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Title: Race cars that have influenced your car.... Post by: jamiep_jamiep on April 17, 2009, 09:03:32 am Cal-look is rooted in the drag race scene, so I was curious, aside from the obvious gassers of the 60's & 70's, what recent-ish race cars (80's and on) have influenced you or just plain turned you on ;D over the years?
Here's a few of mine in no particular order: Kris Klingamans (sp?) awesome late bug: (http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/49115.jpg) Don Cossey's fastback: (http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/49366.jpg) Closer to home (in fact about 10 minutes away!), and moving to present day, Jon Rathbones bug: (http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/98930.jpg) And you just have to love the Hunsaker racing bug: (http://www.volkszone.co.uk/VZi/picture.php?albumid=161&pictureid=1317) Title: Re: Race cars that have influenced your car.... Post by: jamiep_jamiep on April 17, 2009, 09:08:33 am Also Boom Boom Bubetz bug (when it was blue, early 90's), can't find a picture, but I love that car!
Title: Re: Race cars that have influenced your car.... Post by: Udo on April 17, 2009, 18:29:27 pm :D
Udo Title: Re: Race cars that have influenced your car.... Post by: cal-look 56 on April 17, 2009, 19:10:53 pm Kris Klingaman, andy costello's superstreet car
Title: Re: Race cars that have influenced your car.... Post by: jamiep_jamiep on April 17, 2009, 20:00:38 pm (http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/144700.jpg)
Title: Re: Race cars that have influenced your car.... Post by: jamiep_jamiep on April 17, 2009, 20:11:54 pm (http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/141770.jpg)
Title: Re: Race cars that have influenced your car.... Post by: jamiep_jamiep on April 17, 2009, 20:16:56 pm (http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/49011.jpg)
Title: Re: Race cars that have influenced your car.... Post by: dth on April 17, 2009, 20:54:08 pm "Boulevard Bomber" :) ,always liked that car ,hav,nt got any pics ,maybe someone else has some :)
Title: Re: Race cars that have influenced your car.... Post by: Shubee2 (DSK) on April 17, 2009, 21:06:39 pm "Boulevard Bomber" :) ,always liked that car ,hav,nt got any pics ,maybe someone else has some :) Dont Know if this is the one you are speaking of But was in Hot VW's car Was in DVB VW Club and Belonged to Mike Sellers and was Called the "Boulevard Bomber"Title: Re: Race cars that have influenced your car.... Post by: Jim Ratto on April 17, 2009, 21:10:10 pm Berg black sedan
Crawford's sedan from 10 year or so ago (Brinton and Dom drove) Beetle Juice turbo sedan Tanfastic turbo car Dave Perkins blue turbo car not sure any of these influenced my car, but they always stood out to me. Title: Re: Race cars that have influenced your car.... Post by: Shubee2 (DSK) on April 17, 2009, 21:13:15 pm here are some of my favorities ;D
Title: Re: Race cars that have influenced your car.... Post by: Shubee2 (DSK) on April 17, 2009, 21:17:57 pm A few More ;D
Title: Re: Race cars that have influenced your car.... Post by: low oval on April 18, 2009, 08:18:34 am (http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c218/smitty59/richsbug.jpg) bought my oval from the owner of this one, this car replaced mine as their race car, deperation a all fiberglass bug. Title: Re: Race cars that have influenced your car.... Post by: LuftsickTero on April 18, 2009, 09:06:45 am "Boulevard Bomber" :) ,always liked that car ,hav,nt got any pics ,maybe someone else has some :) Dont Know if this is the one you are speaking of But was in Hot VW's car Was in DVB VW Club and Belonged to Mike Sellers and was Called the "Boulevard Bomber"or the Swedish one? (http://www.terovirta.com/images/1998_BugRun_15.jpg) Title: Re: Race cars that have influenced your car.... Post by: richie on April 18, 2009, 09:44:22 am Title: Re: Race cars that have influenced your car.... Post by: j-f on April 18, 2009, 09:54:40 am "Boulevard Bomber" :) ,always liked that car ,hav,nt got any pics ,maybe someone else has some :) Dont Know if this is the one you are speaking of But was in Hot VW's car Was in DVB VW Club and Belonged to Mike Sellers and was Called the "Boulevard Bomber"Do you have more pics of this one? Realmy nice car! Title: Re: Race cars that have influenced your car.... Post by: speedwell on April 18, 2009, 10:22:38 am "Boulevard Bomber" :) ,always liked that car ,hav,nt got any pics ,maybe someone else has some :) Dont Know if this is the one you are speaking of But was in Hot VW's car Was in DVB VW Club and Belonged to Mike Sellers and was Called the "Boulevard Bomber"Do you have more pics of this one? Realmy nice car! ;) Title: Re: Race cars that have influenced your car.... Post by: Udo on April 18, 2009, 11:28:39 am (http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/49011.jpg) Are these Dave Perkins and Dominick Lupino ? Udo Title: Re: Race cars that have influenced your car.... Post by: Bewitched666 on April 20, 2009, 20:08:16 pm Yep 8)
Cory Mac's funny car ghia Dee engineerings pro stock R&R drag bug Chris Bubetz cars Mike smith's car Jack Sacchette's pro stocker ;) Title: Re: Race cars that have influenced your car.... Post by: dth on April 20, 2009, 21:14:52 pm "Boulevard Bomber" :) ,always liked that car ,hav,nt got any pics ,maybe someone else has some :) Dont Know if this is the one you are speaking of But was in Hot VW's car Was in DVB VW Club and Belonged to Mike Sellers and was Called the "Boulevard Bomber"or the Swedish one? (http://www.terovirta.com/images/1998_BugRun_15.jpg) Title: Re: Race cars that have influenced your car.... Post by: airstuff on April 20, 2009, 22:24:40 pm I liked the pink panther,must add a picture from NOSTALGIA
Title: Re: Race cars that have influenced your car.... Post by: dirk zeyen on April 20, 2009, 22:38:42 pm just for you Zvonimir, my son loves pink panther too.
