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If you've read any issues of Volks World over the past 20 years I'm certain you know the name Paul Medhurst from his early days with the square back they gave him the nickname "Puppy". Setting off early in his days to roam the world his experience was cut short due to lack of funds. After he spent some money buying a lot of type three parts posting them for sale in the magazine advert Paul came back to an answering machine full of request for parts. Asking his friend Ivan to use the name type three detectives Paul then kicked off a successful business supplying NOS type three parts in the early days of his career. Seeing the change evolve into lots of buses being put back on the road it was only natural that the transition was made to type two detectives. It's good to hear the stories from the enthusiast that turn their hobby into a career and the path he took to do it. Now he's got a YouTube channel out where they're starting to film a lot of the work that they're doing at their shop. Subscribe to their channel today and check out what the lot over there at TD2 is up to! https://www.youtube.com/@t2detectives www.type2detectives.com www.letstalkdubs.com www.vwtrends.com www.rosswulf.com

It doesn't always take tons of money to make a showstopper. Alex Boughen and his father are proof of this. Alex having a desire for an air cooled beetle picks up at 1975 1200. The seller says it needs just a little bit of work on a few weekends to get it on the road. Removing the carpet revealed that the nails holding the carpet down to the wood screwed to the holy floor pan meant trouble. Luckily Alex's dad is a welder by trade and they took on the rebuild of this project and it turned out way better than expected. In 2022 Alex won the builders choice award that's given by the top builders in the UK to their favorite car. This car is loaded with air suspension custom three-piece 17 inch wheels a 1641 cc engine and tons of custom brass pieces built by Alex and his dad. This just goes to show it's not always about money it's more about determination. You're just in luck Alex is currently working on a 1968 Beetle to debut at Volksworld 2025 and we are looking forward to seeing that debut. Follow alex here https://www.instagram.com/harlekin.alex/ www.letstalkdubs.com www.vwtrendsmagazine.com www.rosswulf.com Video of Alex's Beetle

The name Paul Morton should ring a bell. Paul is a contributing writer and photographer to the new Vw trends magazine. Paul was also editor of autosound security magazine as well as import racer magazine and co-editor of drifting magazine. His first Volkswagen he bought in 1986 worked on it as long as he could and was forced to move on to mini trucks for reasons of convenience. Paul's an all-around car guy and he really has a wide breath of everything 80s. On this podcast we discuss Volkswagens, mini trucks, cruising, car audio and everything else having to do with the 80s. It's a great episode and I know you'll enjoy a trip down memory lane back when times were way more cool and the cars were even cooler. https://www.facebook.com/paul.morton.me www.letstalkdubs.com www.vwtrendsmagazine.com www.rosswulf.com

Is this the ultimate Cal-look tribute car. The California look with something that started in the late 60s early 70s in Southern California. For the past few decades, there have been lots of tribute cars and some have gone over the top and some have chased every specific detail down to the last Lucas turn signal. Mark Akullian has been in the Volkswagen scene since he was 13 years old which means over 30 years he's been in the Volkswagen scene. He's no stranger to magazine covers in April 1988 his 1957 beetle was on the pages of Hot VW's magazine. This yeay His 1961 beetle graced the cover of Hot VW's California look issue. That about sums up the goal when building a cal-look car. This car's been in the making for dozens of years with the slow collecting of every part and piece to build what Mark felt was the perfect California look Beetle. 2387 cc engine dual 48 Idas. Custom hand fabricated deck lid, (all steel) to replicate the EMPI fiberglass deck lid from back in the 60s. Porsche 356 brakes and original EMPI steering wheel. Those are those are just a few things, to name the dozens of customizing thats been done to this car to pay the ultimate tribute to the most popular Style that seems to never run out of favor with the crowds. Great story for a great car. www.letstalkdubs.com www.vwtrendsmagazine.com www.rosswulf.com

Buses By The bridge 2024 is a wrap and we talk about the weekend. Bill drove ther & back in a day. George talks about how his bus did with the new IRS conversion. Bob Daniels from the Facebook page Custom VW's of the 80's & 90's. Bob is flying out to Vegas to ride to GNRS & OCTO with Bill in the Carbon Cab. While BOB is here we paly a game. Guess the cost of parts back in the 80's and what that means in todays dollars. We discuss what we watch on youtube. www.rosswulf.com www.vwtrendsmagazine.com www.thewagen.com www.letstalkdubs.com

