Can I kick it, Yes JoKon

I have just bought a nice accessory for my '57 Oval. These are reflectors you mount on your semaphores, so when a cars lights shine on them, you are clearly visible in the dark. Ain't that bright thinking. These are said to be extremely rare, and indeed a quick search of the net resulted in nothing. These happen to be NOS, in the box, never ever mounted before. So if any of you connoisseurs out there happen to know something about these, please let me know.
You can also let me in on your thoughts of using NOS or not. I personaly think it is kind of sad to let these gems end up on a shelve, on the other hand they are a piece of history and should be kept safe from damage.

Home at last

At 5 in the morning i had woken up to leave for Germany, and just short of 24 hours later I was back home at arround 4:30. About 6 hours later than I had planned, due to a few stopovers to escape the steady downpour of sticky snow. At one of these I managed to almost get stuck in a field of grass. Don't ask how. I managed to get out thanks to my incredible off-roading skills.
Check out how dirty I parked this dirty devil when I finally arrived.

Reckless driving

Just when entering Stuttgart, on a stopover, I picked up some Bavarian Nutter, Florian. In the freezing cold night he was trying to get to Dusseldorf, some 500 km up north. I agreed to take him on as a co-pilot, and just as well, because as we were closing in on Köln, we were surprised by some superceeding blizzards. And as you might well remember : no windscreenwipers. Try driving in the pitchblack night with 6V lights, and a windscreen clogged with sticky snow. The picture doesn't do justice to these crazy circumstances.
Thank God for Lorrydrivers, their taillights are so easy to follow.

On the road from nowhere

This picture was taken from behind the steering wheel of my nice new '61 faltdach. I had to pick her up in Gammertingen, Germany, which you could find on a very detailed map just underneath Stuttgart. I went there by train, but the last stretch I had to take the Hohenzollerishen Landesbahn, a crossbreed train/bus. This one took me high up into the mountains, covered with snow. You can take this last part with a pinch of salt, but there really was snow. And it was about to get worse.

Dutchmen Blow

This shorrock supercharger belongs to Jordy from VWfreaks.NL, who is (re-)planning to take up the oldspeed challenge of DDD4 by mounting this thinghy-ma-jinghy on his 1200 25horser of his 51 old-school CalLook to be.
OBS : Jordy, you are hereby invited to tag along one time on a trip to Sweden. The more the marrier.

Early notchbacks

Speaking of early notchbacks, what about this fine example. With only a slight heartache I am willing to part with it. This to further fund my insatiable lust for other cars. You all should now by now there is an oval coming and I already decided to keep it. But I would like to keep my hands untied as to be able to buy other nice sheunenfunds. So someone has to go...
Mind you, it is not in my way, so I'm not selling cheap. Or is this just what I'm supposed to say.

Miniature toolchest

And here it is, my most coveted tool. The Leatherman Wave.
I just can't do without it, I've fixed multiple cars on the road with this one, repaired electrical appliances, and what not. I actually have 2 of the old ones, and maybe would buy this newer model pretty soon. And they say I'm spoiled.
Beware of cheap imitations though. You could compare it as driving a new Opel townscar instead of a nice early notchback. Cheap vs. lifelong quality.

On the road again

And I'm off again on my everlasting quest for the best buy. Tommorow I have to take a train at 5:22 in the morning to Germany, Gammertingen, some 700 Km from Ghent. And hopefully, I'll be back around midnight the same day. All I'm taking with me is the money, some numberplates, a 6V battery and of course my trusty Leatherman tool, just in case I break down.
As someone had to point out to me, this car has no windshield wipers, so lets hope all goes well and I don't have to drive trough torrential rains.

Low Fast Bugs

And this is Jelle's fast ride, I suppose being prepped for sprinting in Bitburg on DasDragDay 3. Or maybe it was right before he had to flee the local boys in Blue. What would be the most exciting. Check out his shared blog on Fast VWs and old drag cars.
And by the way this period looking car is up for grabs, to support Jelles bad habbit for even older steel. Remember the zwitter and imagine it doing low low ET's.

Ye Olde Dayes

By popular demand I had to post some pics of the blogs I link to. Lets see if this person in question remembers this.
Well hey, if it isn't mister Mojito himself, the frontman of DVF,at least the one who is supposed to speech on our annual outing, the Bug Tour.
For more of his mayhem, check out his Blog

Ebay sucks, not! 2

And according to the seller this is the original milage showing on the counter. This baby has been in the hands of the same owner for 30 years, and was like in some sort of collection. Just 2 years ago it would have been resprayed, lets hope that it was a nice job. I hope to know more of of it soon.

Ebay sucks, not!

For once in my life I try ebaying, and this is what I get stuck with. Just kidding, I'm very happy with my new purchase. I hope to fix things with the seller this week, so just maybe by the end of the week the car is in Belgium. I'm hoping it is as good as it looks. But rest assured that this isn't the only picture I have seen, I've seen almost every nook and cranny of this belle.
I only wonder why they had to mount the rear bumper in such an odd way.

Rustlooker

What do you original buffs think of this one. Sandblasted top to bottom, then left for the elements to do their nasty work. Dropped deep down with some real polished raders on, and presto, ready to give some folks a coronary breakdown. But solid as a rock. For more pictures check this, cause I think this one is still for sale and very nice priced.

Alibabas cave of treasure 2

Oh Yes, did I mention that he might also be selling one of his '50. He's planning on buying a convertible and then some cars just might have to go. I guess it is complete though an utter mess. There is a nice VDO dashboard clock with it. An some nice looking bumperhorns, little ribbed ones.

