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Jim Ratto
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« on: September 11, 2008, 20:45:47 pm » |
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Bolt on Select a Drop? I never actually saw one of these... but wasn't there some big 3/4" sway bar involved and the torsions got "clamped" down into a lowered position somehow? There was a stupid blue/bright pink/day-glo green '69 at high school that I seem to remember having one.
RX exhaust system? If there was ever a header to get you a ticket....
The clear plastic (tinted in your choice of red, blue, smoke, or clear) 009 distributor caps? And their sideways "Porsche Style" brother?
The matching clear plastic generator backing plate (between generator and fan)?
The chrome, louvered, fan belt guard? Supposed to save the lives of those that wear a tie when working on their motors I guess.
The really cool red trans mounts that looked like they were made of Red Vines licorice? Not the usual urethanes... these were WORSE. Kind of translucent....
What else?
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ian c
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« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2008, 20:52:26 pm » |
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nothing wrong with clear dizzy caps !!!  |
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i spent half my money on beer , cars , and women .
the other half , i just wasted .
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67worshipper
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« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2008, 20:59:34 pm » |
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what about the dayglo coloured rocker covers and matching alternator breast plate mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm nice  |
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ian c
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« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2008, 21:16:11 pm » |
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i spent half my money on beer , cars , and women .
the other half , i just wasted .
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Nico86
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« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2008, 21:28:20 pm » |
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The clear plastic (tinted in your choice of red, blue, smoke, or clear) 009 distributor caps?
The matching clear plastic generator backing plate (between generator and fan)?
I have both of them somewhere in my stuff, in blue, I even have the one you put in front of the generator pulley ! I bought it a few years ago, but I never mounted it  . I don't even know if you can still get it in a shop now. |
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« Reply #5 on: September 11, 2008, 22:17:50 pm » |
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How about the billet look ribbed firewalls JSC used to sell.
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John Bates
JB Machining Services
1967 street bug 2020lbs w/driver
12.34 @ 108 mph 1/4
7.76 @ 89mph 1/8
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Jim Ratto
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« Reply #6 on: September 11, 2008, 22:25:57 pm » |
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How about the billet look ribbed firewalls JSC used to sell.
matching fan shrouds. Weren't they called sharkline? |
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ian c
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« Reply #7 on: September 11, 2008, 22:35:11 pm » |
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dont empi still sell all this shit  (ducks for cover from the empi mafia)  |
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i spent half my money on beer , cars , and women .
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Lee.C
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« Reply #8 on: September 11, 2008, 23:13:33 pm » |
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You either "Get It" or you don't......
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ian c
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« Reply #9 on: September 11, 2008, 23:43:23 pm » |
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what about the gadget that mounted on the front of the hood ?? think it was to keep flies off the screen ?? heres one of my cars hotrod parts .... sadly no more  |
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i spent half my money on beer , cars , and women .
the other half , i just wasted .
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Jim Ratto
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« Reply #10 on: September 12, 2008, 00:47:14 am » |
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hey RACEHEAD.... I'm surprised you haven't chimed in.... I SAW you sell almost all of these fine parts at one time or another....
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Lee.C
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« Reply #11 on: September 12, 2008, 00:58:09 am » |
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" what about the gadget that mounted on the front of the hood ??
think it was to keep flies off the screen ??"These have been around since the 50's - I think we're talking more about "Modern Crap" |
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Tony M
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« Reply #12 on: September 12, 2008, 01:26:01 am » |
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I sold more of that crap to kids like you Jim - Sucker born every minute - At one point we were getting truck loads of all that stuff - I have tried to forget all that crap - Seems useless now - but in the day the more bolt on shit the better - I dont know if any body but me have ever seen a single side draft weber manifold - wish i still had it - talking 1970's ish.
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Sam K
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« Reply #13 on: September 12, 2008, 02:16:22 am » |
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I snapped one of those red urethane nosecone mounts in half the first day I had it in my car. I also had one of those clear distributor caps, but it cracked right away and made my car miss. I swapped it for the stock one in my dad's bus and it ran fine in the bus for years!
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Sam K
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« Reply #14 on: September 12, 2008, 02:18:25 am » |
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If I had seen this on ebay I swear I would have bought it! I have wanted one of those for years. |
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Tony M
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« Reply #15 on: September 12, 2008, 02:31:41 am » |
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If I had seen this on ebay I swear I would have bought it! I have wanted one of those for years. Pure 70's funk - did work on one long time ago - very weird to drive -  |
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Rennsurfer
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« Reply #16 on: September 12, 2008, 03:00:06 am » |
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The chrome, louvered, fan belt guard? Supposed to save the lives of those that wear a tie when working on their motors I guess.
