Saturday Social, picture update #2

As promised another picture heavy blog with the cars from last saturdays Heretics meet. Martin’s Grey Mk2 1.8 Turbo looked the business, and packed a 300BHP punch too, so good he swapped his Porsche for it! And just so you Airheads don’t feel left out, heres a most pleasant Split van. See you tomorrow! Andy

VW Heretics, Second Saturday Social

Firstly a huge thanks for all of you brave enough to of made the Second Social a great success. With freezing temperatures, and snow falling for some of it, understandably some were put off.The majority of the cars were from the watercooled stable, with a great selection of Mk2 Golfs on show, aswell as some … Continued

Howabout a Mk1 with a blower?!

Heres a silly photo to round off a quite a busy week.. Sorry, not had time today for a full post, but we will make up for it next week.If you are local to us don’t forget heretics saturday social tomorrow! Have a good weekend, see you monday! Andy

Staff Car build ups..My Polo

As we have been profiling other members of staff and their cars, there was bound to be a time when my little old polo would come to the surface and be seen. I will try not to bore you too much, but here is the story, which begins in 2003 if i recall correctly On … Continued

Hand Painted Panel Van

Firstly intrigued by the colour, secondly by the wheels, then upon closer inspection a bit of artwork painted on the side!This late Bay is awaiting a proper stripdown and rebuild, but in the meantime the owner has been having fun with it, like painting a new scene every few months -to amuse people like myself … Continued

Norway, Norway Mah Na Mah Nah!

David recently took a trip to Norway, and true to form captured us a few VW snaps to share with you. Burried beneath a healthy helping of the white stuff lie a few aircooled treats! Unsure if this was a pop top, or just a lot of snow! Can you tell what it is yet? … Continued

Blue Monday..

The weather has taken a nose dive, but don’t fret, we have some picture based pick me ups to brighten even the darkest of afternoons! Perhaps a slight exageration, but here is a nicely presented US import Westfailia, which popped by to see us on Saturday.Unusually sporting a coloured pop top, it caught my eye.. … Continued

Bens Beetle build off, Purple installment #2

After introducing you to Bens car a few weeks back i thought it was about time to let you in on whats been happening.As with most beetles, the pans, channels and boot floor needed attention, just as well that Ben works here then! Ben has fitted our boot floor repair pieces here, ideal in this … Continued

Gary Goes To Retromobile show!

We let Gary out of the Ebay bunker momentarily, and he offski’s to France to the Retromobile show.He was good enough to take some pictures to show us what he had been up to, and there were some impressive sights for sure.The VW count from the looks of things was low, but a couple of … Continued

Our Australian friends win a prize!

After taking their beloved Bay off to Oz, (see our Blog last month)Emma and Simon made a trip to a show called “The day of the Volkswagen” where they entered the van into the show and shine.Their Bay won best in class, reassuring them that taking it to the other side of the world, was … Continued