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« on: August 31, 2006, 12:30:26 pm »

As the title say's ...

I found and scanned these , more tomorrow .

Hope you find them of some use  Cheesy  :hangloose ....

Cal-Look Kev ...



Martin Fenner's ride ...



Glen that i used to work with ...



Chris Jory's 1st Europe's Most Beautiful VW ...







Cal-Look Kev , from a year later , 90 i think , graphics were in ( i prefered it plain ) ...



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« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2006, 12:31:01 pm »

More late 80's early 90's lookers ...

















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« Reply #6 on: August 31, 2006, 13:26:45 pm »

Those were the days of becoming colour blind Grin

I like the pics-reminds me of the beginning of my own "VW career" starting back in 1988. Some of the cars you posted were also known pretty known over here in Germany and an inspiration for all the "Newbies" that didn´t want to go for a "Boomplastic" car with a rear wing.
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« Reply #7 on: August 31, 2006, 13:30:33 pm »

Hi Peter!

Great pictures, some of these cars are actualy pretty close to the Cal-look decribed in "the drawing"!
This one is infact Norwegian:
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« Reply #8 on: August 31, 2006, 18:06:33 pm »

Hmmm I guess 1 pc glass was pretty popular, huh? Wink
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« Reply #9 on: August 31, 2006, 18:50:08 pm »

At least they didn't have chrome trimming on the sides ;-)
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« Reply #10 on: August 31, 2006, 20:30:08 pm »

That's right JHU, it hales from my home town. Still in the hands of the builder. Sitting in a dry garage looking just as good as it does on this picture. Very nice car, rolling on OG Centerlines and has a type 4 motor. It actually won an award at Santa Pod that day Smiley
He found the car sitting under a three in the forrests of Trysil. It is a factory rag top car..so you can imagine the rust damage it had Undecided
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« Reply #11 on: August 31, 2006, 22:27:31 pm »

Hmmm I guess 1 pc glass was pretty popular, huh? Wink

You got a sharp eye!! Just one ventwindow among them... incredible...
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« Reply #12 on: September 01, 2006, 06:54:54 am »

I remember a bunch of these cars! Man, colors were bright... Drooled over Chris Jory's blue Oval (Europe's Most Beautiful VW) at Bug Jam #1 in '87.
Thanks for the great pics!
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« Reply #13 on: November 08, 2010, 10:22:56 am »

Martin Fenner's ride ...



Boy that's a nice car...  Wink Grin

Great photos Pete.  Anymore out there?
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« Reply #14 on: November 08, 2010, 10:57:53 am »

Back when Cal-look was something you could see from the outside.
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« Reply #15 on: November 08, 2010, 16:10:02 pm »

Bitchin' pics, Peter... thanks for sharing!! Cool  Things sure have come a long way since then... mercifully Cheesy
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« Reply #16 on: November 08, 2010, 16:12:06 pm »

This is how my late looker was when it was first imported to the UK in late eighties,although i didn't own it then ..



looks like this now...





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« Reply #17 on: November 08, 2010, 17:38:20 pm »

Things sure have come a long way since then... mercifully Cheesy

Well, not all of us Wink Grin
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« Reply #18 on: November 08, 2010, 19:55:15 pm »

coincidentally I got from a friend som 89-90 volksworlkds and super vw mags....  Shocked   can you say high waisted pants?  Grin

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« Reply #19 on: November 09, 2010, 13:39:16 pm »



Love this yellow car on alloys, it is like a blend of clean, simple, and custom.

These pics remind me of the days when the excitement to building a VW was putting your own ideas into it.  I think there is too much fear of deviating far from stock with our current trends.
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« Reply #20 on: November 09, 2010, 14:49:10 pm »

At least they didn't have chrome trimming on the sides ;-)


Back when Cal-look was something you could see from the outside.

I think the Norwegian's have it right  Wink

Some cool cars there - funny how those are the cars that got me into VW's  Smiley
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« Reply #21 on: November 09, 2010, 17:52:56 pm »

Great photos Peter, would love to see more if you have them!
I remember well the black Oval on the moon dics, IIRC it was VoWorld featured, used to love that car....

ahhhh... memories...
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« Reply #22 on: November 09, 2010, 19:30:28 pm »








I was a lot younger back in '87 when I did this car. Still, I've got to admit, I had a lot of fun with the car.
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« Reply #23 on: November 09, 2010, 20:31:32 pm »

I never realised that was your car Ivan , used to see it all over the place in the late 80's early 90's  Cool


Anyone noticed this
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120643885717&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_1080wt_1141
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« Reply #24 on: November 09, 2010, 23:55:46 pm »

Used to love Kevs blue looker

Very understated in those days.....until he painted some of the body and back wheels yellow Shocked
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« Reply #25 on: November 10, 2010, 04:32:26 am »

Great photos Peter, would love to see more if you have them!
I remember well the black Oval on the moon dics, IIRC it was VoWorld featured, used to love that car....

ahhhh... memories...
 Smiley


don't remember it ever being in VolksWorld but it did get a small feature on the inside back cover of Street Machine back in the day
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« Reply #26 on: November 10, 2010, 08:53:35 am »

I never realised that was your car Ivan , used to see it all over the place in the late 80's early 90's  Cool


Anyone noticed this
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120643885717&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_1080wt_1141
 Cool Wink
One thing that rarely gets mentioned about that car (Karen Monk's) was that it was stored in a garage that hit by a flash flood – the car was under water up to the level of the speedometer. Paint tins, minus their lids, bobbed around in the water, leaving an interesting tide mark... I always wondered what the double-skinned sections of that car are like on the inside…
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« Reply #27 on: November 10, 2010, 09:40:17 am »

I never realised that was your car Ivan , used to see it all over the place in the late 80's early 90's  Cool


Anyone noticed this
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120643885717&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_1080wt_1141
 Cool Wink
One thing that rarely gets mentioned about that car (Karen Monk's) was that it was stored in a garage that hit by a flash flood – the car was under water up to the level of the speedometer. Paint tins, minus their lids, bobbed around in the water, leaving an interesting tide mark... I always wondered what the double-skinned sections of that car are like on the inside…

Maybe it was Karen that came up with the splash and splatter effect paint 'detailing'  Cheesy
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