Innholdsfortegnelse for August 2021 i dune buggies and hotVWs

I’ve asked this question several times before in this column. I also keep asking the same question to many friends at VW shows and during photoshoots: “Why are you addicted to Volkswagens?” I’m quite positive most hotVWs magazine readers are somewhat addicted to Volkswagens in one way or another. I know many friends have an addiction based on the premise that one VW is not enough, hence they end up owning multiple air-cooled cars. Some of these same folks are out of control; they don’t even know how many VWs they own... One of them is collecting VW toys. He has a dedicated room where he displays his toy collection. Collecting as many air-cooled models as you want is the ultimate dream for most VW enthusiasts for sure. The problem…

S-S-Stumbling Kads We recently built a 4-seater fiberglass buggy. The engine is a 2175cc with a mild cam and heads. Compression is about 8 to 1. We installed dual Kadron carburetors on low profile Scat intake manifolds. Despite changing jet sizes and other adjustments, we can’t eliminate the stumble it has coming off of idle. Any suggestions? Ed Chenal Murrieta, CA Ed, I’ve noticed that in recent years the guys at Solex Brazil have made a change to the Kadron Solex. They have eliminated the little hole in the side of the venturi, which leads into the idle circuit. Opinions vary about its function, but since all production up until recent years had the venturi hole, I think it would be prudent to put it back into the carb. There…

• The paintwork was almost always two-tone. • It was available only with decorative trim. • It always had a clock in the dashboard. • With option M130, it came ex-works with no skylights or sunroof. • A Samba from the period stretching from June 1951 to the start of August 1963 is called a “23 window” – the sliding window in the driver’s cab doors is counted as one window. • A Samba from the period stretching from August 1963 to July 1967 is called a “21 window” – corner windows gone due to the new wider rear hatch. • The first Samba had only 18 kW/25 PS. • In 1953, the Samba became the first Type 2 Volkswagen to have a proper rear bumper. • It was only…

It was my friend Shin, in Germany, informing me of one of the coolest VW Buses that he was currently photographing, and it just so happened to be equipped with sirens and flashing lights. It was just shy of midnight on a nice, warm Southern California night when my phone began to vibrate, repeatedly. Having slept through the first couple of incoming messages, I eventually awakened to more buzzing vibrations. When I opened my phone to see what was so urgent, I was greeted by some incredible images of a Bus that I had never seen before. However, this was certainly no ordinary Bus, but rather a Highroof ambulance! When it comes to “Highroof” model Buses here in the U.S., we often think of the Bay Window models that have…

Born and raised in Scotland, Ewan McGregor has made a name for himself over the last 25-plus years by appearing in dozens of movies, including some belonging to the mega-popular Star Wars franchise. But did you know about his interest in air-cooled VWs? It all started in his home country with vacation trips in his parents’ Bug, followed by his own ’78 Beetle, which he purchased at age 16. Fun cars were later put on the backburner, as he concentrated on his career. In more recent years, he has amassed a small fleet of vintage vehicles, with Volkswagens playing centerstage. Among them, a beautiful 1967 SO-42 Westfalia – the subject of our story. Before delving into the camper’s details, we thought it would be fitting to speak with Ewan about…

ENGINE/ Type 1 AS41 VW magnesium case DISPLACEMENT/ 2110cc BUILDER/ Donson Performance, Peoria, AZ CRANK/ 82mm Kühltek, counterweighted CYLINDERS & PISTONS/ 90.5mm AA CAM/ Engle-W110 HEADS/ Outlaw by Donson Performance VALVE SIZES/ 40mm x 32mm COMPRESSION RATIO/ 8.9:1 ROCKER ARMS/ Kühltek 1.25:1 IGNITION/ Kühltek cast electronic distributor, Taylor Spiro Pro spark plug wires, NGK spark plugs CARBURATION/ Dual 44 HPMXs OIL SYSTEM / HD cast oil pump, full flow, remote cooler with electric fan EXHAUST SYSTEM/ 1-5/8-inch EMPI stainless steel Sidewinder OTHER MODIFICATIONS/ Engle lifters, lightened flywheel, EMPI serpentine belt/ pulley drive, 75-amp chrome alternator TRANSAXLE/ TYPE 1 SWING AXLE BUILDER/ Precision Engineered Performance RING & PINION/ 4.12:1 GEAR RATIOS/ 3.80 1st, 2.06 2nd, 1.26 3rd, .89 4th OTHER MODIFICATIONS/ Welded 3rd and 4th gears, oil drilled hubs, grooved thrust…

