There’s a time, place, and vehicle for a proper show-winning paint job. What happens when you have the itch to customize your car or give it a better finish then it currently has, but don’t have the ability, tools, time or cash for a traditional repaint. Recently automotive enthusiasts have […]
Tag: Volkswagen
Any Of These Silly Features On Your Classic Car?
Rob Sass of Hagerty.com wrote the following column about five of the silliest automotive features ever. (Courtesy of FoxNews.com) Occasionally, automakers get it right in the new feature department. Seat heaters? Good. Back-up camera? Good. Intermittent wipers? Really good. Self-parking? BMW’s iDrive and Ford’s Microsoft Sync? Let’s just say the […]
Learn how to Strip. Paint Stripping Made Easy.
It has been a while since my 1966 VW Bus project was introduced on the blog. House projects, other VW projects, and a 1 year old and a 3 year old have caused my progress on the Bus to be slower than I expected. During this time, I’ve been accumulating […]
Welding Project With Eastwood TIG 200- Building Custom Strut Mounts
Anyone that follows our posts here will notice that I am a fan of lowered vehicles. Could it be my fear of heights? Honestly, I’m not sure, but everyone can agree a car or truck that’s “in the weeds” sure looks heavenly! As I get older I want my custom […]
TIG Welding Project of the weekend- Shortening Steel Oil Pickup tube
A big part of building modified cars is swapping around parts from other years, models, and even makes. When you get pretty far into heavily modifying a vehicle, you will definitely come to a point where you will need to learn how to weld, especially TIG weld. This past weekend […]
Bringing a new meaning to “ground up” restoration!
While browsing one of my favorite auto forums that we currently advertise on www.thesamba.com , I found this amazing story of one of the original VW bug prototypes being uncovered in Lithuania. VW made a handful of prototype cars named VW38. Each of these cars were hand made and many […]