A new arrival here at VW Heritage – NigelH’s wife Catherine gave birth to a lovely little girl called Ella Scarlett. Arriving in super-quick time, they didn’t get to hospital and the midwife didn’t get to them in time either, so NigelH was forced to play catch and delivered his own daughter in the bath! … Continued
Our new 2276cc engine is now built, bolted into the Jägerbug and running! It’s all come together in a flurry of hard work over the last week or so with a few late nights in the garage for the team. Below are a few pics of the engine being fitted and even a little video … Continued
So, the third Heretics meet descended on our Burgess Hill premises on the 18th June. It was a slow to start, and as the grey clouds drew near many of us wondered what the attendance would be like during the course of the evening. True to form, the VW fans turned up and we are … Continued
One of our part time members of staff has had a rather impressive selection of vintage VW’s over the years. He dug out some pictures to share with everyone at VW Heritage, so we thought it was only fair that we shared them with you! 1964 Type 3 Squareback. 1958 Porsche 356-A. 1956 RHD 23 … Continued
Hello again from Team Jägerbug! Right, I’ve managed to sneak out of the garage for just long enough to post a few pictures of the engine build progress. Thankfully our deadline has been moved back a week and the engine now has to be in the car and running to go down to Raceshack on … Continued
We saw these speedster bodys on the freeway just out of LA yesterday
Barney here in So Cal again, its 7am here and already pretty hot, it might look like a holiday but we have a pretty tough schedule today with 3 companies to see and about 175 miles to cover in LA traffic. After the meet at Nicks on Friday Brit drag racer Richie Webb started a … Continued
The Scorcher receieved a fresh coat of paint over the weekend as promised. It was truely a nightmare to mask with only a phone picture to reference from. It was difficult to get rid of the hard edges also so a bit of flatting will be required to blend the 2 colours on the final … Continued
Roving Sales Director Barney here from sunny California… I’m here on a little business trip to see some suppliers and check out the VW scene in Southern California and it’s pretty cool! Here are some pics from the DKP cruise at Nicks Burgers in Fullerton. The DKP is probably the oldest VW club in California … Continued
After the initial excitement of receiving the replacement bodyshell, the work began prepping it for paint. It was first just roughly flatted back in the hope that a fresh coat of primer and topcoat would cover what was left. Unfortunately the finish wasn’t as good as expected, so the bodyshell had a bath in some … Continued
