Can you have a Cal-Look Bus?

I think you can to a certain degree but I would say they caught on in the 80's and not much earlier. Anyone else have input?

I would definitely consider your bus cal-look Rich!

Lanky said:

I would definitely consider your bus cal-look Rich!

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Thanks Lanky. I bought that Bus back in 1980 and it has looked like that since about 1981 or so. I like it.

I have to say you can make pretty much anything look cool if you don't try too hard..... Does it have to be considered Cal-look???

so67vw said:

I have to say you can make pretty much anything look cool if you don't try too hard..... Does it have to be considered Cal-look???

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I agree 100%

Yes, I think you can have a cal-look bus (Type 2). By incorporating some of the basic themes from the traditional Type 1's, I think it works well. Big engine, nice wheels and tire combo, clean paint, etc... Where I think people loose the cal-look is when they slam them or bag them, stick a roof rack on, and load it down with accessories. :cantlook:

I'm hoping to return my '63 Single Cab to the road very soon with a stout little 2332cc engine and "built" gearbox. Once its a driver again the plan includes new wheels and paint/interior. 8)

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I think I remember seeing this Bus boil the hides at Drag Day 07. Yes it is a Nazt Bus, and ALL Cal Look if your asking me.

Most likely it was the one.

Hate to burst bubbles on this one.

Most of this stuff posted here is far more "Resto-Custom" than "Cal-Look".

Chrome and two-tone paint. That's resto-custom, not Cal-Look. Sorry.

And I must admit, i've always liked resto-custom more than cal-look personally. I did a de-chromed, full-on cal-looker back in the early to mid ninteys, and always wished I had left the chrome on it.........

I like some chrome........I guess it is "Resto" more than "Look".

Eaallred said:

Hate to burst bubbles on this one.

Most of this stuff posted here is far more "Resto-Custom" than "Cal-Look".

Chrome and two-tone paint. That's resto-custom, not Cal-Look. Sorry.

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Wow, for once I'm in total agreement with Eric. The pics here are definately Resto-Customs and not Cal-Look. However, to answer the original question, a type 2 could made in the Look style. In fact, I think it would be way cool to see one done that way.

I have to stir the pot a bit... None but the sedans and sunroof cars can and should be considered "Cal-Look, as Cal-Look is what it is...A style based on the gassers of the early Vw performance game.. That's history..Don't try to re write it... There are a lot of cool buses, squarebacks ,notches and KGs that look dead nuts, but they ain't Cal-Look... Yeah i know that Kirsten guy snuck a vert in the first look issue..., but, hey! he probably needed filler he snuck his car in too...8) Don't fret about a label... Don't sweat the petty things, pet the sweaty things...

I think Cal Look is a "look" = wheels, stance,accessories, etc

In my opinion yes they can be Cal Look

would the Gary Berg bergler qualify as a cal-look? i think so.

kermit said:

would the Gary Berg bergler qualify as a cal-look? i think so.

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oh yea!!

A innovator in Cal Look