On this episode we discuss the early days in La Puente California. Buggs Buddies founding member William Noguera comes on the podcast with Robert Vw Kidd and they discuss the late 70s early 80s VW seen in Southern California. With a heavy Latin influence the origins of the LA style seems to begin here. You'll get to hear some wild stories of what it was like being a member of Bug's buddies what was the story on all the cars and what "Combey" means. It was a wild time for young teenagers in La Puente California. Some of these stories involve the police teenage dance clubs in a lot of Porsche alloys. Turns out a lot of these cars were stolen. That's why it's called Boyz in tha Hood https://artistwilliamnoguera.com/biography/ https://williamnoguera.com/podcast/

With recent podcast being about Drag & Drive events some of the original guys have been doing drag & Drive events in the Midwest have reached out to me. Prescott Phillips and Chuck Fryer respectively the beer Panzer and the corn panzer have been running Midwest Drive events for years. Both Street cars running 11 second quarter these guys have been representing the VW contingent on six summer. They go in a great detail about what it takes to do with these events the type of prep they do what their cars and how they are built from transmission specs to engines camshaft carburetors and what they do to prepare for the race. It's definitely an experience that I think everyone should get a chance to do. https://thelufthaus.com/products/burn-your-oil-2024-competition-pack Prescotts Book here www.rosswulf.com www.vwtrendsmagazine.com

Ever wonder who's the guy on www.Thesamba.com with the super expensive original or NOS EMPI stuff. Wonder no more on today's podcast we've got Eric Lussier former VW collector, now owner of 2nd Avenue scooters in Phoenix Arizona. Eric is one of the original Pomona isle hounds that used to snatch up tons of EPMI & Rare stuff but before that he had an opportunity to go cross country several times and just grab tons and tons of EMPI and other cool collectible stuff from wrecking yards all over the east coast of the Midwest. This podcast has a lot of those stories of those adventures as to how he ran across different parts pieces and rarities. It's a fun podcast and we talk about quite a bit of the VW collecting hobby. We may even throw in a little bit of scooter talk every now and then. Eric still has a collection of VW buses which we break down and you may catch them out there in the Vw scene in Phoenix. https://2ndavenuescooters.com www.vwtrendsmagazine.com www.rosswulf.com

Bill discusses his Power Tour experience. What you should do if you decide to do the power tour and the good and bad of it. George and Bill discuss a letter that we received critiquing the one crazy weekend. It goes over some positives but more negatives than anything else and we address all the concerns for last year's event only to bring you a more exceptional event in 2024. George gets completely heated and loses it when he's accused of picking his friends cars for trophies. George is a man of integrity and I'm saying this as a hold a gun to my head. https://www.youtube.com/@the_Wagen https://rosswulf.com www.vwtrendsmagazine.com

More power on a budget? Kadron carburetors (The Brazillian Solex) have always been known for being the bottom level carburetor. Jeff Lane wirh Kaddie Shack will change your mind about that he's put down plenty of quarter mile passes that have been super fast and he got into tuning and dealing with cadre on carburetors years ago. Take a listen to a great story and interview on how Jeff decided to leave his full-time job and pursue his passion in the VW industry helping people get performance on a budget. Caddyshack has had a consistent presence in the drag racing circuit. The 71 beetle that you see on the dragstrip is there a drag car that they drive to the drag races and on a daily basis. Nothing says performance more and reliability in the car that you drive to the drag races and click off 12 second passes. Take a listen this podcast for some good information and some insight on finding hidden horsepower in those Kadron carburetors. https://www.kaddieshack.com https://www.youtube.com/@the_Wagen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBzORu5Vhl0&t=73s www.vwtrendsmagazine.com www.rosswulf.com Dubsdogbook use code LTDPODCAST

On this podcast we discussed piston technology and manufacturing. Trevor Cleveland with iKON brand pistons (manufactured by United Engine and Machine one of America's largest piston manufactures) Gives us the lowdown on pistons. We discussed the anatomy of a piston and the technology. We also get into what the VW industry is lacking with respect to quality pistons. Trevor is one of us, he's a hard-core VW enthusiast that drives a 1969 Volkswagen fastback with an odd combination 2110. Not only do we talk about pistons but we also get his history in the VW scene. If you're interested in being a distributor for icon pistons reach out to Trevor they are looking for more distributors. Check them out here. https://uempistons.com www.vwtrendsmagazine.com www.rosswulf.com www.letstalkdubs.com

Driving your Volkswagen is the most fun. One of the greatest experiences I've ever had was driving my Volkswagen in competition against other cars. This weeks episode is about the only Volkswagen that was in 2023's sick the magazine death week. It's a weeklong road trip that goes from track to track and plenty of oddball places in between for checkpoints. AJ Sims of low budget racing and Anton Walker piloted his fastback Volkswagen on this challenge. And what a challenge it was. It seems like they were destined for trouble from the beginning. It's a wild story about late nights, roadside repairs, not enough sleep, roach motels and all of the things that make road trips so memorable. I guarantee after you listen to this you'll want to take your Volkswagen on one of these events. It doesn't need to be the fastest but it definitely can be the most fun. Driving our cars is what this is all about. There's no fun just staring at it in the show room but the rubber the road and make tracks like these guys did.