The really cool red trans mounts that looked like they were made of Red Vines licorice? Not the usual urethanes... these were WORSE. Kind of translucent.... HUH? Wow, I guess that I must've missed all of the other stuff that you listed, Jim. I was in the VW industry and heavily in the scene, and I don't remember those. I remember the fan belt guard and kinda-sorta remember the trans mounts... but not really.
Glad that I stayed away from being exposed to it all. HAHA!! |
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Brew 66
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« Reply #17 on: September 12, 2008, 04:29:54 am » |
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What about "wink mirrors"?
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Rennsurfer
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« Reply #18 on: September 12, 2008, 04:32:09 am » |
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What about "wink mirrors"? Blech! Okay, I stand corrected... I sadly DO remember those feckless things. God, what a waste of plastic and glass. So many Cal Look and other cars had those things, back then. |
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"You can only scramble an egg so many ways."
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Greg G
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« Reply #19 on: September 12, 2008, 04:49:57 am » |
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You are forgetting the long polished cylinder that went over the distributor so it looked kind of like a Mag.
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Rennsurfer
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« Reply #20 on: September 12, 2008, 05:06:58 am » |
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Whoa... back the truck up (beep... beep... beep)
How come no one's Cal Looked one of THESE? HELLO???
I remember seeing these on the So Cal roads during the '70s/'80s. C'mon... envision a Wink mirror, alloys, and a fire-breathing 2.3 liter VW engine that'll wheelstand the rig.
GOOD TIMES!
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"You can only scramble an egg so many ways."
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danny gabbard
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« Reply #21 on: September 12, 2008, 05:07:16 am » |
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how about eyebrows. and crome louvered running boards,how about lack of part's like no decklids.
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Rennsurfer
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« Reply #22 on: September 12, 2008, 05:11:50 am » |
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I'm taking my decklid off... last April Fool's Day, I was told that my engine will run cooler. I'm SO there.
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"You can only scramble an egg so many ways."
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Neil Davies
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« Reply #23 on: September 12, 2008, 07:41:53 am » |
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Whoa... back the truck up (beep... beep... beep)
How come no one's Cal Looked one of THESE? HELLO???
I remember seeing these on the So Cal roads during the '70s/'80s. C'mon... envision a Wink mirror, alloys, and a fire-breathing 2.3 liter VW engine that'll wheelstand the rig.
GOOD TIMES!
Mark, you're a sick, sick man, and in need of professional help! I mean, a Wink mirror?! I have to confess to buying some dayglo pink running boards... But only so I could shorten them to clear the flip front and removeable wings on my race car! They were immediately painted satin black, and only cost £5 brand new because our local place hadn't sold any for years! |
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2007cc, 48IDFs, street car. 14.45@93 on pump fuel, treads, muffler and fanbelt. October 2017!
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ian c
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« Reply #24 on: September 12, 2008, 07:51:48 am » |
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what about the 10 foot long flexi arials ? all the cool guys had them looped over and fastened at the back , all the jackassses had them swinging about whipping people and scratching cars |
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i spent half my money on beer , cars , and women .
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Jon
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« Reply #25 on: September 12, 2008, 09:15:36 am » |
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How about those plastic rings that you could paint in the color of the car and fit to your tires, like a whitewall? Anyone seen them in use?
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Fastbrit
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« Reply #26 on: September 12, 2008, 09:48:42 am » |
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Anyone else remember those useless pieces of crap called turbochargers? Never did catch on (except in out of the way places like Ohio). No place on a Cal Looker! And as for fuel-injection! Pah! |
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« Reply #27 on: September 12, 2008, 10:34:09 am » |
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Vitalloni mirrors sew fine interiors centerlines pastel colours stingers  |
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« Reply #28 on: September 12, 2008, 12:00:51 pm » |
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jick
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« Reply #29 on: September 12, 2008, 22:53:11 pm » |
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when i was 17 way back in '87 i got a bolt on select-a-drop for my '66....it cost me about £70 when the only dude around who could lower my beetle by cutting and turning the beam was gonna charge about £200......no contest......bolt that sucker on.....for a day or two......it only lowered the car by about 2" and rode like crap.....i kept the car in my garage for a couple of months while i got the cash together to lower the front.....i didn't want to drive it round till it was dropped......i've always been kinda vain. |
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