Just a quick question re. "the Cal-Look"
I don't seem to see to much of it in Aus.
i.e. removing the bumpers etc.
Am I right or just missing something ?.
p.s. enjoy the Cal-Look and der ren kafer.
my old bug was a cal look. but you still have to keep the bumpers for rego. so most will be de chromed etc.
Simply Cruzin'...
It was pretty big here about 12-15 years ago.. lots of Ovals got chopped and swapped. The the Korean Kit Kars came along and, I dunno, it all just stopped...
kafer, i am planing to go with cal-look looks, though my car will be built to handle which is v.unlike most of the trad lookers.
Yes fashions come and go. There were a lot more VWs on the roads back in the 1980s and many of us built cal-lookers then. There are still a number of them in Club Veedub here in Sydney. The fashion at the moment seems to be resto-custom, which keeps the car looking more standard but updating the mechanicals. I like that a lot.
Luckily the chop-top sun-bug craze of the '80s died out - lots of otherwise good VWs were destroyed by that. There were a few well-done cars, but the vast majority were terrible.
Thanks for the replys
Although the Cal-look might be a bit out dated it still looks good. having a '70 beetle which I thinks great the only thing I don't like so much are the square bumpers . Would love to pull them off.
I currently am crazy for the "pro-stock look" standard beetle lowered , nice wheels and looks like it stepped straight off the qtr mile. If only I could find a rear wing which doesn't look like an after thought. Havn't seen one yet . Has any body ?.
This is the only wing I have seen that looks any good.
But the problem is....
The wing sits right up against the rear window.
Could be a cooling problem....
This can be found at
http://www.aircooled.net/new-bin/viewproductdetail.php?keyword2=DRW0002&cartid=
[Edited on 25-3-2003 by Tazzielittle]
i reckon a wing that sat ABOVE the rear window would be cool, just a little one
i think the NB has something similar
:bounce
Just thought I'd rub it in - no bumpers is legal here in West Oz!
(I'm going to get new chrome strips, however - I like 'em.)
What about LH torana tail lights. I guess that comes under the butchered category.
:repuke
A 12 sec street car that is street driven!
"Yes fashions come and go. There were a lot more VWs on the roads back in the 1980s and many of us built cal-lookers then. "
Oh, I didn;'t mean Cal-look was outta date - I reckon it looks cool! Just less of them these days!
I heard that Lee!
:P
I have torana lights on my 74L - and to be hoenst i dont like em that much.
But they were on the car when i brought it so they will stay for a while.
:bounce
Here is a website that details the history of swedish cal lookers - there are some similarities to what happenned in the rest of the world especially after about 1980
Alan
http://hem1.passagen.se/tobiasax/calhisteng2.htmDave Look
Not Cal, German, Aussie, Sweddish or whatever
