Category: General

  • New Dash Fan

    A week or so ago I took Mabel to a local car show. Unfortunately, it was very hot outside and the temp inside the car was even worse even though it was a short drive. I was looking around for window mounted or dash mounted fans and found many modern, plastic fans and blowers available.…

  • Latest Diecast

    I haven’t been keeping up on this as well as I should be, so here’s a little catch up note. These have been either gifts or local pickup’s over the past couple of months. Of course, most of these are VW’s since that’s mainly what we concentrate on. My favorite out of the lot is…

  • New Bling and Cleaning The Grab Handles

    The NOS vintage skate board that I ordered for Mabel came in the other day. It was really cool to pull out a pristine board out of a tattered box. Thought of different ways to mount it, decided to mount it on the side off the roof rack, keeps the trucks free to move if…

  • Create A Vintage SkateBoard Prop, Then Buy One

    I’ve been wanting to add a vintage skateboard to Mabels roof rack for some time now. Finding one that I like that’s affordable has proven to be a challenge. So, I decided to make my own replica. I chose one that I like and started from there. The pics speak for themselves. The irony is,…

  • Some Upgrades For Ruby

    Ruby got some upgrades over the past couple of weeks starting with LED replacement fog lights. I did the same thing to Ruby #1 last year. I can’t stand the yellowish look of the stock fog lights, they just don’t look right with the LED angel eyes. Unfortunately, the light replacement wasn’t as easy as it…