The Ride Has Arrived!!!

Wow...its been a couple of months since I have seen my ride....The car made it to Houston Texas last week. It was delivered to VWOA receiving port. When I arrived it was surrounded by all the flashy 2009-2010 VW's, Audis, and Porsches...... How Ironic is that???
Unfortunately my tool set that was behind the rear seat was stolen on the way here. My car battery was also swapped for a POS battery that could not be jump started or charged. Once I installed a new battery I was good to go and drove to San Antonio Texas where I spent the night.
The next day I took the ride to the Buggy Warehouse in San Antonio to buy some stuff to help the bug deal with this Texas heat. Once I got that done I began my drive to Abilene. About 47 miles into the drive my front passenger side tire burst. Luckily I was only driving about 60 MPH so I did not loose control. You guessed it there where sparks flying everywhere as my beam was destroyed. Lucklily It was only around 4:30PM so I was able to call several tire shops to see if they had Continental 145/65-15 tires. You guessed it..no one had the tire I needed so I contacted U-Haul to rent a truck and a trailer to get the car home. I finally made it home about 1:30 AM. Boy was it nice to be home!!!! I only took a few pictures which I have posted.

Welcome to Texas

Just made it in to Texas.....boy is it hot and its only gonna get hotter.

Bug is on the Boat!!

Finally shipped the bug to Texas. Hopefully all goes well and it will arrive in around 8 weeks.

Third Ear Syndrome in Europe!

Third Ear Syndrome is Available for bookings in MADRID and ITALY from May 27th to July 24th . . . for bookings contact:
ramses@bacteriarecords.com

The Italian Drop Spring BBQ!!!!

BIG-BUG PIC-NIC 17 Maggio Vò Euganeo PD Maggiolini Patavini

4° Raduno Maggiolini Vespe and Lambrette Conegliano TV

Conegliano Sunday the 26th of April 2009.

Castelbug in Castelfranco Treviso Sunday 29th of March

Texas

After 7 great years in Italy I am moving to Texas. Looking forward to moving back to the U.S. and meeting new aircooled friends.

SA Sprint Stars Price: $3500

Greg is selling a second set of South African Sprintstars on the samba.

They look sweet on the Reichpost

Car Art by Automotive Illustrator Lemorris

Just brilliant car art by Lemorris. This guy has talent.

The Big Three

Modified Sprints from Vintage Warehouse

Greg at http://vintagewarehouse.com recently modified his South African Sprints. He replaced the rear 4 1/2" hoops with 6" hoops. Then he sent the whole set off for chrome.Now I know what I will be doing to my rims. What a difference...
Before & After:

Happy Thanksgiving to all my VW Brothers, and Sisters

VWOA Strikes Again!

All
I am sorry but I had to pull the plug on my Zazzle Web-Store. Apparently VWOA legal department has a problem with anyone selling any apparel with a likeness of a VW beetle. They consider my T-shirt designs as a violation of the intellectual property rights of Volkswagen.

Slow Low

Love this picture of "Slow Low" this car looks ACE.

Sexy Monochrome Split

Craftsmanship 2

craftsmanship

I spotted this Type 2 in The Barcelona Panscrapers forum http://www.panscrapers.com/

The sort of craftsmanship that is evident in this project can only be the work of a true welder/machinist. I would love to see this project in person. If the pictures are anything to go by, I am sure this will be a killer ride when finished.

Volksfahrer.nl summertour 2008!

Erwin is a chap from the Netherlands who just got finished with his Aircooled summer tour in Czech and Slovenia. He has some awesome pictures posted on his website http://www.volksfahrer.nl . Here I have posted one of my favorites.

TID & Camber Wheels Gang in Menton 2008

Just like the title says The Italian Drop & Camber Wheels Gang in Menton 2008. Great rides, great video...

My ride

VEHICLE: UK Spec 1966 RHD Type 1

PAINT: OG Savannah Beige

ENGINE: 1600 D.P. with dual Kadron carb kit, A.J. Sims Scat linkage, Bosch 12V/75 Amp alternator, Pertronix Billet Flamethrower Distributor, Competition Engineering billet pulley’s. C.B. Performance Merged Header.

GEARBOX: Freeway Flyer by Pete at the Gogbox in London U.K.

FRONT SUSPENSION: Adjustable B.J. Beam (narrowed 4”),

C.B. Performance dropped spindles.

BRAKES: C.B. Performance Wide 5/disc brake kit.

RUBBER/WHEELS: Continental Smart Car 145/55-15 tires in the front, Hankook 165 R-15’s in the back. South African Sprintstars.

INTERIOR: O.G. black vinyl

Raduno Oderzo 2008

Went to the VW meet in