The vintage VW toy spotlight for this month is on a tinplate VW Bus manufactured by the Japanese toy company by the name of Bandai in the mid-1950s. Bandai was founded in 1950, when Naoharu Yamashina took over a former textile wholesale company, that he himself had restructured into distributing toys. He renamed it Bandai, which was derived from the Chinese phrase for “things that are eternal”. During this time period, the firm was mainly selling celluloid and metal tin toys, along with rubber swimming rings. In March 1951, Bandai (Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan) began to export inexpensive toys like tin metal cars and planes to the United States and other foreign markets. In early 1955, Bandai established a manufacturing facility named the Waraku Works and started making toys themselves as…

This information is accurate as of June 7th, 2021. Please check the event organizers’ websites for the latest updates. July 9, 2021 13th annual VW Drag Night Location: South Carolina Motorplex, Neeses SC Description: It’s time for the 13th annual VW Drag Night! Join us Friday July 9th at the new South Carolina Motorplex in Neeses S.C. for test and tune and the return of the Instant Green King class! The gates will open at 5 pm. The next morning we will then return to the track for the main event. The gates will open at 11 AM. It will be $15 to enter. We’ll have drag racing, show cars, music, food, raffles, vendors, a swap meet and much more! We will have the Aircooled Streetcar Association, Pro Stock, Pro…

Buses were built from parts manufactured by outside suppliers. Volkswagen built bodies, and assembled everything. Many of these parts have date codes on them. This was done originally for warranty and inventory reasons, but it is now helpful for people who are interested in period correctness on their Type 2s. This month we will discuss and decode date codes. Date codes come in a few different styles. The easiest to read is the straight forward Year/Month inside a circle. If you ever see a circle with a number between 1 and 12 in one half, and something that looks like a year in the other half, it is almost certainly a date code. This style of date code shows up on wheel rims near the lug nut holes, and also…

Utility Basket Drink Holders New accessory “utility” tunnel baskets and Split Bus drink holders from ISP West. These upgraded designs have lift-up drink holders for more storage, spring-loaded wallet/napkin holders, a plastisol coating that won’t harm your interior, and are 100% made in the USA. Easy installation, just slide it over the tunnel or hook it on the dash. Available in Ivory, Black, or Chrome. For more information, visit www.vwispwest.com. Pro Drag Transaxles Pro Drag Type 1 Street or strip High-Performance transaxle IRS and Swing includes: Rhino case with gusset, DFT 091 aluminum Super Diff, 2 heavy-duty side plates (swing axle), Type 2 or 930 flanges (IRS), 2 heavy-duty billet side covers, German 3.88 Ring and Pinion, Weddle 1-4 gears (geared to your needs), Chromoly pinion retainer, heavy duty axles…

Prototypes showed up in 1949, and production started in early 1950. By the middle of that first summer, things were rolling along nicely with an average production of over 30 Buses per day. By the end of the first year, over 8,000 Type 2s had been produced. Less than 50 of those are known to exist today. The early 1950 models (around the first 5000 units) have a stand up spare tire next to the engine, and a rear emblem. Their late 1950 counterparts (the next approximately 3000 units) have the spare tire tray above the engine, and just a blank panel on the back with no emblem. The rear window would not show until four months into ’51, which was another 4500 or so Buses. A couple dozen of…

In the world of Volkswagen accessories, there are a select few items made specifically for Buses. They include the familiar ones, such as roof racks and Safari windows that we all know and love. Then there are the less commonly seen – th items that get Bus enth siasts all excited. Let’s di deeper and take a look a Type 2 accessories an that you don’t usually disc at swap meets or show NOS COVER PLATES These are used to cover the semaphore holes on Buses after you remove the semaphores when updating your lights. This is an example of something that is rare, yet not particularly valuable, and not very desirable. BUS TRIP SPEEDOMETER Bus speedometer with a resettable trip meter. This is one of the rarest options ever…

