buckle up it's the law - although not for pre 1970's cars...

Some enjoy the freedom of driving around without seat belts, for me it is an unsafe feeling.
So I ordered a set of tan colored seat belts - 2 automatic 3-point belts for the front, 2 lap belts for the rear:

If you are looking for e-approved seat belts - even in different colors - you can look here:
http://safety-belt.de

new ears day

Time for new rear view mirrors, the left one was looking  a bit too used, the right one was a Variant's "elephant's-ear". So, I ordered a new set of  "pig ears":

  Soon to be seen on the Volksback!

The Volksback is back home!

... after another 1 1/2 weeks in the paint shop (to polish the paint and repair some imperfections) it is finally back home - so shiny!!!- look:

 -  I have to start selling some left over  type 3 stuff - too many doors in my garage!

8 liters !?!

Finally all 4 corners are equipped with the 2 liter Porsche alloys! Look.

4x2 liter = 8 liter ;-)
More pics to come, the cameras battery died... after 1 pic! Note the center caps, after weeks of waiting they also arrived.

Watch out! - the Volksback, now on the streets!

Finally:

There is a lot work ahead of me, but it runs fine and now, with the license plates installed,  I can use it whenever I want!

The front tyres in 165/65/15 were not available, so I mounted the Ronals up front to get this thing going...
License plate is also not too bad!
Next week the 2 liter Fuchs wheels are on all 4 corners and hopefully the center caps will also find their way to me and then onto the Volksback!

10.000 clicks! Here is something special...

Wow! 10.000 clicks in 15 month! Thank you for your curiosity and keep comming back.
Against the trend of showing nacked chicks @ every even number of clicks, I will show you something real shocking!!!!
A snap shot of my workshop during the "hot" phase of putting everything together in time, look:

Sometimes I am such a slut when it comes to clean up the work shop! But these pictures will remind me of NEVER again leaving such a mess behind - promised!

stance problems - from too low to too high ...

This is the current status: minimal positiv camber - a little too high in the rear, so I have fine tune the rear suspension another time. Probably about 3 cm lower, but not today!

here is what I started with: