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« Reply #120 on: July 31, 2009, 13:56:56 pm »

I'm still much taller than you are, but you're catching up nicely.

I'll never catch up.

Nico, I don't know what happened to the dark red car, but Dave still has the India Red car to this day and in it's same condition. We built our cars in '79 together when I was a mechanic at his family's VW/Porsche shop. Another Cal Look survivor.

Glenn, I've said it many times and I'll always say it... COOL CAR. Good to see that I'm not the only o.e.m. Cal Look fan out there.
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« Reply #121 on: July 31, 2009, 14:26:21 pm »



Dave still has the India Red car to this day and in it's same condition. We built our cars in '79 together . Another Cal Look . [/b]

mark  what are you wainting to go to make photos of his car  Cheesy

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« Reply #122 on: July 31, 2009, 14:40:08 pm »

Denmark (Copenhagen) year is 1983, my first callook.... Wink
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« Reply #123 on: July 31, 2009, 16:11:02 pm »

How about this factory red Cal-Look car in the making? 

A set of spindles, wheels and tires, and a big engine and you're done.
I'm way ahead of you.

I donno, there's lots of ANTI-Cal-Look chrome on that thing.....
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« Reply #124 on: July 31, 2009, 16:35:26 pm »

Great looking car, Glenn! Cool Cool  What size are those rear Pirellis?
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« Reply #125 on: July 31, 2009, 16:50:55 pm »

I'm still much taller than you are, but you're catching up nicely.

I'll never catch up.

Nico, I don't know what happened to the dark red car, but Dave still has the India Red car to this day and in it's same condition. We built our cars in '79 together when I was a mechanic at his family's VW/Porsche shop. Another Cal Look survivor.

Glenn, I've said it many times and I'll always say it... COOL CAR. Good to see that I'm not the only o.e.m. Cal Look fan out there.


The dark red car... did that belong to I think his name was Clark??
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« Reply #126 on: July 31, 2009, 17:37:56 pm »

I remember when you took that photo of Sarge's car. You've gotten much taller since then.

good thing Sarge looked before he backed out.
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« Reply #127 on: July 31, 2009, 18:22:04 pm »



I remember when you took that photo of Sarge's car. You've gotten much taller since then.


good thing Sarge looked before he backed out.


 Roll Eyes Grin Grin
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« Reply #128 on: August 01, 2009, 00:09:10 am »

mark  what are you wainting to go to make photos of his car  Cheesy

Fabian, if all goes as planned, I'm going to Arizona this October for a race with McNew. If so, I'll try to make a run to Dave's place and hopefully get some updated pictures... now that I have a real camera.

The dark red car... did that belong to I think his name was Clark??

That sounds about right, Rick, but I'm not 100% sure.

good thing Sarge looked before he backed out.

Good Lord... John's logic is contagious, it turns out.

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« Reply #129 on: August 01, 2009, 00:20:54 am »

I donno, there's lots of ANTI-Cal-Look chrome on that thing.....
I never really considered my car a "traditional" Cal Look... after all... it's a Fatty.

Great looking car, Glenn! Cool Cool  What size are those rear Pirellis?
They're 195/60-15 on all 4 corners. I need to replace them since they are old and hard. They spin real easy. I'm planning on a set of BF Goodrich G-Force 195/55-15 front and 205/60-15 rear.
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« Reply #130 on: August 01, 2009, 15:09:44 pm »

from brazil ...
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« Reply #131 on: August 01, 2009, 21:06:20 pm »

That is nice! Looks like small pre-64 windows, late model fenders and aprons and super beetle type mirror. What year is that car??
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« Reply #132 on: August 01, 2009, 21:50:22 pm »


I donno, there's lots of ANTI-Cal-Look chrome on that thing.....


Glenn could change that up by doing the bumpers, headlight rings and turn signal covers up in red (leave the rubber deco strips on the bumpers) and by doing the trim in black semi-gloss powder coat.  Just 'cause it's a Fatty doesn't mean it can't be Cal Look, too.  It's fun to be different...  Cool


....."I'm planning on a set of BF Goodrich G-Force 195/55-15 front and 205/60-15 rear."


The taller back tires will add to the "Look"... good call!
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« Reply #133 on: August 01, 2009, 23:18:00 pm »

black trim?
yuk!
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« Reply #134 on: August 02, 2009, 02:25:45 am »

from brazil ...

