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I just scanned a few pics from 1980 and thought I'd throw them up here.  Enjoy
Heres an insane sand dragster and a killer Manx in the line up at OCIR.

"Crushed Velvet" is the purple car.  I think it won Worst of Show that year.  Too funny.  And another Low Rider

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Wost in Show Scott Schroeder's car.  I think thats his name.  This thing was completely insane.  And as I recall he drove this car everywhere and all over Orange County

Heres an engine pic of Schwimmers car.  This yours Bill?  And another of Henry Mayeda

Those Picture's bring back alot of Memorys of the Past I Dont remember who Owned the Black BankShot Ghia but the BAE Turbo car Owned by turbo Bob had Posted high 9 sec 1/4 mile runs back in the 80's at Ocir, Mike Smith's "Gotcha" White 67 when is was still a street Car, And Bergs Car Leaving with the Wheels in the Air  Look at how Young Doug and Clyde Berg Are in that Picture (Teenagers) Lmao ;D ;D  I Bought my first set of 5 BRM's from Scott Schroeder they came off his 65 Cal Look I think he was in DRF same Club as Roger Crawford he Turned his Cal Look In to an Army Green High Dollar Baja What a Change to that Car He Use to Drive that Worst of show car Every where It was Funny it always had something new on it and crap was always falling off it while driving it around.  Turbo Bob  Put The Motor out of the Race Car in his Wifes Yellow 72 Bettle with an automatic Trans and Brought it out to a few of the Club Ralleys and took it Steert Racing after the Ralley Racing Gary Berg and Kris Klingerman and Others Those were the Good old Days

The pink late model above Mayeda's car is Dean's "Dumper" Super Beetle.     



 Glenn

Wow... great pics Scott! Brings back lots of memories for me too!

2 VW engines w/ 4 IDAs!  :o :o :o :o That is crazy. Wonder how well it ran.

--louis

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Great pics Worm!
You have aPM

AWESOME pics Worm!!! Thanks!  ;D

scott awesome pictures  we want more  ;) for us young cal looker who never lived that time  ;)

very cool pictures. and keep digging and scanning  ;D

  My late model was never that nice...Some people here might remember Henry's car as Geno Comb's , Geno was the original builder.

Did not Know Henry Bought Geno's old Car car it looks Different without the try my 69 Geno had on the Deck Lid that was a big thing in the 80's Mike Smith had Gotcha on his Deck Lid Geno Had Try My 69 there was even a White 69 Bug that had a Picture of Porky Pig and said Abd Abd Thats All Volks LMAO It was At Bug in 13 or 14 anyone have Pictures ??

Thats funny you guys remember all that stuff.  Well with that, in the "Crushed Velvet" pic there is a glance of an alloy on a white car.  Well that wheel is attached to Geno Combs award winning Notchback (as I recall).
I am getting quite the kick out of how some of you are interested to see this old stuff.  Should I post a pic of the Bug In 27 plaque? The one that I received for... get this...  Mr Bug In 27 Runner Up?   Hah! I was 6'1" and 134 lbs in a tank top and long plaid shorts and high top red converse shoes.  I came in second to a HUGE dude in a navy blue speedo.  Its a really cool Bug In plaque that I've kept all these years.  Oh, and at 6 feet and 130 lbs you can only guess why they called me Worm back then.  I was a string bean.  Too funny.  I remember that I was in the contest and all these big giant muscle head dudes are looking at me like Im some sort of nut (I was).  When Dyno announced me I remember that a ton of people in the grandstands at OCIR started chanting .."Worm, Worm,Worm..."  The muscle dudes were bummed out and I was laughing so damn hard.  Funny.

HEY WORM & RIC MARK W/THE BLACK BEST OF SHOW 1980 REMEMBER (MYTOY) ON THE MIRROR? YEAH STILL HERE WANT TO GET A REUNION GOING! STILL HAVE SOME CONTACTS GIVE ME WHAT YOU HAVE SO WE CAN GET THIS THING MOVING FOR NEXT YEARS BUG-IN.

Thanks for the flashback. I can still remember those cars as well. Mike Smith, the late Bob mcClure, Bergs all were exciting to watch. The Worst of Show was always a blast to check out. I remember one year someone dropped a car from a helicopter which made Worst of Show. :o

Mark ... How the heck are you! Long time buddy! I'll send ya a PM!

Rick

Whats up Ramirez?  Still got the long hair ?  Probably not.  Did you say reunion?  I'm always up for a party.  I'm still hanging out with Cory Oldroyd (white white 67 Ghia with 2.0 alloys and a rag top.  Super clean car had the stickers for two years or more).  You may not remember him but Im certain he'll be up for it.  In fact I saw him today at the golf course.  Rick has my e-mail address include me in the communication.  Heres a pic of the car I'm in process of building for my son right now.  Dude, great to hear from you.  I just popped my head up a few weeks ago.   Too much eh?  Lets get together... soon

Hey Mark, I've never personally met you but I can still remember your car with the awesome black paint job and blue painted alloys. One of my favorite cars from the Bug In days... 4 shhoore. What happened to your car you still have it??

That's sweet Worm! Looks good!

Cory? I hadn't thought of him in years! Glad to here he's still around... he's responsible for getting me into The Dead Kennedys!

and that is a good thing!!!

welcome to you mark another dkk member in DA PLACE waouuwwww
go to this mark some memories  ;D ;D http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php/topic,2322.msg29978.html#msg29978 (http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php/topic,2322.msg29978.html#msg29978)
rgd
fabian

;D ;D
is that the muscle dudes  ;D ;D

Sure... you can't have enough angry teenage music,,, even in your 40s.

