VolksWorld October 2008

On sale: Friday, 5 September 2008

Object of Desire

Vintage buffers might not like it, but the current trend in Resto Cal circles is Splits. And among those, there are few more desirable than a three-fold

Bug Jam 22
The original and longest standing VW festival started as a one-day event back in 1987 but went on to become a three-day long monster!

Kelly Park
Among the numerous VW shows held each year in the USA, the Kelly Park Rendezvous - organised in San José by the Golden Gate Chapter of the Vintage VW Club of America - really stands out from the pack

Iron Awe
Starting out with a 1961 Bug, Stéphane Ryckewaert has followed a path that ended up with him owning a completely different car indeed – a full-on 1957 show-winning Oval

Lavenham Vintage Volkswagen show
Why should Germany have the best classic Volkswagen events held at the best venues? Well, now we have our own classic event at a perfectly fitting location – welcome to the first Lavenham vintage VW meeting

Totally Organic
Some projects are planned and some, like Jerome Timbrell’s gorgeous Samba, evolve into show-winning, Scat 2161cc-powered forces of nature...

Take my breath away
In 1950’s Europe, many coachbuilders used the VW platform as the basis for their creations, but those that came out of Rometsch Karroserie in Berlin were among the finest of them all

How To: Recon Engine Installation
Following on from the previous two How to instalments where I covered overheating issues and compression and leakdown testing, this month VolksWorld follows up the theme with the installation of a reconditioned engine. As you may well guess, all was not well with