[Baja Mark]

in reply to: Casino Kombi #9491

I remember this from back when it was discovered and put back on the road. Such a cool bus and the seat restoration turned out great!

[Baja Mark]

in reply to: 67 Wrong Side Driver #9490

Cool car – I had a Zenith Blue ’68 sunroof with lots of patina – such a great colour. Like your plans for this – I’m just in the process of buying back my old ’67 Euro 1500 – Disc brakes and 4 lug from the factory..

I’ve always wanted to run a Zenith – kinda like the original Empi Ram induction kit with a 019 and isolated tube manifold – would suit the old school look perfectly and I hear they are nice once set up on a single port..

[Baja Mark]

in reply to: Patina Volkswagens Book #9486

dirtylawnchair wrote:

Josh Wheeler and the Shitty Splitty was THEE OG. I remember him cruising in before Hoodride was a thing (if I remember correctly) March 2004 https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=88312&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Good call – how could I forget about the Shitty Splitty! Do you have contact details for Josh please? I’d love to get hold of some of the other pics you posted too 🙂

[Baja Mark]

in reply to: Patina Volkswagens Book #9485

John Jones wrote:

Seems to me we should fly this guy over here to KCW for a weekend.. We should make sure Rusty can attend that weekend also…. He should probably ride to Rosters in Franz’s slammed patina ride he still drives to this day!!!!! or maybe’s Rusty’s single cab… it has been apart of and around for the whole patina movement!!! Hell… Most of Rusty’s shit has….. KCW will sponsor a plane ticket if you want to come get the full experience.

Thanks for your amazing offer JJ – Visiting KCW has always been a major item on my bucket list, so let’s work out a weekend and I’m there!! 🙂

[Baja Mark]

in reply to: Patina Volkswagens Book #9397

Critter1 wrote:

Very cool. I love that it will be published that KCW was a major player in making patina cars an acceptable part of this hobby. I will be emailing you some high res pics of my 64 Notch.

Awesome – I’ll look forward to the pics 🙂

[Baja Mark]

in reply to: Patina Volkswagens Book #9396

John Jones wrote:

Dizzle’s car HAS to make the book… (part of that car is still here) Franz has the back window from it… the one with franz’s arm hanging out the door at 5th and noland… Probably my old split… dragging the paint off the fenders…. Remember Dizzle’s car that the TIRE rubbed through the METAL…..

Dizzle’s car was the one that inspired me all those years ago to work with the fucked up old ’64 that I had and just slam it on Randars. Would be great to get pics of it in the book… It would be awesome to assemble the old crowd and go to Roosters…

[Baja Mark]

in reply to: Patina Volkswagens Book #9354

Awesome that you guys are on board. I did manage to get hold of Derrick – I know things surrounding Hoodride weren’t always positive, but being an active user of both the KCW and Hoodride forums at the time, it was a really cool and exciting part of history to witness.. I know time is a great healer for most people – I’m not out to call anyone out or put anyone in a bad light, I’d just like to tell the story of all the cool shit that happened.

I’d love to print as many pics of cars from the old days as I can get hold of.. I remember having a cool pic on my desktop back then of Franz’s blue bug on 5 spokes – I believe it might have been a 59 on a later pan with no rear window? The problem with old pics and internet pics are low resolution and permission to use, so if any of you guys have high res pics from back then, you’ll fill a huge gap in the picture inventory for the book.

It’s been a pleasure to be a member of this site and witness it all unfold.

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