Innholdsfortegnelse for April 2022 i dune buggies and hotVWs

Old or New School? We have a 1975 Westfalia with fuel injection. It’s time for a new engine! We like the EFI platform and would like a bit more power. I’m a little old school and somewhat leery of the early EFI technology. How would you advise to achieve our goal: increased power, reliability and miscellaneous parts availability/cost? John Loerke El Cajon, CA John, I see that you are in California, so I assume that your ’75 model will have to pass a smog test. This limits your options severely. I’ll start by saying that I’m not a fuel injection guy at all, and any opinion I give should be taken lightly. If you were going to stick with the original EFI system, stick to a stock camshaft and maybe…

Like many retired Midwesterners, we’ve become snowbirds, escaping the cold and snow for the warmth and sunshine of Florida. Unlike the Midwest, car shows in Florida avoid the hottest summer months, and are generally held in the fall, winter, and spring. So, while our friends back home (and their cars) are hibernating, it’s full on car show season here in Florida! Case in point: the 15th Annual Quaker Stake Bugfest, held each year in mid-January by a wonderful host, Joe Culver, aka Oval Joe, proud owner of a ’57 Ragtop and a ’53 Zwitter. Don’t be misled by the name – Quaker Steak is not an oil change facility, it’s an awesome motorsports-themed restaurant and bar in Clearwater, complete with race cars mounted on the walls and overhead. In short,…

Best of Show (Tie) Max Braun/ 1958 Binz Double Cab Kimbel Ritch/ 1954 Convertible Split Window Bug (1953 & earlier) Frank Espinoza/ 1950 Sunroof Oval Window Bug (1953-1957) Dale Morejon/ 1957 Sedan Early Square Window (1958-1961) Craig Hersh/ 1959 Sedan Mid-Square Window (1962-1964) OJ Macias/ 1964 Sunroof Late Square Window (1965-1967) Mike Letcher/ 1965 Sedan Convertible Bug & Ghia (1967 & earlier) Kimbel Ritch/ 1954 Bug Karmann Ghia Coupe (all years) Steve Bentley/ 1964 Ghia Type III and Type 34 Ghia (all years) Jacin Ferreira/ 1962 Notchback Luxury Class Type 2 (1967 & earlier) Donna Atkinson/ 1961 Camper Working Class Type 2 (1967 & earlier) Max Braun / 1958 Binz Double Cab Late Bug (1968 & later) Eric Reitmeir/ 1969 Bug Late Type 2 (1968 & later) Tom Blakiston/ 1971…

Split Window 1949 and earlier/ Lloyd Kee 1943 KdF Wagen Split Window 1950 to Oct. 52/Larry Luhrsen 1952 11G Split Window “Zwitter”/Robert Guzman 1953 Beetle Zwitter Split Window Convertible/Karl Schuler 1949 Hebmüller Oval Window Sedan April 53-55/ Sean Cour 1954 Beetle Sunroof Oval Window Sedan 56-57/Jose Pina 1956 Beetle Oval Window Sunroof/ Rick Litchie 1956 Oval Ragtop Oval Window Convertible/ Frank Espinoza 1955 Beetle Beetle Sedan 58-61/Shin Watanabe 1958 Beetle Beetle Sunroof 58-61/ Clay Carr 1958 Beetle Sunroof Beetle Convertible 58-61/ Kevin Cauchon 1961 Convertible Karmann Ghia 59 and earlier/ James Delao 1958 Karmann Ghia Coupe Barndoor Bus – Passenger/ Douglas Gaylord 1955 Barndoor Samba Barndoor Bus – Commercial/ Mark Merrill 1950 Barndoor Post-Barndoor Bus – Passenger/ Tim Oderralski 1957 23-window Bus Post-Barndoor Bus – Commercial/ Ismael Membreno 1960 Motorhome…

