Last weekend we celebrated Christian’s 30th birthday with a very special present. To thank him for his help on various projects of ours, we decided to build him a chassis for a new buggy – something that he had been wanting to do for a long time. Because this project was already discussed in the past, we know exactly what parts should be used. A 1303 rear axle with semi-trailing arms and a balljoint front axle for the best handling…
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Some of us used the additional Motornights event in the old shipyard in Korneuburg as a worthy season final.
The last days crossing France were hard for Eva and Flo. To drive through the cities on the Côte d’Azur without a good working first gear with so many tourists is not the best idea. “Poor gearbox – this was not nice from us!” But after three stressed days in France they arrived Italy! Here they are driving also the cost way and had already passed the City of Genova and are staying now in the National Park of Cinque…
Trotz des kühlen und verhangenen Wetters kamen um die 30 Fahrzeuge zur vierten spätsommerlichen Ausfahrt über die Wiener Höhenstraße. Es wurde ein entspannter Tag am Kahlenbergparkplatz mit viel Zeit für Austausch zwischen Gleichgesinnten und gemütlichem Beisammensein sowie einen Besuch der beeindruckenden Panoramaterrasse mit einzigartigem Blick über Wien. Der Hauptbestandteil und zentrale Programmpunkt – die Ausfahrt über die Höhenstraße – wurde auch dieses Jahr wieder zum Highlight unseres (heuer im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes luftgekühlten) Treffens. Wir bedanken uns bei allen…
After many great days in Arneva they had to look forward and so Eva and Flo continued their trip. They are now going back the coast way of Spain and France to visit Italy. There are a lot of beautiful places and cities they have seen: Sleeping by the sea / Sant Carles de la Ràpita / Spain
As Eva and Flo arrived in Arneva (Orihuela-Alicante) Monserrate told them what they first have to do: “Relax”. So they did and enjoyed the first evening with a BBQ – the spanish way. The next days they where invited for lunch by the family and this was the only thing they really had to do. They got to know Manuel a friend of Monserrate who had learned to build Sofas. So Flo asked him if he can fix the right…
This time we want to show you the last days of France and the first in Spain. Eva and Flo are already having a very good time at Monserrates Place in Arneva-Orihuela-Alicante. You will see next time… Cahors/France Boulogne-sur-Gesse/France Port de la Bonaigua/Spain Espot/Spain Espot/Spain la Pobla de Segur/Spain Alt de Viu/Spain Pantà d’Escales/Spain Pantà d’Escales/Spain Tolva/Spain Monasterio de el Pueyo/Spain Jalance/Spain
The last three days Eva and Flo were travelling through France. On the countryside it is a very beautiful piece of land. To see as much as possible they took small roads through large valleys and romantic little cities. As you can see below! The bug and the caravan are still running fine. With big steps they move forward to reach Spain. Parc Naturel Région de Chartreuse/France Parc Naturel Région du Vercors/France Parc Naturel Région du Vercors/France Parc Naturel Région…
The first time the VW beetles club of Obergrafendorf hosted their event called Luftgekühlt am See at the Ebersdorfer See in Lower Austria. Despite a short but heavy rain shower it was very well attended and we had a great time there. Let’s hope that they host this meeting once again next year.
This year Eva and Flo finally decided to go on a trip. They bought a Qek caravan, like Domi’s and Zainab’s, a few months ago and began to restore it to receive an austrian licence. The car who will tow it has always been clear. It has to be Flo’s bug from 1966 – his loved first beetle. None of them had planned a route they just had directions and countries which they wanted to see. And there was just…
About 70 cars came to the meeting located in the heart of lower Austrias wine cellar region. Domi held a presentation about Zainab’s and his world tour with Herbie. Check out their adventures on Herbie’s World Tour. Afterwards we made an excursion through the nice landscape to the Czech border.
Our video of the AutoMuseum in Wolfsburg is now available – watch out!
The last station of our trip was the AutoMuseum next to the Autostadt in Wolfsburg where we got a fascinating insight into the product history of Volkswagen. Among the main exhibits are many rare concept vehicles, prototypes and one-off models.
One day after the meeting in Hannover we visited the Autostadt in Wolfsburg, the home of Volkswagen. The ZeitHaus chronicles the history of the car – from an exclusive item for the very wealthy, to a necessity for the masses.
So here are the missing rides of the show. Of course these pictures shows just a small part of the 3000 aircooled vehicles at the meeting. It was a great expirience for us to be there. Watch out for the next station of our trip through North Germany!
Once a year we’re travelling to one international VW show. This time we were at the annual Maikäfertreffen in Hannover. This entry shows the Buses, Type 3s, Kübelwagens, Fridolin and Porsche 914. Next time you’ll see the bugs, Karmann Ghias and Porsche 356.
This was our first time at the May Cruise Madness – the meeting before the meeting, which was hosted by DFL – Der fieser Luftkühlers. This was just the beginning of the trip – stay “slammed and fooshed” for more pictures of our adventure! To wrap it up here’s a video of this aircooled evening!
Last Sunday as Georgy, Fabi, Lisa and Markus where at the “Seiberer Bergpreis”, Domi, Benjamin and Flo visited the Oldtimer community in Enzersfeld. Take a look:
This Oldtimer-contest has been organized by Erster Oesterreichischer Kleinwagenclub for twenty years now, and has established itself as a traditional act to start of the Austrian Oldtimer season. The Wachau in the province of Lower Austria with its mountain Seiberer (near Weiszenkirchen on the Danube) offers the appropriate scenic environment. We had a great time being part of this event!
