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November 2011

Herbie's World Tour

We got our new starter

Today we got our new starter. We bought it on the internet for just 50 bucks including shipping. I would say this is very cheap for a in the US remanufactured starter by Bosch (made in Germany). There was not only the bushing included, even a warranty and a year Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years30 November 2011 ago
Herbie's World Tour

A little sun protection for Herbie

We got it as a gift for the premiere of “Herbie – Fully Loaded” at a drive-in theater in Gross Enzersdorf in August 2005. That drive-in theater is originally called in German “Autokino Center Wien” and is by the way the only one of its kind in Austria.

By DLV Blogger, 11 years29 November 2011 ago
Herbie's World Tour

One of the most important tools during travels

Domi always carried at least one VW Bug service manual with him on our travels around the globe. Now he got two of them. Both were presents by two of his best friends – Bernhard and Friedrich. As an example: How to adjust the valves correctly.

By DLV Blogger, 11 years29 November 2011 ago
Videos

Digging In The Deeps Of Vimeo Part 1

By DLV Blogger, 11 years26 November 2011 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Almost 50 years were too much…

The original starter from 1963 fell apart. Domi already ordered a remanufactured one and took the old one out. With Zainab’s cosmetic mirror it was much easier to check if the fly wheel is doing well.

By DLV Blogger, 11 years26 November 2011 ago
Herbie's World Tour

How to stay in touch with our mechanic (from Austria)

By DLV Blogger, 11 years25 November 2011 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Touring the world in salt & pepper

We got salt and pepper as a present from a so-called “snowbird” in Somerton, Arizona. The term “snowbird” should describe people from the US or Canada who spend a large portion of winter in warmer areas. They often carry their homes with them as campers like “salt and pepper” or Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years25 November 2011 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Filling up gas on Thanksgiving Day

Today I drove to the next gas station here in Ridgecrest, California, to get something to drink for Herbie and I was surprised how cheap it was. I just paid 2.99 bucks per gallon which would be normally 3.79 in this town. A gallon has 3.79 liters, so one liter Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years25 November 2011 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Happy Thanksgiving!

We wish all of you “Happy Thanksgiving”! As we are vegetarians we won’t eat a turkey so we’ll have organic Medjool dates by Berryman farms in Bard, California, raw Californian almond butter and New Mexican pine coffee.

By DLV Blogger, 11 years23 November 2011 ago
Photo Shoots

Same picture, different oldschool look

By DLV Blogger, 11 years22 November 2011 ago
Herbie's World Tour

My Levi’s after work

This is how my jeans look like after working three weeks on the car.

By DLV Blogger, 11 years20 November 2011 ago
Trips

Flo’s short trip to Budapest in Hungary

By DLV Blogger, 11 years19 November 2011 ago
Herbie's Euro Trip

Our journey in WIENER

We forgot posting a well done German written article by Verena Eissner-Eissenstein in WIENER, an Austrian magazine, about our journey across Europe and the experiences we got while traveling around the globe. You can the article also on the following website: www.wiener-online.at/2011/08/herbie-gibt-gas/

By DLV Blogger, 11 years19 November 2011 ago
Herbie's World Tour

New rubber for number 53

By DLV Blogger, 11 years19 November 2011 ago
Herbie's World Tour

As an example: Arizona – of what we’ve seen so far in the US

In 2010 and 2011 we traveled all across the 48 continental United States. Before we started we bought a road map where we high lighted every route we took. As an example you see Arizona (below) – one of our favorite states so far – with all the yellow high Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years18 November 2011 ago
Repairs and modifications

New Blaupunkt radio in the 66′ bug

By DLV Blogger, 11 years18 November 2011 ago
Videos

News from the MKx Channel

By DLV Blogger, 11 years17 November 2011 ago
Repairs and modifications

The slaughtering of Flo’s 1600i has begun….

