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I'm looking for as many pictures of Customized Beetles from the 60's & 70's please?  :) :)

 This is the kind of thing I'm looking for (below) anything is good from Mild to Wild and everything in between...

 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/plasticblack/custom70.jpg)

go to this links  ;D ;D
http://www2.cal-look.com/nostalgia/custom1.html (http://www2.cal-look.com/nostalgia/custom1.html)


fabs

Here's a couple of my faves...not sure who ownes them, but that white one has Sheep written all over it!  Looks like Carlos dropped part of his costume in the foreground.... :o ::) ;D

extremely cool!!!

so, not just "regular" cool?? ;D

its so bad, thats what makes it cool!!  :D

cadilwagen coupe deville  ;D ;D ;D

Thanks Guys...  I think......  :-[

     Anything....slightly more tasteful anyone??  ;D

Enjoy !

That's more like it  ;D

Sheeeeeesh...I was only tryin' to be helpful! ::)  How about a nice motorhome? ;) ;D

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/streetvw/uncleDavesbug6.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/streetvw/uncleDavesbug3.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/streetvw/uncleDavesbug4.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/streetvw/uncleDavesbug5.jpg)
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Sarge, you have some photos that nobody should own!

Here we go. Hope they are "tasteful" enough.  8)

BTW, they are from 1970 or 1971 from the Bug-Ins.

And another one:

Gotta LOVE that scrolled wood in the back windows...a real styling breakthrough ::) :o :P  I'm ordering my butterfly steering wheel today 8) 8) 8)

Watch it..., your gonna hurt my feelings :( ;)

                                                      Hey, do you have any shots of Vittones car that you guys used to tear up the avacado fields with?? And keep the rest coming, by the way!

That looks like the Popular Hot Rodding's project Bug from 1972..

 Superb.. ;D

  Please keep them coming ;)

   

we need more barfbags here!!!!  :-X

Orale'

My subliminal messages are rubbing off on you. Oh, and I have a present for you.

damn!!! thats COOL!

first slammed vw in the 70's?  :o ;D

Was that car from Santa Ana?

Found some more:

 I have to dig through my archives, maybe I'll find some more.

Now THAT'S an interior...I'll bet there's some high heel marks on the headliner :o :o ::) ;D



Boy, don't I wish... :(

More More More........ ;D

Some more, Paul? Ok, found some more... but take care of your eyes...  ;D

This one even won something...

And another picture of the chopped bug:

Sunglasses on.... :D

  Georg.... Take it easy!

   Even I'm willing to admit the second car is.....er...... Not Good. (polite) :D

    Those Bumper... Things?

      What happened.....What were they thinking?

        Oh my Goodness.. I've just realized it's won a Trophy....

           For Ten Pin Bowling it would seem!!!!!!!! ;D

        
      

Was ready to laugh at this one till I noticed the shorrocks blower fitted!
On a `67 too 8)

Paul, you dig the second one? Got one more picture:

And how about this one? I guess it's an original Empi GTV, isn't it?  :D
You've gotta love those airducts replacing the rear side windows!

:o :o :o empi exhaust ,  c stripe and small GTV logo on the front quater panel  :o :o

Hi Fabs,

who knows, maybe it really was an original GTV?  ;)

as you said , who knows  ???
rgd
fabs
ps :are you going to bug show ??

 Georg.. I love the whole Metallic, Flames thing.... 8)

   I don't think it will be making a comeback though anytime soon.

     What do you think?

       Time to take things in a differnt direction perhaps :D

 

Geez Georg, you sure took a LOT of photos of those beauties... ::) ;D

Yes, I will be there. You too? Where are you staying? Camping or Hotel? Send PM, if you want!


Sarge, I was just sitting next to you in my stroller when you took your pictures at the Bug-Ins! Don't you remember?  ;D
No, they were taken by a friend of me who happend to be there in 1970 and 1971. At that time cars like that were totally unknown in Germany. A rather subtle Cal Looker wasn't that interesting for him. But he took pics of race cars as well!  8)

BTW, shouldn't you in bed by now? Or are you up already?  ;D


I don't think so too. But some of the japanese The Winning Bugs club cars use 70s custom elements mixed with Cal Look. At least interesting...

