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Title: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Lee.C on January 17, 2011, 02:36:46 am
Well I am sure this is something our man SPEEDWELL can help us with but how about a REAL Cal Look SURVIVOR Thread  :-\ :)

I am talking about ORIGINAL Cal Lookers From Back in the day, Preferable UNRESTORED  ;)

So lets see what you you got guys  :)



Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: nlvtinman on January 17, 2011, 03:59:40 am
Well, not that my car nor I was ever famous  in the day, but back in 1975/76 I took this '53 and built into the standard and style of the time. Genuine BRM's, Porsche "A" brakes, seats and color, a close ratio gearbox, a BERG 1776 with heads ported by Gene. I had a lot of fun in it. In 1977 when I was driving it I was a founding member of the Der Selten Kafers.
Then I shoved it into storage,and here is how it sits today, My genuine survivor .
Unfortunately, my "today" photos exceed the maximum size to attach.


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Hecker on January 17, 2011, 04:06:17 am
I'd love to see the NOW shot Steve --- resize it & post it!!!
Maybe you'd like to tell us how many original BRM's you have?? :o


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Fritter on January 17, 2011, 04:12:52 am
Would love to see more pics of this car!


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: nlvtinman on January 17, 2011, 04:34:52 am
Ron and Mike,
Me, being a just a professional car restorer,  have not a clue as to how to resize the photo files, otherwise I would.
I still have the same 6 BRM's I bought off of Mike Sellers. That was a few decades ago- He was still a DVB member, not chief of police like today.
Steve


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Bryan67 on January 17, 2011, 04:51:02 am
This thread is a great idea. I should have kept it but you can`t keep them all I guess. My old 64 that I bought from a guy in Valencia. He built it in the late 70`s but after moving to Valencia had no more room for it. It was a real time warp but it was underappreciated at the time. I sold it about ten years ago to buy a the 67 that Luke now owns.
(http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/177468.jpg)
(http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/177470.jpg)
(http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/378967.jpg)


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Rick Meredith on January 17, 2011, 06:31:06 am
Ron and Mike,
Me, being a just a professional car restorer,  have not a clue as to how to resize the photo files, otherwise I would.
I still have the same 6 BRM's I bought off of Mike Sellers. That was a few decades ago- He was still a DVB member, not chief of police like today.
Steve

Steve,

Look here http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php/topic,3632.0.html (http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php/topic,3632.0.html)


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Diederick/DVK on January 17, 2011, 09:40:21 am
gotta love that pioneer supertuner bryan!
keep the pics coming, good idea Lee!


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: javabug on January 17, 2011, 14:14:04 pm
This thread is a great idea.

Bryan's former car is one of my favorites ever. 

Steve, if you can't figure out the pictures, I'm sure any number of us would be happy to help with resizing, myself included.


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Diederick/DVK on January 17, 2011, 14:39:18 pm
not trying to plug, but i always post pics on www.imageshack.us if that helps.


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: henk on January 17, 2011, 14:56:48 pm
Quote from: nlvti
Me, being a just a professional car restorer,  have not a clue as to how to resize the photo files, otherwise I would.
Steve
[/quote

if it don't work you can always mail the pic's to somebody here on the forum,so he can resize them and post them for you.
asap ;D

henk!!!


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Flow on January 17, 2011, 15:17:28 pm
Here is a  '67 survivor in France  :)

(http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/9356/35ill67enmontagne.jpg)

(http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/6101/lgmpb67enmontagne3.jpg)


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: nlvtinman on January 17, 2011, 15:21:02 pm
To everyone who's got the helpful spirit on how to resize my pictures-THANKS  I'll get to that after today's workay wraps up.
Steve


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: nigelg65 on January 17, 2011, 15:57:51 pm
Hi,

This is the kind of stuff we love to run in the magazine.

Would love to hear from anyone who thinks we could work on a feature together. PM or email me.

