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Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:27 pm

Post them Up!
No Resto Cal's...please :D

Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:16 pm

here are some OG cal look cars

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=179276

Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:23 pm

Ya... but there are other nice Cal-look cars all over the world other than DKP cars. 8)

But I do Like this one alot!

Thu Feb 28, 2008 7:06 pm

1966 vw bug OG paint

Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:42 am

estofer wrote: 1966 vw bug OG paint

He said no Resto-Cal's :evil:
Throwing a set of BRM's does not make your bug a Cal-look;especially with chrome eyebrows!
Show us the IDA's :wink:

Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:47 am

Alan Willis wrote: Show us the IDA's :wink:

"Throwing a set of IDA's does not make your bug a Cal-look"

Right Alan?

Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:49 am

John Plow's Euro 67... and yes, it's still 6 volts.

2180 built by Art Thraen with Fumio Fukaya 40x35 heads, IDAs and FK-8 cam.

Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:16 am

Alan Willis wrote: estofer wrote: 1966 vw bug OG paint

He said no Resto-Cal's :evil:
Throwing a set of BRM's does not make your bug a Cal-look;especially with chrome eyebrows!
Show us the IDA's :wink:

Sorry - No IDA's, but I do have IDF's

What is wrong with the eyebrows?! :?

Here is my engine 1914 with 44 IDFs

http://ratemybug.com/index.php?option=com_hotornot2&Itemid=26&cat=11[url]

Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:44 am

estofer wrote: What is wrong with the eyebrows?!
Nothing... just not part of the "California Look".

Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:59 am

True Cal-look is dechromed,only lowered in the front,T-bars or blades vs. full bumpers,sparse interiors,and usually an IDA engine capable of making 12 second passes.
Basically,looks tame in the rearview till it easily passes you :wink:
BTW,Glenn by todays standards,your bug could be considered Cal-look 8)
There were a few guys in DKP II that had later models like yours that looked every bit as correct as the early Beetles.

Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:06 am

Alan Willis wrote: True Cal-look is dechromed
Not true... Many of the DKP cars still have the chrome trim.

http://www.dkpcarclub.com/dkpcars.html

Dave Mason's car.

Jim Kaforski's car

Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:08 am

Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:11 am

Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:12 am

No,its true. DKP III members follow the modern version,which is to leave the chrome on. If you look at original members,like Sarge's '67 you can see the difference.
Yes they are listed as Cal-look,as they have the requirements,but the look has changed quite a bit over the last few decades to the point where almost everybody claimes there car is 'Cal-Look'

Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:13 am

Rude-e wrote:

THIS is a true Cal-Look 8)

Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:15 am

Glenn wrote: John Plow's Euro 67... and yes, it's still 6 volts.

2180 built by Art Thraen with Fumio Fukaya 40x35 heads, IDAs and FK-8 cam.

You sure? I see a 12volt genny and blue coil :-k

Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:16 am

That is a bad ass paint job!!! on the black bug!!

Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:18 am

Here's Steve Beecher's split. He's owned it since 74.

So he must of added the chrome trim recently :roll:

Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:20 am

Alan Willis wrote: Rude-e wrote:

THIS is a true Cal-Look 8)

Aw yeah! Thats just what I was thinking when I saw it...WOW :shock: that is badass

Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:21 am

Yes,he went by the original listing for a Cal-Look beetle back in 1975.
I'm not saying the ones portrayed today don't have the same similarities,but they are different from what the original rules are.
Just like DKP is listed as Cal-look,and GF are listed as Resto-Cal,although some GF guys run IDA's and some DKP guys don't.