How forgetful of me!  Actually, I am in bed right now since you mentioned it  :o ::) ;D

Wow thanks Georg!!

That GTV is the most "Dave Deal" thing i have seen in months!!!

Georg.

 I really like the '70's thing, but not too much Wild Custom stuff.

 I think a mix of Custom & Old School is what will happen next?

  Then all the crazy '70's stuff I have will be back in fashion.

    Gotta love the 70's. ;D

  

People liked it - or so it looks:

BTW - cool cars in the background as well!

Not to wild, Paul? So maybe this is more of you taste:

Or this:

The GTV is kinda cool....

  I notice there are some of the 'Brothers' checking it out :D

  If it was alright with thise Dudes... It must be Way Cool  ;D

one of the things that make me laugh about those pictures if my uncle in his all white outfit :D still it was about 1977 :o

That GTV makes me cringe!!!!!!!!

Fabs, in the first VW Trends there is the "Midnight Runner" I think it was called... a late model custom dark blue bug that was also claimed to be a GTV :'( If you have it, could you scan it?

Very interesting thread! & Georg, your pictures are AWESOME  8)!

I think that time has come for a little change... I'd like to see more of 70's customs bugs these days...

Are some projects in the making?

 I hope so too...

  Some of the elements of these cars is pretty cool. At the time I'm sure they were the 'cutting edge' of style in the VW Scene?

  But everything changes and tastes over time evolve. What do you think people would have made of 'Rat Look' back in the '60s & '70s?

 I'm a big fan of the GTV type of style. Also the Formula Vee models and accessories are very well thought out and stylish.

  It would be really great to see some of these models recreated in todays scene. I've thought the '70s would come again for some time now and look forward to a new direction for part of the current scene.

 Who will be different enough to take the '70's route I wonder?   ;D

 Check out this Formula Vee. Is that not a thing of beauty?

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/plasticblack/restored_formula_vee.jpg)

WOW, That Formula Vee is outstanding! Love it! And I'm a big fan of GTV bugs too, of course ;)

Well, I have a Custom project on my own, I already collected nearly all the period parts. It will look... oh soooo Ugly... I guess it will see the ligtht of day in the years to come...

 Good for you..

  When people see Bugs like this again on a more regular basis they will realize (as they did in the '70s) that you can have a very nice Bug for not alot of money.

  I also have more than enough Formula Vee and empi stuff to build more than afew 'Replicas'.

 When time permits I might get to it. (next year for sure)

There's nothing Ugly about that Beetle........ ;)

That FV is just incredible!!
I might try build a more stock looking bug one day, and this is definetly a vehicle for inspiration!

It's just Perfect isn't it?

 I can't fault anything about it. :)

 

 ;)
watch the front headlight and the inside rear view mirror , may be those came from motorcycle ???

Damn I love this sort of stuff.

there goes a subscriber out the door.  ::) ::) ::) ::) unless you refer to the FV. that one is awesome. i got wheels like that.

These Custom Bugs might seem way over the top to us these days, but back in the day, they were the pinnacle of Cool.. ;)

 You've got to admire the work and effort that went into them. These pictures are a great documentation of a 'Style' that's probably never coming back, so enjoy them for real.

 What amazes me about all the old pictures in the Lounge is that the Older VW's (Ovals, Splits etc) are the ones that seem to really 'GET' the treatment.

Keep the pictures coming.. ;D

CHEECH AND CHONG MAN REAL CHARP RIDE, DOES IT HAVE TWICE PIPES MAN!!!!

Don't stop Now......... ::)

   More please.

some vw greats cover

I love these old skool "Customs" there really is NOTHING like them - Any pic's of "The Pink Lady" I LOVE THAT ONE  ;D ;D ;D

The 'Pink Lady'........

 Now you're really talking Custom.. ;D

   Anyone???????
 
 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/plasticblack/PinkLady.png)

If the price was right, I'd buy it in a minute, maybe even a second. I just talked about it this weekend (after seeing a horrendous square-eyed, spoilered mongrel) with LowFastBus, too bad the customscene is never coming back.

Any more pictures of the custom of all customs: the Pink Lady?