dirk Title: Re: Race cars that have influenced your car.... Post by: airstuff on April 20, 2009, 22:50:50 pm Thank you :)
Title: Re: Race cars that have influenced your car.... Post by: stealth67vw on April 21, 2009, 07:12:51 am Have none of you guys actually read the original question? How has a full on pro turbo car or tube chassis pro mod car influenced your car? I understand you liking the aforementioned cars but how have they influenced your car? Did you install red anodized aluminum door panels because the Berg's car has them. Did you run a 4.86 R&P, 4.11, 2.47, 1.71, 1.36 gear box because Mike Smith did? 72 x 88 FK-89 street motor? Show us how they truly influenced your car. I for one have always liked the Stinger Ignition found on Mike Smith's, The Berg's and Wade Nishimoto's cars.
Title: Re: Race cars that have influenced your car.... Post by: richie on April 21, 2009, 09:22:03 am or just plain turned you on ;D over the years? Have none of you guys actually read the original question? How has a full on pro turbo car or tube chassis pro mod car influenced your car? I understand you liking the aforementioned cars but how have they influenced your car? Did you install red anodized aluminum door panels because the Berg's car has them. Did you run a 4.86 R&P, 4.11, 2.47, 1.71, 1.36 gear box because Mike Smith did? 72 x 88 FK-89 street motor? Show us how they truly influenced your car. I for one have always liked the Stinger Ignition found on Mike Smith's, The Berg's and Wade Nishimoto's cars. Did you not read all of the original posters question :o I have included it for reference ;) :) cheers richie PS i have one of those stinger ignition set ups for sale if you want one? Title: Re: Race cars that have influenced your car.... Post by: Lids on April 21, 2009, 10:26:12 am the first DDS car for me, hence why I now have DDS manifolds and linkage installed along with bucket seat and aluminium door panels. The only thing missing are the wheels, but EMPI sprints will have to do until i win the lottery.
Title: Re: Race cars that have influenced your car.... Post by: max2919 on April 21, 2009, 20:43:42 pm The Phantom Ghia... ;D
Title: Re: Race cars that have influenced your car.... Post by: larry mck on April 22, 2009, 01:11:29 am The Berg Black 67. That car is just beautiful and it was still racing in the 80s and 90s.
Title: Re: Race cars that have influenced your car.... Post by: bugnut68 on April 22, 2009, 16:52:55 pm I can't help but wonder how many people Cossey ripped off to build the fastback... on a similar note, are the DeCoppen boys still in jail? ;D
Cossey is well known throughout VW circles as a thief and rip off artist, but I'll admit that the crack about the DeCoppen brothers is based on second hand information that at least one of them went to jail. Title: Re: Race cars that have influenced your car.... Post by: pre-cal on April 25, 2009, 08:55:51 am Ron Fleming pretty much did it all for me....
Built my first vw in late ´82, an original, ´63 bug with no bumpers and 60kg of cement under the front hood to get the front end down. I really should have known better after reading "How to Hot-Rod VW engines" and various other publications ::) ;D. That was followed by a Type 3, and later a Type 2, before finally seeing the light again with a DKP styled bug in ´91. In ´94 I started on the ´52 bug. The whole idea about building it like it was found after years in a barn, was pretty simple. I just didn´t feel good about having to polish the BRMs every single day, only to see them vanish before my eyes. So I decided to let them stay oxidized. Pretty much I built a car around the wheels...sorry...a bit off topic there. Please carry on... Paul Title: Re: Race cars that have influenced your car.... Post by: Russell on April 27, 2009, 21:06:59 pm The most famous of them all, all started when i was a wee boy......
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