| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
j8bug
Samba Member
Joined: September 26, 2008
Posts: 1652
Location: When we were all (213) Los-Angeles
|
 Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 9:19 pm Post subject: |
 |
|
| VOLKSWAGNUT wrote: | I hear ya. You Cally guys have it lucky. You still have a good VW scene plus good parts availability.
During the 80's I kept a VW Trends in my back pocket. I was able to build a "Callook" 64 by 1987. It was one of only a few in the area. People still talk about my "Bugs" (had many...still do). The right coast lagged behind the left coast as far as VW....trends. Dare to be different. Most of the cars and people I hung out with moved on to....yes to the "mini trucks" and Mustangs. I held strong with no a/c and crappy heat. My last one (last year) I reconditioned, a 1967, I call it the CaroCally look. Its a combo of a few things... Strong 80's influence of course. |
I appreciate whole-heartedly how lucky we are today especially when I think of where all those Samurais and mini-trucks wound up? Where did alot of 80s bugs end up besides the crusher??? At least from what I experienced, I bought 3 bugs and a bus (all 80s survivors) during the mid-90s from Central American immigrants. In each case I was always shocked to see how much they loved what they called vochos. I know its not easy for people today to give any immigrant credit for anything especially in Arizona but i believe many more bugs go to the crusher if not for those immigrants. I still have my 62 bug 15 years later because I promised a salvadoran man who needed money and was forced to sell his beloved vochito that i would take care of his baby. What about all the wierd shit that was being done to VDUBs in the early to mid 90s. What would have happened to those bugs when those trends died out. Maybe more bugs would have ended up at the crusher. We've got to give mega credit to the few clubs that stuck with it thru the lean times and true to their looks. From the magazine articles ive read, DKP and German Folks deserve the brunt of that credit. They stood true to their respective looks that still inspire today. Their were times when i felt like a lone ranger past my time whenever i would get into my bug and would floor it just to amuse myself by the sound of the Webers and dual Thunderbirds. I still do. As a matter of fact I did earlier today (chk out the entire video). Anybody who grew up in L.A. in the 80s know the dual packs were a necessity.
http://youtu.be/2DSoncUgWi4
_________________
Frank Ochoa said; "I still have my convertible bug from high school. Now that Gramps is out Im going to make some changes but Im still going to keep it Cal-Style, you know, all original but lowered with some alloys"
Fred one of the original members of The Bus Boyz said; "We were the first to ever Cal-Style a Bus.. No one was doing it back then".
Last edited by j8bug on Sat Dec 24, 2011 5:42 pm; edited 4 times in total |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
vwkidd
Samba Member
Joined: August 14, 2004
Posts: 521
Location: Glendale, Cali via SouthEast LA
|
| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 8:25 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I remember Radical Rag and Suicide Solution and all the other logo'd VW's in East LA. Those were great times for the LA VW aircooled scene. I got to see them all cruising, steet racing, house partys. I was in the thick of it working for VW parts retailers like Jerry's VW heaven, Unique Performance-Latest Rage, building motors for them and for many local racers in Huntington Park, South Gate, Bell area of LA. I have been out of the scene for a bit but I hope to finish my 57 Ragtop soon & a 1955 beveled door vert project ......can't wait to hit the streets and cruise again!!
| j8bug wrote: | | twinwindows wrote: | | j8bug wrote: |
VOLKSWAGNUT thanks for the input. This was not intended to be a 80s/90s Custom or Cal-look thread though. I was trying to reach out to a specific generation that grew up in L.A. somewhere between 1982-1988. We attended high schools like Roosevelt, Garfield, Manual Arts, Jeff, H.P., Bell etc. and we hung out at some of the same venues (Tommys on Rampart, The Casa, Don Quixote ie DQs, Stadium Way etc.) The VDubs that we called Cal-Style and the party scene back then was unreal. That is what almost everyone drove back then, but the VDub scene as we knew it was 99% dead by 1989 though. Everyone it seemed was moving on to so many different things. I moved on to updating older Porsches others moved on to GSXRs, Samurais, IROCs, 510s, Mini Trucks and some of the best I knew sadly wound up dead or in prison. I always kept a Vdub of some sort around but it was no match to the rush and the tookie  I could get driving my updated 3.2L Cabriolet. |
Nice, I remember all that and more having Graduated from Franklin High school in 86` in the heart of it all Highland park. That was my stomping ground even tho I had friends from all over, Lincoln hights, El Serino , Cypress park and beyond!
