Old School Cal Looks The Way I Remember Them !!

[Shubee2 (DSK)]

It has had sprint stars bought new, Empi 5 spokes also bought new, americans mag bought new, BRM used off Dyno's notch, then flat 4 BRM (no more polishing mag wheels), and now new UK americans. I have a set of empi 8 spokes but they never make it on the car. Barn picture soon. Brian

Hey Brian do you have  a 46 VW that use to Belong to Mike HornBecker?

[1946vw]

At this time in the barn there is a 1943,1944, 2- 1946s, and the old cal-look car. the dragster up at the shop waiting for the new 1680. brian 

[speedwell]

  an 43 & 44  woauuuww the germans invade the usa in the second wwII 

[stealth67vw]

At this time in the barn there is a 1943,1944, 2- 1946s, and the old cal-look car. the dragster up at the shop waiting for the new 1680. brian 

Yeah right, a 43, a 44, 2 -46s and a low 9 second NA 1679cc powered car, sounds like somebody is dreaming again.......oh wait, that's me 

[1946vw]

Down on farm.

[1946vw]

Still on the farm

[1946vw]

Still on the farm.

[1946vw]

Enough of the farm.

[stealth67vw]

Those tailights are......uh........ different.

[WCB Hitler's Hot Rod]

Enough of the farm.

SHOWOFF! I nominate Brian Hyerstay's barn the official cal-look Wolfsburg shrine. Anyone second that?

[63 ripper]

Look! A real Cal Look car from the 70's and (GASP!) it has molding!!!

 

What, the green one in the foreground?

KS does your new blue car have trim ?

[Fastbrit]

Look! A real Cal Look car from the 70's and (GASP!) it has molding!!!

 

What, the green one in the foreground?

KS does your new blue car have trim ?

Oh yeah, baby! And wheels, and an engine, and, and.... 

[63 ripper]

Look! A real Cal Look car from the 70's and (GASP!) it has molding!!!

 

What, the green one in the foreground?

KS does your new blue car have trim ?

Oh yeah, baby! And wheels, and an engine, and, and.... 

BRMs ?

[Fastbrit]

BRMs ?

I do have certain standards...

[Donny B.]

I may take some heat for this, but Oh well....

I am new to this forum, but I have been around for a few years and my taste has changed a lot.  It had nothing to do with the original cal-look issue of Hot VWs.  It had everything to do with the cars I saw on the road and at the shows.  Did anyone mention one piece windows?  I have one piece windows in my car and like the look.  All of this is about LOOK.  Fine, my flat-4 BRMS and GT steering wheel has the look.  Are they original? No, but I personally beileve they are of better quality than the originals.  I had a close friend with about eleven genuine BRMs and I was able to get him to admit they were crap.  They cracked easily and some were so porous you had to run tubes.  They didn't have the safety bead etc.  Okay I know that the originals are worth a lot of money, but I used to driver my '66 about 20k miles a year and I wouldn't feel as safe on the mag wheels.  Regarding the Empi GT steering wheel, I like the Flat-4 better.  In my opinion it is made to a higher quality standard.  I know it isn't worth as much, but I wouldn't trade mine for an original.  That is just my opinion.   I also have all the trim on my car because that is the way I like it.  For a while I had the trim off and was going to weld up the holes.  I'm sure glad I didn't do that.  Everyone seems to get hung up on ORIGINAL.  If that is what you like, Great!  To me it was about the look I liked and I got that.  Since I finished the car in '95 I have driven it over 100k miles.  I don't drive it near as much these days, but I used to.  In '97 between May 12th and September 1st I had driven it over 10k miles.  How many people still do that.  My car was never up to the current DKP standards.  For a short while I even showed it with a roof rack.  Shame on me.  Like I said my taste changed.  How many remember the middle 80s with the molded sun visors and tornado or turbo mirrors?  They called them cal-look back then.  They being the magazines.  The look is the look.  Sure hope I didn't alienate anyone.  I like it here.