Fabian,
Where do you find all this stuff????  YEP Thats the guy in the Navy blue speedo.  He was HUGE.  I was not.  Thanks for posting that, I truly laughed out loud.
How about this week eh?  You got Lemmons, Worm, and Ramirez all at one time.  Pretty wierd huh?  I have to say Lemmons and Ramirez had INCREDIBLE cars in DKK.  My car that qualified for stickers was real nice but not even close to what those two guys had.  For instance, when I first started attending DKK meetings at Perrys Pizza, I was 16 (30 years ago) and drove a red 67 fastback.  They told me I could come to the meetings but there was no way my car would be voted in.  SO, I traded the fastback to Marty Cohen (who worked at Autohaus) for a pretty beat 56 with no interior or paint and a close ratio gear box tranny and stock 1600.  My parents freaked out on this.  Long story short, After a few months of paint and body and interior and detail work I was FINALLY voted in and was "allowed" to put the stickers in my windows.  Two weeks before Bug In (22-23??) my sisters bike fell on the rear fender and scratched it.  I had to take the stickers out untill it was fixed.  Thats right.  After a few years of scrubbing and polishing I sold the 56 and bought a 63 vert and just drove it.  It was a smokingly cool ride but not clean enough for stickers.  So I hung out with the boys and just raced the vert at Bug Ins etc...  Dont know if anyone remembers the 3 point roll cage and temporary "Worm racing" on the side of the car.  So, 3 cars and only one that was worthy of stickers and even then not even CLOSE to what Ramirez and Lemmons were driving.  They were mighty tough.   Worm.

Fabs has almost every VW mag ever printed. He is the site historian.

--louis

Hey Worm... I think that guy's thigh was bigger than your torso!  ;D

So did the clubs have a written acceptance criteria for cars, assuming the owner was club material anyway, of was it just a general consensus. And what was the standard?

--louis

;D ;D thx louis ;D
@ worm , i know all in my hot vws & vw trends  ;D ;D
rgd
fabs

I don't think most of the clubs did but we certainly did. I can't remember the criteria but off the top of my head it was; single color paint (multi color on approval) lowered, wheels, exhaust, cal look themed.

cool! i picked it up from guys who are 35 now (me being 30) and i am very thankfull for that. but i fell in love with the canadian grandpaps on the label. NoMeansNo. i still go to every show they play in Belgium.

No doubt he was bigger.  Although Im no twig anymore.  I guess I waited until I was in my mid 20's to grow up (or out).  Im now 6'2" and 210.  I still look good in those big shorts tho ha.  As well, I just spoke to Cory and he wanted to say hello to all you former Deeeeeeek's (as Henry Mayeda used to say) and Cory is totally up for getting together with some of the old dudes!  Plus he laughed so hard when I mentioned the Dead Kennedy's thing.  Man, his car was sweet.  he bought it from the original owner in 1979 for I think 6 or $800 dollars and it had an original tool kit in the spare.  He sold that at one of the VW swap meets at the OC Fairgrounds and used the money in part to have the car painted.  Think he sold it for $150 way back then.  It was in pristine shape.  Then he got a deal from a local cronie on Whittier Blvd. for the 2.0L wheels.  I remember the "guy" asked us what kind of wheels we wanted, we told him 2.0L and said he'd "find" some for him.  Well a week later the "guy" called and said he had them.  We go to picik them up in Duarte or somewhere? at his house and "guy's" bug has a bullet hole in the rear window.  He tells us as he was leaving the street from where he "found" the wheels someone shot at him.  Needless to say Cory did not pay retail for them.  Hah

Another note, I have a copy of the HotVW issue where we (DKK) are on the cover and it has everyone from the clubs hand signed signatures on it.  It may be the only one like it.  I will dig it out of storage and post a pic.  It could be interesting to try and figure out all the names.  Sound good?  Anyone?  And yes Fabian Im sure you have the magazine issue, feel free to post it in the interim if you like.

Worm

feb 81 scott

Okay, I just looked and could'nt find the signed issue.  My bad.  I know I have it somewhere!  But here's a pic of Corys Ghia (notice the Rag top) and my Blue 56 at Bug In 22 or 23, not sure.  And Mr Bug In plaque

Cool... great seeing those cars!

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Scott, I think this is my ass. Why in the world would you have taken a photo of my ass??!?? ??? ??? :o
LOL!
I concur with the others, great photos!

Its a great ass... couldnt help it.  HA!  Nice shorts your Mom make those for yah?.

scott the blue was yours ??? similar too  kevin brennan blue oval ???

I remember the Worm car at the drags at Bug In. I remember it saying Worm written with spray can on the doors. I loved that car!

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Thanks for posting this picture of Geno Comb's car (now my windows background ;D ) there don't seem to be that many shots of it about and IMO it's the best looking late model bug ever built  8) do you have anymore?

No, it wasn't my mom; it was yours!!!!! LOL! :D :D

Kevan ;D ;D

here's geno comb's car when he was in dvb , is it the same car ,  Henry A gave avoid them bumpers and move the drawing on the decklid  ;)

cheers speedwell
it looks prety similar can anyone confim that this is Geno's car with bumpers and no decklid script
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I definately can confirm that this was Geno's car.  Henry bought the car from Geno, put full bumpers on it and after a short time buffed off the deck lid paint.  I remember it well.
Worm

thx scott  ;)
fabs