Colorado’s Bandimere Speedway’s is unlike any other drag racing facility in the country. This track’s roots go back to 1958 when John Bandimere, Sr. purchased a piece of property where he and his family built a small dragstrip — literally on the side of a mountain at 5,800-foot elevation! This facility grew gradually throughout the years, until it underwent a major $4 million improvement/expansion project in 1988. Today, Bandimere is one of the top drag racing facilities in the country, and is affectionately known as “Thunder Mountain” by many who get their thrills on the quarter-mile. With its modern concrete racing surface and efficient track cooling system in the launch pad, it hosts major drag races every year including the Mopar NHRA Mile-High Nationals. Interestingly, through all the changes and…

March 4-6, 2022 Volkswagens on the River Location: Yuma’s Historic OCEAN to OCEAN Bridge, Colorado River, Arizona Description: Come join us for another Volkswagens on the River Camp-out, Show and Swap! Events will be March 4th-6th Sunny Yuma Arizona. This is our 20th event. Show is on Saturday March 5th Gateway Park. Camping starts Friday March 4th gates open at 10am, Yuma County Fairgrounds. Show. Big trees and green grass (Gateway Park). Top 10 Trophies, T-shirts, Raffles, Kids. Events, Food, Hot and Cold Drinks. Spectator Entrance is $2 (12 & under free), Vehicle Show Entry is $10, vendor space $20, swap space $10 per vehicle, $40 for food vendors. Please no glass containers at the park, pets are allowed and the park. Camping is at the fairgrounds enter from the…

Paul Brousseau – ’57 Single Cab James Moss – ’62 Beetle Carlos Ayala – ’66 Beetle Jose Matta – Beetle Alan Guevara – ’68 Bay Window Bus Baja Gerry McCoy – ’68 Bus Modified Earl McSquirrel – ’57 Beetle Modified Clive Vernon – ’85 Vanagon Russ Kasten – ’76 Beetle Modified Billy Z – Bus Double Slider Rafael Goden – ’78 Bus Merlin Tobacco – ’52 Split Window Beetle David Doyle – ’74 Thing Christopher Cook – ’95 Harlequin Golf Mark Harris – ’73 Ghia Modified Jose Clanon – Dune Buggy Blane Hayes – ’73 Super Beetle…

Owner/ Tracy Maxwell EXTERIOR COLOR/ Black Hole Black & Bad Blood BODYWORK/ Kindig-it Design CHASSIS BUILT/ Kindig-it Design FRONT SUSPENSION/ OEM Pro built Type 2 Barndoor beam REAR SUSPENSION/ Penske coilovers and custom trailing arms with no torsion bars. Stock front trailing arms SHOCKS/ Ridetech adjustable shocks WHEELS/ One-off designed by Kindig, built by EVOD 15x5 (F) 16x8 (R), Nankang 145/70-15, Firestone 205/60-16 BRAKES/ Airkewld BAD series brakes front & rear. Wilwood calipers up front ENGINE BUILT/ Eric Allred of Red E Motorsports CASE/ Autolinea raised-roof aluminum Super Case DISPLACEMENT/ 2276cc BORE X STROKE/ 82x94 mm CRANK/ CB Performance 82 mm 4340, Chevy rod journals RODS/ CB Performance H-beam 5.5”, Chevy journals CYLINDERS & PISTONS / AA Performance Products 94mm, “B-style” pistons CAM/ Engle FK-8 HEADS/ CB Performance 044 Wedge…

THE SMOOTHGATE BARNDOOR SINGLE CAB The Volkswagen truck has steel side gates, which fold down, making it a flatbed. The vehicle has perhaps a somewhat purer form than a Bus. It certainly features a unique clean profile, especially with the gates down. Speaking of the gates, the *purest* form of the truck is the early body style with “smooth” gates – these Single Cabs did not have the pressings we all are used to seeing. Smoothgates (as they are called in the VW scene) were made between August 1952 and November 1953. There are more than twice as many later pressed-gate Barndoor-era trucks known to exist than Smoothgates. In the 1990s and early 2000s, the latter were unseen at VW shows in the United States (other than a ’54 truck…

