The Cal-look Lounge

Wasn't gonna show you this until THE BOOK comes out but I decided you all need a reason to buy the book when it comes out...  ;D

Ladies and gentlemen (not that there's many of either here...), I give you Don Crane in full 'Gasser' mode!

(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t318/Photokernow/cal067LR.jpg)

you just gave me a stiffy....


that has to be one of my favorite pics ever.    :o

yummy  8) 8)

very very cool!!

love the stock nose hieght, and the blue tinted 1/4 windows and the BLUE STREAKS

simply perfect.

Ain't nothin' stock about that (front) ride height! :o

Wow, that's different!  Gotta be scary when approaching triple digits.

awesome keith  :o

Great looking car. Oh and my guess is you could publish all the pics here and we would still buy the book.  ;D

--louis

Those are my BRM's !
 ;D

actually when I got my '67 in 1986, it sat just like that.... high in the front, and squat in the rear. I have seen other '67's sit the same way.

If you pulled BRM's off Crane's car in that pic, and replace them with bright white '65 wheels, no caps, and widened in rear...you would have a pic of Sheep's '67 from early 90's, to a tee.....  easily a 13 sec car.

hmmmm vw porn.  ;D................ nice picture.  Thanks for sharing.

 :o :o :o THAT IS THE SICKEST PICTURE I HAVE EVER SEEN  ;D ;D ;D, ;D ;D ;D, ;D ;D ;D, ;D ;D ;D, ;D ;D ;D

Thanks dude  ;) :)

what a nice lawn!

Keith I may be missing something but where is Don in the picture?? ??? ::)

cheers richie,uk

Ha dee ha dee ha!  ;D ;D ;D

That photo reminds me of when we got busted by the cops for having the front end too low, we used to bolt-in some "special" shocks that had the shafts shimmed with rubber hose and clamps, to fully extended. They made the car handle like crap, but for the few hours it took to have the fix-it ticket checked off, I guess they were worth the hassle.

There was also a pass-around "smog" engine for emission tickets, and a 3-bolt header plate with a series of holes drilled into it for excessive noise tickets.

We used to use shocks with overload coil springs mounted on them to get back to stock height. I could put on the shocks on, drive down to the Tustin police dept, drive home, remove the overload shocks and put on my normal shocks in about 40 minutes.

(http://images19.fotki.com/v332/photos/1/101912/3769758/scan0001-vi.jpg)

Is that whats known as journalistic license??? :D   You should write for the News of the world ;D

cheers richie,uk

That's a great picture! I can't wait for the book.

No class 11 jokes yet???   ??? ;D

It's a result from the removal of the front bumper ;) :D

That thing is standing tall though! Check out the chrome on the running board... even a stock beetle has a downward slope on it, that bad boy is as straight as a wedding dick ;)

That works in so many ways.
Bugs look superb with a front end drop but boy this could go a long way to changing things...................perfect - street tuff - colour - tyres - wheels blah, blah......loving it !!!

probably the only one here and I will get beaten for it but I don't like the looks.  the car is nice but the stance is just awful...  I prefer the well known stance...

Back then the idea was that if you raised the front end, the body weight would transfer onto the rear wheels upon acceleration at the drag strip.
Providing more traction.
Not just a "fashion trend".

I have to follow dem on this one, the stance just doesn't work for me, I realy love the car, but it just neets to drop a few inches in the front to be perfect.
but hey, who am I to judge   :)

I think its great, but would look better with skinny spindle mount frnts and some gold leaf! Old school gassers rule!

Rob.

somebody..... please build a replica or at least a car in this flavor before I do it to my '67

Don't tempt me Jim - I've already thought about doing it to the 66  ;) :)

KS.... you know any details about the car as it was in this pic? Motor?

E.t.'s?

or do we have to wait for DA BOOK?  ;D

Oooph...!

I've just managed to picked myself up off the floor.... that is awesome! 

Wait for DA BOOK (but I still don't have any definite info on what Crane ran for a motor!) ;D