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the underdog II
i 've several questions about that car , may be sarge can you answer me about those one ???
what year  is the car ?? 62.63.64 ??? , who had painted the car ??? moly , mc peack ??? , spec of the engine ??? how the car has it finished career ??? race crash, sold to another guys ???
here's some pict i found on the other forum some time ago  ;)
on the 1st pict there's sarge , doug gordon ; and ron fleming & other guy(??) , and 3th it was greg aronson sitting on the front wings of the underdogII

What an awesome car. Love the blue BRMS. Must have been great times back then

another picture from the underdog
little details on the first car dkp racing team stickers was on the decklid ,and on this one it was  below the door  :o
and watch it's uncle ron  behind the wheels

go speedwell go! ;D

when i stole the picture on the other forum there's this one , and they said that was the underdog II before is race car life  :o
truth or lie  ::)

I love sticker coca cola lol

hard launch  ;)

Mister sat with his glasses it is which??  he often  took part inch pincher with darren vittone and underdog ron fleming??   

the guy with glasses is doug gordon owner of the underdog I & II , ron is the driver , but i don't understand what you said with darrell vittone ??

underdog at the 71 winternationals at pomona

Jim Sibley from Washington painted the #2 car. Once the Tar Babe was finished and raced, the #2 car was parked out back of Fleming & Aronson's shop on Howell street for a long time (no lock or chain). Engine was removed, as were the BRMs, but the decklid was stolen, and later returned. The "remains" of the #2 car were sold to a guy in Compton, who also bought the spare engine from the Baby Huey gasser, through Gene Berg. I worked at F&A at the time, and had the honors of removing any and all signs of the old paint, so no one would ever know what it used to be. I sanded all the lettering off, and primered it light gray. Greg and I added some aluminum work, and put it back together as a complete racecar. The car then ran at Irwindale a few times, and the guy over-revved the engine and bent all the valves. Gene took the engine back to his shop, and that was the last time I recall seeing, or hearing about the #2 Under Dog.

return of the decklid by dyno don at the dkp reunion  ;)

another one from the decklid , but here with the door of the first underdog

another one at race it was at ocir

another pic from the other forum

it is a timeless car because of the graphics in my opinion. it has a very 70's feel to it, but could have been driven this year on the track as well. special machine. like speedwell asked, what kind of engine(s) did it run?

There is lots of great video footage on the DKP reunion tape. The car had some type of 90/10 shocks up front. It would lift the front end up and keep it there.

liou the guys  with the glasses is doug gordon owner of the underdog I & II , and the guys who was with darrell vittone was jim bentley   ;)

In Speedwell's first photo, it's Doug Gordon wearing the glasses. Lisa and Ron Fleming (Lisa was Ron's first wife), yours truely, and the "legendary" Stan Davis.  The photo was taken at Pomona.  As for the engine, 78X89 and an Engle 160 cam come to mind.  Those were REALLY the days... ;D

TRUE... this photo was taken out behind Berg's shop on Lemon St. 

Taken at the 1970 Winternationals at Pomona...Richard Bays is in the Fiat (Little Giant Killer).

thanks for the info jim
here's a pict from the bug in 7 underdog II vs jim dutcher buggy  ;D

Dutcher Buggy = SCARY!!  I saw that car up-close at last year's Bug-In...YIKES!!!  :o :o :o

now is here in belgium  ,  kobus own the buggy  ;) and i licked it

  :o ::) ;D 8)

I think Speedwell needs a girl friend to give him something to do with that tongue besides licking VW parts. (Or a good therapist. )  ;D

--louis

eh louis i've a girl friend  :-* , and i love to lick old vw parts that've an history   :P .....;D ;D ;D go to this thread : http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php/topic,2738.0.html (http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php/topic,2738.0.html)  ::) ::)

hey fab
you are right and I misled
thanks 

One more shot of the future Underdog II languishing behind Berg's shop.

Here's a pic of Stan Davis (the guy sitting on my lap in the first photo of this thread) doing his Super 8 thing..."Watch the Birdie!"  ::) :o ;D

Thanks Sarge for all those awesome pictures.....

My pleasure, Carlos!

nice pictures sarge  8)  hope that you have more ;D
 ;) fabs