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As our subscribers will already know, our latest mag has the feature of the Type 3 Detective VW Brasilia. As promised we have put a short video from the shoot in our video section.
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Just a quick blog to let you know we've been in touch with the guys at European Bug-In and they have a great show lined up for us this year.
You can read all about it over in our News section.
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Congratulations to Ritchie Webb for achieving a monumental 9.33 second quarter-mile pass at 149mph in his VW Beetle Cabrio. For those who don't know this car it is a street legal floorpan car that has been getting progressivley quicker every year!
But instead of us telling you all about it why not check out the pass for yourself in our video section!
However, prior to the weekend just gone I had a few teething problems with my carbs and didn't fancy driving about trying to keep hte engine ideling at the lights and bogging down under full throttle.
The problem was with the venturis. The Dellorto twin 40s I was running were going on my 2007cc but as a stop gap I've put them on a 1600 instead. Overkill? Yep!
Anyway, I got 4 28 Venturis from the Dell Swap Shop on VolksZone from a guy called Fred (thanks Fred) to replace my current 34mm versions. With these fitted the engine runs so much better. It idles of its own accord and is reponsive. Only problem was the fuel pump decided to pack up. Grrr!
Luckily JustBeetles had plenty of rebuild kits in stock and was with me the next day. So on Saturday I refitted my carbs (after a clean up) and fitted the rebuilt fuel pump. After a bit of a fiddle with the fuel mixtures, checking the carb sync and timing I was on the road again.
So on Sunday we got the Bug out in the glorius sunshine and cruised about with the windows down and the roof slung back. Happy days!
Below: These are the 28mm venturis for my Dellorto DRLA 40s.
I've been to quite a few RTTS's and this one was potentially the best yet with great cars, chilled vibes, lovely weather, excellent music and no trouble to speak of! To top it off there were definitely more VWs in the Trevelgue campsite and around the Newquay area.
I still can't get over how chilled everybody was - in the words of Justin Lee Collins, "Good times!"
Anyway head on over to our photo gallery and check out the cars and evening entertainment. Naturally we haven't put them all up as you'll have to wait for the report in the magazine to see them and read about the whole weekend.
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