Yesterday we visited the first Altblech Friday Night Cruising of 2015. Stay tuned for the upcoming meetings!
Our KdF Channel now have over 800 videos of aircooled Volkswagen. Click on the picture below!
The year is nearly over and we want to share our impressions of 2014. From the mania of Flo’s car purchases over our visit of the famous Le Bug Show in Belgium up to our third Late Summer Ride. Enjoy the pictures! With this we want to wish you all the best for the upcoming season!
A few weeks ago the sparking plug of Gregor’s PK 80S was ejected while driving – the thread in the cylinder head broke out. During the repair on the 130ccm D.R. cylinder we took the chance to clean the whole system, what definitely was long overdue.
Our new member Max is now on the road with his loved bug – have a good ride!
On the occasion of the Fall of the Wall 25 years ago we met today to drive our two-stroke cars from the old GDR (German Democratic Republic) around Vienna’s city center. Due to the collapse of the GDR and the German reunification the era of East German cars ran out as well but there are still some folks driving them through town…
The oldtimer season is nearly over – so we took the opportunity to meet some folks with the same passion for vintage cars and visited the last Altblech Friday Night Cruising for this year. Despite the bleak weather we had a nice time catching up with old friends and getting to know new ones.
This Weekend our aircooled meeting the “Late Summer Ride” took place at the Kahlenberg for the third time. We are happy that so many participants enjoyed the conclusion of a great season with us. Therefore we want to say thank you. Besides we want to say thanks to the Ladies who managed our catering and on the other hand to the team of “Velothon Vienna” especially to Thorben and Konrad.Now see the pictures below and look forward to the season…
Volkswagen just released their brand new television commercial with pop star Helene Fischer as well as Domi and Zainab’s Herbie. Click here or on the picture below to watch the spot!
I have read about this tragic event on the styrian bustards blog. I want to share it with you because there’s a call for donations for this guy. Brand – Supergau!! VW Schrauberhalle Raub der Flammen! Das Schlimmste, was einem VW Schrauber passieren kann, traf dieses Wochenende meinen Kumpel Andreas Lerch aus dem Landkreis Traunstein / D. Seine (angemietete) Schrauberhalle inkl. vieler einmaliger Oldtimer (VW T1 Bosch Bus, low-light Karmann Ghia, Ovali, Brezel, Alfa, Alltags Audi Cabrio,…), Ersatzteile, dem genialen…
Last Weekend DLV took a great Journey to Spa, Belgium, where the ‘Le Bug Show’ takes place. This is the biggest Meeting where we have been so far and it was very impressive. With around 1500 participating cars there was so much to see and most of the cars you wouldn’t find here in Austria. Nearly all of them where lowered and rust seemed just like a standard. A big part of the Meeting was at the ‘Circuit de Spa’,…
with three bugs and of course Chris’ 1973 LEDL Buggy to be part of the anniversary!
Georgy, Christian, Flo and the ladys have been on this great show the whole weekend. It was – like every two years – a funny time with nice people! A big thanks to the “Käferclub-Kärnten” for the organisation and this great ride on Saturday! => click for full resolution! Also a big thanks to the “Kleine Zeitung” which has taken a photo of Flo, his bug and our domain! See all Photos here on their webside: www.kleinezeitung.at
At the “Volkswagen Beetle Show of Stockerau”, arranged by the KDKF Austria, Domi got the prize for the “dirtiest Bug” as Herbie’s engine compartment is still covered by the red mud of Africa – the award of course should rather honor Herbie’s World Tour. Georgy, Flo and Domi spent the entire Sunday together – first at the show and later on harvesting cherries at Flo’s place in his native town Gerasdorf, just outside of Vienna.
This weekend we took a ride to Grein by the Danube to visit the annual air-cooled Volkswagen show of “Käferfreunde Strudengau”. On our way we followed the Danube river upstream driving through the world famous Wachau Valley, a UNESCO world heritage site. Domi just returned home from his stay in the USA and at the show we met our friend and club mechanic Friedrich who owns a “little house” over there.
… because until yesterday it’s one less. Poor Matthias, we’ll help you to get back on the road.
Gregors PK 80S needed a few updates, including new tyres which were from 2001 and 1995! While we were at it, we also changed the front shock absorber and the broken speedometer cable, and added clear turn signal lenses.
Yesterday Georgy, Matthias, Flo an their friend Felix joined the first US-Car Meeting in the South of Vienna. They noticed that the Austrian parking lots are way too small. Check out the pictures below.
…see you next year!
Today we found Domi’s “Trabi” in a local newspaper. A pedestrian took a picture of Domi driving through his hometown Klosterneuburg.
This is a great story about a man and his car, a Volkswagen Beetle from 1955, who traveled around the world and reunited decades later. This Bug is still running! Wolfgang Paul Loofs (see below) tells his story about touring the world in an “Ovale”. Watch the documentary called “Once More. The Story of VIN 903847”!
Yesterday Flo and Domi visited wine quarter’s “2nd Show for Vintage Cars” in Enzersfeld. Flo took his daily summer driver from 1966 and Domi his “Trabi” for the ride to the show. There we met our friends Kathi, Ilse and Peter who introduced us to their new car.