The Cal-look Lounge

We had a nice break in the weather today and it warmed/dried up enough for me to throw open the garage doors and do some tinkering on the car.  I have been kicking around dragging the Americans down from the attic for a while now and today was as good a time as any.  With all the grief I get about it beeing a race car now, I figured the change would do my image good  ;D

Its been at least four years since these wheels have been on.  Kinda nice for a change  :) 

Here is one with her younger sister.  :)

Who took my IDA's??????   ???

Looks really good Dave!

Ya need to find those missing IDAs!  ;)

Both your cars look inspiring. That bug with those wheels are among my favorite five bugs of today.
But cleaning up the engine compartment is taking the cal-look a bit far  ;)

She has a set of magnesium D spokes of her own.    hmm, I wonder if the ERCO's and slicks would fit??  :o

Cal-Look is all about simplicity and speed, right?   ;D

thanks JHU  :-*

At least it doesn't look like a dairy back there  ;D

it kinda looks like the old 80's trick of mounting the stock single carb around the back of the fan housing  :P ;) :)

Looking good though Dave  :)

Still one of the best looking cars around. Even if it has a hair dryer.  ;D

--louis

got the LOOK with the americans,very nice, get's pretty chilly were your at huh...I'm starting to get ready for that life style my self. By for now

thats a great looking pair of cars dude....the americans really look good.

and, if you must insist on a hairdryer..... thats how it should look. ;)

NICE CARS! BP

Two black, german cars and both have americans...boring :D j/k dave

The cars look great!!! Your 67 has always been one of my favorites.

Side note: Does one need to be a member of dvkk to get a "100 mph club" sticker?

I dont get it Dave you are 3 hours south of me. I have at least 4 inches of snow on the ground with more predicted tommorow.WTF I hate winter >:(

Now that looks sexy :) Why you would ever take them off is beyond me... ;)

Because one of those rear wheels with the Caldwell is heavier than both of my Erco's with slicks. :o

You can't beat the look of Americans  ;)

'67 looks awesome Dave, no matter which wheels, but I think the AR mags are the best.
Love the sport muffler on the S too.

Cool pictures,
Jim

those cars look great. i have been a fan of your beetle from when it was shown in VWTrends. the caption said it was driven through the rain to the show on slicks.

Hey congratulations and welcome back!   :D

Dave can you post a photo of the header for you turbo setup.

Thanks

It's cool as long as you weren't the guy behind him getting showered with rocks from those slicks !
 >:( :D
P.S. There were cars passing him on the median !

leave them on!,oh and i like your porsche 8)

dam that is a nice looking pair of cars, beast  8) 8) 8)

Those wheels look good for sure.  Then again, I am partial to da "D"

Hey thanks guys.  Taking last season off was good for me.  This year I am focusing on putting more street miles on the car and getting her dialed in really well.

That incident Richard is talking about was a pretty funny story.  It was Dean Kirsten and I driving from a pre-show party in Michigan back to the hotel and I had full slicks on the car.  It was about 10:00 at night and completely dark on the expressway.  Richard was following since he didnt know how to get to the hotel. 
After a few minutes, I noticed traffic clogged up behind me.  Richard was sitting in the fast lane blocking traffic instead of driving behind me.  I noticed that cars would come up behind me and then slow up and drop waaaay back.  Me and Dean are looking at each other like  ??? ??? ???
Turns out that the expressway had a lot of loose gravel on it (typical Michigan road) and those slicks were picking the stones up and shotgunning the cars behind us.  Richard refused to drive behind in his brand new car and he couldnt pass me.  ;D

At one point some idiot in a Corvette passed us on the right hand shoulder of the road....pretty freaky!

Between the recapps and slicks, its been ten years since this car has had radials on it.  8)

dude the 2nd photo is now my work desktop , stunning dude truely !

No need to be a member, you just need to pass a few criteria. http://www.vwdvkk.com/100mph/100mph.html (http://www.vwdvkk.com/100mph/100mph.html)

The website is in the process of a rebuild, but the info is current.

I browsed the site last night. Thanks for the info, Rob.

Both cars look great Dave!

I think I prefer the 911 with the fuchs better.

 8)

Ive put about 100 miles on the ole black beast in the past week.  I can turn the boost down to about 7 lbs and put pump gas in her.  She is still a 11.90 car with the low boost and pump gas!   8)
My nephew and I took it out in the country to take some pics on Monday.  I took the first and he took the second.  More to come later.
Hope Im not overdoing it with the pics, but I sure enjoy having the car on the road again. 

Car looks very good Dave.... looks like a nice day.

car looks good........keep the pics coming!!  8)

awesome car!

[sarcasm]Oh no Dave, we don't wanna see more pics of ultra cool Cal-Look cars!!![/sarcasm]   ;D ;D

New desktop pic!

Sweet car, Dave! I have always loved the look of a black '67. Where can I get a set of those flat center caps on the back? I have a set of old americans on my '68 Camaro and those would look pretty sharp on them.

 very 8)

Thanks Guys,
Redwagon, I made those myself, but it was a time consuming job.  I know that there is a company who makes them now.  I saw a story in Popular Hot Riodding where the editor put some on his project Chevelle about a year ago.  Do a search or perhaps conatc the PHR editorial office.

Mark, that badge is the original to the car.  This was  a German 1300 that was imported later in its life.

Another of my nephews shots

and another  ::)

yes indeed

Its funny how we all think the same :)

oh man, ...  boner time  ;D  ;D

very nice!

Dem

awesome shots

Alright guys, keep it down.   ::)  Dave's not going to be able to fit that mellon of his into a helmet this year.   ;)

Nice to see you are feeling stoked once again..Classic? Giant beers are waiting.. ;)

I really like the Americans but what I really want to see is the ERCO`s on the 911.

Are you ready to sell those wheels yet? You should... must be very heavy too...


I'll take them  ;D ;D ;D ;D

Ditto.  Then Dave, post those pics on the P board to ruffle their feathers. :D