[ESH]

Sounds like a reasonable take on things to me. Not sure about reproduction parts being 'better' than the originals but there are plus points to both the reproduction stuff and the original stuff. You can turn out a good car going down either route as far as I can tell. I like a car that is totally period and I know of a few people that will only cut it that way but I also know people that have great cars that aren't loaded with the old stuff (and they're usually the faster people too! ). As for trim, my girlfriend and I have to make a decision on which way to go with a shell and right now it could go either way, we'll probably toss a coin as it changes daily.

 

[nicolas]

I may take some heat for this, but Oh well....

I am new to this forum, but I have been around for a few years and my taste has changed a lot.  It had nothing to do with the original cal-look issue of Hot VWs.  It had everything to do with the cars I saw on the road and at the shows.  Did anyone mention one piece windows?  I have one piece windows in my car and like the look.  All of this is about LOOK.  Fine, my flat-4 BRMS and GT steering wheel has the look.  Are they original? No, but I personally beileve they are of better quality than the originals.  I had a close friend with about eleven genuine BRMs and I was able to get him to admit they were crap.  They cracked easily and some were so porous you had to run tubes.  They didn't have the safety bead etc.  Okay I know that the originals are worth a lot of money, but I used to driver my '66 about 20k miles a year and I wouldn't feel as safe on the mag wheels.  Regarding the Empi GT steering wheel, I like the Flat-4 better.  In my opinion it is made to a higher quality standard.  I know it isn't worth as much, but I wouldn't trade mine for an original.  That is just my opinion.   I also have all the trim on my car because that is the way I like it.  For a while I had the trim off and was going to weld up the holes.  I'm sure glad I didn't do that.  Everyone seems to get hung up on ORIGINAL.  If that is what you like, Great!  To me it was about the look I liked and I got that.  Since I finished the car in '95 I have driven it over 100k miles.  I don't drive it near as much these days, but I used to.  In '97 between May 12th and September 1st I had driven it over 10k miles.  How many people still do that.  My car was never up to the current DKP standards.  For a short while I even showed it with a roof rack.  Shame on me.  Like I said my taste changed.  How many remember the middle 80s with the molded sun visors and tornado or turbo mirrors?  They called them cal-look back then.  They being the magazines.  The look is the look.  Sure hope I didn't alienate anyone.  I like it here.

i think a lot of people think like this on this forum. we all like callook and we all share or opinions, with respect for one another. so there is really no right or wrong, repro or original here as long as you are happy with it. hang around long enough and figure it out




BUT roofracks are a big NO NO 

[louisb]

I may take some heat for this, but Oh well....

I am new to this forum, but I have been around for a few years and my taste has changed a lot.  It had nothing to do with the original cal-look issue of Hot VWs.  It had everything to do with the cars I saw on the road and at the shows.  Did anyone mention one piece windows?  I have one piece windows in my car and like the look.  All of this is about LOOK.  Fine, my flat-4 BRMS and GT steering wheel has the look.  Are they original? No, but I personally beileve they are of better quality than the originals.  I had a close friend with about eleven genuine BRMs and I was able to get him to admit they were crap.  They cracked easily and some were so porous you had to run tubes.  They didn't have the safety bead etc.  Okay I know that the originals are worth a lot of money, but I used to driver my '66 about 20k miles a year and I wouldn't feel as safe on the mag wheels.  Regarding the Empi GT steering wheel, I like the Flat-4 better.  In my opinion it is made to a higher quality standard.  I know it isn't worth as much, but I wouldn't trade mine for an original.  That is just my opinion.   I also have all the trim on my car because that is the way I like it.  For a while I had the trim off and was going to weld up the holes.  I'm sure glad I didn't do that.  Everyone seems to get hung up on ORIGINAL.  If that is what you like, Great!  To me it was about the look I liked and I got that.  Since I finished the car in '95 I have driven it over 100k miles.  I don't drive it near as much these days, but I used to.  In '97 between May 12th and September 1st I had driven it over 10k miles.  How many people still do that.  My car was never up to the current DKP standards.  For a short while I even showed it with a roof rack.  Shame on me.  Like I said my taste changed.  How many remember the middle 80s with the molded sun visors and tornado or turbo mirrors?  They called them cal-look back then.  They being the magazines.  The look is the look.  Sure hope I didn't alienate anyone.  I like it here.

