The Cal-look Lounge

come on then guys what do you think - Buggy bars on a Cal Looker a good thing or a bad thing - whats your opinion  ???

Some pic's would be nice  ;) (I know these ain't mine)

I think buggy bars are COOL!

i agree  ;D defenitly cal look , only on 70's cal look not on modern cal look  ::)

Totally agree, buggy bars are very cool.

cool looks like I'll be fitting them to my new project then  8)

My first "looker" had buggy bumpers. They are way cool, and way "old school cal-look". I didn't have digi back then, but will try to post....

What about the shirtless dude in the short shorts! Yikes! Buggy bars good... short shorts bad ;)

buggy bars are cool, cool and correct. and then we are seeing too much ( even though they r great) t bars around.
let's do somethin different!!!! here we go with buggy bars!!!!!!!!

IMHO... they suck!

Hated them back in the day... still hate them now!

here is a pic of my old street car. some of you guys will recognize it (bill)

I will be trying some on my next project, how do you mount these things?

My guess would be that they mount to the front beam and the rear frame horns?

i had a front set on my cal look car in around 1988, they mounted on the 4 front beam mounting bolts ( i'm pretty sure?)

i think the rear ones just mount to the stock bumper hangers.

i'll be putting just a rear one on my '64 gasser, eventually. ;)

Back in '79 I made some mounts out of flat steel (damn, should have used aluminum) and used plumbers tape to make a secure rear mount (kinda like a custom hose clamp)....I'm sure everybody today has CNC and aluminum fabrication abilities. THEY STILL LOOK TOUGH!

You probably use the same ones I used on my Manx, The front one simple has 2 tabs that are welded to the beam and then the bar is bolted to these and the rear is one is from Mark at Flatlands Engineering and is a proper bit of kit - it mounts to the frame horns and the craddle under the box which I think would be alot better than mounting it to the body/bumper mounts

I will post some pic's of all the mounts soon  :)

i welded 2 tabs to the beam and welded nuts inside the ends of the tubes and bolted it on

might be time to get this one going again - Anymore pic's of those lovely buggy bars guys  ;D

 ;)

 ;)

Now that is a nicew car - does it have a flip front on it :-\ :)

LOL is that Don Metz?  LMAO   

The Front Buggy Bumper will will not work on an Bug you have to use two rears  they were mounted back in the day by making 1 inch wide steel straps witch bolted to the inner front wheel well and the the strap was wrapped around the tube and welded to the buggy Bumper on the rear the straps bolted to the bumper bracket holes and was wraped and welded like the front also the rear buggy bumper was heated at the bends and bent up closer to the  rear of the car instead of sticking out so far plus by bending it cleared the QP muffler and the fender since it has to be fished up in there see picture below

it look like  , but it's the same car as the one in the above in this topic , look like ken jevec ???

Na don't think its ken's  :-\

here we go  ;D ;D

 ;)

 ;)

 ;)

 8)

 ;)

 ;)

 ;)

 ;)

a lot of car had just buggy bar on the front and t bars at the rear  why ???
or buggy bar at rear and nothing in front ??? like inch pincher too  :o

Nice!  I luv them.

Where can I find the things they use to mount the numberplates on them?

I got buggy bars up front and t bars on my 54 way back (1983)....first crome later paintet in in the car colour....

Hold that thought - I have some "new cal look product" ideas now I'm self employed  ;) :)

Also THANKYOU fabs - I love the shot of larry shaws car - I didn't realise it had a gold roll cage  :o :) also pm sent :-*

http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/DetailsList.cfm?ID=ZVW16 (http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/DetailsList.cfm?ID=ZVW16)

I ran buggy bumpers on my '64 in the mid 70's, inspired by Marc Souter's Aqua '67.

Later, I replaced the buggy bumpers with late model T bars... yes, the bars had to be re-drilled, and I had to open the fender and apron cut-outs but I liked the look of the larger T bars on an early car... guess I broke the "rules" a bit.

I still think buggy bumpers are cool when inatalled right... I'm sure you know what I mean, some look a bit funky.

~DR.

Not to sure about buggy bars , sure they are cal look , bore out of necessity to keep the local law enforcement happy , Don't think i would put them on one of my car's .
 IMO I always thought it makes the car look a bit wheel barrow ish , like a handle you need to grab hold of to move the car around  :-\ not that you could pick it up of-coarse

you can with my manx  :D well the front anyhow  ;) I do know what you mean though dude :)

The red car with the glass front end was the Wayne Davis car.  It was pictured in HVWs in probably '82 with the body off andthe pan fully detailed.  One of my favorites.

The yellow vert with the gold 8 spokes was a great car.  Hey Worm - paint yours yellow too!  :)

just a photoshop  ;D

yes , but ken jevec drf member had an red oval , very similar to this one with centerlines too  may be keith can confirm that  ::)
 ;)

sorry dude but kens has blacked out quater windows - and I'm diggin the photoshop BUT without the positive camber ::) ;) :)

Meeyow

that day i had just pick up the car at pat shop, it was for the first time on the road with the new engine  ,

I guess it was used as a push bar on drag strips.

