The Cal-look Lounge

How many other members live in Scotland ?

Russell (Aberdeen)

Hi Russell whereabouts in Scotland do you live?  ;D

I live in a place called Carnoustie famous for golf and really cool aircooled VWs (http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid216/pa6e1df1746d7adc9ce7eacf66be1302e/ecaee441.jpg)

I noticed you have a passion for cools vws as well. I saw this great liitle line about Dean Lowery on the cal-look forum from KS

Also, I remember Jack Sacchette telling how he went to race against Dean one time and looked over to him as they were coming up to the line. Dean was dragging on a cigarette which he calmly took out of his mouth, placed on top of the instrument panel and then pulled into stage... Only Dean.

hey Russell, you already have Scotlands quota of cars. ;)

Thats for sure  ;) :D

Was just checking that only FlatFire and i were the only 2, anyway he doesnt count now hes into FIATS, next stop Fiat Drag Day ?

Scotland quota still has plenty of Room ???????????

Russell

russell, when i was in edinburgh 2 years ago i saw a really cool light blue early 60s cal-looker with BRM wheels just off princess street.
dunno if he's on a forum, but it was a top notch looker!

so... there have to be more out there  ;)

I'm sure Scotlands quota of cool vws is inversely proportional to the amount of fish we allowed to catch from the North Sea. ;D

I didn't realise it was uncool for your wife to own a Fiat, does this make her an Outlaw ???

I will have to invite a couple of friends from the fishless society to join us. Both with very cool and fast ovals.

See you all at Fiat In

Yours
The Italian Stallion :P

The owner of 2 bugs and a low light ghia.
 
My lover/wife owns a Fiat 850 with VW running gear. :P Sorry 'bout that

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a259/cocojardine/misc016resized.jpg)

A very cool cal-look car from Scotland street legal and MSA legal runs 12.5 at 105mph. Low compression motor.

Flatfire

My question was ? How many other members live in Scotland.

Looks like only 2 of us, i did try and raise some interest via vzi but as you know it went the wrong way.....

We should get the other cool car owners to use the lounge as it seem to be the best place, very little crap, unlike vzi !

You still fancy a beer/burger next Thursday as suggested ?

Russell

Hi Russell, I'm in the middle of the sahara right now :(

I totally understand the frustration of trying to raise interest in Scotland. I'm sure if we keep bugging people we will succeed. ;D
I'm sure we are bugging people by keeping this thread a float. ;D

I have spoken to Donald and Colin about getting something arranged for next year. These guys have major enthusiasim. I know sometimes I'm a pain in the ass when it comes to expectations but I can't understand people who don't want to put their heart and soul into cal-look,race-car,nostalgia etc etc aircooled VWs.  ;D

Cheers
Peter

I forgot to mention to anyone reading just in case you haven't noticed there is a fantastic photographic thread on the cal-look forum. California kid has so many cool old school race photos

Hey Guys ,your not the only 2 Scottish members now , and i,m sure Colin will join up as soon as he can :),Pete ,meant to say ,remember the Fiat i said had a vague resemblence to yours,sorry your wifes ;),its called "Motion Sickness" and was driven by Darrell Vittone ,got a pic some where ,will try post it up ,Russell how you doing ,nice feature in V-World ,says your gonna race the "Iguana" car ,thet mean your gonna have to cage it up an stuff?Would be cool to see it liftin the wheeks an pullin hard down the strip ;D Cheers guys, Donald

I've been to Scotland several times, due to my partly scottish heritage, (yup, i of course got a red beard and a kilt as well) and I love it, but at the dragstrip, does it ever get dry enough to race? I always see clouds gathering when it seemes to get dusty in the streets.

Dundee United forever!!!

CrailRaceway is ok ,gets kinda windy at the top end (its right on the coast),mind you was up there this time last year and had to back off half track due to thick fog and a light sprinkling of snow ;D

Haha, talkin' bout going coast to coast in 12seconds dude!

Thats better. I have seen Coiln has joined all he needs to do is post :P

Come on Donald give us a picture of your car. ;D

If we keep breeding like this there will be 7 of us by the end of the year. I bet main land Europe is quaking in its pants :D

That'll be 4 of us then ;D

Here's a few pics....

Love this one - flatfire
(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a259/cocojardine/Biggar06001resize.jpg)

Lets not forget this serious bit of kit - built in a land made famous by deep fried mars bar (I believe)
(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a259/cocojardine/Biggar06008resize.jpg)

DTH, as requested :)
(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a259/cocojardine/BJ20-5.jpg)

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a259/cocojardine/BJ20-4.jpg)

This is a great site by the way!!  Russell, I read your thread On VZI, and replied to it.  I think there is enough of us like minded performance fans to make a light-hearted meet work!!

colin

That sounds like barry's car.  One of our younger jedi's, built the bug himself and made a really nice job of it too  :)  Was recently for sale, but trying to talk him out of it!!

