the drag buggy

 ok, i couldn't resist this one. a street buggy from sweden, what a bad ass buggy. 10.7 in the quarter mile.

So i went with JIMI (my son) to Wasa with a trailer, stayed a night in a hotel, then in the morning after a good breakfast, went to the ship without a car or trailer, heading to UMEÅ.There was Mats and Palle, waiting with the buggy in the harbour already. oh boy, a drag buggy but street legal. a bottle of NOS and everything that one might need. we hadn't much time, but after cruising with the buggy at the harbour area...we drove the racer to the ship and then to the trailer and back to helsinki... 

a pretty long trip, but worth every penny. and the buggy.... its just awesome... and fast.

Orange Is the New Black?

 it only took 800 km & 13 hours, to bring this to the new home. I visited the great brothers Plosila, Panu & Petri, great guys, and awesome things. like a Maserati boat, 38 coupe chevy, 356 Porsche, Packard rod project, legends cars, etc...  located in Kurikka. We were on a pretty tight schedule, but still managed to be relaxed, a happy feeling trip. 

wbx bug - here and therewbx,

This thing seems to like driving, and goes like a go-kart, runs easily 120 km/h. 

starts, stops and goes!have to put the audi on hold, maybe to the painter, and some bushings has to be changed. so its time to enjoy the bug.

 

chrome won't take you far?

 well for me it just works. better than the silver rattle can one. suits fine with the wheels.

Fuchs wheel (copy) gets new paint

 Had to mask / paint the last wheel, so that i could get the winter tires under. and whats best, i might get a chrome bumper to the front, with the blinker of course. damn, this little bug is getting pretty. have to locate the center caps to the wheels also. and some chromed bolts. and a rear seat too...and what else?

The spring is coming!!!!

 Had to go to the garage, and try to do something. so i started to paint the winter wheel setup, as the snow might be melting... heh, better late than...i also grabbed the Aircooled.fi turbo exhaust with me to the garage, to show it to a fellow vw-nutcase. Im not sure, if its wise to test fit the turbo-setup to the wbx engine, but it sure is tempting. I'm afraid to snap a bolt or something, as the bug is inspected and totally working. it only would need to be driven. Nothing ever goes like intended, so this could end into something that aint so funny. lets see how things will proceed.

small service to the ghia

As the oil in the engine looks like latte coffee, due to the E85, 

i had to change the oil, and the filter too, as i want to run the engine occasionally.

the weather was ok in the beginning, but as we went to buy oil and a filter, we got some snow...

but that didn't bother, at least not much. the next thing to the ghia, is to get it in a warmer place...

then starts the trouble shooting, for the leaks, and have to check if the cam is ok...

i ordered some stuff from amazon...for that leak testing....

 

small things happening

 i tried the fuchs copy wheels... to the purple bug, 

well looks ok. now with winter tires - but the rears are still to be painted, 

maybe today? will see... 

testing wheels, for the wbx bug