The Volkswagen Type 1 Beetle is a famously cheap car to drive around…mostly because the engineering is simple, parts are cheap, and everything is fixable by a DIY mechanic. Throw that all away with this next Beetle because it is powered by a watercooled Subaru 4-banger. Find this 1974 Volkswagen Type 1 Beetle offered for $7,500 […]
The worst thing about a 2 wheel drive pickup is that they have no traction in the wet…or maybe that is the best thing about a 2WD pickup (depending on how you drive…but I digress). The Ford Courier pickup was actually a Mazda B-series that was available over the years with a number of small […]
Wisdom isn’t something you get from sitting around reading the internet, or is it? It probably doesn’t matter, but I will tell you one thing — my Grandpappy didn’t have the internet when he was a kid, but he’d always say “I don’t know much about German cars, but I do know the best ones […]
In the basement of the 2015 LA Auto Show (live at the LA convention center through Nov 29th, 2015) there is a display by an outfit called Madness that caters to Fiat 500s, old and new. They had a few classic Fiat 500s that were extremely modified and it got me searching for a good […]
The Volkswagen Vanagon / Type 2 (3rd generation) was built in Germany from 1980 to 1992 for export all over the world. Up until a few years ago even the nicest condition Vanagons were worth slightly more than scrap, but as the 75 window VW hippie buses have skyrocketed in price, so have the Vanagons. […]
The VW Beetle has a long history of being put under the hot rodder’s torch, a tradition that gave the world dune buggies, Herbie, fiberglass kit clones of supercars, and the Porsche 356 and 911 (arguably). The tradition of modifying the little rear-engined boxer formula continues to this day with the 991 on one end […]
It will seem like a fantastic idea at the time, painting a car with chalkboard paint and letting random people draw on your car…but in truth, it is just an invitation to drive around with male private bits scrawled all over the side of your car. Great if you’ve got a mobile sperm bank, but […]
NSU Motorenwerke AG was a small company from Germany that started life producing bicycles, later motorcycles and finally automobiles. NSU was aquired by the Volkswagen Group in 1969, was subsequently merged with Audi and its eclectic collection of 2-stroke and rotary powered vehicles faded into history. Relight the glory days of NSU’s prime by picking […]
The Volkswagen Beetle has been subjected to all sorts of customizations over the years, but the Baja Bug is clearly the favorite of the torch wielding redneck. Add some flared fenders, big sand or mud tires, raise the suspension and the Beetle goes from a budget family transporter to a budget rally and dune machine. […]
The third generation (T3) of VW’s legendary ‘Type 2 Transporter’ continued the formula setup by its predecessors of slow, tippy and reliable, and was marketed in the USA as the Vanagon from 1979-1993. The ultimate family version is certainly the Westfalia with pop up top, a full kitchen and sleeping accommodations for four adults! Stay […]