 spotted; nice 914 convertible on hwy 85 in san jose, somebody can tell us about it? |
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| pt_700 |
 Jul 10 2011, 12:00 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 1,108 Joined: 4-March 10 From: san jose, ca Member No.: 11,430 Region Association: Northern California 
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all i can add is the engine sounded like a 4 cylinder and it was being driven carefully by the gentleman owner.
who know's more? appeared to be very cleanly and professionally done.  |
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| jimtab |
Jul 10 2011, 02:02 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,477 Joined: 5-January 03 From: Pacifica, California Member No.: 91 Region Association: Northern California |
Is that some version of a beach boys slope nose conversion?? Anybody, Buhler, Buhler? I'm not fond of those myself but whatever blows your skirt up,
I guess.....I wonder how they "re-stiffened" the chasis after cutting off the targa rear? |
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| ArtechnikA |
Jul 10 2011, 05:21 PM
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rich herzog Group: Members Posts: 7,390 Joined: 4-April 03 From: Salted Roads, PA Member No.: 513 Region Association: None |
What are the chances you'd see _2_ metallic aubergine cars driving in formation ? Only in _that_ Bay Area, I guess...
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| DanT |
Jul 10 2011, 06:12 PM
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Going back to the Dark Side! Group: Members Posts: 4,300 Joined: 4-October 04 From: Auburn, CA Member No.: 2,880 Region Association: None |
Looks like late model Arena Red to me (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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| racerbvd |
Jul 10 2011, 06:35 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,375 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Sunny FL. Member No.: 226 Region Association: None |
I had a Chalon like that, there was a shop is Cali back in the 80s who was converting them, I think his name was Speedster Wolf, they were writen up in VW & Porsche magazine..
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| TargaToy |
Jul 10 2011, 08:23 PM
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-NONSOLIS RADIOS SEDIOUIS FULMINA MITTO- Group: Members Posts: 712 Joined: 26-March 10 From: DelMarVa Peninsula Member No.: 11,509 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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There was another company in the 90's that did those conversions. Something like Red Dog or Mad Dog Racing. Somewhere I have a VHS tape they sent me, upon request. They also mailed me some really poorly photo-copied product literature. They were doing V8 conversions too. You could usually tell their kits because the shape of the rear fender arch wasn't just right.
Just tried to Google 'em and turned up nothing. Now I guess I'll have to dig through my old "reference materials" to satisfy my curiosity. |
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| Dave_Darling |
Jul 10 2011, 09:32 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 15,158 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California
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Red Dawg Racing, they may have been in Arizona?
Beach Boys Racing in L. A. did convertible conversions. Never heard of Speedster Wolf, but it doesn't surprise me that a number of different places did the conversions. --DD |
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| BMITCHELL |
Jul 10 2011, 09:38 PM
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Red Dawg Racing I believe was in the High Desert, Tehachapi,
in California. They also made a strange engine cradle for the v8 conversions. |
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| Eric_Shea |
Jul 10 2011, 11:21 PM
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PMB Performance Group: Admin Posts: 19,304 Joined: 3-September 03 From: Salt Lake City, UT Member No.: 1,110 Region Association: Rocky Mountains  |
QUOTE whatever blows your skirt up IT'S NOT A SKIRT IT'S A KILT DAMNIT JIM!!! Beach Boys and Red Dawg are the ones that come to mind. |
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| racerbvd |
Jul 11 2011, 08:04 PM
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QUOTE(Dave_Darling @ Jul 10 2011, 07:32 PM)  Red Dawg Racing, they may have been in Arizona? Beach Boys Racing in L. A. did convertible conversions. Never heard of Speedster Wolf, but it doesn't surprise me that a number of different places did the conversions. --DD When I get a chance, I'll dig out the VW & Porsche magazine with the article about the 914 he turned into a vert for his daughter and talked about a white Chalon that would be next.. This turned up on google.. Speedster Wolf , aka Wolfram Berger , lives in Reseda, California. |
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| jimtab |
Jul 11 2011, 10:59 PM
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QUOTE(Eric_Shea @ Jul 10 2011, 10:21 PM) QUOTE whatever blows your skirt up IT'S NOT A SKIRT IT'S A KILT DAMNIT JIM!!! Beach Boys and Red Dawg are the ones that come to mind. MEA CULPA....MEA MAXIMA CULPA! |
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| szuccaro |
Jul 13 2011, 10:52 PM
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ZUKE Group: Members Posts: 200 Joined: 27-June 03 From: Cameron Park, CA Member No.: 862 Region Association: Northern California |
Regardless of who did the conversion, it does look like a quality job.
QUOTE(jimtab @ Jul 11 2011, 09:59 PM) QUOTE(Eric_Shea @ Jul 10 2011, 10:21 PM) QUOTE whatever blows your skirt up IT'S NOT A SKIRT IT'S A KILT DAMNIT JIM!!! Beach Boys and Red Dawg are the ones that come to mind. MEA CULPA....MEA MAXIMA CULPA! Attached image(s) 
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