Cheers

Nigel

www.type-magazine.com


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: speedwell on January 17, 2011, 16:18:37 pm
ok lee
here's some survivor  ;)

john ersce 67 was featured in july 76 cal look issue


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: speedwell on January 17, 2011, 16:39:50 pm
peache & scream  hot vws March 1985



Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: speedwell on January 17, 2011, 16:42:40 pm
 phil valadez oval featured in hot vws march 82 and others mag in the early 80's

(http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5096.0;attach=15896;image)

(http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5096.0;attach=15897;image)

(http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5096.0;attach=15898;image)

(http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5096.0;attach=15899;image)


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: speedwell on January 17, 2011, 16:45:29 pm
hector bonnilla 67

dave mason 62


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: speedwell on January 17, 2011, 16:50:51 pm
greg brinton 67 ,
(http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5096.0;attach=15914;image)

john rayburn 64 (restored now)

(http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5096.0;attach=15915;image)


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: speedwell on January 17, 2011, 16:55:47 pm
dave rhoads 64
(http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5096.0;attach=15916;image)
2 years ago

and in 2010 after the refresh of the car


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: speedwell on January 17, 2011, 16:58:31 pm
sarge 67 painted in the 80's

(http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5096.0;attach=15920;image)


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: speedwell on January 17, 2011, 17:01:26 pm
eric justus 64


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: speedwell on January 17, 2011, 17:42:03 pm
scott baken 67 don't know exactly when he build the car now it's carlos's car

(http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5096.0;attach=15923;image)


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: speedwell on January 17, 2011, 17:57:29 pm
keith goss chop top hot vws sept 76

zundfolge vw trends march 87


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: speedwell on January 17, 2011, 18:08:30 pm
arnie mohlman 67  and vegard old cal look ghia


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: speedwell on January 17, 2011, 18:14:54 pm
larry shaw 62

mike smith 67  ,it was a cal look into dck before a racer


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: speedwell on January 17, 2011, 18:19:32 pm
marc buehler 51 and mike mahaffey /ed craig split


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: speedwell on January 17, 2011, 18:32:12 pm
 jim harris 67 and,don metz 68  both ex dkp II car and both on the cover of the hot vws june 77
(http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss104/Rennsurfer2/Cruise%20Night/09BIHarrisBug.jpg)
(http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss104/Rennsurfer2/Cruise%20Night/09BIHarrisBug2.jpg)


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: speedwell on January 17, 2011, 18:37:59 pm
another don metz car don't know when he buid it

junior squareback painted in 79


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: speedwell on January 17, 2011, 18:43:21 pm
another deek's car rickm 67  ;)


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: speedwell on January 17, 2011, 18:52:24 pm
not sure about the 67 of mark ramirez  is this the one on the 1st picture ???


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: speedwell on January 17, 2011, 19:32:23 pm
joe "skeeter" larson old 66  now the car is restored , but i prefer the car in green metallic

(http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=12959.0;attach=48185;image)

(http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=12959.0;attach=48186;image)


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: speedwell on January 17, 2011, 19:35:36 pm
i will post more tomorrow after some search


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Rick Meredith on January 17, 2011, 19:56:07 pm
another deek's car rickm 67  ;)

I don't think I had that last pic of my car... thanks Mr. Archivist!   ;)


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Rick Meredith on January 17, 2011, 19:57:47 pm
not sure about the 67 of mark ramirez  is this the one on the 1st picture ???

No that's not Mark's car in the first pic... That may be Henry Mayeda's car. Mark's car was Cal-Looked recently.


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Sander/DVK on January 17, 2011, 23:54:13 pm
scott baken 67 don't know exactly when he build the car now it's carlos's car

(http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=5096.0;attach=15923;image)

This is the old add when it was for sale: http://www.vintageautohaus.com/ForSale-36.htm


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Zach Gomulka on January 18, 2011, 01:11:24 am
I'm biased ::)


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Lee.C on January 18, 2011, 01:57:09 am
I'm biased ::)

Now Zach's getting it  ;)

This is more what I am talking about when I say "Survivor"  ;D

If I could buy a REAL old looking Survivor like that I would right now!!!!!