Jeff Patterson is with Type 4 Revoulution. Hes your east coast type 4 guy. WIth a back ground in the military being trained in helicopeter manitinance. His love for working on VWs comes from a need to fix his own cars. He loves type 4 engines. We discuss the type 4 engine pros & cons. While stationed in Germany he was able to access cool type 4 upgrades for his Super Beetle. While he was in town for the SEMA show we were able to connect & sit down & do a podcast.

Type 3's are a special VW, and the people committed to them area just as unique. Mario Steinhauser has had type 3HQ since 1991. An avid type three enthusiast he found a love for these cars at a young age. Realizing how difficult parts were to get in a few great opportunities he was able to start type 3HQ. They specialize in VW type three parts and lots of NOS pieces. If you have questions about type three originality details specifications and more you can always reach out to him on his Instagram. He often has lots of cool type 3Z has for sale as well. Another great story from another person that's in our hobby that makes things better.. Dubdogsbook Click here Dont forget to use Code LTDPODCAST for a discount Type 3 HQ click Here https://rosswulf.com/ VW Trends Mag Here

Drag racing in the United Kingdom with Volkswagens started in the late 70s early 80s. A lot of guys from the day are still around and we were able to track down one of them for today's podcast. John Brewster got into Volkswagens in the mid-70s eventually working for auto carava a VW restoration and supply company. That evolved into him building engines and performance motors. He I listed the auto caravan drag car that also worked for slalom racing and lots of other things back in the day. He was originally involved in the VW drag racing in the UK. One of the original pioneers that started a lot of this across the pond. Do you know owns and operates JB's Elite fabrication. A great story and interesting insight as to the challenges that they dealt with being in the UK and not having access to the parts and pieces that we have here. Follow his Instagram and check out the links below https://www.instagram.com/jbselitefabrications/ www.letstalkdubs.com www.rosswulf.com www.vwtrendsmagazine.com www.thewagen.com

Chris Goddin is from Wales England the wet part of the country. Chris and his son Zach are podcast listeners we started talking & he showed me his car. His 1973 Karmann Ghia is spectacualr. The imprssive part of this car is he built it all himslef. Its an example of what hard work & dedicatin can make happen. Its pwoered by a 2332cc powerplant. Tucked in bumpers, air ride, leater interior make this ghia one rad car! He's also had rthe fuchs custom made, He is producing 3 piece wheels through his company Dogtown wheels. His first car had a set of 3pc 911 wide 5 fuchs. https://www.instagram.com/dogtownwheels/ https://www.youtube.com/@the_Wagen. www.rosswulf.com www.vwtrendsmagazine.com

When you see a Type 34 Ghia they are a work of art. When this Italian designed car meets an interior to match, You get the Ghia we have here. Rob "Rourky" O'rourke is a man with an eye for style. He's raised in the trade of coach trimming (2nd generation). His father started the business and he worked for him eventually taking it over. He is quite a character. In his daily life he works on Ferraris, Lamborghini's & Jaguars. Using his knolwadge of the classic coachtrimming from the golden era of racecar, he blends these styles together. On his Type 34 he brought this all together. From the bronze knobs, to intergrated lights, and lets not for get the brass work. If you meet him, you'll remeber him always. I know I will, and I look forward to seeing anything else he builds. A true craftsman with incredible talent. Check out the talent of his team on thier YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/@OrourkeCoachtrimmers www.letstalkdubs.com www.vwtrendsmagazine.com www.rosswulf.com

