Youngtimer Vestival Herten 09. September 2012

Today we visited the Youngtimer Vestival (no typo - it's the name!) in Herten, you could see everything from Vintage US cars, 60'ies 70'ies and 80'ies Swedish, German and British iron, all kinds of sportcars, you name it. It was soo hot - so, a cool place in the shadow was the right spot to be - here are some impressions:

Karmann Type 14 US re-import:

only one of the parking lots - under a perfect blue sky :

nice 'Yota:

Ford Sierra Cosworth triplets:

Golf Mk II 16V with cool wheels:

Opel Manta i400

definately not vintage - but one of my favorites: a Jeep JK - even if I would prefer the 4 door body:

nicely detailed Ford Capri

 Golf Mk II with 2 different wheel colors, left vs. right:

wheels: Porsche Cayenne 17" winter wheels - not bad!

the black side was more my kind of taste...

transaxle corner: 

16" Fuchs'ed 914

(notice the white Manta's number plate: BO -EY!)

strange "limo" benz with (too) big wheels:

Audi Coupé (QP)

mmmh - real CSL or - not?

this one gave the crowd a lot of chin scrappin'

VW T3 syncro bus

Ford Capri's, wild and mild:

Golf convertible with Porsche tele dials:

Golf Mk II G60 4door:

Rallye Golf-faced 2 door Jetta with nice wheels

more transaxle pics:

BMW E9 3,5 CSL in full armor:

(apparently Thorsten and Ralf liked it... at least more than Tom and Ute)

RHD Cobra Replica:

a rare sight: an unmodified, chrome bumper'ed Mk I Golf:

early Mk II, with US grille and VR6 converted, leather interior, multi piece wheels  etc - much better than before!

the Porsche corner:

Rallye Golf x 2:

very cool wheels!

clean lookin', front fenderless Harley:

I dig the CNC'ed "bead lock" style wheels!

slick silhouette!

black is (still) beautyful

old school Milwaukee iron:

this Rallye Audi was dropped, just by mounting 1.000 Rallye lights ;-)

Renault wheeled Mk II  

early Golf Mk II with nice BBS's

Transaxle again?...

a nice, color matched couple:

It was a real nice location, perfect weather, the mix of cars was spectacular and we had a lot of fun!
(Did you notice the striking number of Transaxle Porsche pics? - is this a sign?)

big brakes, part II

Now it is time to let the cat out of the bag:

In the near future the Volksback's stopping power will be increased big time! 6 pot calipers, finest CNC- milled aluminium! steel braided brake lines...
If you want to learn more about TAROX brakes, look here : http://www.taroxbrakes.de/ - other languages are available on this website,too
I'll keep you posted on the next update...

the perfect gift!

Today a colleage at work gave me 2 HotWheels which she brought back from her US trip:

the left one is the "standard" blue version -but on a long card (as usual in the US) the right one is the purple version, which is only available in the US! Thank you so much, Ulli!

Radio 3.0

The new Radio arrived today, maybe a little too much chrome, but I think it will look o.k. in the Volksback.
To mount the new Radio I could not use the "old" Radio housing I purchased from Dirk : http://www.sitzfleisch.net/repros.htm

Version for vintage Radios:

 the version for DIN Radios:



The new Radio has the DIN dimensions. Dirk was super nice and exchanged old for new! Many thanks for that special service!

Now this is what I have:

The front plate of the Radio is a little bulky but I think it will work under the Type 3 dashboard, we will see...