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Lids on January 18, 2011, 07:47:18 am
hows this: http://www.oldbug.com/jarrod71.htm

(http://www.oldbug.com/i211F4A4F-50AC-4844-8DEE-96AE0DE2D203.jpg)

Or this: http://www.oldbug.com/henrydkp.htm

(http://www.oldbug.com/3918317256_51179ce1f0.jpg)


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: LuftsickTero on January 18, 2011, 08:06:52 am

Or this: http://www.oldbug.com/henrydkp.htm

(http://www.oldbug.com/3918317256_51179ce1f0.jpg)

When was that white '66 built? I have missed all the magazine features of it.


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Lids on January 18, 2011, 10:51:06 am

Or this: http://www.oldbug.com/henrydkp.htm

(http://www.oldbug.com/3918317256_51179ce1f0.jpg)

When was that white '66 built? I have missed all the magazine features of it.

look on the dkp site, its still there.


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Gaz1 on January 18, 2011, 13:12:44 pm
My 68 was imported to the uk from California in the eighties as a cal looker like this -

(http://i735.photobucket.com/albums/ww353/Gaz1973/68%20Beetle/ay.jpg)

it wasn't my car back then but i own it now and it's still a cal looker with most parts from it's 80's style still fitted,pic below is only a few months ago...
(http://i735.photobucket.com/albums/ww353/Gaz1973/68%20Beetle/DSCN0930-1.jpg)

 :)



Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: 71CALRIPPER on January 18, 2011, 17:05:42 pm
My 68 was imported to the uk from California in the eighties as a cal looker like this -

(http://i735.photobucket.com/albums/ww353/Gaz1973/68%20Beetle/ay.jpg)

it wasn't my car back then but i own it now and it's still a cal looker with most parts from it's 80's style still fitted,pic below is only a few months ago...
(http://i735.photobucket.com/albums/ww353/Gaz1973/68%20Beetle/DSCN0930-1.jpg)

 :)





How is she dude?


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Gaz1 on January 18, 2011, 20:30:05 pm
My 68 was imported to the uk from California in the eighties as a cal looker like this -

(http://i735.photobucket.com/albums/ww353/Gaz1973/68%20Beetle/ay.jpg)

it wasn't my car back then but i own it now and it's still a cal looker with most parts from it's 80's style still fitted,pic below is only a few months ago...
(http://i735.photobucket.com/albums/ww353/Gaz1973/68%20Beetle/DSCN0930-1.jpg)

 :)





How is she dude?

All good mate cheers  :)


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Rocket Ron on January 18, 2011, 23:14:17 pm
I've had my car 24 years does that qualify  ;D


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Rick Meredith on January 18, 2011, 23:50:42 pm
I've had my car 24 years does that qualify  ;D

Rookie!  ;)  ;D


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Rocket Ron on January 18, 2011, 23:59:42 pm
I've had my car 24 years does that qualify  ;D

Rookie!  ;)  ;D

Didn't think it was long enough  :P


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Rick Meredith on January 19, 2011, 00:17:22 am
I've had my car 24 years does that qualify  ;D

Rookie!  ;)  ;D

Didn't think it was long enough  :P

I have you beat by about 10 years!  ;)

Of course Dave Rhoads has us both slammed!


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Gary Justus on January 19, 2011, 01:21:25 am
I think it has to do with WHAT CARS ARE STILL RUNNING! I call BS on some of this stuff.... Let's start a new topic...!!!


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Rennsurfer on January 19, 2011, 01:47:22 am
I think it has to do with WHAT CARS ARE STILL RUNNING! I call BS on some of this stuff.... Let's start a new topic...!!!

 ::)

Whatever... go start your OWN thread.

Anyway, moving forward; D.K.K. member Dave Purnell still owns his 1970 Cal Looker that he built in 1979.

