The Cal-look Lounge

Bill, can you give us the histories of both the oval and the Club Car. The coral car is the most famous Cal Looker of all time and would be cool for people to hear about it, but I bet alot of people would love to hear about the oval , as well. Both cars on the short list of top Cal Lookers!

There's a whole chapter about this in a certain book...  ;)

What book?  Where can I get it?? ::) ;D

is it a how to guitar book KS?

Funny you should mention that, as I want to learn to play the guitar. My nephew is sponsored by Fender and can get me a storming deal on a new Strat...

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I want a Telecaster.
Bring your axe when you come out....

Can we see some pictures of the oval??? :o

Sheep, I was thinking the same thing! :D

Jim, KS, how about a guitar thread in Off Topic? I'll try to get a couple of pics of my Hendrix-alike burnt Strat! ;)

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Bill won the Berg Cruise this year after how many years of trying.....

wonder why he never won before ?

Please, please, buy a NEW Fender Strat? Would you buy a new VW? Hell no! If you are going to do it right, you have to own an early Fender, made in Fullerton, California, and not some late model wantabe! I played a 1965 Fender Jaguar sunburst in my day. Remember, this is an old school forum.

true , but there is at least extra 0 on the price tag !!

What the squareback is not famous.. ;D

:D :D :D :D But the price! I can't even play a guitar at all, yet (and probably never!).

Hey back on topic!   >:( >:( >:(


(Gibson Gibson Gibson Gibson)   ;D

more pics off the oval please and some specs.

and indeed fender are the best. i still hold dearly to my 70's jazzbass, and i let go the fender mustang bass because i needed some cash and wasn't too excited about the shorter bass... i am an idiot to have done that.

it looked like this:

I keep a 36"x36" poster of this pic on the ceiling above my bed!

what was the best time off that pink doodle with the 1776?  ;D i may use it as an inspiration to set a goal for my car  ::)

where's the oval? enlighten us bill!!

naah, if you're down for it KS get yourself a vintage paisley telecaster! you know they rock!!
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but i'll have a vintage gibson es-355 if you don't mind.
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Yeah thats what I hear.. Right next to the New Kids on the Block poster.. Thanks guys for the nice words. As for the Oval. Nao from Flat 4 knows of its location ,it is in good cond. less the wheels & he knows were those are. It was a great car, Absolutley stupid fast in its day, I am surprised it did'nt kill me back then. If that car could talk... there might be a book.
  My memory is starting to go ,but I think the sqbk ran somewhere in the 17's in that incarnation at Carlsbad. It was actually the motor out of Fred Elliot's '54 vert that I got from Glen G. I later added good heads and an Engle 130 , Mark V. from Berg's redid the 42's and it ran pretty good after that. I would say somewhere in the 15's   I will post some more later...  Bill

yep, its my Bill Scwimmer shrine.  Few people know that Bill was the sixth member of the boy band back in the mid 80's.

Lots of good times towing that car to the street race's and hanging with old friends

Bill was also a ripping skater back in the day. I was cruising through an old skateboarder magazine and saw Bills name listed in the results column. Funny I went through a Pink car phase too. How goes the skatin Bill. They are building an unreal park 2 miles from my House. Google Riley Skatepark Farmington Hills, Mi. It's no Big O or Lakewood, but it will do

Now that was long time ago. I have'nt been going as much as I would like to, but I sneek out time and again. Its so frustrating when I skate now, my old potato shaped body does not want to follow direction, About all I can do anymore is kickturn & carve but I can hold my own doing that. Last week there was a get together at an old friends house from the Big O days & I have'nt seen some of them for many years. The mini reunion included myself,Glenn Gaskey,  Freddie DeSota , he skated for Variflex back in the day, & we were also roommates for a while, Eddie Meek, he skated for Santa Cruz & he still rips on his ancient gear, he, Freddie & I went to High School together. Mike Hirsch, another Variflex skater & he still rips, Jim Gray, he skated for G&S & he still rips, he did the longest most awesome frontside airs in the day, about 3 or 4 coping blocks long. I did'nt skate that night, it was way too much of a snake sesh, but it was fun watching. I even saw Mark "Fred"Kessenich there, he is still way into skating. When I step on my skate it is like my time machine...still magic no matter what level I skate at...  Bill

Bill Schwimmer? Who's that?

OH NO THE VARIBOTS ;D. Wow Bill those guys were all rippers beack in the day. I remeber Jims model on G&S with the Mod guy graphics. Desoto and Hirsh were awesome skaters. I am with you I like to carve speed lines in the pools, small frontside airs and some lip tricks are about as good as I get these days.

Deans right..vintage all the way!
My number 1 is a 1963 Stratocaster, followed by a 77 Tele and a 65 Gibson J45..through Vox AC30's of course(check out my avatar)..Dean, that Jag is worth a few $'s now days!

Hey, did you guys hear about Jimi's recently discovered "burnt" guitar that sold at auction?

I think I've heard of him.  Doesn't he own a German Folks car?

Like this?
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mark here's pepto  ;)

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 2 others of  bill's orange car

I still laugh that my band at school beat Tris' band in Battle of the Bands competition! Watching him play now, I'm pretty sure he could wipe the floor with most!

And if you want a Fender it has to be pre-CBS only (pre-65).

Back to Bill's car - the coral car is one of my all time fav's - so a picture to add to the thread...


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I dunno, I have a bit of a soft spot for the large headstock strats! :D

Late '65 and on for the "big" headstocks to about '80. Not a huge fan of the 3 bolt neck myself, so prefer the pre-CBS models.

It's all a bit late v. early model  :o  :D

I've got a bit of a "bastard" strat at home - all eBay bits - early 80's Japanese Fender body and electrics with a rosewood fingerboard neck off a chinese Squire strat from the late 90's. Four bolt neck but the larger headstock, and the Squire decal changed for a '65-'67 Fender one, then re-finished in shiny gloss cellulose laquer rather than the horrible satin finish it originally came in. Looks quite convincing from a few feet away but never going to fool anyone who knows what they're looking at! :D Plays really well too, and the heaviest, thickest strat body I've ever seen!

That sounds like quite a concoction! But a good way of making a custom model. I've used a variety of Fenders over the years from Jags to Jazzmasters (still one of my favourites), but have returned to the Gibson fold again with a Les Paul Standard. Simple and effective  :)

Oh and so we stay on topic...

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mark another one for you  ;)

I for one would like to see more pictures of his oval.  That car really got me stoked at Showdown 7!