is Cal Look about tech or style?

[yvre]

Well, as Ivan just said, it's all in the name... California LOOK.
You have fast ones, slow ones, subtle ones, outrageous ones, but in the end it's just a look!

I agree that the tech part is and has always been important, but then again it's not called California Tech...

[Ivan]

I even know of guys that have raced motorcycles

I have enjoyed it every time I have met a motorbike at the lights when I'm in my '67...

By the time they realize it's not just an old VW, my work is done 

[Ivan]

Well, as Ivan just said, it's all in the name... California LOOK.
You have fast ones, slow ones, subtle ones, outrageous ones, but in the end it's just a look!

I agree that the tech part is and has always been important, but then again it's not called California Tech...

http://www.caltech.edu/

[j-f]

For me it is more an attitude than look or a technical sheet.

A cal look guy is somebody that try to improve the look and power of his bug.

For the car, it is a clean, sober VW, with the good rake and tyres combo that gives the look we love all. A feeling of speed, even when the car is stopping.
Than, have the HP to match the look is better...

That's for me. It is not all about the car.

[danny gabbard]

thirty years ago I would have said decromeing, lowering, and mono tone color for paint and empi or some type of porsche wheels was cal-look !  just amazing back then. and still the same now HUH......

[Harry/FDK]

Well it is neither, it became a religion and at that it seems to be on the edge of bigotry.    I am serious, there is so much intolerance in this scene. There are tons of self-appointed style policemen out there. In a sense it is sickening.    Where did all the good custom ideas go?
Don't get me wrong, I love the Cal Look "Style" but I miss the "Tech Part" in it. Today the most ingenious thing seems to be Rats, how creative is this? You go to a bug show and who wins the show and shine? Some rust bucket...

I am trying to mix style and tech. I commited an outrage by replacing my true to all specs Cal Look Mouse Motor with a ton of fun turbo motor, and guess what, I give a sh** about style police. 

My 2 cents

Cheers
Dom 

Yep.

[jhicken]

For me the Cal Look represented an aesthetic credo, following two principles of “form follows function” and “ornament is a crime”. Inspired by performance [specifically Porsche], the simple form and design all contributed to the focus on performance. So the style and tech have a symbiotic relationship. Without one, the other dies.

-jeffrey

[rebel]

For me the Cal Look represented an aesthetic credo, following two principles of “form follows function” and “ornament is a crime”. Inspired by performance [specifically Porsche], the simple form and design all contributed to the focus on performance. So the style and tech have a symbiotic relationship. Without one, the other dies.

-jeffrey

Oh, man...
'Nuff said for me.

[Rennsurfer]

Jeffrey, good to see ya on here again. What did you ever do with the white '68? Ever Cal Look it?

[jhicken]

Actually it's a '69 and it's still waiting for me to get started on it. I've got a '65 Chevy pick-up project that I need to finish before the wife allows me to start on another new project ;^)

However without her knowing, I'm secretly picking up the necessary pieces to help get it all together. I picked up an early set of Riviera's that I had fully polished, along with some 145's and 185's. I went looking for a Berg 1 5/8's extractor and muffler and Kathy said that their manufacturer bagged their product for making RV parts so I'm gonna have to call A1 for my exhaust needs. I'm narrowing down my beam choices, along with a few brake mods. I picked up a set of pretty clean pop-outs on e-bay ['$65] with a pretty cool "Help Stamp out Hodads" sticker on one that I'm gonna try to save. Combined with an old Jack's Surf Shop Sticker in the rear window it's taking on a surf theme.

-jeffrey

[Rennsurfer]

COOL, Jeffrey! Sorry about the year... I thought it was a '68. Too funny about the Help Stamp Out Hodads decal! I still have two of those water transfer decals from the mid '60s that have never been used. Hopefully, you can save all of those. Stoked to hear that you scored pop-outs. I love mine. Never had a Bug with 'em... only my old Bimmer.

Good to hear that your project is still a go. Please post up a pic or two when you've got some stuff done. Take care.