Who Remembers The 80s CAL-STYLE

j8bug · Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 11:39 am Post subject:

Ive said this was not a shop but rather one apt. bldg parking lot on 40th Place in L.A..... Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

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Is it hard to believe, yes... Was there a few others like this on 40th, yes... Do I miss those days, yes... Are they ever coming back, Hell No!!!

Check out the clothes drying and the balconies and all those Vdubbs. This was not a shop, It was everyday life in the 80s. These were the heydays and they are long gone unfortunately.... Sad

What is sad is that Vdubbers of today just dont have the enthusiasm necessary to make this the great Vdubb scene we (80s kids) once made it. Exchanging pictures on the internet does not constitute a scene..Get out and drive it regularly, flog it, flaunt it, enjoy it, hang out, make friends. Just my opinion
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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".

j8bug · Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:55 pm Post subject:

What that ^^^^ shows is that all over the L.A. area we were all in on the craze. We ate, shit, pissed, dreamed, fantasized V-dubs like people do about I-phones and facebook today.
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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".

vwkidd · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 9:07 pm Post subject:

So one of my homies calls me up and tells me that his neighbor needs some help with a fresh pan off restoration of a 1957 Ragtop that has a drivetrain rattle after only 11miles on the restoration. So my buddys neighbor tells my friend that he wants someone that knows what they are doing and works on restored cars. So my buddy tells him about me and my many years of working on $100k+ Mercedes-Benz and how I'm also knowledgable with vintage aircooled VW's. So I really don't work on VW's only mine or good friends, cause my motivation isn't for money but for friends that appreciate my knowledge and workmanship. So I agree to help out my good friends neighbor. So I get to the neighbors house, and sure enough this VW is extremely nice (could be a magazine car) and diagnose his issue. To cut a long story short we start talking about how he got into VW's and were we grew up & he tells me he was in a lowrider VW Club in the late 70's called "Sauve" & continues to tell me that they had a recent reunion of the original 18 members and shows me an original hard plaque from the club back then. He also confirmed the cragars were the wheel of choice........Man!! I had forgotten about the VW club "Sauve" but after looking at the plaque I immediatly remembered that club as a kid at the LA Sports Arena car shows and Whittier blvd during the Lowrider era........He has some pics of the cars back then and he will take a pic of the "Sauve" plaque, so I can post them here and we can see some more evolving of the lowrider VW's of the late 70's to the 1981-1982 Latino Cal-Style.........stay tuned!!!
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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

j8bug · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 9:30 pm Post subject:

I was reading that the first Herbie movie was in 1968. I was around 5, 6, 7 years old when I watched those movies in the early 70s at the Sundown and Paramount drive-ins with the family. Interestingly enough it was not my inspiration for my obsession with Vdubs nor have I read it was anyone elses on here. Did i think of Herbie popping wheelies in those movies when I would see Little Dreamer and Suicide Solution popping wheelies outside of Roosevelt High School 10 years later, Yes. But interestingly enough it was never an inspiration of mine. Just thought it was wierd even though I loved the movies.
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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".

vwkidd · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 10:07 pm Post subject:

j8bug · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 4:41 pm Post subject:

Memories from the highschool I graduated from ( Huntington Park - Spartans )

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Fun times in the SouthEast of L.A.......
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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".

vwkidd · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:28 am Post subject:

j8bug · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:00 am Post subject:

j8bug · Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 9:25 pm Post subject:

A few 80s kids or OGs as we are reffered to, got together at the Bug-in at Irwindale today for some 80s historytelling. From left to right: Alex Arredondo from Highland Park... Alex Arredondos BadTemper II was a major inspiration for this threads existence. VWKidd from SouthEast L.A/Huntington Park, Nelson from Highland Park, J8bug from SouthCentral L.A. and Marco from Echo Park. A bigger reunion is in the plans for this years Classic.
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After that ^^ picture was taken we also caught up with another OG, Ruben Navarro. Ruben had started a club called California Style in the early 80s which ironically is the same name some people started calling the new style that was becoming all the rage back then (CalStyle). Could we have found out where the style got its name??? We'll never know for sure but It sure seems possible... Ruben was also telling us that a few years later in 1982 when he was a member of Bugs Buddies some shit went down in true L.A./SGV fashion and needing to distance himself and move on from that club he came up with a new name for his window; German Folks... I thought that was pretty cool to hear early 80s history from Ruben Navarro himself. Ruben is going to try and chime-in in the near future with more early 80s history.

