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twinwindows
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| bugnut68 wrote: | | twinwindows wrote: | Well the cats out of the bag so here are some pics of this 80`s flash back. The car runs really hard and sounds and handles like it was only meant for the track but this is a street car and will hit the streets bringing nostalgia to those who remember. Thanks for all your help to those involved in building and getting it to the classic! Driving these cars a long time ago and jumping in it now you have to remind yourself to respect the power these cars have to be safe on the roads.
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What are the current engine specs? Any future plans for a return to turbo power? |
This time around it has a 2276CC stroker with some very cool internals. Driving it you can clearly tell its way over powered for the street but that`s how it is. The trans running chromoly axles is the very same one the car had while racing and still pulls very hard built by Mauricio in the mid 80`s who was the mechanic for both BT and BTII. Other then a oil flush and new oil plus axle seals / throw out bearing it runs perfect. Was told by the trans builder ( Mauricio) I could stick a V8 on it and will still hold up but I wont try that. We have also been talking about building an exact replica of the same 2110 Turbo the car had before the car disappeared from the seen.
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bugnut68
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Right on, sounds like fun! I'm working on a traditional old school Cal Look 2017 build right now... looking forward to having it finished so I can focus on the rest of the car. lol. |
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j8bug
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This OG needs no introduction! This guy has been key in helping us document latino 80s Vdub and party culture of Los Angeles!!!! And a TeddyBoy, the ones that transformed how we partied in L.A. BIG!!!
 Hollywood I dont think so
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Richie_Rich
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vwkidd
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| Richie_Rich wrote: | | |
X2!! Richie_Rich ONE THE PIONEERS OF AN LA UNDERGROUND PARTY/CRUISE CULTURE!
I don't want to even imagine how it would have been if we didn't have guys like Richie to pave the way!!
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1954 117 Deluxe L227 Strato Silver "Delilah"
1966 141 Cabrio. L554 Cherry Red (low mileage)
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j8bug
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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Another nice oldschool pic |
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vwkidd
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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Ora!! J8Bug your LA 80's Calstyle thread made the big time...........It's now a STICKY!!!!
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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
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62turbo
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 10:08 pm Post subject: My Dad Carlos' cal-style bug , good friend of vwkidd |
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j8bug
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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| vwkidd wrote: | | Ora!! J8Bug your LA 80's Calstyle thread made the big time...........It's now a STICKY!!!! |
Hey, anyone from L.A/SGV 80s era could have started this thread. The key has been the significant players from all the different areas that have stepped forward and contributed there perspectives and vantage points. Without all you guys this thread is still at page 2... Thank you |
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vwkidd
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 11:37 pm Post subject: Re: My Dad Carlos' cal-style bug , good friend of vwkidd |
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Another OG Carlos C. from Huntington Park..........We go all the way back to 1980-81 messing with our VW's...........The pic on the left was taken early 80's in H.P.......the pic on the right is his current Turbo powered race VW based out of Vegas. Carlos was all over the house party, Cruising, Cha-Cha disco dance scene back in the day.
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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 |
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vwkidd
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Man!! I had forgot about the whistle that was the rage in the 80's until one of the guys on our FB LA 80's page mentioned it. What a trip!! In my neighborhood of Huntington Park it seemed all the Vdubs tweeked their fan shroud & even one VW club it was a requirement!!.......some were annoyingly loud and some were just right......you had to trial & error the vane distance to the fan when you tweeked it......I remember one guy had me tweek his shroud like 4 or 5 times just to get the right level of whistle he wanted!! I didn't care cause he was payin every time I took off that shroud.......Imagine if the youngins brought the whistle back!!
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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 |
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j8bug
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| vwkidd wrote: | | Man!! I had forgot about the whistle that was the rage in the 80's until one of the guys on our FB LA 80's page mentioned it. What a trip!! In my neighborhood of Huntington Park it seemed all the Vdubs tweeked their fan shroud & even one VW club it was a requirement!!.......some were annoyingly loud and some were just right......you had to trial & error the vane distance to the fan when you tweeked it......I remember one guy had me tweek his shroud like 4 or 5 times just to get the right level of whistle he wanted!! I didn't care cause he was payin every time I took off that shroud.......Imagine if the youngins brought the whistle back!! |
Recently I saw this ghia in Az that had the whistle going....It was just right too. I almost wrecked in shock.. It was a nice ghia and the dude was fairly young too. he was turning left and so was I and i tried to turn around just to ask him how he knew about the whistle but i couldnt catch him. it had been sooooo long since i had heard that whistle ...
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Pitbull: You got to set-up that platform for the future
Matt Lauer: Where did you get that savy
Pitbull: From all the old school 80s guys
Matt Lauer: They taught you well
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J8Bug writes; The hunnies loved chrome so we had lots of it
VWKidd wrote; 80s LA/ELA owned by latinos were all original "slammed" on Porsche alloys. A way different look than the OC Cal look
TwinWindows wrote; The new upcomers will never know how it was back then cos as the years go by the VW scene was the best in thee 80s!!!