By DLV Blogger, 11 years16 November 2011 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Finding a fly wheel for Herbie

Today Domi had to find a “new” fly wheel for Herbie because the old one was worn out and he wasn’t able to order a new one because they stopped producing the old small ones Domi would need. Our friend Michael helped Domi with taking him to different junk yards Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years15 November 2011 ago
Herbie's World Tour

The beautification of the hitch

There is always something to do for Domi. At that time he did a paint job on Herbie’s hitch. It is an original one made by ‘Westfalia’ (in Wiedenbrueck, Germany) from 1970 – especially built for VW Bugs.

By DLV Blogger, 11 years13 November 2011 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Fixing a leak at Randy’s garage

Herbie visited again Randy’s garage at Sherman E. Burroughs High School in Ridgecrest, California, in order to take his engine apart the last time. There was a little gap between the cylinder number three and its head which was leaking oil. So we have to fix that before taking Herbie Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years13 November 2011 ago
Photo Shoots

The 90s – ‘95 1600i & ‘97 Polo 6N

By DLV Blogger, 11 years11 November 2011 ago
Uncategorized Events

VW Bugs from the past

The following pictures are showing VW Bugs Domi owned in the past and he has sold for different reasons. My first car after I got my driving license: A black VW Bug 1200L (34 hp) from the early 1980ies built in Mexico. My second Beetle: A 1200L in mars red Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years11 November 2011 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Tightening all 16 bolts of the cylinder heads

It looked like a major surgery when Domi took all engine parts off to tighten the 16 bolts of the cylinder heads.

By DLV Blogger, 11 years10 November 2011 ago
Uncategorized Events

Thanks to all followers of DLV

By DLV Blogger, 11 years8 November 2011 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Getting Herbie aligned

Our VW Bug had to be aligned again – meaning the tracking and the camber got adjusted.

By DLV Blogger, 11 years8 November 2011 ago
Trips

DLV Sunday ride on the “Höhenstraße” in Vienna

By DLV Blogger, 11 years6 November 2011 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Impressions of the US (final part 10)

Sunset in Arizona Sunflowers in Nebraska Niagara Falls, New York The Alamo of San Antonio, Texas Salton Sea, California

By DLV Blogger, 11 years6 November 2011 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Our engine and the oil we use

Herbie has an engine with the original 1200 cc (34 hp) and we are just using fully synthetic oil like 5W-50 (see below) which is a perfect one for classic cars as air-cooled VW’s.

By DLV Blogger, 11 years6 November 2011 ago
Uncategorized Events

Flo has maybe found a new bug for the winter…we’ll see….

By DLV Blogger, 11 years5 November 2011 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Taking the engine out at Sherman E. Burroughs High School

It was just a little tiny thing what created a mess: The clips of the pressure plate fell apart during pushing the clutch. Thanks to Susie and Michael we got to know Randy who is working at the auto garage of Sherman E. Burroughs High School in Ridgecrest. So we Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years5 November 2011 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Changing the shaft of the pedals

We had to change the shaft of the pedals because the hook for the clutch cable was totally worn out.

By DLV Blogger, 11 years5 November 2011 ago
Photo Shoots

Thinking of 356…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years4 November 2011 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Impressions of the US (part 9)

As we are back in United States we want to share some impressions we got when we’ve been here last time. Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona In the middle of nowhere, Arizona Somewhere in Montana Highway 128, Utah Pacific coast, Washington

By DLV Blogger, 11 years3 November 2011 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Short trip to the Fish Rocks of Trona, California

By DLV Blogger, 11 years3 November 2011 ago
Herbie's World Tour

New parts for the Bug after more than 100.000 kilometers

Domi had to change the axle arms because the collar type pins and the king pins were totally worn out. Also the bearings on the right side in the front were seriously damaged. And we put new brake shoes on all wheels.

By DLV Blogger, 11 years3 November 2011 ago
Uncategorized Events

It’s time for a new ride…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years1 November 2011 ago
Herbie's World Tour

“Trick or treat!” – Celebrating Halloween in California

By DLV Blogger, 11 years1 November 2011 ago
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