DKP ,DKK ,DSK ,DVB ,etc.............

[Rick Meredith]

I could probably try it. Are you coming down for Cars & Coffee Tomorrow?

[Stephan S]

Thanks Rick!!!
You've got mail (Webbrilliance email address)...
It *looks like* I won't be able to go to C&C. Next month for sure!
Steph

[Jim Ratto]

I could probably try it. Are you coming down for Cars & Coffee Tomorrow?

sorry Rick, can't make it this week, but plan to soon.

[Rick Meredith]

Ok... let me know when you guys can make it. It's weekly BTW.

I'll post the pics when I get them done. I'll have to wait until I get home unless work gets slow today.

Rick

[danny gabbard]

hey rick vons pretty much out of the game. his son works for roger crawford

[Lemonade]

here's some new picture who was sent to me by scott an old member of the dkk
thx scott
nice dkk car

What's up all?! That is definately Vaughn's car. I remember how giddy he was when he put on the bumper w/turn sigmals. He always hung out with DKK but was loyal enough to DZK to not change out the stickers. His nickname was(is still?) hack; fixed everything with his brass hammer!
Too cool to see all of these old photos & see the names of people I used to hang out with. I'll steer Mark Ramirez to this site, he'll get as much of a kick out of it as I have!

Regards,
Kevan "Lemons"

[Rick Meredith]

here's some new picture who was sent to me by scott an old member of the dkk
thx scott
nice dkk car

What's up all?! That is definately Vaughn's car. I remember how giddy he was when he put on the bumper w/turn sigmals. He always hung out with DKK but was loyal enough to DZK to not change out the stickers. His nickname was(is still?) hack; fixed everything with his brass hammer!
Too cool to see all of these old photos & see the names of people I used to hang out with. I'll steer Mark Ramirez to this site, he'll get as much of a kick out of it as I have!

Regards,
Kevan "Lemons"

Kevan How the heck are you!

Rick

[Lemonade]

Kevan How the heck are you!

Rick

Doing well, Rick, other than having this incredible urge to own an air cooled VW again! . How have you been?

[speedwell]

keven can we see youe avatar is it your old car ?
rgd
fabs

[Rick Meredith]

Kevan How the heck are you!

Rick

Doing well, Rick, other than having this incredible urge to own an air cooled VW again! . How have you been?

That urge never leaves. I still have my '67 though it hasn't run since '83. Check this out http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php/topic,492.0.html

Doing pretty well. Still living in OC... Lake Forest. I saw that you're still in contact with Mark. How's he doing?

[Rick Meredith]

keven can we see youe avatar is it your old car ?
rgd
fabs

When Keven was in DKK he had one of the cleanest KG Converts. Nice and tastefully done.

[lowfastbus]

here's some new picture who was sent to me by scott an old member of the dkk
thx scott
nice dkk car

What's up all?! That is definately Vaughn's car. I remember how giddy he was when he put on the bumper w/turn sigmals. He always hung out with DKK but was loyal enough to DZK to not change out the stickers. His nickname was(is still?) hack; fixed everything with his brass hammer!
Too cool to see all of these old photos & see the names of people I used to hang out with. I'll steer Mark Ramirez to this site, he'll get as much of a kick out of it as I have!

Regards,
Kevan "Lemons"

Damn I love that car!!! 

[Worm]

Kevin Lemons.... wow.  Hey first about Vaughn's car.  I too remember how excited he was putting on those front bumpers.  I was going on vacation to Mazatlan in 1980 (when the pic was taken) and it came up that he wanted to go to Mex and get "those Mexican signal lights".  Well stupid me offered to bring em' back for him so once there I took a taxi to the local Mex VW dealer (what a trek that was) and brought the turn lights back in my luggage.  Far as I remember this might have been the first late model or one of the very first CLEAN late model cars with this set up.  He was excited.  ha

Kevin, I had not owned aircooled for 25 years, now I'm building a 66 for my 16 year old.  Its too damn much fun to just give him the car.  I might just have to commandeer it after awhile.  Good to hear that you are alive and well.  Plus you wont believe how expensive the "old" stuff is.  All that stuff I used to buy from Dee Berg.  Shoot I bought an Empi Speedwell walnut GT steering wheel from her for $35 (which was alot then for a wheel).  Heck hardly anyone wanted one really.  It was all Grant and Formuing france then.  I also paid $150 for a set of 4 original two piece 5 spokes from her as well (new in the boxes).  She was nice to me.  I used to work at the plant nursery right next door to their old Gene Berg shop in Orange off Batavia.  You could say I spent a few lunch hours there... ha

Rick, whats this a.m. cars and coffee thing?

