30 year old classics exempt from MoT?
Current rules exempting pre-1960 registered cars from the annual MoT test could be extended to vehicles that are at least 30 years old if new EU regs come into play…
Category: Watercooled VW Parts
30 year old classics exempt from MoT?
Take a better pic of your car!
We all like to think of ourselves as budding David Baileys and with the advent of modern digital cameras, the sky’s the limit to what can be achieved when shooting your car or grabbing pics at a show. However, despite the technology, it’s still possible to take a rubbish photo – so here’s FIVE basic … Continued
Santana – the forgotten Dub!
The booted version of the B2 Passat was meant to be Volkswagen’s ‘World Car’. Assembled in Spain, built by Nissan in Japan and produced from kits in China, hopes were high that it would broaden VW’s links around the globe. Sadly, it didn’t quite meet expectations…
Beware new tax disc rules
From October 1 this year, the traditional paper tax disc will cease to exist. So it’s important for all Dubbers to know the new rules to avoid getting lumped with a hefty fine…
On the Button
We’re all aware of Jensen Button’s motor racing successes, including his fabulous 2009 Formula 1 World Championship win. But did you know his dad, John, was a top racing driver too and actually drove a Beetle and Mk1 Golf during the ‘70s and ‘80s….
‘70s Tatum kit car
The Can-Am style Tatum Special was the ‘70s creation of racing driver/designer come car salesman Chuck Tatum. It’s a pretty wicked looking and about as rare as a really rare thing. Here’s how it came about…
It’s all Greek…
During the weekend of June 4-5-6 the Hellenic Classic Car Club (HCCC) organised its national meeting of classic vehicles, including a host of rare, modified and suitably retro Veedubs. And VW Heritage was one of the sponsors…
Good company
The VW Camper Company not only sell and service veedubs but also undertake some of the most skilled and complex fabrication work from its Oxfordshire workshops. As VW Heritage customers, we thought we’d take a closer look at some of their most recent creations…
Passair's cooking on gas!
Remember our Antipodean Dub fanatic friend Tony Anstee and his VW powered boat? Well, he’s now gone back to the drawing board and used the boat Beetle chassis and running gear to build a totally nuts air-cooled B1 Passat – complete with built-in barbie…
Mk2 engine tweaks
It’s difficult to do justice to such a complex topic in just a few paragraphs but suffice to say the world’s truly your oyster when it comes to Mk2 underbonnet tuning shenanigans…