Alex BT2 wrote; We need to set a date to hit the streets of Los Angeles
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twinwindows
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A guy walks into the shop today (KochsVW) and tells me he has been reading this thread but not posting and hands me this business card....
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j8bug
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| twinwindows wrote: | A guy walks into the shop today (KochsVW) and tells me he has been reading this thread but not posting and hands me this business card....
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vwkidd
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| j8bug wrote: | | twinwindows wrote: | A guy walks into the shop today (KochsVW) and tells me he has been reading this thread but not posting and hands me this business card....
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Looks NOS too!!!
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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
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vwkidd
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Unique to our Latino Neighborhoods in LA were the Logo VDubs......
In Latino neighborhoods of Los Angeles in the mid 1980’s at a time when every teenager owned or dreamed to own a Volkswagen there was a trend among the cruisers, racers & cal-style Volkswagens of having brightly colored VW’s that were themed with detailed logos and scripts. Los Angeles, & Hollywood being the media capital of the world, it was only fitting that we would be influenced by the studios cartoon & movie characters by having detailed script and images painted on the sides & deck lids of VW’s built during this period, we like to call the 80’s LA Logo era. The first VW that I remember seeing in LA with writing on the side not on a full drag strip VW was a street racer called Lil Dreamer soon after there was logo’d VW’s called Baboom, Ragberry, Pink Panther, Bad Temper, Bad Temper II, Radical Rag, Suicide Solution, Gumby themed, The Blockheads themed, Marvin the Martian, a Ratfink Rat themed, and a Casper the ghost themed were just a few of the Logo’d VW’s I remember cruising and racing in the streets everywhere in LA during this period. The Logo’d cars usually would have the name of the LA neighborhood they were from lettered somewhere usually on the fenders and the majority of them were Logo'd by Danny A. Designs
A mini time line Logo'd VW's
The Year 1982-1983
The Year 1984-1985
The Year 1985-1986
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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 |
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vwkidd
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| j8bug wrote: | | vwkidd wrote: | | j8bug wrote: | | According to HotVWS (Feb 2006, pg6, 7th paragrah of Semaphore) this look started in the late 90s, and early 2000s. Give me a break, you are insulting every 80s V-dubber kid in L.A. that payed there dues, that constantly got harrased by the cops, that got there shit stolen, that did anything possible to be in that scene. Give me a break. The V-Dub world didnt revolve around the Orange County Callook alone... Just like there were hotrods there were lowriders. Just like there were callook there also cal-style. Time to correct history (IMO) |
J8bug History is being corrected!!....thanks to you & your thread. |
Here's that article I was talking about. Late 90s, early 2000s, man what have they been smokin!!!
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| vwkidd wrote: | The early years mini time-line
The Pioneers of our LA CalStyle Look 1978-79
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Evolved to lowered all 4 wheels 1981with OG smoothies
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Than the progression to Porsche Fuch Alloys 1982
Progression 1983-1984 fully polished alloys
Than to 1986
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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 |
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j8bug
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| Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 11:41 am Post subject: |
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| vwkidd wrote: | | j8bug wrote: | | vwkidd wrote: | | j8bug wrote: | | According to HotVWS (Feb 2006, pg6, 7th paragrah of Semaphore) this look started in the late 90s, and early 2000s. Give me a break, you are insulting every 80s V-dubber kid in L.A. that payed there dues, that constantly got harrased by the cops, that got there shit stolen, that did anything possible to be in that scene. Give me a break. The V-Dub world didnt revolve around the Orange County Callook alone... Just like there were hotrods there were lowriders. Just like there were callook there also cal-style. Time to correct history (IMO) |
J8bug History is being corrected!!....thanks to you & your thread. |
Here's that article I was talking about. Late 90s, early 2000s, man what have they been smokin!!!
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| vwkidd wrote: | The early years mini time-line
The Pioneers of our LA CalStyle Look 1978-79
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Evolved to lowered all 4 wheels 1981with OG smoothies
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Than the progression to Porsche Fuch Alloys 1982
Progression 1983-1984 fully polished alloys
Than to 1986
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Very nice Kidd!! I found these dudes on FB called the West Side Boys I played football with in the 80s and our mode of transportation was Cal-Style Vdubs back then. More to come...... btw, "What was an off-shoot of the california look mode" WRONG!!!! |
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j8bug
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| Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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Our beloved little burger joint. Always has been, always will be...
The original (shack) on Beverly & Rampart. |
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vwkidd
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J8Bug wrote: "Very nice Kidd!! I found these dudes on FB called the West Side Boys I played football with in the 80s and our mode of transportation was Cal-Style Vdubs back then. More to come...... btw, "What was an off-shoot of the california look mode" WRONG!!!!"
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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 |
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