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« Reply #30 on: December 13, 2010, 18:26:32 pm » |
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« Reply #31 on: December 13, 2010, 19:12:17 pm » |
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« Reply #32 on: December 13, 2010, 19:13:45 pm » |
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« Reply #33 on: December 13, 2010, 19:15:01 pm » |
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« Reply #34 on: December 13, 2010, 19:18:03 pm » |
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That's my old pal Jeff Shearer who painted Stage Fright. . . . Yes that is in his garage and this was the third car he had ever painted!!
Just sprayed the yellow . . . .
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« Reply #35 on: December 13, 2010, 19:22:21 pm » |
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Great pics Mike!
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« Reply #36 on: December 13, 2010, 19:25:43 pm » |
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waouww mike thx for sharing with us , those are great pictures from back in the day  fabs |
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« Reply #37 on: December 13, 2010, 19:27:25 pm » |
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Jeff and I just pulled off the masking tape and paper . . . rolled it out into the sun, and were very pleased with the colors. Jeff did all of the bodywork and paint, he and I laid out the graphics and I chose the colors (all except the yellow) . . . We had originally wanted to go with a charcoal gray or silver but there had already been a few bugs done like that, So . . Yellow seemed to be our only choice, but I hated lemon, so Jeff mixed up the darker yellow and it looked alot better than I thought it was going to.
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« Reply #38 on: December 13, 2010, 19:30:40 pm » |
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First outing . . . . Show Promotions Event at L.A. County Raceway (Palmdale) 1984
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« Reply #39 on: December 13, 2010, 19:33:27 pm » |
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Still in "street" trim . . . . .
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« Reply #40 on: December 13, 2010, 19:39:09 pm » |
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you weren't anymore into DKK at that time  no stickers on the quater windows |
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« Reply #41 on: December 13, 2010, 20:31:09 pm » |
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No, I wasn't . . . When we began changing the car I stopped going to the meetings and it just kind of fizzled out. Was not intentional just happened that way. I was never in another club. Stickers came off the quarter windows because of a photo shoot for Hot V.W.'s and they insisted that their decals be put in the same spot (what a nightmare story that turned into). Long story short . . . Turns out R.K Smith from Hot V.W.'s did not like the free-lance photographer who did the shoot, they had a "pissing" match and the photographer (who shall remain nameless) threatened to take the negatives to V.W. Trends. I spoke with Lane Evans at Hot V.W.'s about four months later when the car had not appeared in either mag. He said they were heartbroken that they could not feature the car because they were afraid that it was going to appear on the cover of Trends on the same month. Same story with V.W. Trends, they were afraid it was going to be on the cover of Hot V.W.'s!
I took some black and white photos that day. The shoot was at an old closed down restaurant called The Wharehouse, I think . Right off the 10 freeway in West Covina.
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« Reply #42 on: December 13, 2010, 20:33:32 pm » |
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Sorry for the double posts!
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« Reply #43 on: December 13, 2010, 20:38:51 pm » |
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. . . . . Would have made a bitchen cover with all the greenery in the background
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« Reply #44 on: December 13, 2010, 20:42:30 pm » |
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« Reply #45 on: December 13, 2010, 22:00:39 pm » |
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mike here're a few picture of stage fright , i've taken 2 years ago at das drag day @ bitburg AFB in germany ,and the one of the car racing was at ebi (european bug-in)atchimay (belgium) fabs The car didn't change a lot since you had him  |
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« Reply #46 on: December 13, 2010, 22:02:19 pm » |
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« Reply #47 on: December 13, 2010, 22:03:31 pm » |
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« Reply #48 on: December 13, 2010, 22:05:06 pm » |
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« Reply #49 on: December 13, 2010, 22:07:03 pm » |
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« Reply #50 on: December 13, 2010, 22:08:08 pm » |
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« Reply #51 on: December 13, 2010, 22:10:28 pm » |
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« Reply #52 on: December 13, 2010, 22:11:38 pm » |
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« Reply #53 on: December 13, 2010, 22:38:52 pm » |
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POW! I`m totally blow away!!!! No words for that. THANKS MIKE for these great old pictures! Never saw the car bwefore in white, or pics of the build. Love to see that. ow cool to see Stage Fright with number plates! Thanks, Michael.
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« Reply #54 on: December 14, 2010, 01:39:02 am » |
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Helge, I have a whole bunch more that I will email you if you are interested.
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« Reply #55 on: December 14, 2010, 01:50:01 am » |
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Thanks for the photos speedwell !! Amazeing to me that it still looks pretty good after 24 years, especially the pinstriping and lettering.
Helge, did you remove the fire extenguishers or were they gone when you bought it?
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« Reply #56 on: December 14, 2010, 02:08:27 am » |
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OK, last one and i'll stop boreing you guys . . . . this has been a cool trip down memory lane . . . . This one's for our fearless former DKK pres. . . . .
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Rick Meredith
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« Reply #57 on: December 14, 2010, 02:15:07 am » |
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LOL There we go! ;-)
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« Reply #58 on: December 14, 2010, 02:26:15 am » |
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OK, I lied . . . . Since my beautiful wife of 23 years has put up with me and all the car BS . . . this is for her (this was before we were married, we've actually been together for 28 years . . . poor woman!
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« Reply #59 on: December 14, 2010, 02:28:49 am » |
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One more . . . . OK, I'm done, I promise! |
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