Old guys Rule
May 27, 2022
5 minutes
Words and photos Stephan Szantai
“Bob’s weapons of choice were three wheelers at first, followed by quads, until he turned 65”
“[Bob] keeps the rpm below 7,000… and launches it carefully, with respect to the turbo and automatic transmission”
Car guys who experienced southern California through the mid-1960s fondly remember the era. Sure, they were changing times, and soon the USA would witness turmoil, from the assassination of Martin Luther King to the Vietnam war. But, on a positive note, muscle cars began to rule the street and drag racing had a huge following.
Meanwhile, others of the younger generation started taking an interest in air-cooled VWs, snagging them cheap from local used car dealers as either cheap daily transport, or to modify. It was the dawn of the air-cooled VW customising scene.
Southern California resident, Bob Sechi, was in the midst of it all, though he started his car journey with
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