There are cars that inspire other peoples cars to be built, with out the people that build those cars that wouldnt happen. Randy Gates is the man behind several cars that have infulenced the VW scene. First his 1957 23 Window bus that graced the cover of Hot VWs in 2003. Then his 1952 Split window bug that was built by Buddy Hale in Tempe Az. This car most certanly had a huge impact on the VW scene as a whole. It definitely had that impact on me. The azure blue 1952 crotch cooler split window was a perfect example of a Calle car done right. With all of the signature signs of Buddy Hale mild the paint custom fab shift light and line lock on the column two special viewing windows for the rear shift tunnel. This was one of the first cars that buddy put extra detail in to show off a lot of his extra fab work. This car when it hit the scene was legendary and raise the bar for a bunch of other vehicles. It's hard to say the exact influence this vehicle had on the scene but this podcast goes into the story behind building it and one man's approach to building his dream car. Randy has a history that goes back to the early 70s growing up in Southern California there was no shortage of cool VW's out there that lit his fire that burned and reignited in the 2000s. His 67 stock Bug then his 57' 23 window bus onto the split window and more Randy's owned in his life over 40 Volkswagens. A great podcast and a good listen . https://www.letstalkdubs.com/store.html www.rosswulf.com www.vwtrendsmagazine.com

This episode is a round table about the One Crazy Weekend. The people on this podcast are Andy Finch UK (Spikes Restoration) Russell Ritchie Scottland (Gasser Garage) Johnny Osmondson US Worlds fasetest street bug, George Tsagrinos US (the Wagen). If youve never been to the One Crazy Weekend. This podcast will give you some insite on what its like. The perspective from participants from around the world.

Niels Timmerman is the man behind Air Mighty Megascene. The ultiamte VW Magazine. This is a great story about how one guy's passion for photography turns into a website which eventually turns into taking a huge risk and starting a magazine. Nils has been a staple in the VW community in the Netherlands. Just like the rest of us starting with nothing but hard work and a dream he's amassed a few car in his collection that he really enjoys. His background and graphic design is obvious when you look at the quality of the things that he produces. It's professional on another level. His eye for what looks good is evident with every issue of air mighty megascene https://www.airmighty.com/

Paul Irving is a guy with passion you can sense just from talking to him about how much he loves Volkswagens. His commitment to do a high-quality restoration shows in the work they produce. Starting in his early days working on cosworth Fords and import cars. He found his true love when he saw his first split screen. From that point forward he's been committed to the hobby ever since. Constantly pushing the envelope and he's been repaid by high customer satisfaction and a never ending list of cars to restore. He has people bringing him cars from all over the world to this remote place in the Lakes District of England for full restoration. A painter by trade he paid his dues started from nothing and built it into one of the most impressive shops in all of England today. Besides that Paul (Irv) is a great guy with a great sense of humor if you catch him at make sure you chat him up. https://www.irvsvwrestoration.co.uk/ Irv's Facebook Page

It Showtime!! Bill & George talk about OCW (One Crazy Weekend) Show details. Also Bill tells the story of his trip to Hawaii for the VW Club of Hawaii's Shaka VW show. The trip to Maui on the saturday for the Kruise For Kurt. Then Bill & his son head out for a flight to London then a 2 hour ride to Essex to Spikes Vintage restoration. They meet up with a 5 car caravan of top level show cars drive to an overnight ferry. The next morning off to the show a 2 hour drive in the Netherlands. 2 days at the Air-mighty show and some of the cars that are there. A great weekend that just gets better. Live your life. https://www.youtube.com/@the_Wagen

Hawaiian Builder Allan Yee has been into Classic Air-Cooled VWs since the early days. In the late 80's he built a well known car. A car refered to by its name. Tickled pink. That car went through a absolute unbelivable life. Even being set on fire in Allans Garage. At the 2023 Shaka VW show thats put on by the VW Club of Hawaii Alan had 2 cars he built on display. A 1966 VW Fast back and 1974 VW Thing. some super unbelivable cars. Top quality cars built in Hawaii. A great podcat about one of Honolulu. www.vwtrendsmagazine.com www.rosswullf.com www.letstalkdubs.com

This week let's talk dubs heads out to Hawaii. The first interview that I have is with Jody Madeiros from the valley Isle Vee Dubz club. Jody gives us the insite as to what's going on in Maui wit some of our VW Family that have been affected by the tragedy in Maui. The second podcast is with Todd Matsumoto who is the VW club of Hawaii president and has been putting on the shaka VW Show for over 21 years. Click the Go fund me Link to help out the VW People of Maui. Mahalo TO DONATE TO Our vw family in Maui https://account.venmo.com/u/Maui-Strong808

