Innehållsförteckning för August 2022 från VolksWorld

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Email your news, thoughts, opinions and products to volksworld.ed@kelsey.co.uk Hi VolksWorId, I thought I’d share my VW story as it may resonate with some of your readers. The first picture [bottom right] is me when I was 17-years old with my ’67 1500, which I started to rebuild when I was 16. It was an MoT failure when I bought it and, while I managed to fix it up and keep it going on a shoestring student budget, sadly I was forced to sell it a few years later. However, I’m now in my 40s, have a few more bob to spare and am facing the ol’ mid-life crisis, so last year I decided to buy a ’65 Beetle to re-live my youth. In short, I’m loving every minute of…

The phrase ‘built not bought’ can be a sliding scale. It doesn’t have to mean you tackled every single part of a build, from rust repair to paint, interior and building your own engine and gearbox. Not many people have the time, or ability, to acquire all the skills required to do that, though we’re in awe of those who do. For others, it’s enough to just do some of the main jobs on a build, farming other more difficult parts out to specialists. Then there are those who prefer to take on more of a project management role with a build, although some will argue this constitutes more bought than built. Whatever your take on it, Robert Vincent from Phoenix, Arizona was determined to do as much as he…

I have gone a bit off piste with this month’s VW Toys submission, and I hope you’ll forgive the self-indulgence. When Editor Paul told me this was going to be a Hebmüller special, it brought some wonderful memories flooding back. So here goes… My father was in the US Air Force, stationed in Germany during the post-WWII period, supporting the Berlin Airlift. I was born in the US Zone in Frankfurt during that time. Though I was only young at the time, I remember later living in Tripoli, Libya when my father was stationed there and bought a new 1953 Oval Window Volkswagen (see picture above). He shipped that car back to New York when we returned to America and kept it for two years after that, before trading it…

Email your news, thoughts, opinions and products to VolksWorld.ed@kelsey.co.uk PLANNING AN EVENT? If you’re organising a VW gathering this year, tell us about it via volksworld.ed @ kelsey.co.uk JULY Cal Look Race Day (at Bug Jam)Date: 22 JulyLocation: Santa Pod Raceway, Northants NN29 7XAContact: www.uk-cal-look-register.co.uk Bug Jam 35Date: 22-24 JulyLocation: Santa Pod Raceway, Airfield Road, Podington, Northants NN29 7XAContact: www.bugjam.co.uk Bug In FinnDate: 22-24 JulyLocation: Haapasaarentie 5, 34600 Ruovesi. FinlandContact: www.buginfinn.fi DubtoberfestDate: 28-31 JulyLocation: Cheltenham Racecourse, Evesham Rd, Cheltenham GL50 4SHContact: www.dubtoberfest. co.uk Rad Sunday SwapmeetDate: 31 JulyLocation: Runnymede Hall (A13), Kiln Road, Benfleet, SS7 1TFContact: www.radsunday.com/rad-sunday-swapmeet Endless Summer VW ShowDate: 31 JulyLocation: The War Memorial Park, Crossborough Hill, Basingstoke, RG21 4AL Contact: www.facebook.com/endlesssummervwshow AUGUST Dubs South CampoutDate: 5-7 AugustLocation: Lime Kiln Lane, Dean, Southampton, Hampshire SO32 1FYContact:…

Now in its 46th year, VW Action is the longest running weekend VW show in the world. From its early days at Stoneleigh, through the NAS Stoneleigh shows, its residencies at Peterborough and Herts County Showgrounds, to its home of the last 12 years at Santa Pod, it has consistently remained a highlight of the VW calendar. This year’s event will continue that great tradition, delivering a belter of a weekend for the true VW enthusiast. Action prides itself on being a welcoming, inclusive, family-friendly festival, and one that provides full-on entertainment for all visitors, whatever their age or interests in Volkswagens. So, there’s drag racing, show cars, clubs, traders, a fairground and plenty of top-notch entertainment to enjoy throughout the day and night time. There’s too much going on…