Ruben mentioned that the BugsBuddies used to cut out notches on there playboy airfreshner for every chick they ???...Hey KIDD, why arent there any notches on your air freshner?? Come on playar Laughing

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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".

vwkidd · Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:10 am Post subject:

vic · Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:16 am Post subject:

Met a bunch of new faces yesterday at bug-in, but it was nice to finally meet j8bug and Kidd, thanks for starting a great thread and keeping it alive and hopefully see you guys at some more shows!
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The Original German Folks!

twinwindows · Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:09 am Post subject:

j8bug · Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:54 am Post subject:

Hey CRG, We missed you brotha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We all kept asking about you but we understood the situation so we'll catch you on the next one!!!!
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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".

j8bug · Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:34 am Post subject:

twinwindows · Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:16 pm Post subject:

Life is a trip bro, We pretty much lost contact Nelson and Alex over 20 something years ago but after locating BTII it made us all get back to doing what we did back then. These guy are the ones that got me hooked into this awesome hobby and with their help were going to have this very same car showing how it was done back in the 80`s come June. I`m sure the younger crowed won`t get it but the OGs will.
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CRG
My builds

Bad Temper II

GFK LIFER!

j8bug · Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 4:56 pm Post subject:

j8bug · Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:39 pm Post subject:

I went online to see if I can pull up some pictures of the front of the Casa Camino Real or Casa de Espana as it was first named and I found some testimonials instead. I cut and paste them so you guys can enjoy the memories.

-Hey Hugo,
Although you and I weren't friends I do remember you and now I remember Chaka. The first time I saw her was at DQ's on Soto and all I can remember is that she was amazing, anyway I'm glad there other people out there that remember those beautiful days (for a moment I thought it had all been a wonderful dream).
thanks,
Mario

-Casa Camino Real started in the early 1980s. It was so much fun it was located between Washington Blvd. and Oak Street in the city of Los Angeles CA. I grew up in that neighborhood so when i heard about it I would even walk to the Club (LOL) I have such good memories from there........If i'm not mistaken it closed early '90s.....Teddy boys, cesar deniro.....Copa dancers, boys from brazil

-Thanks for the comments M20. I live them days often in my mind and most recently I have created a catalog of all the jams Djs played back then, and let me tell you HINRG disco had and still has a unique emotional feeling you don't get in music today. Even though we may not have been friends back then... you are a new friend today.

-Many dancing floors to choose from, this was the place to be in the 80's wasn't it originally called casa de espana? and I think this building is for sale, someone should buy it and make it into a museum or a retirement home for old dj's. Disco is not dead, it is back at a different beat

-Here are some names of the Copa Dancers.......maybe missing a few others. William, Mario, Tony, Oscar, Hugo, Larry, Little Mike, Victor Hugo, Edgar
We were the s***!

Here's my testimonial: I loved the Casa from the time it opened in 1982 but it was horrible for cruising. Washington was a major fast moving street , Oak was narrow and dark, the back pkg lot was underneath the freeway and you had to go in thru the gate. You couldnt cruise the front of The Casa cause it was a deadend and there was no room. Since I lived so close me and my friends used to ride dirt bikes or beach cruisers we used to steal from USC to get there. There was a liquor store across the street with a small pkg lot but that was small to and if fights would break out there, forget about coming out of there unscathed.
Both DQs were perfect for cruising. J8Bug

Check out the latest happenings at the Casa Laughing

Events at this location:
LESBIANS NEW YEARS EVE PARTY TIL SUNRISE
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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".

vwkidd · Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:19 pm Post subject:

So I was talking to my Homie that was part of the 80's LA VW scene about talking to some of the players from back than at Bug-In yesterday and how we were saying that we all had the cruising circuit mapped out back then.........start at Monticeto Park, Arrow Seco park, El Sereno Huntington Drive, Lincoln park, to Stadium way, Elysian Park than Sunset drop down to Beverly to the Original Tommies to Salesians "the hole" & than to Whittier to Arrys burgers all in one night and not always in that order but hitting each place............

So when I finish my 55 Vert & he finishes his 62 Ragtop we are going to retrace those routes and relive a little those fun/crazy times!!!

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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

j8bug · Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:46 pm Post subject:

Let me know when you get ready to do it. Ill bring my crappy shit in from Az. You know there was always some buckets in the mix Laughing

.. Maybe we can finish off at the original Tommys around 3am for some grub like the old days...
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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".

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