thanks for clearing things up.  I was thinking of Stanchfields car but Going Bananas was stuck in my head.

Rick M

LOL//no worries....my mind is a trickster as well...!!  talk again soon rob...er..ray..ah..ryan..MMMMM...RICK...LOL..!!!

what a waste Going Bananas sitting in a shed, should be getting ready for another turn down the track  IMHO.

Bring into europe i can sure get it running..........

wow what a sticker time capsul

RICK 1976 FOR MINE .SCOTT BAKKEN /NOTICE THE CAR IS NOT RIGHT HAND DRIVE  I WAS STUPID AS A KID  :D

RUSSELL...i thought you would never ask....LOL.. i couldnt agree with you more..!!  ...

Here is my 67 Bug I built in 1977.  It was my first 67 and had all the traditional trimmings of a Cal Look.  I had a herculon interior, including the headliner and dash.  It was crazy but it was the look at the time.  Deck lid was popped out for the carbs and tall manifolds to clear.

Notice the license plate of me and my newlywed wife...it read "RICANN".  Can't say she was as enthusiastic about it as I was.

Rick M

Here is another shot of my early 67 in front of the Costa Mesa, California, Auto Haus store.  This is the same one where Doug Mische cut his teeth on early hypo VWs.  His is one of the most incredible 67's ever built.  Mine was just a daily driver.  I was visiting so Cal with my wife and our newly born child.  Grandma lived in Orange and we drove the 67 all the way down from Sacramento to visit.  This shot was taken on my rounds to the various VW shops over the weekend while the wife visited her mom.  (Fall of 1977).

Rick M

   Rick when are you going and get your chop top? The rumor has it you found one in Calif.

   Frenchy

Frenchy,

Picking it up this weekend. I will have it at your show if all goes well.

Rick M

Simpson Park- Fullerton, California 1974
(http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg186/ovaleasy/01-30-2008024651PM.jpg)

Nice, tell us more about the car.

--louis

That's good looking!

DKP I  Early 1970's

(http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg186/ovaleasy/02-04-2008101606AM.jpg)

who own this one at the time ???
very cool    :o airscoop  , spyder mag , sure there' some good stuff inside this one  ::)

Mike Hunsaker's 12 second street car (Daily driver).

mike was into DKP before going to DRF ??? i don't know that  :o
thx
fabs

Mike was never in DRF, only DKP.

DRF member car:
Brad's interior, paint by "Five Points" and "Becker's, aluminum dash with VDO and
Autometer gauges, deano shifter, FF steering wheel, original BRM's, engine by F&A Performance.
Best ET 12:37 at Bug-in 13.
HVW Cal-Look issue June 1976

See Frenchy's site

http://frenchysrides.com/index.html


Glenn

yes you're right that was mark who was in drf
my mystake  ::)
 ;)