That's a hot rod!  Nicely done.
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« Reply #135 on: August 02, 2009, 09:26:13 am »

I remember when you took that photo of Sarge's car. You've gotten much taller since then.
John, he was simply on his knees looking for the nickel he dropped in 1995.
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« Reply #136 on: August 02, 2009, 11:26:26 am »

That is nice! Looks like small pre-64 windows, late model fenders and aprons and super beetle type mirror. What year is that car??

Brazilian Beetle's are quite an odd ball. They have bits of Beetle's from various years, my guess is only a Brazillian could tell you the year  Grin
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« Reply #137 on: August 02, 2009, 17:00:47 pm »

John, he was simply on his knees looking for the nickel he dropped in 1995.

Close, it was a shilling that I dropped in 1967 during Kindergarten.

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« Reply #138 on: August 02, 2009, 17:25:10 pm »

I remember when you took that photo of Sarge's car. You've gotten much taller since then.
John, he was simply on his knees looking for the nickel he dropped in 1995.
                                                    You and I are still much taller than him, Keith.
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« Reply #139 on: August 02, 2009, 17:32:37 pm »

I remember when you took that photo of Sarge's car. You've gotten much taller since then.
John, he was simply on his knees looking for the nickel he dropped in 1995.
                                                    You and I are still much taller than him, Keith.
I'm getting tired of being 6ft 3in... The air's so lacking in oxygen up here.
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« Reply #140 on: January 13, 2010, 18:08:25 pm »

Constantly evolving:

One of the first times on the road:


After years of daily abuse:



Now:




the stance on this is spot on!
on the top pic, is the beam stock width?

and how did you 'age' the brms? or havn't washed them?  Cheesy
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« Reply #141 on: January 13, 2010, 19:34:18 pm »

burying them in the yard did the trick if i remember correctly.
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« Reply #142 on: January 13, 2010, 19:59:46 pm »

burying them in the yard did the trick if i remember correctly.

I'm pretty sure Sam didn't bury his BRM.  Just daily use on salty roads will do the trick.
Note these are the raw finished version, so no clear coat and hand detailed.

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« Reply #143 on: January 13, 2010, 20:14:13 pm »

This was posted on an other side , mike smith's 67 . It is my favorite and the first callook car i have seen . It was advertised in Hot VW magazine and i talked to mike on the phone about the car, but he told me he sold it to Japan  Sad
After that i decided to build my own , but did not finished the work on it ....

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« Reply #144 on: January 13, 2010, 20:24:10 pm »

This was posted on an other side , mike smith's 67 . It is my favorite and the first callook car i have seen . It was advertised in Hot VW magazine and i talked to mike on the phone about the car, but he told me he sold it to Japan  Sad
After that i decided to build my own , but did not finished the work on it ....

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I've heard that Mike has a white 67 now.
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« Reply #145 on: January 14, 2010, 07:11:19 am »



  My Ruby Red 67.
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« Reply #146 on: January 14, 2010, 13:19:47 pm »



  My Ruby Red 67.

Cool '67, more shots?  Cool
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« Reply #147 on: January 14, 2010, 14:48:44 pm »


  My Ruby Red 67.


Lookin' good, Norm Cool  Happy New Year!
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« Reply #148 on: January 14, 2010, 19:40:36 pm »

   
    Don't really have any more good pictures of the car at this time. Hope to take it out and do some more detailed pictures in the future. Car has been finished on this redo for 1 1/2 years but I have procrasted on the photos. The car was featured in the Jan. '09 issue of Hot VW,s though, so more pictures are there. Happy New Year to you too Sarge. Hope to make it out to the Classic this year.

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« Reply #149 on: January 14, 2010, 21:27:11 pm »

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the stance on this is spot on!
on the top pic, is the beam stock width?

and how did you 'age' the brms? or havn't washed them? 

Thanks!
 
Top pic is stock width beam, rear at stock setting, but slightly higher due to some weight removal. Second pic is narrowed and even more lowered beam and rear one notch down.
 
After that I smartly went back to stock width beam at a more comfortable height and leveled out the rear end.

Like Jelle said: Daily use and road salt can "age" a cheap repro BRM pretty fast.



 
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