(http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj128/Rennsurfer/PurnellsBug.jpg)

It started out life as his dad's daily driver as Yukon Yellow. He had it sprayed Porsche India Red, and added EMPI 14" & 15" eight spokes. When Dave and I were building our cars together, I worked as a mechanic at his dad's garage, right after Frenchy had left to go work for To#¤ta. Dave still has this car and the license plate: CA LOOK. AWESOME! Car still has it's D.K.K. club stickers, too. Now THAT'S a survivor... super fast two liter/48 IDA engine still runs hard, as well.

D.K.K. is lucky to have so many surviving Cal Lookers in it's midst.




Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: nlvtinman on January 19, 2011, 01:48:29 am
Gary, PM sent.
Steve


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Rennsurfer on January 19, 2011, 01:53:18 am
Fabian, if you're referring to the light blue car on this side of the Oval, that looks like Tod's Blue Hawaii. I forget which issue and what magazine it was featured in. Those BRMs ended up on Dave Kanase's black car, too. But if it's the car on the other side, that looks like one of the Dean brother's cars. I have a picture of my car with Fuchs 2.0 Liter wheels next to Dean's '67, somewhere. I'm sure you can find it quicker than me.

(http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=14810.0;attach=48461;image)

Tod's Bug was a '65, too... IF that's the car I'm thinking of. I'm old and the memory tends to fade.

 ;D

By the way, that picture has been poached by somebody... the original one hangs in my house, framed. It's 8"x10" and my childhood friend and photography mentor, Ray Zimmerman, climbed up in a tree at O.C.I.R. to capture that shot. It won him an A+ for a college photography class project, displaying color. I watermarked the original version... since then, someone's cropped out the rest of the club display in the background.


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Gary Justus on January 19, 2011, 02:49:00 am
I think it has to do with WHAT CARS ARE STILL RUNNING! I call BS on some of this stuff.... Let's start a new topic...!!!

 ::)

Whatever... go start your OWN thread.

Anyway, moving forward; D.K.K. member Dave Purnell still owns his 1970 Cal Looker that he built in 1979.

(http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj128/Rennsurfer/PurnellsBug.jpg)

It started out life as his dad's daily driver as Yukon Yellow. He had it sprayed Porsche India Red, and added EMPI 14" & 15" eight spokes. When Dave and I were building our cars together, I worked as a mechanic at his dad's garage, right after Frenchy had left to go work for To#¤ta. Dave still has this car and the license plate: CA LOOK. AWESOME! Car still has it's D.K.K. club stickers, too. Now THAT'S a survivor... super fast two liter/48 IDA engine still runs hard, as well.

D.K.K. is lucky to have so many surviving Cal Lookers in it's midst.



You have to be kidding.......(I hope)


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Rennsurfer on January 19, 2011, 03:44:11 am
You have to be kidding.......(I hope)

Nope, not kidding. Dave (like a few DEEKS) still has the car. So... keep hoping or deal w/it.


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Gary Justus on January 19, 2011, 03:59:54 am
You are one "funny" guy.


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Rick Meredith on January 19, 2011, 04:04:36 am
I think it has to do with WHAT CARS ARE STILL RUNNING! I call BS on some of this stuff.... Let's start a new topic...!!!

Give me a few months... I'll get there!  ;D


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Rennsurfer on January 19, 2011, 04:06:34 am
Give me a few months... I'll get there!  ;D

YES! So looking forward to that. But probably nowhere near as much as you, Rick.

 ;)


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Rick Meredith on January 19, 2011, 04:08:28 am
Fabian, if you're referring to the light blue car on this side of the Oval, that looks like Tod's Blue Hawaii. I forget which issue and what magazine it was featured in. Those BRMs ended up on Dave Kanase's black car, too. But if it's the car on the other side, that looks like one of the Dean brother's cars. I have a picture of my car with Fuchs 2.0 Liter wheels next to Dean's '67, somewhere. I'm sure you can find it quicker than me.
 


That would have been Mark Dean with the '67.


