James Bond fans will no doubt be familiar with the scene from the 1981 blockbuster For Your Eyes Only where a pair of menacing looking grey beach buggies try to run down Roger Moore and his love interest, Lisl, played by Cassandra Harris…
Forget the usual twin-carb kits, wild cam conversions and big-valve heads – there’s a totally radical school of thought that reckons taking the engine from an aircraft or helicopter and plonking it onto the back of a car is the only way to go when it comes to performance upgrades. Here’s a few whacky jet-engined … Continued
Why not kick off the new year with a new toy? Well, that’s precisely what blog editor Ian did when he added a slightly frayed at the edges, high mileage T5 to his fleet…
David was recently interviewed by the Karmann Ghia owners club, for their club magazine Karmann Komment. The answers tell a great story of how VW Heritage came about, and the role Karmann Ghias played in the creation of the company as it is today. Read on to find out more!
Earlier this year we reported on proposed new legislation which threatened to ban all but the very latest, leanest and cleanest vehicles from entering the Greater London area by 2020. Well, as the year drawers to a close, there’s some good and a fair bit of bad news for us older car lovers as the … Continued
Winter weather can cause all sorts of havoc with your Dub – but it’s not too late to prepare your car for the cold weather ahead. Here’s some precautions you can take while you wait out the worst of the cold, rain and snow…
Many VW fans plan to make the pilgrimage to Austria for the infamous Worthersee car show; flying is the quickest and easiest choice, but VW Heritage team member Anna chose to drive, here’s her road trip story.
Taking 8 months off work and travelling round Europe in your camper might seem like a dream to many; we caught up with VW Heritage team member Ben Pascoe, who’s living that very dream. Over to him, to explain more.
With the winter fast approaching, its almost time to hibernate into the garage armed with tools aplenty, a radio with slightly fuzzy reception and a vision in your head of what you are working towards come the spring.
Back in the late 1970s a raft of bizarre-looking Porsche bodied Beetles descended on VW Action when it was still at the Staffordshire Showground. A fleet of them had driven over from Austria and the hugely modified cars stunned the conservative VW scene at the time with their radically smoothed bodywork, huge rear spoilers and … Continued