I was lucky enough to watch all those cars back then and be part of it too. I am now in the process of resurrecting a car from back in those days that was very popular around East LA. Every now and then I still get somebody asking if I remember them from back then (Much older now) and start talking about who they knew and all the time we probably had the same friends. |
A couple of popular rides that I wonder if they are rotting in some back yard under a tree needing to be revived are Radical Rag and Suicide Solution. I remember being a 10th grader in 1983 at Roosevelt and during lunch by the exercise yard a bug (Suicide Solution) was cruising down the street and out of nowhere just popped a big ass wheelie  . Radical Rag was a sweet looking bug. It was always parked outside a little market on Main and 54street during the mid 80s.. |
_________________
1955 151 Deluxe L219 Congo Green (Project)
1957 117 Deluxe L331 Horizon Blue (Project)
1954 117 Deluxe L227 Strato Silver "Delilah"
1966 141 Cabrio. L554 Cherry Red (low mileage)
Owned: All in the 80's & running BRM's,Fuchs,OG Empis w/ big motors & 48IDA's Cal-Style!
1959 Convertible 151 L41
1955 Convertible 151 L41
1958 Convertible 151 L349
1966 KG Convertible L456
1967 KG Convertible L41
1959 117 Deluxe L451 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
twinwindows
Samba Pimp
Joined: December 08, 2000
Posts: 4059
Location: So.Cal. Highland Park GFK!
|
| Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:55 am Post subject: |
|
|
And I thought I was the only one on Samba in these modern times who still reminiscence those days.. This is one of those Vochos that was rolling around back then that I have now and will once again roll the same streets blasting that Old school house party mix.
In East L.A. Circa 1986
_________________
CRG
My builds
Bad Temper II
GFK LIFER! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
j8bug
Samba Member
Joined: September 26, 2008
Posts: 1652
Location: When we were all (213) Los-Angeles
|
| Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 12:31 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| twinwindows wrote: | And I thought I was the only one on Samba in these modern times who still reminiscence those days.. This is one of those Vochos that was rolling around back then that I have now and will once again roll the same streets blasting that Old school house party mix.
In East L.A. Circa 1986
|
VERY, VERY NICE!!! Cant wait to see the resurrection!!! Those years were like nothing else, our buckets, our childhood friends, parties, girls, street football and Tommys on Rampart ...
_________________
Frank Ochoa said; "I still have my convertible bug from high school. Now that Gramps is out Im going to make some changes but Im still going to keep it Cal-Style, you know, all original but lowered with some alloys"
Fred one of the original members of The Bus Boyz said; "We were the first to ever Cal-Style a Bus.. No one was doing it back then". |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
vwkidd
Samba Member
Joined: August 14, 2004
Posts: 521
Location: Glendale, Cali via SouthEast LA
|
| Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 4:55 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| j8bug wrote: | | twinwindows wrote: | And I thought I was the only one on Samba in these modern times who still reminiscence those days.. This is one of those Vochos that was rolling around back then that I have now and will once again roll the same streets blasting that Old school house party mix.
In East L.A. Circa 1986
|
VERY, VERY NICE!!! Cant wait to see the resurrection!!! Those years were like nothing else, our buckets, our childhood friends, parties, girls, street football and Tommys on Rampart ... |
Man! The Original Tommys on Rampart & Beverly....That's when I could eat 2 double chili burgers at 3AM after partying and cruising all night and not feel it the next day...
