CLASS OF ’83
Sep 07, 2021
3 minutes
BY STEPHAN SZANTAI
VINTAGE PHOTOS COURTESY GARY MADRID
Orange County, California was a fantastic place to grow up during the 1980s, especially if you had any interest in air-cooled Volkswagens. You could literally find them on every street corner, while a great number also filled the parking lots of local high schools such as Saddle-back in Santa Ana. With help from Greg Halsne and several friends, one of Saddleback’s Juniors named Gary Madrid (Class of 1983) put together a clean ’68 Bug, typical of the Cal Look VWs cruising the local boulevards. Think bright blue paint, gold-painted
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