Aye, I think a lot of folks think like that here. I like to rib folks about this and that, but it is all meant in fun. As long as you are happy with your car I really don't care. To me driving them and having fun with them is what is important. The diversity is what is great about this hobby. The fact that there is room for everyone's tastes. Now if you were to throw a set of gold plated Daytons on there, that might be different. 

--louis

[speedwell]

i think a lot of people think like this on this forum. we all like callook and we all share or opinions, with respect for one another. so there is really no right or wrong, repro or original here as long as you are happy with it. hang around long enough and figure it out




BUT roofracks are a big NO NO 
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i agree

[Lee.C]

I may take some heat for this, but Oh well....

I am new to this forum, but I have been around for a few years and my taste has changed a lot.  It had nothing to do with the original cal-look issue of Hot VWs.  It had everything to do with the cars I saw on the road and at the shows.  Did anyone mention one piece windows?  I have one piece windows in my car and like the look.  All of this is about LOOK.  Fine, my flat-4 BRMS and GT steering wheel has the look.  Are they original? No, but I personally beileve they are of better quality than the originals.  I had a close friend with about eleven genuine BRMs and I was able to get him to admit they were crap.  They cracked easily and some were so porous you had to run tubes.  They didn't have the safety bead etc.  Okay I know that the originals are worth a lot of money, but I used to driver my '66 about 20k miles a year and I wouldn't feel as safe on the mag wheels.  Regarding the Empi GT steering wheel, I like the Flat-4 better.  In my opinion it is made to a higher quality standard.  I know it isn't worth as much, but I wouldn't trade mine for an original.  That is just my opinion.   I also have all the trim on my car because that is the way I like it.  For a while I had the trim off and was going to weld up the holes.  I'm sure glad I didn't do that.  Everyone seems to get hung up on ORIGINAL.  If that is what you like, Great!  To me it was about the look I liked and I got that.  Since I finished the car in '95 I have driven it over 100k miles.  I don't drive it near as much these days, but I used to.  In '97 between May 12th and September 1st I had driven it over 10k miles.  How many people still do that.  My car was never up to the current DKP standards.  For a short while I even showed it with a roof rack.  Shame on me.  Like I said my taste changed.  How many remember the middle 80s with the molded sun visors and tornado or turbo mirrors?  They called them cal-look back then.  They being the magazines.  The look is the look.  Sure hope I didn't alienate anyone.  I like it here.

i think a lot of people think like this on this forum. we all like callook and we all share or opinions, with respect for one another. so there is really no right or wrong, repro or original here as long as you are happy with it. hang around long enough and figure it out




BUT roofracks are a big NO NO 

What About My Roof Rack Guys  but I think you made some very good points dude 

Also I think Mat is right about us "period correct" being a little slower  we'll have to se what my lil 1700cc will do 

[Donny B.]

Sure is refreshing not to get slammed!  I like the original stuff, but....   My friend with the original BRMs and numerous issues with cracks.  Be careful to not hit any curbs, not that I would want to do that with any wheel.  By the way my roof rack is very special.   I got it with my wife's '61.  It is a 9 slat Bernhard Korner; a nice period piece from the '50s before VW started making their own.

[SOB/RFH]

I have allways loved primered cars, lowered fornt ends and a lot of horsepower, way too mouch if I might say, or better yet, the more the better.........I think timeslips in the glovebox are mandatory but street racing reputation and lot's of good stories from the parking lots or industrial suburbs are a must...............................the rest, guess it is up to each and every one!!! My favorite car being Mike Martinez chop top does not make it any clearer!!! well I guess it all boils down to having fun!!!

[richie]

Enough of the farm.

SHOWOFF! I nominate Brian Hyerstay's barn the official cal-look Wolfsburg shrine. Anyone second that?

Hey Steve,I am glad you spelled Brians last name as I had no idea how too    Figured there was on;y one 1946vw around and had to be the same   cheers richie,uk

[fast54vw]

The new engine for the Ghia 1984

the original sidewinder, they shoud have marketed it back in 84