_________________
1955 151 Deluxe L219 Congo Green (Project)
1957 117 Deluxe L331 Horizon Blue (Project)
1954 117 Deluxe L227 Strato Silver "Delilah"
1966 141 Cabrio. L554 Cherry Red (low mileage)
Owned: All in the 80's & running BRM's,Fuchs,OG Empis w/ big motors & 48IDA's Cal-Style!
1959 Convertible 151 L41
1955 Convertible 151 L41
1958 Convertible 151 L349
1966 KG Convertible L456
1967 KG Convertible L41
1959 117 Deluxe L451 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
j8bug
Samba Member
Joined: September 26, 2008
Posts: 1652
Location: When we were all (213) Los-Angeles
|
| Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 7:10 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| vwkidd wrote: | | j8bug wrote: | | twinwindows wrote: | And I thought I was the only one on Samba in these modern times who still reminiscence those days.. This is one of those Vochos that was rolling around back then that I have now and will once again roll the same streets blasting that Old school house party mix.
In East L.A. Circa 1986
|
VERY, VERY NICE!!! Cant wait to see the resurrection!!! Those years were like nothing else, our buckets, our childhood friends, parties, girls, street football and Tommys on Rampart ... |
Man! The Original Tommys on Rampart & Beverly....That's when I could eat 2 double chili burgers at 3AM after partying and cruising all night and not feel it the next day... |
Hey kidd, would you happen to have any photos of Tommys from those days???
_________________
Frank Ochoa said; "I still have my convertible bug from high school. Now that Gramps is out Im going to make some changes but Im still going to keep it Cal-Style, you know, all original but lowered with some alloys"
Fred one of the original members of The Bus Boyz said; "We were the first to ever Cal-Style a Bus.. No one was doing it back then". |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
dsimas62
Samba Member
Joined: July 18, 2011
Posts: 204
Location: Auburn, CA
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
vwkidd
Samba Member
Joined: August 14, 2004
Posts: 521
Location: Glendale, Cali via SouthEast LA
|
| Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 5:44 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| j8bug wrote: | | vwkidd wrote: | | j8bug wrote: | | twinwindows wrote: | And I thought I was the only one on Samba in these modern times who still reminiscence those days.. This is one of those Vochos that was rolling around back then that I have now and will once again roll the same streets blasting that Old school house party mix.
In East L.A. Circa 1986
|
VERY, VERY NICE!!! Cant wait to see the resurrection!!! Those years were like nothing else, our buckets, our childhood friends, parties, girls, street football and Tommys on Rampart ... |
Man! The Original Tommys on Rampart & Beverly....That's when I could eat 2 double chili burgers at 3AM after partying and cruising all night and not feel it the next day... |
Hey kidd, would you happen to have any photos of Tommys from those days??? |
@ J8Bug....I had a lot of pics & Albums of that era, but one of my "ChaCha" girlfriends at that time from El Rancho H.S. kept them & wouldn't give them back.....Man!! We lost contact over the years, I got married/family......Man!!! I wish I had those pics back & I hope she still has them. The ones in my album are the only ones that I have left.
_________________
1955 151 Deluxe L219 Congo Green (Project)
1957 117 Deluxe L331 Horizon Blue (Project)
1954 117 Deluxe L227 Strato Silver "Delilah"
1966 141 Cabrio. L554 Cherry Red (low mileage)
Owned: All in the 80's & running BRM's,Fuchs,OG Empis w/ big motors & 48IDA's Cal-Style!
1959 Convertible 151 L41
1955 Convertible 151 L41
1958 Convertible 151 L349
1966 KG Convertible L456
1967 KG Convertible L41
1959 117 Deluxe L451 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
j8bug
Samba Member
Joined: September 26, 2008
Posts: 1652
Location: When we were all (213) Los-Angeles
|
| Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2011 1:00 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| vwkidd wrote: | | j8bug wrote: | | vwkidd wrote: | | j8bug wrote: | | twinwindows wrote: | And I thought I was the only one on Samba in these modern times who still reminiscence those days.. This is one of those Vochos that was rolling around back then that I have now and will once again roll the same streets blasting that Old school house party mix.