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Rick Meredith on January 19, 2011, 04:19:51 am
I think it has to do with WHAT CARS ARE STILL RUNNING! I call BS on some of this stuff.... Let's start a new topic...!!!

You have to be kidding.......(I hope)

Who pissed in your Wheaties Gary?

Lee asked for original Cal-look cars from 70s and 80s preferably unrestored... he didn't specify that they had to be running.

Don't be an ass!


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Rennsurfer on January 19, 2011, 04:34:53 am
Who pissed in your Wheaties Gary?

Lee asked for original Cal-look cars from 70s and 80s preferably unrestored... he didn't specify that they had to be running.

Don't be an ass!

Where's the Like button?

Back on topic; it's amazing how many Cal Look VWs are still around. Gives me great hope to someday find my first one.


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: speedwell on January 19, 2011, 16:11:00 pm
Fabian, if you're referring to the light blue car on this side of the Oval, 
 ;D

mark for me the car looks white  ::) so thta's why i was thinking it was mark R. 67 ,



By the way, that picture has been poached by somebody. I watermarked the original version... since then, someone's cropped out the rest of the club display in the background.

mark it's me who cropped the pictures , I thought that by refocusing it, she would seem bigger
sorry for that

fabs


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Rennsurfer on January 19, 2011, 19:38:46 pm
No worries, Fabian... Tod's car was very light blue and appears white in some photos. Don't worry about the picture, either... once images are on the 'Net, they tend to get poached and redone. Long as there's no one claiming to have taken the photo and putting their credit on images... that's what I don't get. People are lazy and can't create their own memories.



Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: vwcab on January 19, 2011, 19:50:15 pm
I think it has to do with WHAT CARS ARE STILL RUNNING! I call BS on some of this stuff.... Let's start a new topic...!!!

 ::)

Whatever... go start your OWN thread.

Anyway, moving forward; D.K.K. member Dave Purnell still owns his 1970 Cal Looker that he built in 1979.

(http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj128/Rennsurfer/PurnellsBug.jpg)

It started out life as his dad's daily driver as Yukon Yellow. He had it sprayed Porsche India Red, and added EMPI 14" & 15" eight spokes. When Dave and I were building our cars together, I worked as a mechanic at his dad's garage, right after Frenchy had left to go work for To#¤ta. Dave still has this car and the license plate: CA LOOK. AWESOME! Car still has it's D.K.K. club stickers, too. Now THAT'S a survivor... super fast two liter/48 IDA engine still runs hard, as well.

D.K.K. is lucky to have so many surviving Cal Lookers in it's midst.



Mark,do you have more pics from this car,maybe "resent" ones?  ;)


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Rennsurfer on January 20, 2011, 02:55:37 am
Mark,do you have more pics from this car,maybe "resent" ones?  ;)

Don't have any recent shots, sadly. Next time I'm in Arizona... I'll meet up with Dave and get a few. Sorry. The car still looks the same, though. He was very smart and properly stored it since the late '80s.


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Worm on January 20, 2011, 03:31:22 am
Mark we need a shot of that liscense plate.... CA LOOK


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Rennsurfer on January 20, 2011, 09:38:08 am
Mark we need a shot of that liscense plate.... CA LOOK

Yep, I plan on it... one day. I remember when he got it and couldn't believe that no one had taken it at that point... which was around early '80s.


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: vwcab on January 20, 2011, 10:44:27 am
Mark,do you have more pics from this car,maybe "resent" ones?  ;)

Don't have any recent shots, sadly. Next time I'm in Arizona... I'll meet up with Dave and get a few. Sorry. The car still looks the same, though. He was very smart and properly stored it since the late '80s.
And now I hope you are going SOON    ;D   to Arizona.
Thx  Mark  ;)


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: nicolas on January 20, 2011, 19:24:53 pm
OK, since everyone is starting or has to start a new topic, i am highjacking this one to talk a bit more on Todd Fullers car...  ;D

it was featured in Volkswagen classics fall 1983. together with a very nice yellow convertible ghia. and somehow i though this was Tod's car from another topic, but that is something else.

anyway that 65 is one hell of a nice car and sums up a good mix of classic callook with some 80's toughess, like the mirror, the blue tin and enginesize. but i would like to know a lot more about it and especially see some more pictures of it. sorry no scanner to share the article or pics

on a sidenote there are some more nice cars in the mag, they belonged to the workers of the Lakewood Motors agency.


