Wheel porn?

Kinda cool? I like theese, massive rims...

Vintage Barn of the week #13

At last we have a candidate for posting on the blog. Nice OG color-combo and cool choice to use the sidetrim. To many BD's are restored to plain factory specs, as we know many of them were "jazzed" up before they hit the road.

Timetravel

Found these cool gas station photos on the net. Somewhere around Gothenburg Sweden. A lot of things were better in the past =)

And for the BD in the picture; It has to be a primer bus, looking at the color of the engine lid?

BD DD RH - Viking style

Whats all the cryptic letters? Barndoor Double Door Rear Hatch... A VERY rare car in the world of barndoors. This example surfaced in Norway a while ago, found as a shed in the forest. A young enthusiast has become the owner of this project, and has already started planning further progress. The fact that he is so young he even don't have a licence yet, make this quite remarkable. "No guts - No story"? Well he certainly have some guts this kid =) I wish the best of luck, as there is quite a few milestones to cross on this Barndoor. Welcome to the world of Barndoors Christer =)

Time for yet a resurrection - Australia

I just love these hopeless reconstructions =) This time, one of the worse ever.... Does there exist a limit for what's savable? We have a young guy here in Norway getting a lot of feedback on purchasing a rather rusted out, but oh-so-rare double door rear hatch panel BD. Some say it will never roll again. I bet this guy down in Australia have heard the same quite a few times. It really just comes down to having the guts.... I'm looking foreward to follow this project further. Greenstuff magic!! Here's some useful links:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/limeybish/
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=410901&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Mantorp swap

As no trip was planned to Germany this summer, the possibility to score some BD parts seemed quite limited. But Bug Run in Sweden has always had a good swap meet for VW parts, so a visit there were planned. With no big expectations, there were actually some BD parts lying around suitable for my project. Some "leftovers" of tail lights, nobs and bits were some of the things I brought home. This will be enough to recreate some nice PATINATED taillights, perfect for a patinated car. I also scored a set of NOS roof supports for split bus, helpful to get the roof back to shape. You can have different oppinions on how the watercooled cars have taken over Bug Run, but the swap market is still aircooled territory, and the most attractive of it's kind in Scandinavia. My zwitter was filled with parts, and headed back after a great weekend on Mantorp raceway. Met a lot of the Barndoor guys from sweden, and it was cool to hear about their projects. Many of their projects has already been covered on my blog =)