In East L.A. Circa 1986
|
VERY, VERY NICE!!! Cant wait to see the resurrection!!! Those years were like nothing else, our buckets, our childhood friends, parties, girls, street football and Tommys on Rampart ... |
Man! The Original Tommys on Rampart & Beverly....That's when I could eat 2 double chili burgers at 3AM after partying and cruising all night and not feel it the next day... |
Hey kidd, would you happen to have any photos of Tommys from those days??? |
@ J8Bug....I had a lot of pics & Albums of that era, but one of my "ChaCha" girlfriends at that time from El Rancho H.S. kept them & wouldn't give them back.....Man!! We lost contact over the years, I got married/family......Man!!! I wish I had those pics back & I hope she still has them. The ones in my album are the only ones that I have left. |
That sucks!!! Maybe with facebook or some form of social media you might be able to track her down. Ive never been much of a picture taker to begin with, so I have very few pics if any at all. The only time I ever whipped out moms Kodak was because I either wrecked my shit or it was at the bodyshop.
_________________
Frank Ochoa said; "I still have my convertible bug from high school. Now that Gramps is out Im going to make some changes but Im still going to keep it Cal-Style, you know, all original but lowered with some alloys"
Fred one of the original members of The Bus Boyz said; "We were the first to ever Cal-Style a Bus.. No one was doing it back then". |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
jimmy1
Samba Member
Joined: April 17, 2001
Posts: 1592
Location: http://www.thedeafvolks.com
|
| Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 3:05 pm Post subject: |
|
|
damn..nice to see pix of my ole 67 california special (porsche tan)..good days, good times..
_________________
North Hollywood, CA
1956 Kabrolett
"I'd rather be driving my VW thinking about God than sitting in church thinking about my VW."
check out my classified ads, lots of rare parts/accessories for sale. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
cox049
Samba Member
Joined: February 27, 2011
Posts: 12
Location: tigard oregon
|
| Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 4:33 pm Post subject: bay area vw association |
|
|
| i was in the bay area vw association i had a orange 59 bug at the time jim mayo sold me the early rear pop out windows i think thats it behind vicktor flestcher bug and my turquoise notchback i still have my bay area vw association t shirt steve cox |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
cox049
Samba Member
Joined: February 27, 2011
Posts: 12
Location: tigard oregon
|
| Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 4:39 pm Post subject: jim mayo |
|
|
| any body remember Jim i have not seen him since i moved to Oregon in 2001 would like to talk old times steve cox |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Cal Bug
Samba Member
Joined: December 22, 2011
Posts: 13
Location: Utah
|
| Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 4:35 pm Post subject: 68 Cal Bug |
|
|
Im just swiming in heaven reading all these 80's stories and pictures. I got out of high school in 82, traded my motorcycle for a 57 Chevy 396. Took a junked 69 Charger and restored it. Then the Charger got totaled, a guy offered me cash for the 57 and I was car-less.
I grew up in Huntington Beach California and went to Huntington Beach high. While in auto shop, I helped a friend rebuild his 1500 single port, that got me hooked on bugs. The Cal Look style was raging and through a friend of a friend, I met this guy who took his 68 bug and used it as his class project to graduate auto body school. His father bought him a new car to go to college in, so he sold me the bug for 800.
It was completely de-chromed, Rossi turn signals, black out rubber, baby turbo mirrors, single piece glass, and an adjustable front end. Oh yeah, it was painted Porsche India Red.
The engine was a stock 1600 single port, which I swapped out for dual ports, 09, Dual baby Weber 36's, and a stinger.
I drove that car for years in the 80's, cruised Angelo's in Anahiem, Long Beach, Hollywood, Whittier, the works.