 :D :D :D :D :D


yeah yeah now get out in the garage and adjust those torsion bars ;) :) :-*

Im loving this after the stick I got for my ride hight  ;D Had to go and sort it out  ;) ref new signature pic  ::)

Fabs, if you do buggy bumpers they need to be painted body color... or maybe black. I think that would look best on your standard.

Great minds dude I've been thinkin about blacked out buggy bars  ;)

 ::) Dont do it Fabs , more weight  ;) you know it make sence  :D

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/streetvw/img175.jpg)

Was that taken at bettle bash , bout 96 ?

no no noo buggy bars are baaaad...

 :o don't be so mean  ;) :)

Bumper bars and tee bars alll came about the califorina inacted a new bumper requirement in the early 70's.  Up until then, no bumpers were required.  I mentioned this in another post that my split window was the second car to have them.  I actually had the idea and shared it with a guy from DVB.  He actually tried it before I did.  They orginally with skid plate mounted rear bumpers for a fiberlass buggy.  We cut them down a little and gave them a slight re shape.  I only installed a front one, but others then did the same for a rear bar.  Shortly after Auto Haus started selling a version similar to what we had used.

no Volksworld show around 2000

is there is more weigth in the car it's me  ;D ;D ;D

I guess they're okay if you want your car to look like a shopping cart  :D

Or a pram.  :D

heres a shot of the same car from a year earlier
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/streetvw/PMWRRrear.jpg)

 PERFECT! ;D ;D ;D

one more of wayne davis

Well, guess I kinda like them ;)

(http://blogsimages.skynet.be/images_v2/000/020/172/20080907/dyn003_original_727_487_jpeg_20172_f2f1f5bcddc669b8593a61e95be45020.jpg)

another idea  , ::)  for those who want to put buggy bar and have hole in the front skirt  , but for not welding those one , why don't we paint the black plastic in the body color, it will be better than black  ::) ::)

Painted plastic sucks!

yes but with one élastifiant to make painting more flexible  ::) ::)

no buggy-bars!!!
sorry but i don't like them.

dirk zeyen

No it sucks anyway  :D :D

You should try it on the 61, even with bumpers holes it looks good to me.

Hey guys, what an old thread !!!  :D
Don't you have any other pictures of nice cal lookers with buggy bars ?!  8)

Here is my good old and used 1200  :)

(http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/230966_131804206895617_129432313799473_225725_5804841_n.jpg)

(http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/295129_161657177243653_129432313799473_356370_1459494_n.jpg)

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4017/4592040026_e1d3d922e0_b.jpg)

 ;)

Buggy bars, love'em. I have had them on two different cars 20yrs apart.

What about Doug Berg's buggy? I saw him run it a number of times and never thought to take a close look at it. Does anyone have detailed pictures of it? It alsways seemedl like en economical way to go racing.

The very first buggy bumper.....

Bumper history....
Around the early 70's California just inacted a law requiring bumpers on all cars.  Most VW were going with t bars to meet the requirement.  As my front bumper holes were filled, and I really didn't want to re-open them, I needed something that would mount under the car.  I took a original rear buggy bumper that mounted to a skid plate, bent it in slightly...cut off the access, and used that.  We, (auto haus) eventually started making them with the correct curve and length for use with bugs.

...Ed.

Legendary DRA

You know It's because I've seen a picture of your car one year ago I wanted buggy bars for mine  ;)

It looks sooo good !!!  8)

well, thank you! i'm glad to have contributed to the school of cool  ;D
i do have to see how I'm gonna to get the rear bar back on with the new exhaust...

Here I am bringing up old posts again
I quite like the front buggy bars, it would help as I can attach my front number plate to it!
Now does anyone know where you can get them, I like the ones with a bit of a kink in the front?
Thanks

Hi,
I´d like to come back to the question if Buggy bars are available anywhere?
Is there a source in Europe or Germany?

Thanks in advance,
Tobi

you can have them in any vw bugs parts seller

Pulpy with a front Buggy Bar! :)

(http://i.imgur.com/Hw838lCl.jpg)

here's one of my 68

Wow, imagine that with bumper holes filled and relocated turn signals!!!  ;)

I have the Day mouldings waiting for that Johnny :)
Still gotta have them sprayed

;) https://www.vwheritage.com/shop/buggy-baja-trike/buggy-bumpers/ (https://www.vwheritage.com/shop/buggy-baja-trike/buggy-bumpers/)

 ;D Thanks! That looks goog!
I just found out, that Paruzzi in the netherlands has them too, but not at the moment.

Has somebody a Picture from the mounting of the Buggy bar?
It seems that you have to built it yourself. Or am I wrong?

Thanks again!

I think I will try one on mine, as I am a bit worried I will get pulled over by the police if I run the T bars!!
Who sells a rear bar or do you just modify the front to fit the rest?
Thanks
Dave

Actually, you modify a pair of rear buggy bars . . . one for each end of your Bug!
(http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=22360.0;attach=70073;image)
A "REAR" buggy bumper on the front of my '67.
Thanx to Worm for the photo!

I have ordered a buggy bar for the front
Does any one have any pics showing how to fit or how to make clamps?
Thanks in advance
Dave