Who Remembers The 80s CAL-STYLE

j8bug · Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 9:27 pm Post subject:

An L.A/SGV legend out of El Monte:

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RIP

vwkidd · Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 2:40 pm Post subject:

What a trip!! With social media & VW sites like Samba I have been able to reconnect with some of the VW guys that I knew back in the 80's and re-jog memories of those Golden years of the LA aircooled scene.

Guys like Steve:

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We were able to talk about mutual friends, like Tom from Huntington. Park who had one of the first Turquoise with white ragtops all OG Calstyle with venitian blinds (again the lowrider influence) on smoothies with whitewalls. In turn Tom got this VW from another OG Bugs Buddys member out of Puente. While Tom had Steve later paint his ragtop a sweet champagne color with bone ragtop/interior in his driveway!!...that's how us VW kids did things back then. (I hope some pics surface, as this VW was at all the Disco Cha-Cha venues cruising back then) Talking about Toms Ragtop & my experience affiliated with the Bugs Buddys, In my opinion the Bugs Buddys were the GFK's of their day & it's not a coincidence a former Bugs Buddys member Ruben N. founded GFK.

Going back to the whitewalls on smoothies, I remember it played out like this back then.
1980-81 we (again the lowrider influence) rolled on Remington 520/15 a lowrider tire with a 1 inch whitewall or we rolled on white smoothies with a Porsche 356 hubcap but with a Wolfsburg crest emblem with Michelin 135 & 165's.
Than 1982 the Detailed polished (or the new kids call mascara look) Fuch 911 Porsche Alloys hit the LA scene....now don't get me wrong the OC Cal Look had a few dudes rolling on late 6 original finish alloys but their wheel of choice was BRM's Centerlines, 8 spoke Empis..just like I was the only guy rolling on Speedwell BRMs in ELA (always an exception) but us LA kids were seeking out and rolling on deep early 6 hearts, 5 1/2, some 4 1/2 but they were polished/detailed "bling"!!
1983-1984 I started seeing fully polished Fuch Alloys by the Old Man with the paper hat in EL Monte on our LA Calstyle VW's and also at this time the guys that didn't have their alloys yet rolled on now a "Gangster" full white wall tire and the majority were the white inserts on black tires (remember we didn't have $$$ some other areas had).

I was there and this is how I remember it.......if someone knows different than let me know so we can correctly document our 80's LA Calstyle Look.
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vwkidd · Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 2:50 pm Post subject:

j8bug · Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 8:47 pm Post subject:

The 1st annual L.A. nostalgia cruise route is set. The meeting point will be at the old Peppers pkg lot off of the 60/605 frwy. The cruise will make its way thru the cities of Whittier, Pico Rivera, Montebello, ELA, Boyle Hts, Lincoln Hts, Elysian Park and onto the Original Tommys on Rampart & Beverly by 7pm or so. The date and addt'l details coming soon including times, stops/rendevouz points along the route. Open to everyone but VWs will be the focal point. So if your VW is not running that day join us in your lowlow, bike or mini-truck... FB: 80s L. A. for more info

vwkidd · Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:52 pm Post subject:

Mauricio · Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 6:13 am Post subject:

twinwindows · Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 7:21 am Post subject:

An old school friend from high school Rene Guevara Taken in Cypress park Ca. The mid 80`s

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j8bug · Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:49 am Post subject:

KaliKabrio

J8bug, That cruise night sounds very cool, I only wish my bug was done. Those places you mentioned bring back alot of memories. I rememeber going to peppers the first week it opened. This is a really cool thread lets keep it going...

vwkidd

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vwkidd · Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 7:29 pm Post subject:

j8bug

j8bug · Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 9:12 am Post subject:

A bit more chrome on the motor and the antenna on the front right quarter and you would think its 1985 in my neighborhood of latino SouthCentral L.A.... Ive got a tickle going thru my insides right now...
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vwkidd · Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 9:58 am Post subject:

j8bug · Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 2:49 pm Post subject:

j8bug · Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 5:56 pm Post subject:

Those that grew up in the 80s L.A scene know that it was a 2-headed monster. The club scene and the cruising scene. And while all the other clubs came and went, locales got torn down and moved around, The Casa was there from beginning to end. Support it...
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j8bug · Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:33 pm Post subject:

Lets cruise!
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Ending at the original Tommys hamburgers (Beverly & Rampart)...

vwkidd · Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:01 pm Post subject:

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