The Cal-look Lounge

I have read the blue print stories and enjoyed the 5 speed buildup....even the rollbar and aluminum tin work got me exctied......But what is the current status?? Will it be yellow or will detailing take all time left in a busy mans world?? Dean give us some inspiring photos to drool over and a sneek preview over what to come!!! If it is close to the blue 67 I would adore it and if it beats the blue 67 of yeasterday....I am over the moon!!!

Hmmmm interesting - where did you see these pic's dude?

I saw it a Buddy Hales shop yesterday .................looking good !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  ;)

I talked paint with him a loooonnngg time ago. At that time he was thinking of a bright orange...

Updates?

--louis

The car has been painted orange for quite some time now.

(http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/366/deanoshop.jpg) (http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=deanoshop.jpg)

frickin awesome detailing!!
but how come the old guys all go for newschool gauges?? ;)

Because we all remember how crap the old school ones were! ;D

i thought you just used them because THOSE looked the part  ;)

at second glance, will he be using empi side scoops? what's up with those holes?

No Empi scoops, he is using carbon fiber "NACA" scoops.

We ducted hoses to carb areas for fresh air

Good lookin' so far and a nice color
(looking forward to see pics when those "scoops" are fitted)

A future legendary car......
Great job !

Thanks for posting the photos!

I got a chance to talk with Dean this past Sunday at the Texas Classic show ... he's got a LOT of really cool ideas being implemented into this build. Hopefully he'll do a few more articles in HotVWs to detail them.

LOVE the color!

By the way Mr. Kirsten ... if you read this, thanks for taking the time to share your ideas!
Or is that, Mr. Rich Cranium? ;D

Keep up the good work,
Tom Funnell

Here's a spy photo of Dean's matching, killer tow rig and pit bike... ;D

(http://www.dclxvi.org/chunk/meet/outside/image/Chopper_vs_CalTrans375.jpg)

I have been anticipating this car for awile now.  Gonna be bad-ass.

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I talked to deano a while back and the car is in excellent condition and has been stored for several years. Unfortunately rumors continue to run rampant about about its condition. It will not be brought out to any shows in the near future. While he does plan to bring it out in the future, it will be on a selective basis and without any notice. He thanks you for your interest in the Caltrans '67. ;D

Seriously though that car should be SWEET when done.

 :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

 :o :o :o  ::) hopefully there will be no rat piss on the wheels or an oily mess under the engine when it does make it's "grand" debut...

But Deano's got his golf sweater at the ready to mop it up, just in case...

Would that be his lucky golf sweater... the one that never gets washed and has sort of an stink to it??  ::)

beautifull colour

Wow, my own thread on this forum. How cool is that. Just to up-date you on what has happened, or hasn't happened over the past few months. As some of you know, we had two losses in our family last year which put my garage time on the back burner for nearly all 2008. Now with the new year, things are looking much brighter. We had to jump on an opportunity to purchase a large piece of land directly across from our present home, which we did and now own. It's large enough for a possible future car show, but that's another story. Anyway, with 2.5 acres of land, I needed something to take care of all this, so this week, we were in Texas purchasing a new toy.... 90 x 84, 22.5:1 compression, 8 speeds.

Along with the land deal, came a barn-find restored 1966 Mustang convertible, unknown to the former owner (!?). See, there are these seven wooden sheds on the land, and one of them had this lock.. Well.... I 'll tell this story some other time.

Now about the '67. I just sent the seat frames to Big Wig to have custom aluminum side panels made that attach with Dzus fasteners. New seats and door panels will be all leather. Hope to get back to assembly soon, without notice of course. Thanks for all the interest.

The tractor looks good on you!

Beautiful piece of proprerty too...

Now, about that Mustang :o

~DR.

You putting ERCOs on the tractor?  :D

Glad to hear your going to be able to make some progress on the '67. I think a lot of people are interested in seeing it when it is done.

--louis

"super sano streeter"  ;)

I bet it  will be an "E ticket ride!"