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Gary Justus on January 20, 2011, 19:43:26 pm
OK, since everyone is starting or has to start a new topic, i am highjacking this one to talk a bit more on Todd Fullers car...  ;D

it was featured in Volkswagen classics fall 1983. together with a very nice yellow convertible ghia. and somehow i though this was Tod's car from another topic, but that is something else.

anyway that 65 is one hell of a nice car and sums up a good mix of classic callook with some 80's toughess, like the mirror, the blue tin and enginesize. but i would like to know a lot more about it and especially see some more pictures of it. sorry no scanner to share the article or pics

on a sidenote there are some more nice cars in the mag, they belonged to the workers of the Lakewood Motors agency.
Yup...Two nice cars in that article. I still have quite a few copies of that one ;)


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Rick Meredith on January 20, 2011, 19:58:33 pm
Tod is one of those guys that has a great eye. He KNOWS what looks right on a car, from stance to wheels color combos. He's been one of the biggest influences on me.

After Bugs For Breakfast this month. I followed him home as he drove his '59 and the car looks BITCHEN (no other term fits) in motion.  ;)

The '65 was his daily driver and it was much nicer than my club car... let alone my DD.


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Nico86 on January 20, 2011, 22:47:22 pm
What about Doug Mische's Ghia (pic by SCOTTP)

(http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=9344.0;attach=31078;image)


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Nico86 on January 20, 2011, 22:57:51 pm
Mark Voegtly's green bug was for sale a few times ago if I remember well ? There are some recent pics of it somewhere but I don't remember where... ???

(http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=3210.0;attach=10230;image)


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Rennsurfer on January 21, 2011, 01:14:56 am
OK, since everyone is starting or has to start a new topic, i am highjacking this one to talk a bit more on Todd Fullers car...  ;D

it was featured in Volkswagen classics fall 1983. together with a very nice yellow convertible ghia. and somehow i though this was Tod's car from another topic, but that is something else.

anyway that 65 is one hell of a nice car and sums up a good mix of classic callook with some 80's toughess, like the mirror, the blue tin and enginesize. but i would like to know a lot more about it and especially see some more pictures of it. sorry no scanner to share the article or pics

on a sidenote there are some more nice cars in the mag, they belonged to the workers of the Lakewood Motors agency.

Tod's '65 was one nice car. As for the Lakewood Motors cars... I'm wondering if Marc Souter's(sp?) Bug is one of those cars. That article might have been done after he left that dealership, though.


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: Neil Davies on February 03, 2013, 23:59:54 pm
Thread from the dead! :D

Can't believe no-ones pointed out Mike Mahaffey's split in Ultra VW magazine this month, in the Mooneyes show report! IF indeed it is the same car, someone has had a taste by-pass. It looked better in red on Page 1 of this thread, but not as good as it did in green, and its hard to imagine it looking worse! White window rubbers? :o


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: deano on February 04, 2013, 06:15:19 am
Ah, don't be too sure about that Split in Japan. I took a bunch of photos of it, and sent them to Mike and Ed and they both said there was way too many changes from original (when they had it), for those to not show up now. They seriously doubt it. (things like the rear apron, heart taillight lights, license plate light and many more... The last they hear about it was in fact still in Hawaii...


Title: Re: The Survivor Thread..........
Post by: bugnut68 on February 05, 2013, 01:11:22 am
Mark Voegtly's green bug was for sale a few times ago if I remember well ? There are some recent pics of it somewhere but I don't remember where... ???

(http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=3210.0;attach=10230;image)

Last I recall a guy with a screenname KustomLarry bought it, I think?