Freitag, 29. August 2008

PHILS CUSTOM BUG



RÈSUMÈ OF WEEK 35

DONT MISS BETWIXT AND BETWEEN THE HOT ROD MEETINGS IN WEIL AM RHEIN OR WINTERTHUR.

BECAUSE NOONE OF THE OTHER MEMBERS HAVE BEEN AROUND ( LIKE ALLWAYS ) I DECIDED......I DO SNOWBOARDING THIS WEEK....! SO I TOOK MY TIME MACHINE AND WENT BACK IN THE YEAR 1990 TO BOULDER / COLORADO. SOMETHING WAS TOTALLY WRONG......THE PLACE WAS STRANGE......WHERE WAS THE FUCKING SNOW.....THIS Q IS STILL WRITTEN IN THE STARS

CHEERS TOM

HOT RODS IN WINTERTHUR

HOT RODS IN WEIL AM RHEIN

HOLIDAY

Samstag, 23. August 2008

RÈSUMÈ OF WEEK 34

ITS GETTING COLDER, LOT OF RAIN, IN THE NIGHT I HAVE TO START UP THE HEATING INSTALLATION ALLREADY, I THINK, SUMMER IS OVER NOW. HOPE WE HAVE SOME NICE DAYS IN AUTUMN. OTHERWISE, IN CASE OF BAD WEATHER WE WILL HAVE MORE TIME FOR WRENCHING ON OUR CARS.....WHAT IS SORELY NEEDED.
TO THE BLOGS OF THIS WEEEK

FORMERVOLKSHEROESPART 3: ALL 3 PICS SHOWS EX MEMBERS FROM E11 BACK IN THE STARTINGDAYS. KURT VOGEL STANDING CLOSE TO HIS 57 CAL-LOOKER. ROGER WEIBEL,,JJ,,SITTING IN HIS CHOPED 57. THAT WAS BACK IN THE SO-CAL DAYS AROUND 1989. MARCEL WISS WITH ONE OF THE FASTEST EUROPEEN,,FLYING HAMBURGER,, BUGS BACK IN THE MID 80s.

RACE WARRIOR: KIEFT & KLOK (WHAT A NAME FOR A DUTCHMAN)...JO JO, DO KIEFEMR NO EINS & DENN HÄMMER RICHTIG EIN ANDR GLOCKE / KIEFT & KLOK. THEY BROUGHT THE RACE ROMETSCH TO THE EBI. A FANTASTIC LOOKING CAR.

UP, UUPP, UUUPPP TO THE SKY: WHAT CAN I TELL? YEEEEZZZZ! THATS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.

SPEEDMAG FOTOSHOOTING: I DONT REMEMBER THE YEAR (AROUND MID 90S?) OF THE SHOOTING BUT THAT DAY WAS INCREDIBLE. ALEX COLACCI ( EX E11 ) ANDI SIGRIST ( LUFTKRAFT ) SVEN JEGGER ( HE LIVES IN CALI NOW )AND I MET GEORG OTTO & HIS FOTOGRAPHER FROM VW SPEED SOMEWHERE IN AARGAU FOR DOING A REPORT/FOTOSHOOTING ABOUT SIGIS SILVERSURFER VARIANT, COLACCIS GOLF 1 & SVENS GOLF 1. U CAN SEE THERE WERE ALSO OTHER FANS AROUND. TYPICAL SWITZERLAND. THE POLICE WAS CALLED BY A LOCAL HABITANT. HE TOLD THEM THAT THERE ARE SOME CRAZY PEOPLE ON THE STREET, DOING A RACE! WE NEEDED A LOT OF PATIENCE FOR DISPOSE THE CAVALRY. FINALLY IT WAS A GREAT DAY & THE FEATURE OF ALL 3 CARS CAME OUT SUPER SANO IN ONE OF THE VW SPEED MAGAZINES.

THE ONE AND ONLY: DAVE RHOADS WITH ,,DER RENWAGEN FUHRERS,, HIS BUG. FOR ME ,,THE CAL LOOKER,, NUMBER ONE.I ALLWAYS LIKED THAT CAR MORE THEN ALL THE OTHER LOOKERS.