Dear VolksWorld, I’ve been an avid VolksWorld fan right from Issue 1 and, while I know you guys are 100% air cooled, I just wondered if you might be interested to see some of the New Beetle projects I’ve enjoyed building recently. I think there’s a lot of scope when it comes to customising water-cooled Bugs, and I’m sure there are plenty of other readers rollin’ a modified Newbie as their daily drivers, too. Kristian Oliver via email VW: Thanks for the email Kristian. While we have no plans to start featuring New Beetles, we’re sure you’re right about a lot of readers driving them, so are more than happy to share your efforts here. That's some classy work for sure, keep it up.…

’64 BRAZILIAN 23-WINDOW It’s a familiar story; boy grows up with VWs in the family and it sends him down a lifelong path of Volkswagen addiction. For Sebastien Ollevier from France, it was his uncle Didier who was responsible for infecting the whole family with the VW virus. Seeing that uncle Didier was only 10 years older than Sebastien, they were more like brothers and, when Didier bought and restored a Beetle at age 18, Sebastien got as involved as he could. Sebastien had just reached double figures by the time that project was finished, but was already dreaming of the day he would own a Volkswagen himself. I can well imagine how he must have felt for, after getting into cars when I had just reached double figures myself,…

It was on a Saturday in July 1949 that a mysterious fire broke out in the Hebmüller factory in Wuppertal, Germany. Nobody is sure of the cause, but when it spread to the paint shop, it instantly turned into an inferno and the effect was disastrous. Overnight, it brought production of the Volkswagen-based Hebmüller roadster to a halt, and ultimately led to the premature closure of Joseph Hebmüller and Sons. The company was founded in 1889, building horse-drawn carriages, and then later, car bodies. Its specialities were cabriolets and what were known as Pullman-bodied saloons, or luxury sedans. Customer base Among its customers were Hanomag, Opel and Hansa-Lloyd, but it was also commissioned by the British Army to build 15 cabriolet bodies to fit on Humber chassis after the War.…

CUSTOM ’50 HEBMÜLLER They say you should never meet your heroes. Well, for as long as Dave Kindig of Bitchin’ Rides TV fame, and owner / designer of Kindig-it Design can remember, the Type 14A Hebmüller has been his hero car. In spite of all the incredible rides he’s built over the years, all of them Bitchin’ of course, none have even come close. If you’re familiar with the guy and the show, then you’ll know he holds Volkswagen close to his heart. So, when Tracy Maxwell got in touch and asked him to build her the ultimate Volkswagen convertible, he shot down the Hebmüller rabbit hole quicker than you can say coachbuilt. Tracy, together with her husband, Dave, are the couple behind Maxwell Automotive, and the pair are serial…

It’s likely Somerset will never shake its stereotype of tractors and cider, and probably for good reason! You can’t beat a cold, crisp Thatcher’s on a hot, sunny day. And it tastes even better if you’re sitting on a tractor. But it’s not all apple orchards and combine harvesters, real people do exist there. How else would you explain Glastonbury? In some more progressive parts, I’m told they even have the internet. We know for a fact they have it in Yeovil, home town of Steve Robinson, because the owner and builder of this classy 1972 custom Bug made good use of the world wide web when researching his build, and recruiting would-be assistants. “Social media really helped make it happen,” he says. “After appealing to a local club called…

’57 OUTLAW GHIA The lowlight Karmann Ghia coupé is both a great looking car and also quite a rarity these days. The low-slung, swoopy bodywork looks sporty, but powered by the standard 1200cc motor from the Beetle, the accompanying drive is, to put it politely, slightly underwhelming. Consequently, as far back as the 1950s, several companies marketed tuning kits for the model to give it the pep its looks promised. Okrasa produced twin-port heads and big bore cylinder kits, and companies such as Judson and Shorrock came up some neat supercharger kits. Some more adventurous owners even went chose to fit contemporary Porsche 356 engines, and that is essentially the theme of this project. ’Wise words Wawan Dalbo owns the car, but much of the work has been carried out…