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Island_Girl
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Hey all,
I've seen a few cars with a bamboo/tiki themed interior, and I love the combo of cheap w/ neat concept. Beach mat headliners, bamboo lined doors, post 'em up!
Here's a few examples from other guys:
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69CalLookBeetle
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Here's Fattie's headliner.
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VOODOOKING
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headliner I did in my car few years ago
had a friend throwing away some bamboo blinds, I took em and put them to use,..added them one slat at a time
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iVolkswagen
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jmsmilin
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I will have to dig up a shot of my 67s headliner-Voodoos is the coolest so far. I ran a bamboo shade/blind set like above in my 67, I added some tiki visors, a shift knob, a hula girl, cool tiki floor mats, etc etc and my wife called the car Creepy Tiki, but there was a guy on here a while back that had a sweet bay window bus he also called creepi tiki so Im not sure who was first. I cant find pics of the bus right now either.
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gbsmallie
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| Im probably late to the party having never seen a picture of it before, but that "Tikiwagen 2" is absolutely offthehook! Thats gotta be the coolest volksrod Ive ever seen! |
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splitmike
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From about 2 years ago
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2jmotorsports
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Very cool rides. 
Would it be appropriate of me to ask here what the relation is between tiki culture and custom car/hot rod culture? |
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Clark Kustoms
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Clark Kustoms
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der58SC
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| Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 9:05 am Post subject: |
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where can one get this try of bamboo?
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jmsmilin
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bitchen center caps
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Van-go108
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| 2jmotorsports wrote: |
Very cool rides.
Would it be appropriate of me to ask here what the relation is between tiki culture and custom car/hot rod culture? |
Your from Long Beach too. You should know. Ask all my Hawaiian cousins that are planted all up and down SoCal. It seems natural, ya know?
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Clark Kustoms
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jmsmilin
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Here's the improvments the new owner made... |
best true tiki interior yet! and the bamboo rod holding up the hood is classic
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Island_Girl
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Voodooking, do you have any more pics of the interior of your bug? I think the thing is awesome, I've seen it in other threads, and it's pretty much what comes to mind when I think of a real individual ride.
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discoloredcurrency
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it now lives in my hometown! saw it today!
wonder how much he paid for it? he has an early 30's chevy rod too... i don't particularly care for it though.
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iVolkswagen
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it now lives in my hometown! saw it today!
wonder how much he paid for it? he has an early 30's chevy rod too... i don't particularly care for it though. |
I would have crapped my pants had I drove by and seen it. 
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R.Rabbit
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| Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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where can one get this type of bamboo?
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believe it or not - window blinds @ Walmart, K-mart, Target, etc. I used the same ones on my DC for the door/kick panels only I kept the strings in place. Mine just aren't as dark or it could be the different cameras.
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