So what does this mean? We have established that there are 4 good guys from Scotland what next?

I think we should be working out the plan ahead ;) Maybe go racing at Crail 3 times next year. Set the dates at the start of the year and commit ourselves. :P It may create more interest if we get to the track.

Aye, set dates and stick to them!!

I never even made it to Crail this year, but a non-vw friend who came along with us to the max power day last year, commented that the 2 lone VW's with stingers created far more effect than the ricers.

do you have any pics colin?

cos it was a really nice ride, and back then i wasn't that much into cal-look, but it made me think of it  ;D

Here you go 67-indeed.  The car did run BRM's before these pics were taken.

http://s111.photobucket.com/albums/n149/OldVolksBaz/

Its for sale on VZi just now.  I hope its the same bug :)

colin

nice one! thanks!

it has got to be the same, did he still have bumpers too 2 years ago?

is he rolling on smart tyres up front? it's got a huge rake! nice pics though!

Yeh, I'm pretty sure he did run front bumpers a while back before going for the hex t-bars.

Won't say too much about the front tyres - the cal-look police won't be very happy ;)

i understand, but who really cares about (135*.80)-(145*.65) = 13.75mm  ::)

nice ride though!!

I'm with you on that one dude :)   My car doesn't meet the cal-look criteria either.  It was built to suit me!!  I find it amusing watching people pick faults.

YES AGREEDED, lets set 3 dates and go an kick some watercooled b^$$

We will be the talk of the town "Crail" anyway !

Russell

i was just thinking, and of course it's 2:45 am and the litres of beer start to sum up, but i might just join you lot in scotland one day.

i fancy working for rbs in edinburgh, i've been there (long story) and i really really liked it, and the city as well! might just hop over some day and even if it's an internship taking the bug with me will be quite an adventure  :)

Alright there peeps, just thought I'd crash the thread to say hello  ;D

Good to talk earlier Peter, liking the Ghia very much.  8)

Take it easy everybody,
Martin.
 

Fellow Scots ,we are now officially in the "Top Racers" list :) ,Colin ,get your name in there ,should be quite high up the lookers list i think ,and Pete ,you as well , 8) DTH

whens the next crail thing ?

Russell

All we have to do is have a look at the Crail thrash website and arrange to meet at a certain date.
I have been in contact with a guy from the North of England he and his mates are keen to come up and fry some rice. ;D

It won't be a VW meet but we need to start making the infidels realise there is life in these old pesky V-dubs :)

Found this thread lurking and though it would be interesting to see what's changed in the last 4 years (almost)

So we know that we still have:

• Russell
• Peter - Flatfire
• Donald - DTH
• Colin

I'm a recent addition, my DTH built '67 has been on the road for about a year now.

Do we have anymore?  Let's gather up members for this hotly anticipated 2011 Crail Thrash :-)

Problem is, most people don't want to admit to it publicly… :D

Another Scottish member here, but originally from Newcastle.

doesnt really count, but i lived in Aberdeen from September 2000 till August 2003 - Schoolhill Area.

I know GRP buggies are'nt well liked on here (although they were a significant part of the California 70s scene) ... ::) ;) ;)

(http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a0d703b3127ccefb78c3a7f15700000030O08QcNmjlq2Zg9vPh4/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/)

However this 10sec one .... originally a 1970 Manta Ray MK1 lives in Ayrshire.
(11.2 at Crail 6 weeks ago)

Regds
David

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I thik there's a few buggy fans on here David...

And who can argue with one that goes as quickly as yours manages?!
 :)

Paul Hamilton  ;D ;D ;D

 :D

even his shadow probably comes in for a lot of stick!

Another member from Scotland checking in.... I'm Nick and live in Shetland. I've had VW's for about 25 years, and currently have a couple of early bays and a 72 1200 blade bumpered base model beetle. I'm gathering parts for a winter rebuild for the bug; currently I have a Porsche 5 speed box, a pair of ported 311 heads, twin 40 DRLAs, a counterweighted 69mm crank and a set of 1835 b and p's. Cooling isnt such an issue up here.... Most of the bits have come from Kev D. I seem to be buying one of his cars piece by piece!  I'm hoping to have it all ready for the Crail meets next year.

Awesome.  Early in the New Year we must get everyone gathered for a Crail outing, there's a few of our 'English cousins' racing in ACE who are keen to join in.

As has been said before it's be great to get a strong line up of aircooleds to scare some of the jap-scrap that generally rolls up that strip.