Alibabas cave of treasure

Again the same guys garage. This is a '51 dash he has for sale. As seen in Hessisch Oldendorf. No rust, and I'd say highly collectable.
He also has the rear windowclip from an oval, a complete perfect '59 interior in greenish, what I think is supposed to be a roofrack of some sort for a bus, and all sorts of other vintage crap.
I'll make sure I get a good look around when I'm there.

Nice '59

The same guy has some more cars for sale. Among which this very nice '59. It is complete and it's only downsides are the sloppy paintjob and the reverse gear which jumps out. As for the rest, the chassis, the engine, the brakes, the frontbeam, it has all been restored. This could be a nice daily driver I think. Flipfloppies are there and work. If someone is interested, I have like 30 more pictures where this one comes from.

See for yourself

And one crappy interior. Although if you put some blankets over it, it isn't all that bad. And check out the new floormats.

Nice personal Touches

Don't you just love Swedish cars. They always have some quirky little details on them. Check out this dealer badge on the side just in front of the door. Notice that VW is distributed through ScaniaVabis in Sverige.

'57 Oval

Next week, monday night, I'll be leaving for Sweden again. I found this nice '57 for the right price and for myself. I'll be hauling it with my '84 aircooled 1600 transporter, so. All parts are included, even the flipflop indicator lights. The downside to the car is a sloppy interior, correct though and a failing 34horser ( 30horse is included ). Brakes should also be looked at.

Taksänkt

On the way home I stopped to check this topchopped notchback out. I was thinking of buying it for myself, especially since the price was only 750 Euro. But boy, did it need a lot of work. It had a flipfront though. The seller needed the cash to finish off his project '50 sunroof sedan. I believe he has been able to sell it a few weeks ago.

Gadgets

This car has some nice accesories on it. What do you think of the nice flyscreen on the previous post. And a bambus shelf, an eberspacher, seatcovers, though I find them ugly, they have been protecting the seats since day one, additional headrests, again ugly but functional. And of course a whole lot of history came with the car, in the form of the old servicebooks and old insurancepapers and stuff.

Another '65

This nice Stockholm car has also found its way to Belgium. I just took the plane to Nyköping and the train to Stockholm. Once there, I fixed some small stuff with the owner in a garage where you could rent a workingspace for an hour, with tools and everything. A bit like a whorehouse for car-afficionados. And then off I was for a long trip to Belgium. 1800 Km.
This car is already sold to Tim from around Antwerp, who is already on the road, I bet it beats his old Samurai. Even off-road I'm sure, I would try it.

Returning a favor

Only a few weeks after scoring my first bubbla in Sweden, Jelle got hold of a nice '53 Zwitter in Denmark. So, of we went. I wasn't of to much use to him I think, as I slept almost the whole way back. But I'm pretty sure I dreamt VW, so I can be excused.
All went well, untill we came to "Tstad" where we got stopped by the boys in blue. Well lets just hope all will turn out right in the end.

And the new owner is...

The minute we got back in Ghent, give or take a few days, the car was sold on to Maitre D., a clubmember of the DVF fraternity. He bought it as a present for his wife to replace her broken down daily driver. This car can now frequently be seen near St. Amandsberg and on DVF club meets.
Maitre D. has also a nice stock Zwitter, but he definately has to lower it in a drag racing stance, and soon. Is he just so unknowing, or just plain ignorant.
Bye the way, I really want to thank Nicolas for spreading word of the arrival of this first bubbla.

Finally, back Home!

This is the first picture taken in Belgium. It's taken in a gas station, on the E19 leading from Eindhoven to Antwerp. To get here we had to cross a total of 4 borders, at none of which we were stopped and checked. Viva Shengen.
At this stop, we crossed a busload of Japanese tourists. We left the car with the engine lid open, and went inside to take a wee. They seemed to love the car and it's oldfashioned technique. I bet they will have more stories to tell about this brief encounter, then their visit of Smurf Ville, better known as Brugge.

If not Holland...

Then, where else could this be?

On the Road again

In the early morning we left Seeland for the mainland. The last bridge to cross but still some 800 Km to go.
We both took turns driving the VW, but as luck would have it, Jelle got all of the windy sections of the trip. Including a nice storm between Hamburg and Bremen, and a run across the Afsluitdijk in Holland, near Lelystad. I, on the other hand had all of the traffic jams, three hours of slow movement. And with a car that is slightly over revving due to a squeaky gas pedal, witch I had to pull back with my toes. Luckily, I wear my slippers from may to october.

Back to square One

This is the parking lot where we first got a ride into Sweden. On the way back we had to stop here to pick up my trusty Twinge. But as we were both already wide awake and on the road for like 24 hours, we decided to take some well deserved rest.
We converted the Twinge into a comfy camper and soon were fast asleep. Right in front of the coffeehouse.
Notice the can of Castrol I thought I'd need to use to top of the Bubbla, I only had to open it up after some 800 Km, after negotiating an hour of rush hour traffic in Holland.

Shooting the scenery

On the way home, although we were dead tired, we made some time to stop and grasp some of the nice Swedish landscapes. We just drove up a dirttrack right to the shore of the sea dividing Denmark and Sweden. Some 5 metres of soggy soil seperated us and the car from the deep blue.

Piking up a '65

This is the grail we went looking for. On foot, we went to pick up the car. We paid and just drove off, still on the Swedish plates.
For those of you with a keen eye for detail, can you spot what car club this car now belongs to? And this as soon as it left it's previous owner.

To Sverige and back in 48h

For my first trip to Sweden, I had to call in the expertise of Jelle, aka Low Fast Bus. Toghether, we drove to Denmark, and hitchhiked our way into sweden, some 200 Km, crossing one expensive toll-bridge. Expensive for the one who picked us up that is. We also had to take the ferry, but didn't manage to find someone who'd pay that one for us. We didn't try very long either, as it was only a lousy 5 Euro for the both of us.