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January 2012

Repairs and modifications

Compu-Fire ignition system for the ‘66

Friedrich and Flo installed today the new contactless ignition system on Flo’s bug. Thanks to Domi for this great birthday present! The engine runs now perfectly and sounds great!

By DLV Blogger, 11 years31 January 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Veracruz, Mexico (No. IV)

Yesterday we were a little bit shopping and Domi bought himself a new hat. We asked for the biggest size but the one we got was still too small until the seller reshaped it. In the following you can get more impressions of the metropolis on the Golf of Mexico.

By DLV Blogger, 11 years31 January 2012 ago
Repairs and modifications

Changing the rear end of Flo’s 1303S #1

Yesterday we prepared the “new” sheets from a 1600i to weld it into the rusty-orange bug. Fridrich is verry happy to be part of this job 😉

By DLV Blogger, 11 years31 January 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Veracruz, Mexico (No. III)

More images from Veracruz on the Golf of Mexico as we’re staying here until February 8 while Herbie’s getting shipped to another part of Latin America: Cartagena, Columbia.

By DLV Blogger, 11 years30 January 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Shipping Delay No. 2

Herbie’s ship, the “Global Leader”, got another delay. This is quite frustrating! Every day of traveling is like meeting a new challenge. You have to go through it, because there is no other way out. Therefore we are still in Veracruz waiting for the vessel’s departure. But we’ll go by Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years29 January 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Veracruz, Mexico (No. II)

Herbie is still “sitting on the dock of the bay”, waiting for his ship going to Columbia. Domi took another walk through town and got some more shots of Veracruz for you.

By DLV Blogger, 11 years29 January 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Veracruz, Mexico (No. I)

As we’ll be in Veracruz until February 8, we have the perfect possibility to explore this city. Therefore we want to share with you our impressions. This is just the first part of it.

By DLV Blogger, 11 years28 January 2012 ago
Repairs and modifications

New engine from Mexico for Flo’s Bug

Flo has removed the original 34 horse power engine to replace it with an engine from Mexico, which has a higher quality. The reason for the whole thing is that he wants to save the original engine and keep it alive, because Flo likes to drive faster and so his Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years28 January 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Goodbye, Herbie!

Today we had to say “good-bye” to Herbie. Even though not all bureaucratic requirements are conformed yet, we already brought our beloved Volkswagen to the port. We are sorry that we can’t post any last pictures of “Ocho” before he is going to be on his way to South America. Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years27 January 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Happy B-Day from Mexico!

We wish you, Flo, a happy, happy birthday! We are so grateful to know you! Thank you for being a friend! Yours, Domi & Zainab

By DLV Blogger, 11 years25 January 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Shipping Delay

Unfortunately our ship, named “Global Leader”, is delayed. It was supposed to arrive in Veracruz on January 29 in order to leave the port on the following day. They changed the schedules and the vessel will now depart on February 2. It will reach Cartagena, Columbia, eight days later, on Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years25 January 2012 ago
Herbie's Euro Trip

Herbie and the Kids

Just before continuing our trip across Europe in summer last year, Domi visited a junior high school class in Arbesbach, Lower Austria, to tell them a bit about traveling around the world in a Volkswagen Beetle from 1963 pulling a matching camper. Many thanks to teacher Manuela Brauneis (second from Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years24 January 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

The Gulf of Mexico

Today we finally reached our destination: Veracruz. On our way down along the coast we took some photos with Herbie. The Gulf of Mexico provides many breathtaking spots. Coco palm trees and banana plants wherever you go. Yesterday we stayed at a very nice hotel at a beach of Costa Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years22 January 2012 ago
Uncategorized Events

Towing the Buggy to his wintering grounds

By DLV Blogger, 11 years22 January 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Herbie’s World Heritage

Today we visited the archeological site El Tajín – an ancient Hispanic city in Mexico. It is located just besides Papantla de Olarte in the state of Veracruz. We enjoyed walking around in that huge area with different kinds of pyramids. Tajín was one of the most important cities in Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years22 January 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

It’s getting hot in here…

We are almost there! Tomorrow we’ll probably reach Veracruz. It’s getting pretty warm as we are heading further South. But unfortunately also the humidity is climbing. We prefer dry regions but it is great to have a kind of summer all year long on our travels. Domi uses to say Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years21 January 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Leave your Guns at Home