SWISSVOLKSHISTORY PART 3: THE FAN SHROUD OF RENEs PEACH. WE ALLWAYS WERE PROSCRIBED BECAUSE OF THE AIRBRUSH PAINTING. DO U UNDERSTAND WHY? I DONT, HAHAHAHA. SPLIT WINDOW FROM HERBs PINK LADY. CHECK OUT THE FACE ON THE LEFT OF THE PICTURE WHICH IS LOOKING THROUGH THE WINDOWS OF THE SPLITY. YEEZ, ITS YOUNG BIG T FROM LUFTKRAFT. SIGIS CHOP IN THE EARLY DAYS. WITH EMPIs ETC.ETC.ETC. TOMs FAT ATTACK BUG BEFOR HE ADDED A TURBOSYSTEM, THAT WAS AROUND 1988. BIG Ts BUGGY & A PART OF PIERUELS VARI. THATS ALL A LONG TIME AGO

THE NEXT 3 PICS ARE FROM CARS WE HAVE HAD IMPORTED FOR SELLING THEM OVER WVC IN AESCH-BL. AND YEEEEZ. THE CARS ARE ALLREADY SOLD. WE WILL SEE WHAT COMES NEXT.

COMIN SOON: THE NEW BOOK WRITTEN BY KEITH SEUME....COMES OUT IN AUTUMN.

THATS ALL FOR THIS WEEK. CHUAN IS STILL BUILDING UP HIS CAL-LOOKER, RENE HAS ALSO A LOT OF WORK WITH DIFFERENT CARS, LÜDE STARTS WITH RESTORING HIS NEW TYP 3 FASTY, AKKY IS STILL WAITING FOR HIS CB PERFORMANCE BUILD TURBO ENGINE, PHILs CONVERTIBLE NEEDS A DEMOUNT OF HIS FRESHLY DONE BODYSHELL AGAIN (HE IS NOT VERY HAPPY ABOUT IT)
GINO & ANDY ARE STILL IN HOLIDAY WITH THEIR FAMILIES......AND I, I DO LIKE NOTHING.

CHEERS TOM

FORMERVOLKSHEROES PART 3



Donnerstag, 21. August 2008

RACE WARRIOR

UP, UUPP TO THE SKY 1








Mittwoch, 20. August 2008

SPEEDMAG FOTOSHOOTING



THE ONE AND ONLY

SWISSVOLKSHISTORY PART 3





67 LOOKER

CAR IS FOR SALE. www.walkingvalleyclassics.blogspot.com

LOW-GO

CAR IS FOR SALE. www.walkingvalleyclassics.blogspot.com

Dienstag, 19. August 2008

KARMANIAC

CAR IS FOR SALE. www.walkingvalleyclassics.blogspot.com

Sonntag, 17. August 2008

COMIN` SOON........