My neighbor bought a new Firebird and installed a double 15 sound box in his trunk. A month later I cobbled together a sound system for my bug of the same design.
I feel so lucky to grow up in HB, drive a slammed Cal Bug, and enjoy the scene. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
j8bug
Samba Member
Joined: September 26, 2008
Posts: 1652
Location: When we were all (213) Los-Angeles
|
| Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 6:42 pm Post subject: |
|
|
just remember guys, this is not a cal-look thread.
_________________
Frank Ochoa said; "I still have my convertible bug from high school. Now that Gramps is out Im going to make some changes but Im still going to keep it Cal-Style, you know, all original but lowered with some alloys"
Fred one of the original members of The Bus Boyz said; "We were the first to ever Cal-Style a Bus.. No one was doing it back then". |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
j8bug
Samba Member
Joined: September 26, 2008
Posts: 1652
Location: When we were all (213) Los-Angeles
|
| Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 3:59 pm Post subject: |
|
|
A guy PMd me asking why its not a cal look thread. This thread is about an entirely different scene. This thread is about what took place in the streets of L.A, ELA and some of SGV and it revolved around the L.A. party scene of the 80s. It would be disrespectful to call it a cal-look thread and im sure the cal-look police wouldnt appreciate it especially since our cars were different. Thats not to say there werent any calloookers in L.A. because there were. Im not going to claim to have been in the middle of the V-DUb scene either because i wasnt. I was in the middle of the L.A. party scene of the 80s and we drove v-dubs, lots and lots of v-dubs. Playing american legion ball and city ball in the mid-80s it was also obvious to me that the the V-dubs from the south bay, lakewood, long beach, orange county, la mirada etc were different then what you would see around the L.A. city schools. i started this thread because everytime I read magazine stories of the 70s cal-look , the friends, the schools I reminisced about our scene, our bugs, our friends our schools and of course our spots. Our scene never got documented. I dont even think we thought much of our scene, we just knew it was fun and it was nothing more than everyday life. No one was coming into latino neighborhoods to document a bunch of teenagers in bugs chasing the happening spots. That was reserved for the lowrider culture. They made movies and plays of that stuff. The terms resto-custom, cal-resto, resto this, resto that didnt exist back then. I went to 3 different high schools in the L.A. area and the term most frequently used was Cal-Style. Every neighborhood had its own players, a slightly different lingo but by nightfall it seemed like our entire generation converged onto what seemed to be the same spots and stay out till 3 or 4 in the morning. It seems unreal and probably wouldnt fly today. I re-read this thread and realized only 5 other people actually lived this experience, EA57RHD, ALLWAGONS, VWKIDD, TWIN WINDOWS, FUELRAGS. Where is everybody???
_________________
Frank Ochoa said; "I still have my convertible bug from high school. Now that Gramps is out Im going to make some changes but Im still going to keep it Cal-Style, you know, all original but lowered with some alloys"
Fred one of the original members of The Bus Boyz said; "We were the first to ever Cal-Style a Bus.. No one was doing it back then". |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
vwkidd
Samba Member
Joined: August 14, 2004
Posts: 521
Location: Glendale, Cali via SouthEast LA
|
| Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 5:48 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| j8bug wrote: | | A guy PMd me asking why its not a cal look thread. This thread is about an entirely different scene. This thread is about what took place in the streets of L.A, ELA and some of SGV and it revolved around the L.A. party scene of the 80s. It would be disrespectful to call it a cal-look thread and im sure the cal-look police wouldnt appreciate it especially since our cars were different. Thats not to say there werent any calloookers in L.A. because there were. Im not going to claim to have been in the middle of the V-DUb scene either because i wasnt. I was in the middle of the L.A. party scene of the 80s and we drove v-dubs, lots and lots of v-dubs. Playing american legion ball and city ball in the mid-80s it was also obvious to me that the the V-dubs from the south bay, lakewood, long beach, orange county, la mirada etc were different then what you would see around the L.A. city schools. i started this thread because everytime I read magazine stories of the 70s cal-look , the friends, the schools I reminisced about our scene, our bugs, our friends our schools and of course our spots. Our scene never got documented. I dont even think we thought much of our scene, we just knew it was fun and it was nothing more than everyday life. No one was coming into latino neighborhoods to document a bunch of teenagers in bugs chasing the happening spots. That was reserved for the lowrider culture. They made movies and plays of that stuff. The terms resto-custom, cal-resto, resto this, resto that didnt exist back then. I went to 3 different high schools in the L.A. area and the term most frequently used was Cal-Style. Every neighborhood had its own players, a slightly different lingo but by nightfall it seemed like our entire generation converged onto what seemed to be the same spots and stay out till 3 or 4 in the morning. It seems unreal and probably wouldnt fly today. I re-read this thread and realized only 5 other people actually lived this experience, EA57RHD, ALLWAGONS, VWKIDD, TWIN WINDOWS, FUELRAGS. Where is everybody??? |
