californiaspirit
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« on: September 17, 2008, 10:17:52 am » |
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hello guys,who know the old gasser "dennis the menace"?  i wanted a pictures of this car! thank you!  |
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californiaspirit
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« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2008, 12:25:01 pm » |
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this look is very great,thanks you keith but you know the story of this car?
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deano
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« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2008, 16:12:21 pm » |
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Mike Dennis built that car years ago. He is basically out of the VW scene, other than he is the guru of CNC billet VW heads! Mike's heads are on the VW Paradise's dragster, as well as Ken Fisher's funny car (latest engine combo). Mike also made the (new) Lowry 2-piece case, but that project has been shelved for the past few years.... He lives in Lake Forest, CA, which is only a few miles from where the VW Classic is held. I know he sold that black chop top years ago, but not sure what the history of it is.... Hope this helps.
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« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2008, 16:17:51 pm » |
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« Reply #5 on: September 17, 2008, 16:19:44 pm » |
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steel body or fiberglass |
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californiaspirit
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« Reply #6 on: September 17, 2008, 17:27:39 pm » |
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ok,i don t knonw for the body  |
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Zach Gomulka
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« Reply #7 on: September 17, 2008, 18:01:29 pm » |
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It's in the very first issue of VW Trends, great looking gasser choptop  Here it is before the lettering. |
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Born in the '80s, stuck in the '70s.
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Dave Rosique
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« Reply #8 on: September 17, 2008, 20:20:48 pm » |
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I always liked that car.
Mike Dennis also did the chop on Dave Wrights '54. Anybody notice Jim Dutcher's buggy in the background of that last shot??
Gotta love those old photos...
~DR.
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Dave Rosique
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« Reply #9 on: September 17, 2008, 20:25:55 pm » |
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Sorry, I forgot something.
How about that "Herrod Helper" wing on the back of Dennis the Menace?
I have one... Hmmmmmm... maybe I should use it... definately "old school"
~DR.
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« Reply #10 on: September 17, 2008, 20:36:56 pm » |
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I have one on mine, I know it will draw criticism.
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Dave Rosique
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« Reply #11 on: September 17, 2008, 23:49:07 pm » |
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I have one on mine, I know it will draw criticism.
Yeah Lids, I've run 'em before, and you're right. Truth is, I have two... one near N.O.S. and the other just decent. I know, I'll put the good one on my Cal-look project Oval, and use the other on my '56 Ragtop Semiphore Oval BAJA! The criticism that the Baja Oval draws should take the heat off the wing  ~DR. |
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Dave Rosique
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« Reply #12 on: September 19, 2008, 14:39:32 pm » |
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Hey,
I didn't mean to bum anybody out about the ragtop Baja Oval thing! I bought it that way! Really!
The only car I ever cut up was that '53 Split... JUST KIDDING!
I bought the Baja Oval real cheap about ten years ago from some guy out in Joshua Tree (California high desert).
~DR.
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« Reply #13 on: September 20, 2008, 00:07:09 am » |
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See how you are?
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I also park at Nick's.
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Dave Rosique
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« Reply #14 on: September 20, 2008, 01:03:49 am » |
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Yep! Because of Al Gore and his internet invention, you have to put up with guys like me |
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« Reply #15 on: September 20, 2008, 01:25:22 am » |
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It could be WORSE, Dave... you could've chosen a 1952 Split for your Baja.
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« Reply #16 on: September 20, 2008, 05:12:49 am » |
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It could be WORSE, Dave... you could've chosen a 1952 Split for your Baja.
Ya know, I have a vintage photo of a real split Baja somewhere... it even had heart taillights mounted on the roof  ~DR |
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« Reply #17 on: September 20, 2008, 06:12:03 am » |
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Ya know, I have a vintage photo of a real split Baja somewhere... it even had heart taillights mounted on the roof ~DR
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« Reply #18 on: September 20, 2008, 12:38:04 pm » |
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Off subject..... there used to be a Split Baja in La Habra in the early '70s. Yellow with black paint job. A real crowd pleaser nowadays.
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« Reply #19 on: September 20, 2008, 15:58:34 pm » |
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Off subject..... there used to be a Split Baja in La Habra in the early '70s. Yellow with black paint job. A real crowd pleaser nowadays.
Deano, The one I had a photo of was all black... possibly primer. Photo was from the 60's. The car had no fiberglass at all... fenders, hood, decklid, etc were all cut steel. A real butcher job. Sad even then. ~DR. |
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