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Title: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: Jim Ratto on September 10, 2008, 00:45:32 am Imagine you could go back in time. Pick two hot rodded street cars (now gone, or still existing) and drop them in the staging lanes. Which two would you want to see go for it?
I'm thinking Wade's black '67 vs. Pete's Dragon or Schwimmer's oval vs. Rhoads' green sedan. Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: Speed-Randy on September 10, 2008, 02:17:40 am dave masons car against anybodys
Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: John Rayburn on September 10, 2008, 04:08:27 am Mason VS. Voegtly.
Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: sheep on September 10, 2008, 04:22:55 am how about ratto against the zavala car..... Wait same person same car
Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: Sarge on September 10, 2008, 12:56:46 pm how about ratto against the zavala car..... Wait same person same car 8) 8) 8) 8) Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: BeetleBug on September 10, 2008, 13:02:59 pm Håkan L brown oval (that crashed recently) against Skinne... two 8 second street beetles against each other.
Best rgs BB Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: BeetleBug on September 10, 2008, 13:04:02 pm And Jussi against Geers - the two fastest NA street cars in the world..
Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: ESH on September 10, 2008, 13:14:22 pm ... Håkan L brown oval (that crashed recently) against Skinne... two 8 second street beetles against each other ... And Jussi against Geers - the two fastest NA street cars in the world.. I've seen all of those run (but obviously not together)! Good call! 8) I can think of another pairing too but I'll wait 'till I got the photograph... :) Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: benssp on September 10, 2008, 13:21:40 pm Stitch up against Tar Babe(
new vs old inch pincher Bergler(old paint job) Vs Dave Rhoads Richie Webb Vs Lauffers Red Devil Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: BeetleBug on September 10, 2008, 13:25:55 pm Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: Neil Davies on September 10, 2008, 15:41:19 pm Berglar then vs Berglar now! ;)
Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: Jim Ratto on September 10, 2008, 15:42:57 pm Berglar then vs Berglar now! ;) bring a tow bar. Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: louisb on September 10, 2008, 15:59:52 pm The cool thing is, you used to be able to see all these cars run at the races. Sarge was telling me they pretty much used to live at the strip. Now days it seems people are too worried about blowing up their $8,000 engines, $5,000 trannys or scratching their $15,000 paint jobs. Sorry, I will get off the soap box.
I would love to see Dave Rhodes green car run against Bill S.'s Coral car. Two established cars that represent the best in Cal-look. --louis Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: Jim Ratto on September 10, 2008, 16:09:32 pm The cool thing is, you used to be able to see all these cars run at the races. Sarge was telling me they pretty much used to live at the strip. Now days it seems people are too worried about blowing up their $8,000 engines, $5,000 trannys or scratching their $15,000 paint jobs. Sorry, I will get off the soap box. I would love to see Dave Rhodes green car run against Bill S.'s Coral car. Two established cars that represent the best in Cal-look. --louis I think I saw that.... no wait it was Mason's car, against Rhoads'..... Phoenix show 1990, fall. Spun my head really hard, whole drive back to San Fran was pretty much a daze after seeing those cars in action. Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: Rennsurfer on September 10, 2008, 16:19:52 pm Mike Martinez's black chop-top vs. the original Berglar (not the decomposing rolling chassis of late).
Probably a stupid question, but when was the last time that Schwimmer and Rayburn raced against each other? That would be a good one. Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: Jim Ratto on September 10, 2008, 16:41:39 pm Sheep's red '67 1914 IDA vs SODA's white '65 1800 IDA
now that would have been close. Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: ian c on September 10, 2008, 18:20:02 pm allen wiess against the bergs .
Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: . on September 11, 2008, 00:15:21 am Mike Mahaffey's green split vs. the white Jim Holme's car.
;D Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: Lee.C on September 11, 2008, 00:36:25 am Mike Mahaffey's green split vs. the white Jim Holme's car. ;D Hmmm now I'd like to see that one ;D "Schwimmer's oval vs. Rhoads' green sedan." But this is the one I really wanna see - chrome Vs No chrome ;) :) Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: Neil Davies on September 11, 2008, 11:45:24 am The cool thing is, you used to be able to see all these cars run at the races. Sarge was telling me they pretty much used to live at the strip. Now days it seems people are too worried about blowing up their $8,000 engines, $5,000 trannys or scratching their $15,000 paint jobs. Sorry, I will get off the soap box. I would love to see Dave Rhodes green car run against Bill S.'s Coral car. Two established cars that represent the best in Cal-look. --louis I think I've seen that, in the UK bizarrely enough! Beetle Bash 1996, Avon Park, both of those, and the Goss chop top blew me away. ;) Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: Dave Galassi . on September 11, 2008, 14:06:08 pm Mike Mahaffey's green split vs. the white Jim Holme's car. ;D Agreed. Anywhere, anytime. John Lazenby told me recently that you could stand behind Mahaffey's split when it launched and watch the quarter panels flex.......... Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: Jim Ratto on September 11, 2008, 16:16:58 pm Mike Mahaffey's green split vs. the white Jim Holme's car. ;D Agreed. Anywhere, anytime. John Lazenby told me recently that you could stand behind Mahaffey's split when it launched and watch the quarter panels flex.......... :o Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: crofty on September 12, 2008, 05:44:51 am Jim remember those two guys with the green '68 bug at BOR? What ever happened to them?
Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: lawrence on September 12, 2008, 06:48:11 am The SSB vs. any mega-dollar, super detailed cal-look car.
Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: Steve D. on September 12, 2008, 07:04:19 am The Grey Ghost vs. the early SSB (Dean's heads).