Its was up for sale a couple of years ago (maybe2yrs) it even went on ebay - not sure if it ever sold though  :)

I love it - its just soooooo wrong its Right if you get what I mean  :-\ :)

There must be more pictures because it must have been photographes 1000's of times ???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsrHAR0VTBQ

Got some more stuff

And more

I'm obviously an idiot.... ::)

 I didn't realize the guy that built Pink Lady is the same (Bernt) that works for Boyd Coddington on the TV Series??? Dohh.... :-[

  Look at that haul of Trophies......Yeeeeeeezzzz :o

  (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/plasticblack/PinkLadyPostCard_edited-825x509.jpg)

  (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/plasticblack/PinkLadycarshow_edited-690x420.jpg)

  (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/plasticblack/Bernt_and_Castaic_Lake-615x393.jpg)

The last ones I found

More pics of the Hot Rodding's project bug

A last one of the project bug

The last one of the stack

From the CSP website ;D

(http://customspeedparts.de/images/bilder-datenbank/kaefer_schick_1.jpg)

(http://customspeedparts.de/images/bilder-datenbank/kaefer_schick_2.jpg)

(http://customspeedparts.de/images/bilder-datenbank/kaefer_schick_3.jpg)

  This thread is great..

    I really love these Custom Bugs. The fact that there are so many in the same vien is cool.
 
     Who would be brave enough to give a Beetle that kind of treatment nowadays.

      Might be a good thing? ;D


 Oh.. PS: Georg.... You need to get out more  ;)

NO WAY I can't believe Brent built this one  :o I knew that guy was good with "Bondo"  ;) :)

 See.. We all learn something everyday about VW's  ;D

   

Here's a subtle custom...no flashy paint though :(   Sold quite a few parts to Bernt in the past for his New Beetle concept... what a character!   http://lyndawilloughby.com/berntcars.html

another one from his site

You guys should really be ashamed of yourselves!! ;D ;D

Actually, we're quite proud of ourselves, right guys? ;D  This isn't a custom but has a few "touches" done to it...

DAM RIGHT!!!! ;D where would we be with out all those customs  ;) :)

Hmmmm, we could be looking at girls in swimsuits, couldn't we? ;D  Sorry..., this doesn't belong here but I couldn't help myself ::) ;D

 :o :o :o custom swimsuits  ;D ;D ;D

PERFECT!!! ;D

                                                    All is forgiven!

 Let's keep focussed please..... :o

   ;D ;D ;D ;D

OK OK, if you insist... :o ;)

Hmmmmmm I could focus on that all day long  ;) :) How does the saying go..... "I hate to see you go but I LOVE to watch you leave" :D :)

hasnt she got funny shd hands ??
like that bird who used to be on coronation street

This thread is wrong!!!  ;D

It was only wrong until the girls showed up!

watch behind the guys there's the gtv "baja"  :o

please stop the madness....

 ;) more customs swimsuits

 The guy on the end.. the one with the glasses...

   Didn't anyone tell him it was a swinsuit competition. ::)

    I personally don't think he's got much of a chance.... ;D

Another tough day in the life of Vic Wilson..., we should all have it so bad ::) ;D

it's tom lieb  the boss of SCAT

 Like I said no chance...... ;D

                                       That looks just like the youngest daughter of my next door neighbor where I grew up. That's all I would see all summer. And my Mom always wondered why I spent so much time swimming next door.

I have no idea what this is all about or from whic era it hails.... ???

 It was on the net under 'Serious Wheels'!!!!!!


                                 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/plasticblack/1966-Volkswagen-Bug-maroon-custom-m.jpg)
                               

i saw this one in a hot vws issue  2000 ->2005??

                           
                    Poor you!!!!!! ;)

This is a fairly recent pic but I`m sure this car used to be green??
Its been included in several rod & custom mag show reports, also turned up at Paso last year too I think.
Never going to be liked by cal-look fans but I think its pretty cool & its had a ton of work which seems to have been well done.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch.... :o :o :o

Now Thant's More Like it.. :D

  It must have a pretty complicated exhaust system!!! ???

Yeah, no shit.... that's why the ass end is dragin' ;) ;D

 I've seen lots of cars of this era, that are 'hammered' to the floor?? ???

  I presume the method/technique for rear end lowering has always been the same?? So why are these car so very low?  ::)

 They must be scrapping the sump over every liitle bump!  :D