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| posted on March 18th, 2003 at 08:01 PM |
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Cal-Look
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. |
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| posted on March 18th, 2003 at 08:15 PM |
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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'...
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| posted on March 21st, 2003 at 09:35 PM |
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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
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| posted on March 25th, 2003 at 02:24 PM |
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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.
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Phil74Camper
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| posted on March 25th, 2003 at 04:43 PM |
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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.
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| posted on March 25th, 2003 at 06:25 PM |
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Cal-look
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 ?. |
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| posted on March 25th, 2003 at 09:03 PM |
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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] |
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| posted on March 25th, 2003 at 11:37 PM |
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i reckon a wing that sat ABOVE the rear window would be cool, just a little one
i think the NB has something similar
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70AutoStik
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| posted on March 26th, 2003 at 10:40 PM |
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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.)
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| posted on March 27th, 2003 at 04:53 PM |
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What about LH torana tail lights. I guess that comes under the butchered category.
:repuke
A 12 sec street car that is street driven!
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| posted on March 27th, 2003 at 06:28 PM |
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"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!
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| posted on March 28th, 2003 at 09:03 AM |
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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.
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| posted on March 31st, 2003 at 11:59 AM |
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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.htm
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| posted on March 31st, 2003 at 02:31 PM |
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Dave Look
Not Cal, German, Aussie, Sweddish or whatever
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