Dear VW-friends, here are some good news for Barndoor owners. As mentioned in a previous article I started a project to add windshield seals for Barndoors to my VEWIB-line, just because there is nothing good on the market for Barndoor so far and I need the seals for our ´51 Samba anyway. Of course […]
Dear VW-friends, when disassembling the engine I found some parts not original for 1951 as the manifold and the aircleaner (very normal! Which engine still had the T-aircleaner when the –technically- so much better oil-aircleaner was available?), other parts are surprisingly very correct, for example the generator and the D-regulator (I will feature these […]
Dear VW-friends, today I don´t want to write too much, but just want you to share my joy I had when looking at the disassembled engine parts. These pictures say more than any words…. Will there be anything useable again? Sure! Just stay tuned until next week when we will have a closed look […]
Dear VW-friends, today I can share with you just a very small update, because I am kind of ill and couldn´t work on the Samba as I wanted to. So, just to do a little step forward I pulled the fuel pump of the engine. Due to a broken lower part of the fuel […]