Today we crossed the Mexican border in Brownsville, Texas, entering the city of Matamoros in Tamaulipas. Mexico is a federation of 31 free and sovereign states. Tamaulipas is one of them. This country is known for one of the strictest gun laws on earth. Therefore it is illegal to carry Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years20 January 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Brownsville, Texas

It was getting more and more tropical as we were heading South on Highway 77 after passing San Antonio and getting off Interstate No. 10. We took a break at the very last public rest stop just right after the small village named Sarita, Texas, for having coffee with dates Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years19 January 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Don’t mess with Texas

We had beautiful weather and a big blue sky accompanying us while touring on freeway 10 further East. Unfortunately we got a pretty strong head wind too, so the gas mileage was not as good as it used to be. We took one of our breaks from driving at a Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years18 January 2012 ago
Uncategorized Events

Weather in Austria

By DLV Blogger, 11 years17 January 2012 ago
Uncategorized Events

Garage vacation three floors under the streets of Vienna

Flo and Chris visited last Sunday a garage vacation in Vienna. There were all over the years collected vehicles for sale. Many of the cars were rusty but there were also some fine oldtimer. A pity that no car was that what Flo and Chris are searching for, but it Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years17 January 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Herbie’s Land of Enchantment

Last night was still pretty rainy. We got it warm inside our nice little apartment at the motel in Benson, Arizona, but Herbie was left alone outside. Our overnight stay in Arizona was great. The owner of our room told us that he bought such a brand new Volkswagen Beetle Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years17 January 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

A Kickass Trip

We were thrilled to found us among “the world’s greatest collection of unconventional, crazy and original travels and journeys that kick ass”. You can find it by following Kickass Trips (or clicking on the image below). Today we made again about 300 miles (or 500 kilometers) by driving all the Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years16 January 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Hitting I-10 in Southern California

We started at six o’clock in the morning driving South on Highway 395. On our way down we met an old guy with his motorhome and a Volkswagen Bug in tow at a gas station. What you can see here is very common for the US – the motorhome is Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years15 January 2012 ago
Uncategorized Events

Impressions Of The “Vienna Autoshow 2012”

By DLV Blogger, 11 years14 January 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Herbie Rides Again

Tomorrow, Saturday, we’ll leave Ridgecrest, California, early in the morning heading East through the entire Southwest of the USA and Mexico in order to ship Herbie from Veracruz to Columbia, South America. Down there we want to follow the so-called Pan-American Highway to very bottom of Chile. We’ll try to Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years14 January 2012 ago
Videos

Digging In The Deeps Of Vimeo Part 5

By DLV Blogger, 11 years13 January 2012 ago
Repairs and modifications

Both engines are finished

By DLV Blogger, 11 years9 January 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Herbie’s Honky-Tonk

The Love Bug is able to honk again. A loud horn is for sure one of the most important features while touring the world in a small car. For just a couple bucks you can get all different kinds of universal horns in automotive stores. Domi decided to buy an Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years8 January 2012 ago
Repairs and modifications

Working on a “new” engine for Flo’s 66′ bug

Yesterday Friedrich helped Flo to overhaul a 34 horse power engine from Mexico for his bug. He wants to exchange the engine to conserve the original one which had only 75,000 kilometers on it.

By DLV Blogger, 11 years8 January 2012 ago
Repairs and modifications

Don’t look for rust, you’ll find more than you expected

By DLV Blogger, 11 years6 January 2012 ago
Videos

Digging In The Deeps Of Vimeo Part 4

By DLV Blogger, 11 years5 January 2012 ago
Herbie's World Tour

Anti-theft device

Today Domi bought a steering wheel pedal lock at a local auto part store for our trip to Mexico and South America. If somebody wants to steal Ocho, he would be still able to do so but we want to make it more difficult. Hopefully everything will be fine and Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years3 January 2012 ago
Repairs and modifications

Almost done…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years2 January 2012 ago
Repairs and modifications

The work goes on…

There is a lot of work waiting for Flo, Friedrich and Matthias at the garage but they keep on working. The engine of Flo’s 1303S is nearly finished and also other things are almost done. Many parts are new like the cylinder heads as well as the cylinders and pistons. Read more…

By DLV Blogger, 11 years2 January 2012 ago
Photo Shoots

Crusing in the winter

Last weekend Georgy and Flo took a ride in Georgy’s bug to keep the old engine in motion. They get to many places and also to the big parking lot on the highest point of the Höhenstraße in Vienna as you can see on the last picture.

By DLV Blogger, 11 years2 January 2012 ago
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