Squeege's Kustoms is one of Arizona's peimere hot rod shop. They've built dozens of top notch hot rods over the years. Doug Jereger who took over for his Dad Squeege. some time ago started Just out of high School he moved to Phoenix from Ohio. Working for his dad was not easy. His Dad got him interested in VWs. He built his first VW back in Ohio. In his early years his pinnacle acheavment was getting his 1956 Bettle on the cover of Hot VWs August 1989. With All the custom work & Hot Rod details it was a show stunner. In 1989 It was ahead of its time. Doug has built a few cars that have been in the runnig for AMBR (Americas Most Beautiful Roadster)in 2011 Doug won with Daryl Wolswinkel's 33' ford. If youre looking for custom paint or a full build Squeeges can get it done. Hes got a great story. Check out his site https://www.squeegskustoms.com/ www.letstalkdubs.com www.vwtrendsmagazine.com www.rosswulf.com

Jehu Garcia is a DIYer like no other. With a passion for tinkering he started getting into trying to make his bus powered by electricity. Through the long process That you can follow on his YouTube channel he was successful in making his bus fully powered by batteries. This podcast has a lot of information with respect to doing electric conversions not only in your car but your house with battery back ups. Where the technology is going and what's available today. He currently owns four Volkswagens that he's working on converting most of them to electric. With one day a dream of his to have 10 electric buses available as rentals. He's got a great story and a lot of determination to figure things out. https://www.youtube.com/@jehugarcia https://www.letstalkdubs.com/ http://vwtrendsmagazine.com https://rosswulf.com/

We've all seen the TV show Bitchin rides on MotorTrend TV. Dave Kindig from Kindig it designs out of Salt Lake City and his crew build some of the highest level custom cars on the market today. Dave Kindig started out in the hobby as a VW guy. Still a huge VW enthusiast he's built several on the show as well as he's finally coming out with one of his own. On this episode we talk about the humble beginnings of Kindig it designs what were some important milestones. Some of the challenges with growing a business. And the evolution to a TV show. After this podcast you will know Dave Kindig a true Vw guy he's been in the hobby sfor 30 years and he still loves them to this day. Look forward to see him putting out some more cool Vw's in the future. As well as some of the best showcars built today! https://www.kindigit.com/ www.vwtrendsmagazine.com www.rosswulf.com www.letstalkdubs.com

Eric Meyer has been involved with Volkswagens for over 45 years. Starting with his first bus that he picked up when he was around 13 years old all through high school even into part-time jobs working on them. Loving the skateboard culture which goes hand-in-hand Volkswagens he wanted to have more of an impact in making skaters more identifiable. He gets himself a job at Vision Street Wear (more like creates himself a job). After a few years there decides to branch off on his own and start Simple shoe company. In order to do that he was sacrificed some of his Karmann Ghia's for seed money to start his new shoe company. On a wing and a prayer he shows up to the first action sports clothing event and hits a home run. This is a great story about the persistence and determination that is indicative in every VW enthusiast. As you'll find out Eric's had quite a few VW's and a lot of them that you'll remember. It's a great story and lots of cool history. Share the show here https://www.letstalkdubs.com/showtime.html Review the podcast here

Pookie's dream was one of the coolest square backs in the 90s fully detailed. Gunmetal gray paint Nissan pulsar seats it toward the show circuit for several years always a top contender. Tony Moyer and his wife built this things with the beginning intentions of having a daily driver. Like all car built this one spun out of control and wet detail crazy from the polish fuse to the chrome detailing on the transaxle the chrome front beam and so much more chrome this was the wheels off fully detailed show car. What happened to this car and where did it end up we find out on this week's podcast with a special guest appearance at the end.

Sam Kutz is the owner of new vintage VW repair shop. They're based just outside of Denver in Arvada Colorado. Sam has been wrenching on VW's for over 25 years. He's also been listening to podcasts for a couple years and we've chatted back-and-forth on Instagram. On my way through Colorado with my Ghia TC I stopped at Sam's and he lent me a huge hand to get my car back on the road. He's got a great VW story and this hobby is in his blood, he's a solid as they get and a guy that I consider a friend. If you're ever in Denver cruise over the Nuvintage and say hi to Sam you won't be sorry. He has attended almost every bug in Colorado drag racing his cars as well as one that's a show/drag car. His love for the hobby is obvious for the people he surrounds himself at his shop. Rhea, Conrad, Charles add Bill all fantastic people that you can find at the shop. www.letstalkdubs.com www.vwtrendsmagazine.com www.rosswulf.com

