Author: John Boyd

  • VW Beetle Steering Wheel Button Clock

    I’ve been wanting to add a clock somewhere in the interior of Mabel forever, just couldn’t find the right looking clock and I surely didn’t want to use one of those stick on digital clocks. I did find one on Amazon (link is in the description of the video) which was suitable and I just…

  • Samsung Galaxy Watch Faces

    I have two Samsung Galaxy watches, a Gear S3 Frontier and a Active 2. I recently began playing around with the Samsung Watch Design software and these are the first couple that I’ve come up with. I used the Jeep Gladiator watch face on my Active 2 and the vintage VW speedometer on my Gear…

  • Some Recent Additions To The Collection

    Just some pics of recent finds and additions to the collection. Some were gifts from my daughter and son-in-law. I can’t wait to mount the display that they got me to house my Sweet Sixteen cars. As you can tell, we’re particularly fond of die cast VW’s.

  • Mabel’s Brake Warning Light

    I’ve been wanting to do this repair for a couple of years now. The only thing not working properly on Mabel was the brake warning light. This configuration is specific for the 1968 and 1969 year Beetles. So today was the day to dig into it and figure out why it wasn’t working. This project…

  • 2020 Jeep Gladiator Grab Handle Install