European Bug-In #3

My 3rd EBI and probably the best one so far, The weather was fantastic all weekend and some of the highest quality cars this side of the pond. Russell Ritchie and the Gasser Garage came with another new batch of original and faithful recreations of sixties race cars. Paul@type3detectives won best of show with his … Continued

British Volkswagen Festival 3-5th July 09

A wonderfull show, suituated below the malvern hills, ideally suited to families, activities including “clowning workshops” to keep the little folk amused, while trade stalls and show and shine cars are enjoyed by the older enthusiast.Evenings are a great time to wander the campsite, with a suitable tipple in your hand, before heading to the … Continued

Gti international

For those of you who like water cooled VW’s you could of done a lot worse than a day or three at Bruntingthorpe, for the 22nd Gti International show.Despite the weather forcast, and infact our journey up indicating we were in for a miserable time, the gods smiled upon us, and only a few spots … Continued

Express Delivery!

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

Heretics 18/06/09

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

A few cars past and present

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

The Classic

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

Fresh coat for the Sand Scorcher

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