Steering wheel: what about a black leather wrapped one?

A few weeks ago, on our visit at the Youngtimer Vestival in Herten I found a nice steering wheel with a strange hub and nobody knew anything about it, the horn button was missing and it had a few scratches - but it was cheap...
So, I refurbed it and designed a new hub adaptor and my good pal Thomas was so kind and machined it according to my sketch. This is a comparison before / after:

I used a raid hub as basis for my adaptor and also a raid horn button with a genuine Porsche crest.

first breakdown in over 10.000 km!

Last Sunday my fellow Volksback broke down just after I visited the ACVW Meeting of Käferfreunde Pendelachse in Düsseldorf - pics of the meeting later...

On my way home, suddenly no fuel... At first I thought of a clogged fuel line - but later I found the real source of the problem:

Somehow the axis of the fuel pump walked out and as a result no fuel!
Ralf came to the rescue and helped me out, we organized a new pump and the Volksback worked flawless again!
After re-assembly I caulked the axis and even the "old" pumps runs like a champ again!

Stance Works: a really nice Type 3 feature!

A few days ago I stumbled across this feature on Stance Works:

follow this link to the whole story:1965-volkswagen-type-3-notchback

Hannover MKT 2014: parts hunt and a few pics:

Even though this is a double post in my blogs, I also found some good stuff for the Volksback in Hannover:

Besides all the stuff for the Streaker, I found redrilled Type 3 brakes and rotors (4x130 + 5x130) and a new 316° Schleicher cam (in the box) as well as choke block offs for the next Volksback engine!

The weather on the way to Hannover wasn't that bad:

 later during the May Cruise Madness the weather changed to heavy rain, so I only made a few pics...

... this is a little too much for my taste everything full of rails and pipes...

yet another nice T1 bus

and a very nice T2 bay window!

the next morning: On our way to the Maikäfertreffen:

and here is a nice pic of all the different type 3 body styles:

 You can see the umbrellas and the wet cars - this was more or less the same during the whole day...
Anyway, we met a lot of friends, talked a lot of b*llsh!t - as always and enjoyed the time, so see you all next year!

Countdown to Hannover, MKT 2014!

The Volksback is ready for the 2014 Hannover trip!
See you there!
(The ride height is now perfectly adjusted - you will see it...)

Spring is here, so some cleaning and updating!

Almost 2 years ago Ralph (yes, again another Ralph - it appears that almost all German Type 3 fans are called Ralf - or Ralph) from Hamburg sold me a new arm rest top for my driver door. It was waiting in my garage for installation...

The original part was a little perished:

I dismantled the driver door and removed the old top plate, here is the comparison:

here is the new part installed:

Only a little improvement, but I know it is fixed and looks better!
What you can't see is the hassle I had with the window regulator clip! It was a nightmare to release, but  now all is good again!

Also I thoroughly cleaned the Volksback, even clayed a few panels and gave it a fresh wax!
It really shines again!
Ralf and I did a little cruise to a local classic car meeting:

 black and white - still a great combo! Thanx for the pic, Ralli!

Cosmic Graffiti

Today I took the Volksback for a little ride in the spring sun:
This is also the first picture with the Cosmic wheels I already mounted last October!

I also hit the 85.000km during todays trip:

 A good start into the new week everybody!