Ercos on a tractor, huh? I wonder if CMS can make some 19.5-inch diameters for the rear? And no "super sano streeter" in text please, and certainly not an E-Ticket ride either.

You will need a very big lawnmower now  :o

Nice property and could you tell us more about the barn find Mustang?

You should know Deano better than that – he only uses genuine DDS pie-pans on his cars!  ;D

Here is the short version..... The former land owner was a developer who only had the property for four years (2004-2008). He apparently never paid any attention to the contents, rather he was going to build homes there. So, the day we took ownership of the land (it was going to foreclosure by the way...), we cut the lock off one of the sheds, and found the Mustang!. Turns up that a "former" land owner (2002-2004) allowed a friend to store his car there, but never told said owner he in fact, lost the property in '04! Land owner #2 never knew it was there.... So, once the shed was opened, we stuck a battery in the car, added some gas in the tank, fired it, and drove the car off the property with four flat tires! The rest gets really complicated and legal, so I won't go into all the details. But ask me sometime in person. It's a hoot.

Ok  ;)

I wondered if it could be a "forgotten" car. The kind of story everybody like to hear.

Nice ride Dean.  The 67 will definitely be as nice as anything ever done.  Love the orange too.  My very first  custom bug in 1970 was painted orange. Was kind of a cop magnet...but I loved it. Unfortunately it was a pre-Cal Looker...glass fenders and all.

Keep sharing shots of the car progress. Great looker. What wheels will you run on the car?

Rick Mortensen

Pretty sure he's running DDS wheels.

Dean,
What kind of fuel mileage did you get on the Mahindra on the ride home? ;)

Let's see, 2WD, high range, fourth gear, top speed.... 10mph? 1540 miles from McAllen to Vista. You do the math.

Wheels for my '67 will be original Deano Dyno-Soars 4.5s and 6s.

Possession is 9/10s of the law ;D
mechanics Lien??

My 1st exposure to Cal-look was a friends 66 that was shaved and painted that orange. Thanks for ALL of the articles over the years Deano. 

McAllen!? Jeez! What you should've done is purchase in Marble Falls ... would've saved you $30-40 in fuel and 6-8 hours!
Next time, let me know. You can stay with me here in Dripping Springs ... save you a lot of time and MONEY!
Tom

Tom, we drove through Dripping Springs on our way to Fredericksburg last Friday.... No worries. We had other (family) reasons to drive south to McAllen and do the deal with the tractor in person. It was well worth the drive as we saved 4-5k on what they want here in CA... We flew home, and are having it delivered next week to Vista.

Ah, Man .... I figured you would've at least trailered it yourself!
No matter ... Deano says Texas is the place if you need a Tractor!
Heads UP!

P.S. Mine has 48IDAs! ;D

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Did I mention we want an update?  ;D Will it make it to the Classic this year?

Thanks,

--louis

Thanks for asking LB.... Not much on the '67, but I am talking with Buddy Hale, Frenchy and Mike Fischer about doing some work on it. I have too many other things I need to attend to before I can attack the orange one. I hate seeing it sit, but other things in my life have priority now...

Sure, that's understandable. It's going to be a great car when it's done.

Thanks,

--louis

    AAAAWWWWWEEEEE :-[

ahhh hummm......... :-* Do you need me to clean the cob webs off of it??  ;D

Deano

I can take it off your hands if its in the way..... could also have completed for EBI4, i think

Thanks for the offer Russell, but I am going to finish this deal yet! I still have other major projects to get out of the way before I can devote the proper attention to this project. Still battling with the county over my shop build, and still devoting too much time to another house project, which needs to go away soon....

But I did do some plumbing.. I think this is -1000 breather lines.... (you're looking at over $7k right there....)

Funny post Deano.  It is amazing how life gets in the way of our hobby sometimes.  I know the feeling. Still, what I've seen of the orange car, it will be first class when done.

Rick M