So, do you know a good back yard mechanic? Got a mate who knows their way around a VW, or some thing to do with fixing and modifying cars? Are the happy to work for cash, booze or sexual favours  ;)

We've mentioned in the past that there is an update to the site in progress. The update is a pretty major process and involves a complete rewrite of the code, in fact we are moving away from the curre

  As if I didn't have enough projects, just committed to another one - building a wood fired oven. The plan is to get it finished for Izabella's first birthday in March. It will also make a handy

It's been a while since I posted anythig to the blog, I've got so much stuff to to write up on the Ghia, that I don't really know where to start, so I thought I'd indulge in a little diversion by blog

As with assembling most things, whether an Ikea flat pack, or a classic car, the order in which things are put together is pretty important. This is especially true of the Type 34 interior. The in

It’s been a few weeks since I posted a progress update,  not because I’ve not done anything, but simply as I’ve been too busy to be able to to spare the time to blog about it. If you’ve been check

If like me you have wondered how or where you can mount the trigger wheel for your EFI Type 3 engine, well ponder no longer, the answer is here :D I stumbled across this thread over at the Samba, whe

Rawhide references aside, this weekend broaches yet another milestone in the build. For the past 5 or so years the car has sat on axle stands whilst I tinkered about with different suspension setups

The weekend I turned my attention to getting the rear brakes sorted out. The new backing plates and hub centres finally arrived from the states and so I could fit them up and check out clearances an

not much happened but i thought i'd write a bit anyway. i'm currently trying to flog off a heap of stuff and was supposed to photograph some of it and pack some other stuff to get shipping prices. wit