BEST OF SHOW/Reggie and Margret Tibbetts, Albuquerque, NM, blue 1976 Chenowth sandrail BEST ENGINE/Reggie and Margret Tibbetts, Albuquerque, NM, blue 1976 Chenowth sandrail BEST PAINT/Lonnie Pankoski, Westminster, CO, Blue ’70 K Ghia BEST INTERIOR/Stuart Waldron, Arvada, CO, black/charcoal ’60 Bug BEST STANCE/Alejandro Corona, Aurora, CO, red 1987 Cabriolet STOCK BEETLE ’67-EARLIER/Jack Collins, Platteville, CO, Agave Green ’58 sedan STOCK BEETLE ’68-LATER /Cameron Davison, Denver, CO, orange/black ’73 sedan MODIFIED BEETLE ’67-EARLIER/Mitch Armstrong, Golden, CO, red ’58 convertible MODIFIED BEETLE ’68-LATER/Joe Ramirez, Denver, CO, gray ’69 sedan NEW BEETLE 1988-NEWER/Sabrina Davies, Fort Collins, Co, white Dune Beetle FULL CUSTOM/RADICAL/ Bryon Alberty, Parker, CO, Black ’64 Bug GHIA/Bobby & Nicole Padilla, Denver, CO, Candy Brandywine ’70 coupe TYPE 3/Derek Smith, Colorado Springs, CO, black ’69 Fastback OFFROAD/BUGGY/BAJA/ Reggie and Margret Tibbetts, Albuquerque,…

In this article, I’ll be talking about axle boots. Most of you know what an axle boot is, but for those of you who do not, this is the boot that goes around the axle tube on a swing axle transmission or around the axle and CV of an IRS transmission. If you have a stock Bug, Ghia, Type 3 up to 1968, or Bus up to 1967, you have swing axles. If you have a 1968 and later Bus, 1969 and later Bug, Ghia, Type 3, or 1973-1974 Thing, you have IRS. Swing axle transmissions have one pivot point near the transmission on each side and the axle is in a tube. The boot covers this pivot point, keeps dirt out of the joint and oil in the transmission.…

Based in California’s Bay Area, the Golden Gate Chapter of the Vintage Volkswagen Club of America (GGCVVWCA) is one of the most active vintage-oriented VW clubs in the country. The group typically hosts two premier vintage events: the Kelley Park Show every year in April and Solvang’s VW Veteranentreffen every two years in September. Both meets are always on top of the list for vintage Volkswagen enthusiasts all over the world. The President of the GGCVWCA, Rick Spohn, is a true vintage VW gearhead, too, and has a strong influence on the Bay Area’s vintage scene. Even if you don’t live in the Bay Area, the Kelley Park show remains a fantastic event to visit, as it takes place in conjunction with several pre-events held on Friday and Saturday, thus…

The building of our engine for Darrell Vittone’s A/MC, took place at the Schley Brothers’ VW Museum, as this shop just oozes nostalgia from the early years of VW racing. As we mentioned last month, we are having Ron Fleming, along with Scott Pescuma do the actual assembly as we trust them without question. Last issue, we talked about the basic engine; a 2090cc, using an Empi 84mm crank, Empi 5.5-inch long H-beam rods, 89mm Empi/Mahle pistons within a fully machined ’72 AS-41 universal case. Now it’s time to see if all this cool stuff fits together without killing our already bleeding pocketbook. Ron Fleming began his task by measuring the crankshaft to make sure both the main and rod journals were within specification. Since this is a brand new…

There are several vintage VW toys and models that are a mystery as far as origin and manufacturer to the VW toy collectors. Some of these are hard to identify because no manufacture markings or some cryptic markings were stamped on the toys per se. Several have been identified only from a name or an insignia that appears on the original shipping carton they were sold in or some strange letter stamping on the car. Many of the vintage Split Window VW toys are hard enough to locate, let alone finding them in their original shipping carton to get a clue of the origin. Our showcase vintage Split Window VW toy in this article was one of those unknown vintage VWs. One thing that was a help is the cryptic…