Zwitter commercial

This past week I have been complaining to my girlfriend over the lack originality in the danish tv commercials, and now i´m sitting here finding commercials on the web, I guess it can´t be easy for her figuring me out huh? :-)
But take a look at this old commercial, from when the zwitter was introduced, is it not just beautiful? Only thing I can´t recognize is that they put 3 adult people in the backseat, and it even look like they are comfortable, hell I can´t even find room for my tent with only 2 people in the car, could it be to many accessories? No that can´t be it......

Preparation for Hessich Oldendorf

Last night I spent together with Jens and his oval.
We disassempled the whole car, the only thing left is the engine, but that won´t last there long.
There are big plans for this piece of almost untouched vw machinery, including a slight change of color and a 3 fold ragtop.
And according to plans it should all be finished so the car is ready to cruise to Hessich Oldendorf in June next year.
Stay tuned on this blog to follow the progress of yet another Bluehat car.

One step further

Yesterday my good friend Allan helped me reassemple my engine to a short block. The crank was balanced, and I had got hold of a nos set of both main and rod bearings.
After the short block was finished, Allan and another John Doe member Ulrik helped me measuring out how much my heads needed to be machined of to get the desired compresion ratio.
Thanks for the help guys! I wouldn´t have figured all that math out myself.

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6 Volt friends

I just received an email with this cool picture from Håkon directly out of the norwegian 6volt garage.
These guys surely knows what old Volkswagens are all about!
No flaky paintjobs, big rims or stereos in their garages.
Remember to visit their blog (which can be found in my links). And while you are at it, you can visit their seperat blogs to follow their individual projects.

Br(e)aking point

Finally after almost a 6 months of bargaining, a deal was struck and I got these old Porsche Pre A brakes with me home.
These brakes are infact vw units, but are used on the very first 356 models.
The only thing different from ordinary vw brakes, is the aluminium ring on the outside of the drum for better cooling. And that they have 2 wheel cylinders per side, instead of only 1.
I expect they will give more braking power to the oval.
If anybody have tried this convertion before, or just have some good info, please email me

Vintage Weekend

This past weekend I attended no fewer than 3 different events for vintage cars, all located not far from my home. How lucky can one man get? :-)
Here is some pictures of some of the cool cars I saw.
What about that split screen fire ladder truck, on old danish licence plates.
Or that old Dodge truck for transporting cars, how cool would that look with 3 aircooled cars on it´s back?