Darell Baker San Clemente, CA, USA '58 Ragtop

  • '58 European Ragtop
  • Anthracite Grey
  • Porsche 944 trailing arms and brakes
  • CB Performance narrowed beam
  • CB Performance dropped spindles
  • Mahle Gas Burners, Enviro-plated and paint detailed
  • Stainless steel Fuel and brake hard lines
  • Brick red leather interior
  • Grey German square weave carpet
  • Grey German broad cloth headliner
  • Powdercoated pan
  • Powdercoated/ceramiccoated suspension parts
  • Koni shocks and steering damper
  • Customized Berg 5 speed locking shifter
  • Porsche 356A VDM steering wheel
  • Custom bezel Auto Meter gauges
  • WINNER - 2006 DKP Cruise Night Members Choice award
  • "El Diablo Gris"


  • 2387cc
  • Pauter 86mm wedgemated crank
  • Pauter 5.600" I-beam rods
  • Pauter 03E8 cam
  • Pauter 1.4 roller rockers
  • JE custom dome 94mm pistons w/ Total Seal rings
  • Cima cylinders
  • Scat lifters, reworked by SLR Cams
  • Manton dual taper pushrods
  • Jaycee polished pushrod tubes
  • CE straight cut gears
  • Weber 48IDA's, reworked by ACE
  • Empi manifolds, welded by Dan Lawson
  • Revmaster oil pump w/blow-off
  • CB 044 blank heads, 42 X 37.5, manipulated by Mike Fischer at CE
  • Comp Cams s/s beehive springs w/ titanium retainers
  • CE True Torque head spacers
  • Gene Berg 3 1/2 qt. sump
  • Raceware 10mm stud kit
  • MSD Digital 6 ignition
  • MSD HVC coil
  • KEP stage 2, aluminum
  • Daiken 200mm disc
  • A-1 1-3/4" header
  • A-1 Custom 3" oval tube w/Magnaflow s/s muffler
  • Built by Dan Lawson, Competition Engineering


  • '75 Type 1 single side cover case
  • Gusseted by Rimco
  • Gene Berg preped 3:88 R/P for 5 speed
  • Erco gears, 3.78/2.46/1.58/1.26/0.89
  • ZF diff
  • Gear One custom 300m axles
  • Modified Gene Berg mid-mount
  • Custom vented/breather box by Troy Smith
  • Built by Kevin Richards at KCR Transmissions