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Daves Beetle Project gets a new engine!

Remember Dave?! Well he had a beetle that unfortunatly needed more work than it was worth, so it went off to the tip! Then as luck would have it he stumbled accross a '65 that needed a small amount of attention so picked it up as a suitable replacement for it.
While we have been out driving our cars, he's been getting busy in the garage building it back together.

He's re-homed the Trekker's old 1776cc engine, and with a quick top end rebuild its ready to go in.


Not sitting back and taking it easy, he has been tidying up the bodywork and getting his mate Aaron to weld a few pieces up - best to do it now rather than later!
So good is the progress, it's looking like a car again.. now wheres that lowering stick?!




Sure we will be seeing more updates soon.
See you tomorrow!

Andy

Heretics evening meets get off to a great start!

A big thankyou to those of you who made it down to the first evening meet of the year. Another great cross section of vehicles in attendance and an almost 50/50 split of Air and Watercooled cars.
Food and drink was available all night courtesy of the resident burger van, and the weather behaved itself too!
The next one is 20th of May, so if you're local why not come down - the shop is open late too!
Here are a few pics.. enjoy!











The only RHD example in existance, die hard VW fan Chris Redford's Gurgel is just one of his crazy VW collection.

G-werks latest creation, R32 on Air-ride and Rotiform Billet alloys.

Volksworld magazine cover star, Shaun's Turbo'd Split van looked the part, and then some!

Have a great weekend, and see you on Monday!

Andy

If you went down to the woods again...

Out in the sunshine, albeit a little chilly, our hard work on the Adventure Unlimited Kitchen project is really taking Shape.
Joined this week by friend of the company Marc, the team got the rest of the floor down and the roof framework in place.
Here are some "action shots" and one of the guys having a well earned tea break!









For those wanting a petrol fix today.. howabout a cheeky burnout from Mark Prosser's Auto Technik Bay, captured on his last visit!



Thanks for reading, see you tomorrow!

Andy

Wheels Day, Show Report

A few of the staff took an outing to Wheels Day in Aldershot on the Good Friday Bank Holiday. Although not a VW Show as such, there were a few in attendance, sat alongside Custom Cars, Retro Fords, Nu-Skool metal and some Big ol' Americana which filled up the slightly overcast show field just nicely!
Here is a somewhat diverse picture collection from the day!


















See you tomorrow!

Andy

Sunny Side up!

The latest van to join the VW Kampers fleet dropped in to pick up a few parts the other day.
Toyota's brightest yellow is the colour of choice, and rolling on a set of polished Radar rims i'm sure they'll have queues round the block with people wanting a weekend away in it!
I had a quick look round and took a few snaps to share with you all, and it looks good!
Have a look on their website for more info on what they can offer.
www.vwkampers.com





See you tomorrow!

Andy

Good cause and customers car focus.

A campaign to help a fellow V-Dubber came to my attention today, The Aquaphobics club are rallying together for a member of theirs with a life threatening medical condition.
Chris Boakes, aged just 26, has Restrictive Cardiomyopathy, a condition where the heart is restricted from stretching and filling with blood properly. This abnormal heart function can affect the lungs, liver and other body organs and unfortunately for Chris, this now means that he requires both a heart and liver transplant.
Sadly double transplants aren't available in the UK, so the race is on to raise some money to get him to America for this crucial surgery.

Please visit his website to offer words of support, or make a donation if you are able to, click the link below or visit www.thechrisboakesfund.com
www.thechrisboakesfund.com

Todays picture based blog service resumes with a customers car.
A 58/59 model fitted with a number of period accessories including a Judson supercharger, this car caught my eye, sat outside in the sun!






Thanks for reading, see you tomorrow!

Andy

Ninove: the final chapter.

We had a few taster shots from the town centre based show yesterday, another picture heavy blog today folks, a really nice mixture of cars, and the street setting makes a nice change to a grass field, or an exhibition centre. Enjoy!













Have a great weekend, see you Monday!

Andy