Charlie came home with a lot of stories. As I did last year a similar tour we had so much to talk about. It is great to have my younger sister back home again. The summer is slowly getting away, and it is getting colder. But the dry sunny weather is good for me to go out for the weekend. […]
This week Charlie is on a roadtrip – again, Germany I have heard, or at least it is east from here. But good news is that our nephew from Heerde is staying over on Charlies parking. Our nephew is a ’75 beetle with a very powerful engine with Porsche cooling but probably I have mentioned that already. I am a […]
Finally some decent weather to go out! After a quick oil check and fuel refill I was good to go for the 70 km to the event. The event was in Santpoort next to the remains of a castle that was built in the 13th century. The trip was easy, part highway and part secondary road, good for me to […]
We had a family weekend, so I had some time to shine. On 1 and 2 June the Dutch Beetle Club celebrated their 40 years anniversary. I received a wellness day a few days before the event, the dust rinsed off and the chrome parts polished. During the wellness there was time for a short ride and a selfie with […]
After the garage door opened, I had a massive surprise, a new face on the driveway! A bright green air-cooled VW T3 Westfalia campervan, a 41-year young lady with the name Charlie. It seems somebody fell in love or needed another hobby. Anyway I am delighted to have a new sis to share adventures with, probably she has seen a […]
The holiday is almost a month ago, and I still have sweet memories of my trip to Italy. I made some highlights of my memorable trip around Lago di Como. Of course it is not possible to capture 170 kilometer around Lago di Como in 10 minutes, so you have to go there for yourself. So many sceneries pass driving […]
This week I got an early Christmas present! Some nice parts for my new engine. A little history of this new engine, as this is a really long term project. I have 2 predecessors, the first I never met, it was 25 years before me. I heard many stories of him, he was his first love. That beetle was a […]
Last Wednesday I returned home with less power, that was a little worrying. After some rest it was still not ok and it was not related to the carburator as first thought. Today I got a check-up to find out the cause for my troubles. I got my valve clearance checked, all ok. So no trouble there. Then my compressions […]
This was a tough day. First of all I was out in the rain last night, that did not happen this holiday. Then when we left I hit my head hard. Some weird kind of speed bumps that I ran over too fast (far below speed limit). It hurt, but nothing was broken so we could continue to the highway. […]
I did not agree to go back, so this morning I refused to drive. I just gave black smoke when ordered to move. I told we have character. I do not want to go back yet so I do not go. I wish that was the case but honestly I got trouble breathing when power was requested. Idling was ok. […]