We love the VW Mk1 Golf for its purity. Not so good is the fact that its still sharp looking body is more susceptible to rust than its Mk2 successor. However, you shouldn’t let a bit of corrosion put you off because there’s experts out there who have found its weak spots, unlocked its bodywork … Continued
We want it back in our windscreens! That seems to be the general consensus among motorists, despite the fact that the tax disc basically became obsolete following rule changes back in October 2014…
If bolting a 5000bhp engine to the flat bed of an early VW split window pick up sounds totally nuts, wait until we tell you that it could theoretically do 0-270mph in under seven seconds! We talked to the creator of this 1958 pick up, technical genius and VW Heritage customer Perry Watkins…
At VW Heritage we’re into weird and wonderful VWs and this ‘Thing’ – which is a cross between a Split window bus, a Baja and a truck – certainly grabbed our attention when we saw it…
If it had pushed ahead with production of its steroid pumping Mk3 Golf A59, VW could have become a key player on the motorsport scene in the early nineties. Not only that, but the Mk3 Golf as a whole could have enjoyed a far rosier fate. Here’s the story of what might have been Wolfsburg’s … Continued
Check out this early air-cooled family gem. It’s a 1969 411, it’s across the channel in France and it’s only a cool €4500 which is a little over three grand in pounds Sterling!
It’s a given that people make new year’s resolutions so they can break them later on. But actually having a few objectives to kick start 2016 isn’t such a bad idea – even if you don’t actually manage to achieve all of them…
When you get fed up with the shenanigans on Albert Square and all those Z-list celebrities being silly for the sake of it, why not switch off the box, go online and download something that’s guaranteed to be a lot more entertaining this Christmas. Namely, a classic movie with a Beetle in it! In no … Continued
No doubt you are all aware of Porsche’s links with VW and the fact the former produced what’s generally considered to be the ultimate air-cooled engine – namely the 3.6-litre flat-six. But did you know the Americans also wanted a slice of horizontally opposed air-cooled action back in the Sixties, not that the results were … Continued
We were all massively impressed by the recent success of Bob Beales and David Vardy in Wales Rally GB. Campaigning a 58 year-old historic Oëttinger engined rally Beetle, they out drove, out lasted and basically drubbed their competition, winning their class outright and coming home in 57th overall out of 90 starters. You can read … Continued