John Schuerger is a staple in the VW drag racing scene you can find him in any of the drag races on the West Coast. This episode we sit down with him at The Volks Group inaugural summer showdown one in Medford Oregon. A car he sold to his brother that he later blew up the engine he took it back and took it to the next level. We talk to John about his drag bug how long he's had it and its racing history. This may be one of the longest running sportsman cars out there, 5 time PRA champ. BRS Champ, and many more series. His help from the Bergs & the support of his wife makes all of this possible. www.vwtrendsmagazine.com www.rosswulf.com www.letstalkdubs.com

Bill, Brandon and Johnny head to Medford Oregon for The Volks Group summer showdown 1. This is the first event put on by The Volks group and man what an event this was. Of course it was what the Medford (nor cal) group normally does which is much love and aloha thanks to Tom Kinny and the Kinny kitchen. The whole group up there is fantastic and I can't say enough about them. We bring the gray car Johnny's 62 up for the first time he hits the track a boy do things happened. We had an exciting fun filled three days. Plus Bill brings out his drag car that has been sitting for the past 10 years that he purchased one year ago and put it on the track. Hear all about it. No PRep racing at its finest. LOL To see the gray car run check the links below and go watch Johnny Ron in Irwindale, Tucson, or Casa Grande. Irwindale event here https://www.letstalkdubs.com/showtime.html https://www.letstalkdubs.com/store.html

Oh week Bill heads to Medford Oregon with Johnny and the gray bug. Heading up there to go drag race. Will have full updates from the vox group with respect to the racing this weekend possibly some extra Contant over the long weekend. We also talked to Rob Bolmer vice president of sales with Empy and discuss a lot of the new things that they come out with from response as they received at Sema full episode a little short but will get you next time.

George auto is an automotive journalist publisher and author. He's also involved in the founding of the DFL Vw club in Germany. George's passion started one night at a party when he saw a rare vehicle that grabbed his interest which turned out to be a type 34 razor edge gea. From that point he was hooked in the VW world. He pursued his passion in publishing writing for different magazines, he even wrote his own book Tuning Luftgekuhlte Volkswagen. if you can find them they sell now for about $120.00. On this podcast we talk about car shows in Germany as well as the VW seen there. German look cars and also his love for Cal look style Vw's. It's a great podcast and he's a good guy check it out. Photo credit: Stephen Szantai https://www.letstalkdubs.com/showtime.html Register for one crazy weekend here. Support our sponsors https://vwtrendsmagazine.com/ www.rosswulf.com

The Ultimate Home built Show stopper!! FUBAR if you don't know what that stands for Google it. But that's the story and the name behind Lyndon Creamers 1964 bug. He's owned this bug twice in the first time it was featured in Volksworld was around 2003 he sold. tichanged hands several times. It was wreckled and changed up from when he owned it. He later and re-purchased the car back in 2013. He decided to put it back in the show circuit but this time No holds barred. It was going to be an all out assult on the show circuit. He infact made quite the splash when it re-surfaced. Debuting it at Volks World show and requesting a indoor spot based on a single picture. Lyndon did it. He blew away the spectators with th finish of this 4 year (this time) labor of love. Lyndons also been working on a driver 56' Beetle. Look for more of Lyndon this year at a few shows. www.vwtrendsmagazine.com www.rosswulf.com www.letstalkdubs.com

ROUNDTABLE!!! We discuss the ID Buzz debut, OCTO weekend & the ISP west. Some of the cool cars we saw plus the barndoor gathering. Type 3's visiters from Belgium Future Shock. Whos going to Medford????? https://vwtrendsmagazine.com/ https://vegasvolks.podbean.com/

Call Lind Bjornsen is our resident bus expert on this episode we start talking about Logoed buses as well as rare accessories. What makes different Loged buses more desirable than others. Also what accessory's add to the value or are highly sought after or really rare. We also get advanced peek at the bus Lind is debuting here at OCTO June 2023. He stumbled across the Schulwagen a bus that was purchased by Volkswagen of America before they were even Inc. here in the USA. This rare barn door has deluxe features/options and was outfitted with hundreds of tools to teach dealership service technicians how to work on Volkswagens. There were approximately 13 of these buses known to exist none are around today. This could possibly be one of the rarest barn door buses out there as well as most unique with ambulance features as well as a deluxe dash in a standard bus. This Bus was never meant for public consumtion.

