September
2004
I've always loved the '57.
I've owned a couple of '55 Chevys in my younger days but never had the
opportunity (money and a good deal) to purchase one. Now that I'm going through
my 3rd mid-life crisis, I've decided that it's now or never.
As
luck would have it, I found a car, a car that had a lot of potential. September 18, 2004, I purchase
the car.
Eight
months later, with the help of my good friend, Bob Spencer and his
fabrication and bodywork skills, I'm driving my '57 Chevy 'Retro Mod'. See
how it was done on my website.
May 2005
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1972
- 1975
What makes this car an 'original'?
It's So California, the early
seventies; the "in" car is the VW beetle. A
popular style of customization involved removing chrome, eliminating the
unnecessary, lowering the front and running a high performance motor.
In 1975, Hot VWs magazine described
this style to the world and gave it a name, "The California
Look" or "Cal-look". A look that now every VW enthusiast recognizes. They used five cars as examples in that article. I was
the owner of one of those original Cal-Look cars and still own it
today.
In 2009-2010 I did a complete body-off
restoration, landing on the covers of several VW
oriented magazines all over the world. This web site documents the
history.
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July
2012
This VW camper had been sitting
for over 7 years in a neighbor's driveway. It had plenty of rust and
a previous owner had done some questionable repairs and
modifications.
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