The Cal-look Lounge

Has anyone ever done a Cal-look timeline that charted both changes in styles and major events in Cal-look history? (Shows, major clubs starts/stops, influential cars, etc.) If you were to make one, what events, styles, mile stones & dates would you include? Maybe we can list stuff out and make one up, Include pics if you have any. You don't have to do a complete time line, just list what comes to mind what would be important to include.

--louis

Wow, that would be a big undertaking IMHO.

Sure, but if everyone brainstorms and contributes it could be a lot of fun, as well as informational. You could start off simple with a listing of diffrent styles and dates, then fill in from there. So:

(Not sure on the years)

Pre-Cal-look/Early Cal-look. DKP1 Style cars
Arnson/Holmes Era
Late 70s - Early 80s (Semi Monocrhome Look)
80s - 90s Full Custom Cal-look
90s - 2005 Resto- Cal/DKP III/DRKC Style cars
2005 Retro-Cal/Race-Cal? (Heavy 70's influence or drag car influence maybe?)

Get a little tighter on the years, find some cars representative of those eras. Add in when major clubs started/stopped, influental events started stopped, when Cal-look took off in Europe, etc.

--louis

Good luck... :)

Says the guy who wrote the book.   :P

Yeah it may be too big of an undertaking, but I figure with all the people we have on these boards who were there, it might be possible. But maybe not.

--louis

Jim Edmiston's '63 with Ansens
Ron Fleming's '56 with Et's
Don Crane's red '67 on BRMs
Rallies, cruises, DKP
Aronson's 1963 white
DKP Drag Days
Mahaffey's green split racecar wearing license plate
Butternut

.....blurry era because i don't know...

Hunsaker's street/strip car
Goss chop top
Grago Ghia and Mische's Karamel Ghia
OCIR
Huge Bug INs
Gary Berg original 2110cc 12 sec car
Bill S orange 1970 car
pepto squareback, Dean bros cars
Gary Grauman/Brinton black 67
glam show cars parked on mirrors
death of Cal Look 3 degrees neg camber, 34ICTs, chrome chrome chrome, mauve, graphics
stereo speaker shootoff shows

new dawn... stock looking 12 sec cars... the sleeepers
Bill S oval
DKPIII, Mason' 1962, Brinton, Rayburn, Hector,
Gary Berg re-vamped metallic blue 1967
Bill S new euro '59
Jim Kurlinski's 1967 java
DKP 1 reunion
more DKP cars exposed... Henry's, Stephan (ex Jim Lowe)
Danny Gabbard RUF HUH Ghia
occasional glimpses art Art G's green 1967
Volksworld 6/94....old Cal Look in full swing, Ivan's car, Keith S. acquiring Goss chop
Lots of exposure of Dave Rhoads car

Then the big bang.... 1995 Keith Seume book hits the streets.... flood of revival and interest, Cal Look is widesread re-born

more cars, more events, more hp more parts....  
more DKP III cars, Ben S. Jose M Jim Kaforski.... etc. Internet at first doesn't know what "cal look" search term is, then one day BINGO Keith Seume's Cal Look Forum ( I was 3rd poster there)
DKP III drag days, more and more Cal Look cars @ Classics
DRKC morphs Cal Look with race cars,
DRKC loses sight of street car-ability.... everybody's on the bigger is better trip
race gas, big money changing hands, trailers, 2400cc +
.......

the world conquerer "cal-look" cars.... loaded with you name it... heavy high dollar cars
new interest in pre cal look cars (like Galassi)
new acceptance of 1970's-80's style
Simpler becoming better again
3.0L +

and everyone lived happily ever after (except Zavala)

See that wasn't too hard.  :D

--louis

As I use every excuse to mention the SCC, here´s the poster from LAST year, expertly designed by SCC´s in-house slave, JHU!  ;D

that's a neat poster, but I have to say I don't like the latest "look"...  to me not a stealthy street car at all....

I'm amazed at how many cars I see with broken rear axles and the drivers don't seem to notice !
 :'(

Out of those five cars I'm amazed to find that you dislike the LAST one Ratto?  :o :o ;D

This drawing is made out of a European perspective, and this is how many europan cars look today. Weekend warriors..

if i could chose i would go with the second car. small engine with short gears. regret it later, but so much fun now.

Thats cool.  Are those available on shirts yet?

your spot on there nicolas and ratto.this is the car of the five because of the fun factor.it also doesnt attract attention unlike bug number 5.you would expect it to go fast.surprise is the key ;)

They were drawn for that poster, but a shirt is a good idea. I will take it up with the SCC crew.

I would buy at least one, too!

Come to think of it, so would I.  ;D
If the print is shades of gray, what color should the shirt be? White?

Can I dig this thread out of the woods?

Its something I'm thinking of basing 'the lecture' on if I can get it off the ground..!