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Sit on It: Part 1 (cont.)
Time in the Back Seat The design of the backseats, in two separate parts, is to allow easy removal of the bottom seat and to make way for the back rest to fold down for more cargo area. The back seat... read more
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Free Horsepower
By Ryan Lee Price For some, increasing the horsepower from their aircooled Volkswagen is a primary goal, post haste. It is all about going fast, and we'd be lying if that wasn't important to us as well. Hence this arti... read more |
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Sit on It: Part 1
By Ryan Lee Price The motives for redoing a car's interior come from a wide variety of sources. For some, it's purely aesthetic--they want a beautiful interior. For others, it is just a matter of course, new paint, new... read more |
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Berg's Temperature Dipstick
By VW Trends Staff As I am sure you are all aware, the Volkswagen relies on not only air but also oil to keep the operating temperatures at an acceptable level. Once the oil temperature is to high, let's say over 230 de... read more |
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Master Blaster
A quality paint job is only as good as its preparation. Even the world's most reputable painter can't hide years of blemishes and rust, regardless of how many coats of paint are applied. Without the p... read more
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Turning Scrap Metal into Useful Beauty
By VW Trends Staff I don't know why, but it seems that the hinges on a Type I decklid get a lot of abuse. On earlier decklids, the brace where the decklid spring goes--with the constant tension on it--pulls loose from t... read more |
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Valve Adjustment
By Greg Raven It is no secret that if you want your Volkswagen's motor to last more than five or ten thousand miles between overhauls, you have to change the oil and adjust the valves. Changing the oil is easy, pro... read more |
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Engine Removal
By D.E. Meyer Many things can lead tothe necessity of having to remove the engine from a VW, for example, driving around without the fan belt can hasten the inevitable. A bad clutch could do it too, eventually. Cer... read more |
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Staying In Tune
By Jere Alhadeff Whether your VW Bug is a stocker or a street terror, it is important for you to know basic maintenance procedures. If you do a fair amount of the mechanical work yourself, you should already have a go... read more |
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Project Budget Beater Part IV
By VW Trends Staff When we last left Project Budget Beater, we were at VW Paradise, in San Marcos, Calif., where Jason Lauffer had rebuilt my connecting rods, and surfaced my lightened flywheel. At this point, I had a g... read more |
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