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I thought I would start this topic on a car that is very special to me... Dave Wright's Dream Machine 1954 Chop Top. Dave Wright was the president of Keep on Buggin' for many years. The Dream Machine was not very well known, but nearly all who saw it / worked on it etc could not help but like it. Completed in 1978 or 1979 this car received little attention before it was sold to somebody on the eastern side of the U.S. never to be heard about again. I was fortunate to be involved with the build of the car at only 20 years old... I worked then at H&H Motors in Long Beach, CA... my first real job as a VW mechanic, and this car was the first "show" car I ever worked on. Good times...  Fabs, maybe could you help a guy out with posting the article on this car in your "new" August 1979 Hot VW's... We'll see how the "Lounge" likes it. ~DR. |
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Frenchy Dehoux
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« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2008, 22:01:41 pm » |
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I remember going to Keep on Bugging meeting the club house was on Atlantic Blvd across from the park and later across the street from the Pontiac dealer on Bellflower blvd in Bellflower.
Good old days
Frenchy
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« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2008, 22:10:36 pm » |
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for sure dave  |
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« Reply #4 on: December 23, 2008, 22:50:49 pm » |
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wow.. 2gb og attachments and that was a configured limit, which I have now increased to 4gb...
Now I have something to look through if I get bored one night :-D
Now back to topic :-)
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« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2008, 22:56:09 pm » |
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ok thx to have resolved the problem trond here we go dave |
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« Reply #6 on: December 23, 2008, 23:01:01 pm » |
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I thought that magazine looked familiar !
Beautiful car !
Back in the day BEFORE repro BRM's.
I think he even "chopped" the semaphores !
I bet Kobus would love the license plate too.
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« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2008, 23:20:56 pm » |
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Wasnt that car just for sale this past year?
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« Reply #8 on: December 24, 2008, 00:14:08 am » |
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Fuckin A! That takes me back to H&H Motors , and the 70's!. All we need is that silly motorcycle cop that used to walk into the middle of the street to motion to pull over.
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« Reply #9 on: December 24, 2008, 00:18:59 am » |
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Wasnt that car just for sale this past year?
WHAT?? HUH?? NO WAY!! Seriously? I thought that car fell off the face of the earth... Anybody have any info on this car? ~DR. |
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Dave Rosique
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« Reply #10 on: December 24, 2008, 00:22:10 am » |
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I remember going to Keep on Bugging meeting the club house was on Atlantic Blvd across from the park and later across the street from the Pontiac dealer on Bellflower blvd in Bellflower.
Good old days
Frenchy
That's where I first met you Frenchy... at the Atlantic apartments. You had your Fiat back then and gave me a hot lap around the block in it. ~DR. |
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« Reply #11 on: December 24, 2008, 00:25:49 am » |
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And thanks to Fabs for posting the magazine article... (I owe you lunch Fabs ) ~DR. |
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« Reply #12 on: December 24, 2008, 01:03:29 am » |
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WOW! Full throttle time-warp. Thanks for postin' that, Fabian. Haven't seen that car in ages. What a bad-assed looking ride it was on the outside. Not too many choptops with semaphores. Two thumbs up.
Dig the K.O.B. plate, too.
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« Reply #13 on: December 24, 2008, 03:05:16 am » |
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Another cool car from the past! |
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« Reply #14 on: December 24, 2008, 03:19:47 am » |
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That is my favorite chop top after Keith Goss chop top. I will have to give you a ride in my NSU when it is done to make it the full circle.
Thanks
Frenchy
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« Reply #15 on: December 24, 2008, 04:28:07 am » |
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I love that car too. It holds some special memories for me too as that was the first issue of Hot VW`s I ever bought. I was 14 then and still have the magazine.
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« Reply #16 on: December 24, 2008, 06:49:10 am » |
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I swear that I saw that car at Bug-In circa '79 or '80 it was in or near the staging lanes if I recall. I loved that car chopped with semaphores. I also liked the magazine car "Low Red" another chopped oval from the same time period, although I only saw that one in a magazine.
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« Reply #17 on: December 24, 2008, 14:25:10 pm » |
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Wasnt that car just for sale this past year?
WHAT?? HUH?? NO WAY!! Seriously? I thought that car fell off the face of the earth... Anybody have any info on this car? ~DR. yeah, I am pretty sure it was on the Samba and it seems like there was a discussion here about the car. Anyone else remember or am I losing it in my old age?? |
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