Ramblings

A collection of articles by John Plow relating to VW, Beetles, Porsche and other random topics, including articles published for UltraVW magazine.

Historic Photo of the Week

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The famous Bad Company race car, originally owned and driven by Roger Crawford. Photo taken by Glenn Miller back in the day. More details can be found here: http://www.cal-look.com/forum/cal-look-high-performance/cal-look-coms-historic-photo-of-the-week-thread/msg341193/#msg341193

New Project Car: 1955 Cal-Look Bug

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Gary and Eric Justus sent me some pics of their 1955 Drag Bug, which looks simply amazing! Their goal is to have it ready for the Classic. I LOVE the look and colour! Incredibly clean!

More Projects on the ’67 – NOS Fender Beading

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My car is wearing most of its original paint, with the exception of the front hood and 4 fenders. The original owner had them repainted in approximately 1980, due largely to the predominantly gravel roads that she drove on in Austria. (The colour difference seen in the above photo is just that, a photo issue, [...]

Swap Meet Tribes

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Swap Meet Tribes By John Plow Courtesy of Ultra VW Magazine Without a doubt, my favourite thing to do when attending a VW event is to head straight to the swap meet. I find I get “the shakes” if I’m at an event longer than 5 minutes before heading over to scour countless swap vendors [...]

Leaving “Good Enough” Alone

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Well, I’ve done it again! I’ve just come in from the garage, and my motor is scattered all over the floor; engine case to the left, cylinder heads to the right, carburetors in the corner, and engine tin spread across the work bench. I blame it on The Red Distributor Theory. Let me explain… Back [...]

AWESOME 1952 Porsche 356 (Pre-A) Video

Great little montage of a beautiful car.

Jerry Seinfeld, Superman and a Road Trip in a Porsche 356

This was a great American Express ad:

Porsche Factory Video – “Made by Hand”

I remember buying a VHS copy of this factory video tape 20 years ago. I watched it so much that, sadly, it stopped playing. But, as with all things, YouTube to the rescue: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 It’s amazing how far we’ve come; undercoating applied over bare metal with [...]

Porsche Goes Hybrid

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Porsche’s hybrid supercar concept Porsche 918 Spyder, a hybrid supercar that laps the ‘Ring in under 7.30mins. More details here: http://www.evo.co.uk/news/evonews/248920/porsches_hybrid_supercar_concept.html?CMP=NLC-Newsletters&uid=ec0bafc275d53f9cb2878fa580c7612b

Got Torque?

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Cal-Look.com staffer Eric Ellis made the following faux poster for fun. It sure beats milk. Eric’s work can be seen at http://www.speedshots.net

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