Mark Reilly's super beetle vs. Shawn Geers' DRKC-ish car. Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: ESH on October 06, 2008, 06:13:54 am I can think of another pairing too but I'll wait 'till I got the photograph... :) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/SanchoPancho/USA2008/SEMS-USA-2008-10-05001.jpg) Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: Lee.C on October 06, 2008, 14:43:25 pm I can think of another pairing too but I'll wait 'till I got the photograph... :) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/SanchoPancho/USA2008/SEMS-USA-2008-10-05001.jpg) So come on then who won ??? ??? ??? ;) :) Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: vwcab on October 06, 2008, 14:57:28 pm I can think of another pairing too but I'll wait 'till I got the photograph... :) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/SanchoPancho/USA2008/SEMS-USA-2008-10-05001.jpg) So come on then who won ??? ??? ??? ;) :) Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: richie on October 08, 2008, 04:45:52 am me :) but more by luck than anything,both Kris and I had a weekend to forget,the rematch should be more interesting though ;)
cheers richie Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: roland on October 08, 2008, 09:08:40 am Ritchie, you put the top back on the car & running with it? Afraid of the rain, sky looks a little dark... Or maybe it's for the sun ;)
Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: Neil Davies on October 08, 2008, 10:38:44 am Ritchie, you put the top back on the car & running with it? Afraid of the rain, sky looks a little dark... Or maybe it's for the sun ;) I'm guessing more for full street trim (note bumpers and front numberplate too!) than to stop the sunburn! Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: ESH on October 09, 2008, 18:50:43 pm ... me :) but more by luck than anything,both Kris and I had a weekend to forget,the rematch should be more interesting though ... (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/SanchoPancho/USA2008/SEMS-USA-2008-10-05-012.jpg) Gotta' go, apparently there's some rocks falling on tourists! Mat, Yosemite. Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: Lee.C on October 09, 2008, 19:01:37 pm me :) but more by luck than anything,both Kris and I had a weekend to forget,the rematch should be more interesting though ;) cheers richie Cool but keep us posted buddy :) Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: Sarge on October 09, 2008, 19:03:08 pm Read that Yosemite stuff in the paper this morning... a big hunk of Glacier Point broke loose and tumbled into the valley :o :o :o
Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: Jim Ratto on October 09, 2008, 20:51:21 pm Read that Yosemite stuff in the paper this morning... a big hunk of Glacier Point broke loose and tumbled into the valley :o :o :o :o :o :o :o ??? ??? ???Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: John Rayburn on October 09, 2008, 20:52:19 pm Sarge, we warned you over and over about recreational dynamite!
Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: ESH on October 10, 2008, 04:04:32 am Sarge, we warned you over and over about recreational dynamite! Yeah, but it sounds good! :) Went to the top of Glacier point today and looking down to the valley my money is definitely on the rocks and not the tents. :o Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: Tony M on October 13, 2008, 16:31:10 pm How about Rob Case's turbo oval vs Pete's Dragon ?
Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: Jim Ratto on October 13, 2008, 16:40:04 pm How about Rob Case's turbo oval vs Pete's Dragon ? 8) 8) I think the oval would have taken him. NOS and turbo.... :o Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: stealth67vw on October 13, 2008, 16:43:33 pm 380hp with a 100 shot. No match.
Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: Jim Ratto on October 13, 2008, 16:48:38 pm 380hp with a 100 shot. No match. Pete's Dragon vs original incarnation of the Pink BH Ghia (when it couldn't better a 12.25) ;) Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: Tony M on October 13, 2008, 16:49:03 pm Yea i know - but it sounded good - Rob's car is way fast ;)
Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: stealth67vw on October 13, 2008, 16:51:01 pm 380hp with a 100 shot. No match. Pete's Dragon vs original incarnation of the Pink BH Ghia (when it couldn't better a 12.25) ;) Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: Jim Ratto on October 13, 2008, 16:57:09 pm what year is that pic? I'm guessing 1992 (still had the small header on it.... when I re-did the motor for Jerry it had the 2-1/8" stepped header from R & R). If that is fall of 1992 (and I think it is), that is same race where Schwimmer brought and raced the '59 rag at. And same race that I drove my '67 to, ran 13's all day, then drove home with split trans.
Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: stealth67vw on October 13, 2008, 17:10:00 pm 1992 sounds about right. I dig the pink windows. ;D
Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: Jim Ratto on October 13, 2008, 17:11:22 pm 1992 sounds about right. I dig the pink windows. ;D If I remember right, those weren't pink when I drove that car at Sears and Sac. Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: stealth67vw on October 13, 2008, 17:14:02 pm It looks so much better in silver.
Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: Fastbrit on October 13, 2008, 17:14:52 pm 1992 sounds about right. I dig the pink windows. ;D They were installed after Ratto drove it in memory of his underwear.Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: Jim Ratto on October 13, 2008, 17:16:37 pm 1992 sounds about right. I dig the pink windows. ;D They were installed after Ratto drove it in memory of his underwear.transparent pink underwear? Hmmm..... see ya guys later.... Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: sheep on October 14, 2008, 02:42:14 am 1992 sounds about right. I dig the pink windows. ;D They were installed after Ratto drove it in memory of his underwear.Dam I just sprayed my beer , hahahah That was a good one that just made my day, hahahahah Thank You ;D Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: Jim Ratto on October 14, 2008, 03:30:45 am more time posting, less time making your motor :-*
my way of life Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: Tony M on October 14, 2008, 17:16:44 pm The Pink KG looks way better Silver - Jim you got ball's to drive a PINK Racecar :o
Title: Re: which two hot rodded VW's would you have liked to see go against each other? Post by: Russell on October 15, 2008, 12:29:40 pm ;D
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