Update from the Jägerbug garage

Since it’s last outing on May 17th for the Invitational Drag Day @ Santa Pod, the Jägerbug has one or two fairly major changes underway. The 1914cc engine that has lasted so well is finally being retired to make way for a bigger and better powerplant. The old engine was always meant to be a … Continued

VW Heritage Prize Draw Results

We would like to thank everyone that entered the ‘Tell us your vehicle’ draw. We can announce that the lucky entrant picked from over 2000 names and winner of the £50 voucher is Mr J.F from Southampton. Well done!

A bargain find for the scorcher

After hours of scraping and cleaning of the original body and feeling a little dejected, I stumbled accross the owner of a great shape original Sand Scorcher bodyshell at a local R/C race meeting. After a bit of thinking and haggling I managed to pick up a complete body, minus door mirrors and a door … Continued

Full size restoration on 1/10th of the car.

One of our I.T staff and resident Tamiya R/C fans has just recently acquired a bit of a collectors item in the form of a 1970’s Tamiya Sand Scorcher. It was purchased on eBay and arrived this morning much to the excitement of the Operations Director Mark. The Scorcher has seen better days, with one … Continued

VW Heretics – 21/05/2009

Where did the last month go? It doesn’t seem that long ago that we launched our monthly club night, but word certainly spread in the short time since the first meet. We were overwhelmed by the attendance at the 2nd Heretics meeting held at our premises in Burgess Hill. Over 125 cars attended, all very … Continued

Type 2 Builders Van

Here we have an interesting story of a customers 1966 Double Door RHD Split Panel Van. Simon tells us “…I do carpentry and building works…..its great for getting noticed but really hard to work out of……we now use an old P reg VW Transporter van for every day use…its much easier to work from, but … Continued

VW Heritage Insurance

VW Heritage Insurance VW Heritage now offers specialist insurance for all classic Volkswagens – from Beetles and Buses to Ghias and Golfs! Our policies are specially tailored to suit these unique vehicles – whether it’s a show car or a daily driver. Just look at the great range of benefits we can offer: • Agreed … Continued

At Last!

Finally our own range of wheels are here. They arrived in the container last thursday and the goods in staff had the mammoth task of unloading them. And what a great job they did. Over 2000 wheels were delivered and stacked onto pallets by hand before being forklifted into the warehouse.To see the wheels we … Continued

Abseil of the Century

On the 24th of April, a name was pulled out of a hat for someone to take part in a 250ft Abseil off of Peacehaven cliffs. The event is organised to raise money for the local charity ‘Adventure Unlimited’ which helps disadvantaged children take part in adventure activities. We can confirm that the lucky winner … Continued

VW Heretics, 16/04/2009

On the 16th of April 2009 VW Heritage held the first ‘Heretics’ meet, a chance for owners to bring along their VW to show off to the public. The cars started arriving at just before 7pm and were still turning up at 9pm. Some of the best cars from some of the biggest clubs graced … Continued