German car show @ kangasniemi

We came to pick up mikas 1960 kastenwagen from pekka laitinen's place, and mika' s son casimir bought his first car, a wbx bug! Now we are learning him to drive a vw lupo in the cottage. Its a great trip. I saw my dear project cars, and drove the wbx bug. Let the picks tell the story...

Brake repair - backwoods engineering ;-)

The last drum to beat :-) getting better, and possibly... Will stop when in need. 

Now the adjustment parts moves easily, and everything seems to be in order, except the brake line, which is too short, now i will remember to take the longer 24 cm line.

And like in one picture you can see also the brake-fluid pouring... That was a stupid mistake, :-/

Next will be the pedal "workout" + change the other emergency brake wire...

My new bearings just arrived!

And they are Super expensive! 194 euros with shipping, for the scat 84 crank with porsche bearings, but in 0.75 size. But now we are getting somewhere!  The bearings came from ahnendorp.de. 

Looks like there could be a stroker longblock more this summer? 

You need some welding? Autopelti hytöset oy

Well a new GOOD contact for me was this autopelti hytöset, in konala (helsinki)! 

The inspector found a rust spot In the panelvan from the bottom, (check the picture) and due to the lack of welding equipment, i asked the job from this company... They promised to do it fast, and for the right price... so now the panelvan is ready for the inspector for that part!

Have to say that the guy behind the desk has many old vw's so its a safe place to take your vw.

Thanks for the good job!

Fixing things at nummi-pusula...

Repairing the bus...

For the inspection. Theres some problems to be taken care of, like the rust hole in the bottom, hand brake adjustment, blinkers, some "gap" in the steering etc...

Looks sunny but it was only 2 degrees celsius...

Stay cool, check your hose!

Had to change the fuel line, because there seemed to be some extra gas in the enginebay, so now its the correct time to check the fuel lines, before the summer gets hot. :-) its so uncool to get your v-dub burned to a crisp...

(I bought 1.5 meters of gates fuel hose,)

Helsinki pop-up restaurant day

How many times you have a vw panelvan in your restaurant? Well my sweet neighbours wanted to have a pop-up restaurant at fredrikinkatu 35, so i gave them the space needed. It looks great, except its raining!

The frankenvert - or ugly duckling...

This ghia is from texas, and it looks like rust never sleeps at texas, ;-) but the ugly ducling is getting a lot of new sheetmetal, thanks to m. Särkelä at mäntsälä motor city, maybe this thing will see some cruisenights & vw happenings in finland... If not i will ... Hmmmm. Create a new plan for this...

But anyways, the biggest problem could be the front headlight area... 

X-mas coming... And coming ;-)

This time came some smaller parts, superflow-ida manifolds, oilpump cover with pressure valve and linkage, thanks for aircooled.fi! Looks great! Now i only need some 48 carbs. Whats next in line? The bearings etc from keiteleen kone. Then i would guess that its time for some serious assembly... Yikes!

X-mas coming early?

I got a new block, ready for a stroker axle, ready for 94mm p/c kit, and ready for full flow, yeeeha! Thanks for the paruzzi.fi ... This is inspiring, i started instantly to check the crank etc.... And what misses for the moment.... To be contiuned

And thanks to paruzzi for the great magazines!