The name Greg Aronson is a familiar name in the VW world. Most people know his name for the famous Aronson/Holmes 63 Cal-Look car. Gregs story is so much more. From the humble beginings of buiding his model A as his first driver, to learning transaxle rebuilding at Gene Berg Enterprises. At 20 years old He and Ron Flemming started F&A Performance. Which evolved into one of the formost recognized names in Off-road racing FAT Perfromance. One of their first guys out the is Marty Letner, Malcom Smith, Larry Raglen 5 Time baja winner. The exposion of the off-roading history has them busyier than they imagined. The evolution of how Toyota TRD starts to support off-roading vs VW. Alos the history of how the Type 4 (Tuna Boat) engines come into the off-road racing world. The Type 4 upright fan conversion kits ans so much more in this podcast. In 1986 43 engines in the parker 400 24 of them were type 4's. So much history that starts in the streets & ends in the dirt. Register for VW Bus ID event http://www.kussmaulchronicles.com/ https://www.letstalkdubs.com/store.html https://rosswulf.com/ https://vwtrendsmagazine.com/

John Lazenby is one of those people that has been around the scene since the early 60s. His love and passion for Volkswagens still continues to this day. As one of the founding members of Der Kliner Panzers Volkswagen club, he gives us some insight to the early history of the club and how things came together. You may have heard of his club car named "Butternut". Having a passion for Volkswagens lead him to working in the automotive industry getting a job at Autohaus in 1971-1981 working there until just before they closed. In this podcast John recounts the history from back in the early days. His memory is impeccable with dates and people and places that critical things in the VW seen as it happened. It's long because it's filled with lots of good detailed information. If you love early Vw history of the southern California VW seen this is the podcast for you. P.S. remeber those little rubber band engine re-build kits. youll hear where they started in this podcast. My experience in a Mexican Prison podcast Support the podcast here https://vwtrendsmagazine.com https://rosswulf.com/ register for one crazy weekend 2023 Here

The 1972 EMPI was sold to filter dynamics. Just before that happened Darrell Vittone started the race shop which was a separate entity from the VW dealership. One day some kid from the East Coast is peering through the window and Darrel sees him. Darrel opens the door and meets Dave Andrews these two for the next few years campaign the inch pincher plus the race shop cars. Everywhere the race shop went there was Dave Andrews campaigning his own 1967 beetle that he purchased brand new. Hear his story about his move out west and also the evolution of his personal car that eventually turned into a straight race car. Good story about a great chapter in our VW hobby. my prison podcast

The type three Variant & Sedan (Squareback & Notchback) was the car that was debuted at the 1961 Frankfurt auto show in order to develop a new upgrade level vehicle for people that wanted to upgrade from the Beetle. In the early years of the type three there were a lot of one year only and earlier only design attributes. In this podcast we break down all of the early details that are known to be on 63 & earlier type three's. Today on the registry only 75 early pre-1963 & earlier type threes are registered. Maybe the type three is the hidden gem of rarity that not a lot of people know about. We once again turn to our type three resident expert Lee Hedges for an in-depth review of specific to early type three details. This is very informative and lots of information even if you're not into type threes you'll enjoy this podcast. Subscribe to my YouTube channel here Georges YouTube channel here Lee Hedges you tube channel

Bryce Allemann and Kathy Hicks are a road tripping power couple that first hit the road in 2017. The first journey across the United States northern half consisted of 8,754 miles. That article can be seen in August 2018 Hot VWs magazine. They scheduled a month off of work to accomplish this feat in the 1967 SO42 Westy. Since then, they've had a desire to do it again which we were lucky enough to catch them on the return home from the latest southern US trip in their 67 VW bus. We discuss what it's like to be on the road for 30 days. Some of the mechanical challenges that they faced during this particular road trip. A lot of the cool things that you see when you're traveling the country by road. This VW bus a 1967 SO42 westfailia camper is more than just a bus. It was purchased brand new by Bryce's grandfather then give it to his father and gave it to Bryce. He's lawn more miles on this bus that his grandfather and father combined. Kathy is an equal partner and sharing all of the driving duties as well as planning some of the stops and making sure they get to squeeze in whatever is on their bucket list. It's a great story about a dedication to exploring this wonderful country we live in and doing it in your favorite VW. So sit back and let the story get you motivated to turn some wrenches to get your VW dialed in and hit the road with that person you love and make a lifetime memories. www.vwtrends.com www.rosswulf.com www.letstalkdubs.com

we discuss who would be the top builders non-Volkswagen that we would like to see build a VW platform vehicle. Bill takes a trip to Volksworld show 2023 we talk about some of those details. We also discussed some of the people bills tried to get on the podcast. Some new episodes that will be coming out and some insight on a few of those upcoming podcasts. We get a project update and much more.