Ingredients/ Pre-made beef patties Sliced pepper jack cheese Sliced fresh Jalapeños chile Chipotle mayo Sliced red onions Sliced tomatoes Chipotle mayo/ 1-cup mayonnaise, 2 tablespoons of Chipotle chile, purée mixed together Season burgers generously with salt and pepper. Cook to at least medium-to-well (safe internal temperature to at least 165 degrees). Top with 3 Jalapeño slices and cover with pepper jack cheese. Grille buns and add 1 tablespoon of mayo to top bun. Garnish with tomato and onion…. And enjoy!…

VELVET GREEN PERFECTION THIS ONE’S A KEEPER Herrell VW Service opened its doors way back in 1969. Over time, the name changed and if you’ve been reading hotVWs for a while, you might recognize the new name: Herrell Bug Parts. About 45 years ago, a teenage Lindy Herrell began working at his father’s shop in Carrollton, Georgia, and he still runs the shop today. Over the years, Lindy has built and sold too many VWs to list. However, surprisingly, he never felt any of the Buses he built were what he dreamed of. In 2014, one of his friends turned him on to a 1965 Kombi that had been sitting and told him to check it out. Lindy says that it was “rusty, but better than average,” so he felt…

Project cars don’t build themselves overnight – they take patience and determination to complete. Having an overly optimistic or naïve expectation of the restoration timeline can at least get you started, but it may not get you to the finished product. This was the case when Owen Brown found this now 51-year-old Transporter, a 1970 Single Cab. It was disassembled, but Owen could see its potential. He convinced himself he could have it back together within the year. This may have been excitement clouding his experience, as his last project took much longer to make into a daily driver. However, this time he hoped it would be different. He came across this Single Cab after starting his search on thesamba.com . Though it had primer on the front, the rest…

NO DETAILS LEFT UNTOUCHED “I HAD A DREAM TO CREATE A BEAUTIFUL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Beach Cruiser based on a VW Split Window Bus, and do it as a tribute build to the explosion of the surf scene in the mid-1960s – I was very much a part of it in Huntington Beach,” Gary explains. Now living in Phoenix, Arizona, he has made that dream come to life. What started as a shell of a Bus spent most of its life in the southwest desert, so it had very little rust, and needed minimal bodywork. Having been in the automotive industry for years working with icon Carroll Shelby, Gary knew a body like this was the perfect candidate for the project. Over the next five years, the bare-bones Bus would evolve…

DESPITE BEING HIDDEN FOR OVER 35 YEARS, DARRELL’S FLOORPAN WAS ROCK-SOLID! In 1973, EconoMotors dealership took in a well-used, but severely dented 1967 Bug as a trade-in. It wasn’t worth much to the dealership or resale market, so before they sold it to the local wholesaler, they asked Darrell Vittone if he wanted it for a racecar. He said yes and that he would use it to build an NHRA A/MC sedan, and the rest is history. That same Bug, now with 108,876 miles on it, still exists. But sadly, we lost Darrell back in 2020. So, welcome to Part Four of our series on restoring Darrell Vittone’s record-holding sedan back the way it was during the 1974 racing season. In Part Two, we talked about starting to disassemble the…

ENGINE/ Type 1 DISPLACEMENT/ 1904cc BUILDER/ Pat Downs, Farmersville, CA CRANK/ 74mm, forged, counterweighted, VW journals RODS/ CB Performance, H-Beam, 5.5-inch PISTONS & CYLINDERS/ 90.5mm Mahle RINGS/ Mahle CAM/ CB #2280; .448-inch valve lift, 222° duration @ .050 VALVE SIZE & MAKE/ 40x35.5mm stainless steel ROCKER ARMS/ 1.25:1 CB HEADS/ 044 Panchito CNC chambers COMPRESSION RATIO/ 8.5:1 IGNITION/ CB MagnaSpark INDUCTION/ Dual 40 IDF Webers INTAKE MANIFOLDS/ CB, match-ported EXHAUST SYSTEM/ A-1 Sidewinder, 1-1/2-inch, ceramic-coated FLYWHEEL/ 12V/200mm, CB Dual-weight CLUTCH & DISC/ 200mm Sachs OIL PUMP/ CB 26mm, full-flow cover OIL/ Brad Penn 10/30 DYNOED HP/ 120 SPECIAL MODIFICATIONS/ AS41 case, CB machine work, powdercoated sheet metal, CSP breather, black XRP AN fittings, Ultra nylon hose TRANSAXLE/ Pro Street Swingaxle BUILDER/ Rancho Performance Transaxles RING & PINION/ 4.12 GEAR RATIOS/…