IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A TYPICALĬALIFORNIA LOOK BUG FROM THE MID-SEVENTIES TO EARLY-EIGHTIES ERA, LONG TIME VW ENTHUSIAST HECTOR BONILLA HAS HECTOR BONILLA'S 1967 SEDAN THE WAY THEY WERE 30 YEARS AGO A-1 1 3/4" HEADER A-1 MAGNAFLOW MUFFLER BOSCH 009 DISTRIBUTOR W/ MSD 6AL IGNITION BOX MSD COIL MAGAZINE FEATURES : ULTRA VW (GB), VW SPEED (GERMANY), OUT OF A MID- TO LATE-1970s HOT VWs MAGAZINE. WITH ITS DECHROMEDīODY, T-BARS, AND ONE-PIECE-WINDOWS, THE CAR APPEARS TO BE THE '66 WENT 7.90 AT 86 MPH AT IRWINDALE. USING STOCK GEARS AND STREET LEGAL DRAG SLICKS, HP AT THE WHEELS (ON PUMP GAS) DURING THE 3rd VW TRENDSĭYNO DAY. MOTOR WAS BUILT WITH OFF-THE-SHELF PARTS, RESULTING IN 180 RESTORATION, PAINT, INTERIOR, ENGINE, YOU NAME IT. DARRELL DID MOST OF THE WORK ON THE CAR HIMSELF. HIS CURRENT RIDE IS THIS SEA SAND '66, WHICH HE PURCHASED INġ991. TO BE LOWERED IN HIS CLUB, THE WELL-KNOWN DER GUTEENEINE. AROUND 1969, IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST CAL LOOK BUGS BACK THEN, HE OWNED A '65 SEDAN WITH 1350cc FOUR-TUNED 1 5/8" HEADER FOUR-TUNED MUFFLERSĭARRELL BOMGAARS' 1966 SEDAN Best ET: 7.90 86 MPH (1/8th Mile - Irwindale) A CAL LOOK BUG BUILT IN THE SPIRIT OF THE '70sĭARRELL BOMGAARS IS ONE OF THE HAPPY FEW WHO WENT TO BUG. KEITH SEUME'S "(THE NEW) CUSTOM HANDBOOK" TECH SHEET : (GB), SUPER VW (FRANCE), LET’S PLAY VWs (JAPAN) BOOKS : NOTE THE RAREĬONVERTIBLE DECKLID AND THE STOCK LOOKING INTERIOR, WITH ORIGINALīAT-WING TYPE STEERING WHEEL AND LACK OF EXTRA GAUGES. THE STOCK 1131cc 25 bhp ENGINE MADE WAY FOR AĢ275cc LUMP, A POPULAR CHOICE FOR DKP MEMBERS. TO IMPROVE HANDLING, PERFORMANCE ANDĬOMFORT THIS BUG COMBINES A PORSCHE 5 SPEED TRANSMISSION WITH Aġ971 IRS FLOORPAN. HERE IS SOMETHING YOU DON'T SEE EVERY DAY : A STEVE BEECHER'S 1952 SPLIT Best ET: 13.67(Radials) 100mph (Carlsbad Raceway) OVER HALF A CENTURY & STILL GOING (VERY) STRONG BERG 1 3/4" HEADER 3" MAGNAFLOW MUFFLER 48 IDA WEBERS BERG MANIFOLDS CB FUEL PUMP MAGAZINE FEATURES : STREET VWs (JAPAN), SUPER VW (FRANCE) TECH SHEET : HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CAR INCLUDE A NUMBER OF VINTAGE EMPI PRODUCTS, SUCH AS THE 5-SPOKE SPLIT RIMS. CLYDE BERG BUILT THE 2276CC ENGINE, WHILE MIKE HERBERT AT RANCHO ASSEMBLED THE 5-SPEED GEARBOX. FABIEN DID MOST OF THE WORK WITH HELP FROM LENNY COPP & HIS TEAM AT WEST COAST CLASSIC RESTORATION. HE FOUND THIS VERY SOLID '67 ONLY FIVE MINUTES FROM HOME IN 2009 AND IN NO TIME THE CAR WAS TAKEN APART FOR A FULL RESTORATION. HE ACQUIRED THE SKILLS TO RESTORE AND BUILD VWS (PAINTING INCLUDED) ALONG THE WAY. DKP Members' Cars DKP MEMBERS' CARS They're all listed here inįABIEN BECASSE'S 67 SEDAN A DREAM COME TRUEįABIEN BECASSE BECAME HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH THE VOLKSWAGEN SCENE BACK IN THE '80s.
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