Freitag, 15. August 2008

RÈSUMÈ OF WEEK 33

STILL A VERY CALM WEEK. STILL HOLIDAYTIME. STILL NO NEW GIRLFRIEND, HAHAHA, BUT THIS IS ANOTHER STORY. LUFTKRAFT RAN ITS CRUISE NIGHT WHICH WAS A FUL SUCCESS. PICS ON LUFTKRAFTBLOG ARE FANTASTIC AND WE HOPE JOINING THE CRUISE NIGHT NEXT TIME WITH SOME OF OUR CARS.
TO THE BLOGS OF THIS WEEK.
FROM ZERO TO HERO: MAY I INTRODUCE....ANDY ,, SIGI ,, SIGRIST. ONE OF THE SWISS CAL-LOOK FORMERS FOR OVER 20 YEARS. SEE THE PICS. YOUNG SIGI, AROUND 1990....AND THE LATEST SHOOT IN 2008. ALMOST 20 YEARS OF HUMAN METAMORPHOSIS, HAHAHAHA. BY THE WAY, THE OTHER GUY ON SOME PICS IS EX E11 MEMBER ALEX COLACI WHOS THE CURRENT OWNER OF HERBERT RAUSCHS PINK LADY.
SWISS SPLIT: ONE OF THE COOLEST RIDES THIS SUMMER
FORMER VOLKSHEROES PART 2: E11 EX MEMBERS PIERO TERUEL, MARCEL WISS AND EL PRESIDENTE TOM WÜTHRICH AT THE CUSTOM JAMBOREE IN RHEINFELDEN 1989.
DER KLEINER KAMPFWAGENS & DER KLEINER PANZERS HAND IN HAND. MARK...WASH YOUR JACKET, HAHAHAHA.
BLITZ & RENE RESTORE A BUG. INFACT IT WAS THE BUILD UP OF RENEs PEACH.
BAD DAY: MY BUS IS DEATH. TRIP TO LAKE GARDA ENDED VERY SOON. ACTUALLY IT WAS OVER ON THE WAY TO THE TOP OF GOTTHARD. NO ONE WAS INSURED.......LUCKILY
DER LANGSCHNAUZERS FLIES: AKKYS TYP 3, SOON COMES WITH 2.5 LITRE CB PERFORMANCE TURBO ENGINE
R.I.P: SOME VOLKSWAGENS IN MIDDLE OF NOWHERE NEVADAS
A SWISS IN SO-CAL: TOM STANDING BYSIDE HIS BUGSTER. LONG BEFOR THE HOT ROD STYLE SWAPED TO THE VOLKSWAGEN SCENE, TOM ALLREADY OWNED THIS 50s STYLE HI-BOY ROADSTER BUG. THAT WAS BACK IN 1990
FORMER VOLKSHEROES PART 1: YOUNG SIGI & COLACI AROUND 1990.
PIERI TERUEL & B I G T (DOMENIK ADLER) READING THE MAP ON THEIR WAY TO SUPER VW NATIONALS IN JABLINES FRANCE. THAT WAS AROUND 1992
VW SPEED MAGAZINE GEORG OTTO BACK IN THE EARLY DAYS. THEN A UNKNOWN YOUNG FELLOW, TODAY CHIEF EDITOR OF SEVERAL MAGAZINES. BESIDE HIM, EX E11 MEMBER LORIS INDUNI & KATJA, COLACIS WIFE
YOUNG RENE, OHHH MEN, JIMY HENDRIX IS STILL ALIVE. CHECK THIS MEGA AFROB ON ITS HEAD.
SWISSVOLKSHISTORY PART 2: THAT WAS THE CARAVAN FROM SWITZERLAND WITH DIFFERENT CLUBS ON ITS WAY TO FRANCE IN 1992. TOM, COLACI, TERUEL, HERBERT RAUSCH, BIG T, SIGI, HANSI, PETER ETC.ETC. MOSTLY OF THE GUYS STILL DO THE VOLKSWAGENING TILL TODAY.
PINK LADY AT A ,,TANKSTOP,, AND CHECK THE SECOND CAR ON THE RIGHT. ITS BROWN...IT HAS NO TURBOENGINE, NO FUCHS ALLOYS AND ITS NOT THAT MUCH LOWERED. YEEZ...U ARE RIGHT...ITS BIG CHICKENS ( BIG T ) TURBO TERROR BUG BACK IN THE 90s.
JÖRG BRODERS B&M ,,KOMPRESSOR,, ENGINE. THERE ARE NOT MANY BUGS WITH THIS SYSTEM AROUND. AND THAT WAS BACK IN LATE 80s.
RENEs PEACH. READY FOR KRUZ
SIGIs TOP CHOP AT THE AMERICAN GRAFFITY SHOW IN DORNBIRN BACK IN THE 90s
SHAME ON E11: NOTHING MORE TO SAY
LONESOME RIDER: NO, ITS NOT GRIZZLY ADAMS FROM THE MOUNTAINS, ITS TOM DURING A TRIP TO SOMEWHERE.
KÜBEL GOES TO HOLLAND: KIEFT & GLOCK FROM HOLLAND BOUGHT THIS KÜBEL SOMEWHERE IN SWITZERLAND FOR ,, NO MO ,,.....LETS SAY, FUCKING CHEAP
AND THE OTHERS: CHUAN EATING LIKE ,,SAU,,
RENE ENJOYS THE SUBWAY MEAL
PHIL BABBLES WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND LIKE ALLWAYS
WEEKEND MOTOR BUILD UP: AKKY, TOM AND LÜDE BUILD UP THE NEW ENGINE FOR LÜDEs NEW TYP3
THATS IT FOR THIS WEEK. HOPE U ALL ENJOY THE OLD PICS. WE WILL SHOW U MORE IN NEAR FUTURE AND WE DO ALSO A REPORT ABOUT CHUANS RESTORATION ON HIS 58 CAL-LOOKER & AKKYS 49 CUSTOM SPLITY............
GREETZ TOM

FROM ZERO TO HERO





Donnerstag, 14. August 2008

SWISS SPLIT




FORMERVOLKSHEROES PART 2



BAD DAY

DER LANGSCHNAUZERS FLIES


Mittwoch, 13. August 2008

R.I.P



Dienstag, 12. August 2008

A SWISS IN SO-CAL