I'm sure you've heard the name Limebug. Limebug out of the UK makes air suspension and much more for Classic aircooled Volkswagens. Craig Shaw and his partner Leeann. Her purchase of a lime green beetle is the cause for Craig to start working on suspension in the Air-cooled world which then developed into trying to bring something to the market that didn't exist. With a background in machining and engineering he put to use what he new, to try to develop some new suspension for Volkswagens. It doesn't just stop with suspension now they manufacture wheels brake kits and plenty of other VW accessories. As a homegrown business committed to manufacturing all their parts in the UK they ship worldwide and their prices are fairly affordable. Lineburg make some pretty cool parts in there constantly pushing the envelope with new products hitting their website all the time check them out if you want something different for your Volkswagen. Check out his website with the link below. www.limebug.com www.vwtrendsmagazine.com www.letstakdubs.com www.rosswulf.com

Frederick Peeters is a man who wears a lot of hats, as the managing Director of European bug-in, he also puts on the Freddy files, and now does the Ardennen Rennen. From Nenovine Belgium he's been a VW enthusiast since he was a child. With a passion for type three's he loves his notch back. His commitment to the hobby means that he puts it all in the line to put on one of the largest VW vents in Europe. The European Bug-in known as EBI is unparalleled in VW shows. Being hosted in the city of Chimay Belgium where cars from all over Europe travel to with a gigantic Swap Meet a huge camp out and a weekend long party. If you've never been you must go. We also discuss a little known bug called the mach one that came out in 1965 built by a VW dealer in Belgium we get all of the details on the specialty vehicle that was built. https://www.europeanbugin.com/ vw trends magazine Ross Wulf Bus hinges www.ulogoup.com www.myvolksgear.com

On our continued British invasion from Volksworld 2023 show. Trailer queen restorations Gavin Jones on this episode. Starting out with his first VW in the late 80s he cruised around in a pretty cool convertible super beetle. Later moving up to some of the early year VW's with his Bahama Blue 64. He tells a legendary story of how he left his last job for sake of family and trailer queen reostorations is born. Trailer queen Reostorations is Just He and his Wife doing a family business. Gavin does some of the top paint work in the UK. He's painted some of the cars that you would know. Hes painted The Cal-look 63 rag top, The Pepto Squareback T3 Detectives all black sqaureback, Barnoor 23 widows. If you've had any issues of volksworld you have seen his work. We talk about some splitwindow details. Hes OCD whenit come to paint and detail. Check out his work on his FB page links below. https://www.facebook.com/trailerQueen https://trailerqueenrestos.com/ https://vwtrendsmagazine.com/ https://rosswulf.com/shop/ols/products/vw-drain-plate-kit https://www.ulogoup.com/ one crazy weekend here https://www.letstalkdubs.com/store.html

In the early 2000s while trying to figure out what to do with my bus and surfing the Internet I ran across a website called vintagebus.com. On that website was a gallery for people to upload pictures. I ran across Rikki James from England & his 1954 Right Hand drive barn door bus. This bus was sporting big power type 4 with a 2600cc 48 IDA's and Porsche five speed. This bus would serve as a template for me to build my first bus. Rikki's been ahead of the curve for a long time, an avid VW enthusiast and hard-core bus owner. You can sometimes catch him on the autobahn or the M25 in his right hand drive barn door hauling the mail. This bus is no joke and has been on the road since the early 90s! Listen to what it was like in the early days before there was disc brake conversions or narrowed beams and all the other parts and pieces that hes had custom-made for this barn door bus. Did I mention Rikki was doing patina before patina was a thing? He's a trailblazer at all things cool. Rikki James is a great guy. https://vwtrendsmagazine.com/ https://rosswulf.com/ https://www.ulogoup.com/ one crazy weekend link

Levi Weir is from Phoenix Arizona and runs a company called Pandragger parts. Since about 14 years old he's been working on Volkswagens. Taking up a trade in welding and fabrication with a raceshop he learn the skills that his friends utilize to help them work on their VW's he eventually turns that into a business fabricating and building air suspensions as well as paint and bodywork through his business pandragger parts. There's also a car club named Pandraggers out of Arizona that they started when he and his friends were younger. On this Podcast we discuss air suspension on Beetles. He also discuss his relationship with Randy from Randar wheels who he met fabricating racecars. He currently owns seven sets of different varieties of RNDAR wheels. He loves oval window rag tops and he like some low! take a listen to check out what Levi is up to and what is history is all about. https://www.pandraggers.com https://www.instagram.com/pandragger_products/ https://www.letstalkdubs.com/showtime.html