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Thats is a mean car, I have the hot vw's issue with it somewhere. What were the specs of the engine Danny?

Thanks
David Gouk

yea im interested in the engine specs to and what lies they wrote about. ;) that would be on the upper part of the engine. always was a cool car in my book danny your a deffenet craftsman my freind.  UD.

ud is that jd?

Juvenile Delinquent??  ;D ;D ;D

You'll get me in trouble!

 ::) ::) ::)

gorgeous ghia,black looks great

I so badly wanted to buy this car when it was for sale!

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Come on lets have some more photos posted or a copy of any features   

i'm still wondering what kind of shroud it ran?
it doesn't look like your average doghouse...

Wow, look at the reflections in that black paint job.

--louis

i 've scanned the features of the car  just search in the old topic  ;)

here's the link http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php/topic,2735.msg45911.html#msg45911 (http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php/topic,2735.msg45911.html#msg45911)  ;)

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MORE PICTURES PLEASE

the fan shroud I made started with the back of dog house, the front i made + all the work on engine tin. you really half to shoe horn stuff to fit. made linkage to. check out tack bracket. By and thanks for looking

stunning car, always stood out in my memory, too bad I never saw it in person. the fan shroud was beyond cool. How did that car go? Fast?

Okay, that fan shroud. Was that the only version of the shroud as I seem to remember one like it painted red. (Or some other color than black.) 

--louis

I made three, mine,there one on brian plummers car. and one for a customer, john, he has a red 68 bug

Must have been it as I seem to remember it was in a late model. Pretty nifty.

--louis

Any info on your motor would be appreiated Danny. I can not find that Hot Vw's issue. I remember it being pretty special. Did you ever take it to the strip?

if i remember well it's  hot vws june 93  ;)

wow, 84x90.5!
you don't see that very often. looking at the specs, it must have been a hell of a ride?!

thanks for the info on the fanshroud! awesome job.
what a beauty :)

more details about the car  ;)

Thanks for the info, must have been quite rapid, The gearing is old school.
The 84x90.5 use to be quite common, keith S, chop top, ex kieth goss car had a 84x90.5, it ran hard. 12.6 if i remember rightly.
Does Mark Voegtly come on here? he use to bulid a few of the dkp engines, Dave masons, Bill Shwimmer... Always seemed like strong combo's

more all are from the june 93 hot vws   ;D

more  ;D ;D

man, i really get to appreciating it even more when looking at these detail shots!  :o
there's so much customizing that went in it.

oh, that 84x90.5 got me thinking! it might make for a nice future engine at some point  ::)
 ;D

the last one  8)
awesome car danny

thanks everybody, I wish I had more pictures. Back then I did not take many pictures of the projects i was working on. I quess Im gettin better at takeing pictures.usally Im thinking of the next project before Im finished with the one Im working on,A:D:D I quess. I will post more If can find more. Again thanks for the good praise.

Danny,

Your Black Ghia is the MOST BEAUTYFULL Cal-Look Ghia ever Build!!!

My 02Cents...

Frank

Danny's attention to detail is second to none.

Pictures don't do that car justice. If you think the pictures are nice, it would blow your mind in person.

But The Question is???

Where is that Car Now???

Frank

Japan, wish I had back. But I just had opened gab/fab needed money for equipment.

in japan with turbo engine  i remember saw the car in vowo some years ago if i found the issue i will scan  this one

Hmmm, That Sucks...

But I can understand this...Had to sell something Special aswell... ::)

Do you know if it is still in the same Condition, or all fucked Up???

Frank

already black , big slick at the rear , bigger fuchs if i remember weel

Ok, All fucked Up... :'(

Frank

This is the reason why I bougth my lowlight ghia in 2000, I'm restoring it right now and as I already got a callooker, I wanted it in old speed exile, with a peped up 30 horse engine, lowered and yeah, some EMPI accesoires (you know what I mean, wheels, steering wheel, ....).  Mine is a black one too, those anyone has better pictures? As I dought BLACK is the best paint color to choose for a lowlight...

Please comment...

gogogo philip  oldspeed power  ;D ;D

Awesome car Danny! I wish that I had taken some shots of the interior of both of my cars. The sedan especially. When were you a member of DKK? Must have been after I left, I didn't want anything to do with VWs after the KG was stolen from my driveway. My heart was broken when that occurred.

Kevan

hey kevan did'you have alloy's on your car when you were in DKK, I think I was in DKK about 83-86,87 It's been awhile,By for now

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I bought this engine from Danny Gabbard, ran the cylinder heads for awhile on my daily driver. After freshening up the cylinder heads at ERCO, my friend Jim Kurlinski asked if I would sell the engine to his uncle for use in his '66 Beetle. I agreed. Jim swapped out the Engle FK-87 for a custom grind Babe Erson cam that would be compatible with a stock ratio '66 gearbox. A few years later Jim acquired this '66 Beetle from his cousin after his uncle passed away. Jim then freshened up the engine with a valve job, new valve springs and another cam swap. This time it was for an Engle FK 46. Jim runs a Phoenix 1 5/8" merged exhaust w/ a Magna Flo 2 1/2" muffler. Some may be familiar with this copper color car equipped with ERCO wheels and drag radials. Jim races it quite often @ Irwindale Dragstrip. Jim also ran it @ HotVWs Drag Days & the latest Bug-In. The car weighs in @ > 1900# w/ driver & runs low 8's in the eighth w/ 13.0's in the quarter, all in just 3 gears. It is a really fun car.

On a quick note. I noticed that the engine build sheet stated that the heads were by Clyde Berg of Gene Berg Ent. That is only 50% correct. The cylinder heads labor was done to the most extent by Jeff Denham. This was when Jeff was just beginning to port cylinder heads. This particular set of cylinder heads was Jeff's very first set of welded heads. A very nice set of heads they are. Though they could use a little more airspeed. However, an exceptional first time effort.