Dave Rosique! Tell us about the Keep On Buggin club days.

[speedwell]

frenchy fiat dave 

[speedwell]

here's mark souter inside & engine dave i  love the seat upholstery

[Dave Rosique]

Thanks for the cool photos!!
I see the Fiat had Kadrons on it in the photo... I'm pretty sure it had 48's when I went for the ride. The photos of Souters car mean a lot to me... that car was very influential to me at the time.

Speedwell, DKK Fred asked if you had any photos of Dave Wright's '54 Chop... any luck? I'm working on getting in touch with the owner, but the HotVW's article would work for me. It was in '78 or '79 I believe.

Thanks guys, the Lounge rocks!

[Jim Ratto]

sorry a little off topic, but I have a question.

About 10 yr ago I found an old license plate frame, kind of beat, but it was metal and read "Keep on Buggin" and had the stylized lady bug character as used in Bug In promo stuff. Was this frame related to the club?

[speedwell]

Speedwell, DKK Fred asked if you had any photos of Dave Wright's '54 Chop... any luck? I'm working on getting in touch with the owner, but the HotVW's article would work for me. It was in '78 or '79 I believe.

it's a topchop  oval model  wich color?? some info to help me to chearch , i'm looking after the report at the moment i will scan if i  found

fabs

[John Rayburn]

Fabian, it was that rootbeer colored car, you had a few photos you posted in my response to some thread that Danny Gabbard started asking about that car. I'm thinking about six months ago. You turned up a Bug In shot, and one at Carlsbad.

[Dave Rosique]

sorry a little off topic, but I have a question.

About 10 yr ago I found an old license plate frame, kind of beat, but it was metal and read "Keep on Buggin" and had the stylized lady bug character as used in Bug In promo stuff. Was this frame related to the club?

Jim,
No relation that I know of, and I'm not sure who copied who.
I have one of those frames as well... I think it was an offshoot of the old Keep on Truckin' saying from that era.

~DR.

[John Rayburn]

O.K. you have to give a history of Chamey, and what all went on with Jose at Jim's Auto.

[Rennsurfer]

Jose!!! I haven't seen him in years! Yeah... let's hear about him, Dave.

[John Rayburn]

Especially the kicker at the end of the story!

[speedwell]

Fabian, it was that rootbeer colored car, you had a few photos you posted in my response to some thread that Danny Gabbard started asking about that car. I'm thinking about six months ago. You turned up a Bug In shot, and one at Carlsbad.

i made a research on the lounge is this that car

[Dave Rosique]

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i made a research on the lounge is this that car

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Yep, that's it.
70's technoligy on a 70's built car.
I'll find my old Hot VW's that has that car in it soon... I think it was November, 1978 or something like that.

What I'd like to know is WHERE IS THAT CAR NOW??  Dave sold it to somebody on the east coast, USA and it was never seen by us again. Anywhere.

While Dave Wright (the owner) was building the Chop, his daily driver was a pea green Oval that he ran the BRM's on. It was quite a sight to see that car parked all over town, in parking lots, left outside at night, etc with those wheels on it. Even back in the 70's they were still hard to find, once in a while a set would come up they would always be some unreal price like four or five hundred dollars 

Thanks again Fabian!

~DR

[speedwell]

i watched my 78 & 79 issue yesterday , but never seen that car in report
and now just watching the nov 78 nope 

rgd
fabs

[Neil Davies]

It was a cover car Fabs. I'm sure it was late '70s.

[John Rayburn]

Well, Dave, you're not done yet, are you? Let's have some more stories. MUSH! ("quote/ Fuckin' Marty)

[rychu79]

Hello everyone. My father Dannie "Fut" James passed away 4yrs ago from Multiple Myeloma and I inherited his yellow '73 Beetle. I found some rear passenger side glass with with Keep On Buggin' stickers on it. My Mother told me his was a member of the club back in the late 70's early 80's.

If any of you remember him or his Beetle I would love to hear from you. Here is a pic of him and his '73:

[Dave Rosique]

Hello rychu79,

First of all, I'm very sorry for the loss of your father...

I remember Dannie, I knew him as "Good Fut"
Pretty sure the last time I saw him was at one of the Bug-In's when his fresh fully polished BRM wheels (original of course) were stolen from the back seat of his beetle.. or that's the way I remember it anyway.
Your Dad was a cool cat, we got along well  
So, what's the plan for your Dad's old car?
-DR

[rychu79]

Thank you for the kind words Dave.

Its been parked and in pieces since he got the '74 convertible. I would have that too but we didn't have room for them both so my Aunt decided to sell it.
He made a few changes to the '73 since you've seen it last. Its Porsche Ice Green Metallic now with a ragtop from a donor Beetle.

I'm in the process of putting it back together. Here are some pics of it in its current state.

[j-f]

Such a cool car.
The ragtop conversion looks very well done!

Sorry for you father

[Hecker]

Hello everyone. My father Dannie "Fut" James passed away 4yrs ago from Multiple Myeloma and I inherited his yellow '73 Beetle. I found some rear passenger side glass with with Keep On Buggin' stickers on it. My Mother told me his was a member of the club back in the late 70's early 80's.

If any of you remember him or his Beetle I would love to hear from you. Here is a pic of him and his '73:

I will always remember Good Foot and what he brought to the world of early Cal-Look Cars and "EMPI" Products.
He always seemed to come up with brand new caps, lugs, spacers, stickers etc. It  would always bother SHUBEE
because Danny had something Shubee wanted. Drove Shubee crazy, he had to use Good Foot as a source and PAY !!

Your Dad was a good guy, sorry to hear of his passing. Hopefully he taught you how to handle life.