Too much ramblin' sorry.

Worm

[Rick Meredith]

Cars and Coffee is a car cruise at the Ford Premier Bldg. off the 5 and Alton. It's held every Saturday from about 6:00 to about 9:00 am. They have a little of everything out there. A few Hot Rods, lots of exotics and muscle cars. We were trying to get a group together to go last weekend but it didn't work out.

Rick

[Lemonade]

Cars and Coffee is a car cruise at the Ford Premier Bldg. off the 5 and Alton. It's held every Saturday from about 6:00 to about 9:00 am. They have a little of everything out there. A few Hot Rods, lots of exotics and muscle cars. We were trying to get a group together to go last weekend but it didn't work out.

Rick

Scott! WTF is up! Vaughn was a crack-up! This Cars & Coffee is something to see;. Lambos, Ferraris, Ford GTs, hot rods, muscle cars, F1 race cars, you name it. I went to 1 last year when I was down for for the Ford show. I guess I don't see the VW thing as being expensive after having modified a domestic V8; 2 X the cylinders & valves, a little bigger crank, a little longer camshaft, brakes tend to be a little bigger, lots more exhaust pipe. Scary to think we 1st met & were not much older than your son! That's cool you  helping him with his own bug. My middle stepson is into liquid cooled, has a 2001 1.8T GTI, slammed with 19" wheels.

[Lemonade]

keven can we see youe avatar is it your old car ?
rgd
fabs

Maybe. It was my 1st car. I sold it to seek out my KG. Lets see if I can add a photo or 2.

[speedwell]

very cool car   what color is it gunmetal grey ??

[Jon]

Wow, thats a cool looker!! And it sits so pretty!

[christophe]

Must agree. Make me think twice about bumper or t-bars.

[Lee.C]

Wow, thats a cool looker!! And it sits so pretty!

Agreed - the stance is ALMOST perfect 

[javabug]

Great looking car!  I wouldn't have sold that for a Karmann Ghia!

[Bill Schwimmer]

Great looking car!  I wouldn't have sold that for a Karmann Ghia!

  Wait until you see his Ghia...

[Worm]

Okay Here is a pic of Vaughn's dragster called "Imagination".  It was the cover car for the December 1978 HotVW magazine.  This was a very innovative and interesting rail.  It had a beautiful paint scheme, and was a cool looking dragster.  It ran a Type 3 Automatic tranny(theres your innovation folks).  I remember it was tricky but as you can see from his dial in time it ran pretty good.  Gawd, remember he had that awful beard, those giant red mutton chops.  Whoa!  Too much.  Enjoy

[Worm]

Here it is a bit bigger

[Rick Meredith]

keven can we see youe avatar is it your old car ?
rgd
fabs

Maybe. It was my 1st car. I sold it to seek out my KG. Lets see if I can add a photo or 2.

Sweet Kev... I never saw that car before. You had the KG when I joined DKK. That looks like Huntington Beach.

[Rick Meredith]

Great looking car!  I wouldn't have sold that for a Karmann Ghia!

  Wait until you see his Ghia...

DAMN Bill beat me to it...

but wait till you see his KG! 

[Cornpanzer]

OK gusys, I am having trouble keeping up.
Lemonade is who and Worm is who?

Gotta dumb it down for us slow guys.  =)

[Rick Meredith]

OK gusys, I am having trouble keeping up.
Lemonade is who and Worm is who?

Gotta dumb it down for us slow guys.  =)

Keven "Lemonade" Lemmons (sorry if I hacked the spelling Kev}
Scott "Worm" Blaydes

Both were members of DKK in the late '70s early '80s.

[speedwell]

waouwww i love this thread new old members  from  great club    WELCOME TO YOU GUYS 
i'm with the angel 

[Lemonade]

very cool car    what color is it gunmetal grey ??

Mercedes anthracite dark grey

Wow, thats a cool looker!! And it sits so pretty!

Agreed - the stance is ALMOST perfect 

What would have made it perfect?

Great looking car!  I wouldn't have sold that for a Karmann Ghia!

I think the ghia was worth it. Besides the fact that our local "club" friendly(ha ha) CHP officer, Harvey Heaton, recommended KG's due to the headlights appearance of sitting higher. He always advised that he was less likely to cite a lowered KG vs. a sedan. I'll have to see about getting some photos of the KG scanned. Here is one I found of the engine: