The Cal-look Lounge

OK, here we go Mark.

look up the town Kessenich in Belgium and a lot about you becomes cristal clear.

so this is a small town very close to the Dutch border in Limburg and not that far from Germany as well.

so the close to Germany part is best explained in your excellent taste in German machinery.

but wait, there is more!

your car was orange and your taste in how you dress up your current car is a bit leftfield, but that has all to do with the fact that kessenich is so close to the Dutch border. the Dutch who are for some bizar reason very found off orange and are a bit odd, from time to time, but the more i get to know them in a good way. like your choice off 5 spokes in an era where 5 spokes were few and far between on cars and maybe your choice because off the fact that they were never THAT popular in the first place.?.


so the last thing is really the quality in 'biertaste', since kessenich is still in Belgium, it is most obvious that the bier off preference is a good old classic one like Chimay.

voila! enjoy.

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ROFL!!!  ;D ;D ;D

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Nice one Nicolas, I like it! Kinda wish I had a more interesting name than Davies! ::) :D

Nicolas, the 5 spoke was very, very popular. I don't know where you got your info. Any owner of them had to watch his car like a Hawk to keep the thieves at bay. Mark's cars have always been beautiful and trend setters. I don't think the term left field applies. You have to have some years on you and been in the scene back then to know what it is that he strives for. I , and many others I know always seem " get it" right away. Thirty years ago, he was always one of the first opinions I'd seek out, and that still applies today. Thank God for you, my orange friend!

Agree 100%. Mark is one of those guys that just has the ability to know what looks good. We may not always agree but I still value his opinion.

"my grandma was a Dutch", sheriff Bart from blazing saddles ;D

OK that is true, but when was the last time you saw porsche rims WITH HUBCAPS and GREY? as for the painted backing lights? i don't say it is ugly, but it is just not what applies to the Callook masses. so i respect that as well. it is indeed great to think out off the current box and mix things up a bit. i like to do that myself.

as for the 5 spokes, i was in the belief that in the early 80's the fake ones had invaded the market allready and that, just like 8 spokes, people had bought them too much and that led to the 'lesser value/ desire" for these rims. even if they look almost completely different then the orginals. so thanks for that info. that brings me to the point were we need more info about that era  ;) i think it would make a great post to see what real callookers were made in the 80's.

Thank God for you, John  ;)

I think it was Austin Power's "faaaza".