J8bug..... I guess if they never hung out on Flat Top, cruised Elysian Park, danced at DQ's or the Center in Puente and bought their OG parts from Vintage Vokswagen Parts from Jaime when it was still on San Fernando rd. in Glendale then they wouldn't understand.........But I hear what your saying brutha!!
_________________
1955 151 Deluxe L219 Congo Green (Project)
1957 117 Deluxe L331 Horizon Blue (Project)
1954 117 Deluxe L227 Strato Silver "Delilah"
1966 141 Cabrio. L554 Cherry Red (low mileage)
Owned: All in the 80's & running BRM's,Fuchs,OG Empis w/ big motors & 48IDA's Cal-Style!
1959 Convertible 151 L41
1955 Convertible 151 L41
1958 Convertible 151 L349
1966 KG Convertible L456
1967 KG Convertible L41
1959 117 Deluxe L451 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
j8bug
Samba Member
Joined: September 26, 2008
Posts: 1652
Location: When we were all (213) Los-Angeles
|
| Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 6:48 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| vwkidd wrote: | | j8bug wrote: | | A guy PMd me asking why its not a cal look thread. This thread is about an entirely different scene. This thread is about what took place in the streets of L.A, ELA and some of SGV and it revolved around the L.A. party scene of the 80s. It would be disrespectful to call it a cal-look thread and im sure the cal-look police wouldnt appreciate it especially since our cars were different. Thats not to say there werent any calloookers in L.A. because there were. Im not going to claim to have been in the middle of the V-DUb scene either because i wasnt. I was in the middle of the L.A. party scene of the 80s and we drove v-dubs, lots and lots of v-dubs. Playing american legion ball and city ball in the mid-80s it was also obvious to me that the the V-dubs from the south bay, lakewood, long beach, orange county, la mirada etc were different then what you would see around the L.A. city schools. i started this thread because everytime I read magazine stories of the 70s cal-look , the friends, the schools I reminisced about our scene, our bugs, our friends our schools and of course our spots. Our scene never got documented. I dont even think we thought much of our scene, we just knew it was fun and it was nothing more than everyday life. No one was coming into latino neighborhoods to document a bunch of teenagers in bugs chasing the happening spots. That was reserved for the lowrider culture. They made movies and plays of that stuff. The terms resto-custom, cal-resto, resto this, resto that didnt exist back then. I went to 3 different high schools in the L.A. area and the term most frequently used was Cal-Style. Every neighborhood had its own players, a slightly different lingo but by nightfall it seemed like our entire generation converged onto what seemed to be the same spots and stay out till 3 or 4 in the morning. It seems unreal and probably wouldnt fly today. I re-read this thread and realized only 5 other people actually lived this experience, EA57RHD, ALLWAGONS, VWKIDD, TWIN WINDOWS, FUELRAGS. Where is everybody??? |
J8bug..... I guess if they never hung out on Flat Top, cruised Elysian Park, danced at DQ's or the Center in Puente and bought their OG parts from Vintage Vokswagen Parts from Jaime when it was still on San Fernando rd. in Glendale then they wouldn't understand.........But I hear what your saying brutha!! |
I remember that place on San fernando rd. right on the border of Burbank. I still have some OG parts on my bug from that place. Time flies but those good parts last forever. Check this out, I was dumping and shredding documents a couple of weeks ago and i ran into a reciept from this old man that used to sell from a stash of old volkswagen parts out of his house just n/o riverside drive behind dodger stadium. So instead of just dumping the whole stack of old papers in the trash like I normally do I started digging thru the stack of old love letters and reciepts and i found a picture of a 52 bug I had in 85. I was blown away. The only reason i took those pictures was cause i was replacing the wrecked clips and I was perplexed that it didnt have a split dash. I dug around for days looking for welds and cuts and nothing. It looked like a pretty damn good job. About 15 years ago I learned about this one word: Zwitter... So you never know, you might one day find some pics of Tommys without even trying. Ps. Kidd, Did you ever get chased by or hear of devil worshipers late, late at night in Elysian Park?
