Special thanks to Dean KIRSTEN for providing Cal-Look.com this background and photos of his old ’67! This car is one of our favorite Cal Lookers of all time, being made famous due to its inclusion in the Hot VWs February 1975 premiere Cal Look issue. Owned by Dean Kirsten, and being his only means of [...]
Sure, original VW Gassers from the ’70s are the real deal today… Of course, such pieces of VW racing history are not easy to locate these days, but this is not unusual to find some for sale from time to time. Again, the web helps a lot to locate them … Unfortunately, most were either [...]
Bug-ins Dash Plaques are without a doubt the most sought after Bug-in memorabilia today, and they are now priceless. Complete collection are very very rare… I heard Keith SEUME put for sale some times ago a complete collection is used to have in… duplicate… Only Keith… Add one or several plaques to your VW and [...]
Memory by Glenn MILLER and more EMPI Datsun stuff by El Dub. When VW started to give Joe Vittone crap about the VWs that were being “tricked-out” at his dealership, Economotors, and the other VW dealerships buying his EMPI dress-up items, he started thinking about extending the GTV to the Datsun line. Here is the [...]
I found a very interesting article on an old issue of Dune Buggies – The fun car journal (Hot VWs today) from December 1968 (a very cool issue detailing the all new EMPI IMP buggy…). I thought it would be interesting to copy here what was written at that time as it really shows what [...]
Browsing your old VW literature in search of anything dealing with good old days reserve some cool surprises… And when you find Bug-ins adverts, believe me, that makes your day. Here are some for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy. NOTES Picture was taken at B.F.Y. Shop in Orange… It shows a mega cool Bug-in 7 event [...]
BUG-IN Programs Programs edited by Bug-ins promoters at each edition are part of the Bug-in history. Unfortunately for us, these programs are simply impossible to locate these days. Is it really a surprise, as, honest, what are we all doing with the various Programs edited today… Well, I’m sure you see what I mean. Thanks [...]
The DKP used to have their Drag Days at Carlsbad in the ’70′s, and the track would let us in the night before the event. Most of us would just end up sleeping in the pits. It always made for a fun trip to Carlsbad – hang out that night, and race the next day. [...]
When looking at the events sections in the various VW-related magazines today, it’s hard to imagine that there was a time when there were not VW events virtually every weekend. The truth is, back in the late 1960′s, despite the growing popularity of the VW Beetle and the beginnings of a strong performance aftermarket , [...]
Dean Lowry built the Gurney car from young Darrell Vittone’s street oval, eventually becoming the Inch Pincher. For the first few years it was driven only by Dean, with the door lettering stating “Engine & Dyno by Deano.” Later, when young Darrell Vittone became involved, the lettering was changed to “Vittone & Lowry.” At this [...]