_________________
Frank Ochoa said; "I still have my convertible bug from high school. Now that Gramps is out Im going to make some changes but Im still going to keep it Cal-Style, you know, all original but lowered with some alloys"
Fred one of the original members of The Bus Boyz said; "We were the first to ever Cal-Style a Bus.. No one was doing it back then".
Last edited by j8bug on Tue Jan 03, 2012 2:57 pm; edited 2 times in total |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Cal Bug
Samba Member
Joined: December 22, 2011
Posts: 13
Location: Utah
|
| Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 10:46 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| I still got Hot VW's and VW Trends magazines from the 80's, I also had mini trucks, and hot rods. I used to take my bug around Mulholland and all over. You used to park on the street and hang out and look at everyones rides. Back then bugs were like snow flakes, not one was the same. I went to every Bug In in the 80's, It was a great time. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
j8bug
Samba Member
Joined: September 26, 2008
Posts: 1652
Location: When we were all (213) Los-Angeles
|
| Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 2:42 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Cal Bug wrote: | | I still got Hot VW's and VW Trends magazines from the 80's, I also had mini trucks, and hot rods. I used to take my bug around Mulholland and all over. You used to park on the street and hang out and look at everyones rides. Back then bugs were like snow flakes, not one was the same. I went to every Bug In in the 80's, It was a great time. |
Nice,,, I have to admit I missed out on the mulholland experience. But the bigger party was definetly out on the streets. The clubs were always jam-packed to capacity in those days that the bigger party definetely spilled out into the parking lots and streets. We used to kick back and watch Vdubs gun-out all-night long and we would sit their and be able call out who was running dellortos, webers, kadrons, s&s, t-birds. Good times for sure.
_________________
Frank Ochoa said; "I still have my convertible bug from high school. Now that Gramps is out Im going to make some changes but Im still going to keep it Cal-Style, you know, all original but lowered with some alloys"
Fred one of the original members of The Bus Boyz said; "We were the first to ever Cal-Style a Bus.. No one was doing it back then". |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
j8bug
Samba Member
Joined: September 26, 2008
Posts: 1652
Location: When we were all (213) Los-Angeles
|
| Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:55 pm Post subject: Re: Found a friends VW pic early 80's ELA Club "LiL Man |
|
|
| vwkidd wrote: |  |
Yo Kidd, their was so, so many sweet rides back then but I remember this one vividly. Correct me if im wrong though because i was all over the place. Streets of boyle heights?
_________________
Frank Ochoa said; "I still have my convertible bug from high school. Now that Gramps is out Im going to make some changes but Im still going to keep it Cal-Style, you know, all original but lowered with some alloys"
Fred one of the original members of The Bus Boyz said; "We were the first to ever Cal-Style a Bus.. No one was doing it back then". |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
