the “KäferKidz”


Evil Tintin’s rubber fetish
May 17, 2009, 7:15 pm
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It’s Alive! Alive I tell you, Alive!
April 6, 2009, 10:11 am
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Progress
October 31, 2008, 10:40 am
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Got the car back from the welders, they’ve done some very nice work…

Rear bumper bracket before:

during:
New bracket made:
Added to the car:
Heater channel work…
and…
front valence…


Retail Therapy
September 27, 2008, 5:49 pm
Filed under: About the kar

Numerous packages of varying size have been turning up for Paul at work over the last few weeks, but not the normal plain wrapped parcels that are hurriedly hidden away in his car – these have been stuff for the trip.

We also took a ride down to Karmann Konnection for their summer BBQ where they sorted out some fantastic prices for us – thanks Jules!

Look at all our stuff!

Ritchie King even donated a set of used US spec headlights so that we can run some nice bright halogen bulbs! Thanks Ritchie :-)   Don’t they look cool with the Porsche style stone guards on…?



Budapest Bamako 2009 Preview Klip
September 5, 2008, 10:59 am
Filed under: About Budapest-Bamako

Hang on a sec – where’s the lil black bug?



Budapest-Bamako car at VW action
August 31, 2008, 7:32 pm
Filed under: About Budapest-Bamako

We went over to VW Action today at a grey and drizzly Santa Pod raceway. We knew Andrew was going to be there and we had a bunch of questions to ask him, but were a little worried that we wouldn’t find him in the crowd – then we spotted his 00 Baja churning up some mud…

Andrew was great! Very friendly and helpful – it was a pleasure to listen to his Bamako stories!



The Klip
August 21, 2008, 10:00 am
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Stop Motion Film of VW Beetle in Budapest to Bamako Rally

Well the car isn’t finished yet, but we made some nice scenery for our lil film – um priorities and all that…



Video of the car
August 13, 2008, 11:48 am
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Kate got a new video camera, so we made a quick vid of the car…



the Kar
July 21, 2008, 9:13 pm
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We’ve just picked up the kar, it’s a ‘57 Beetle – when we first started looking, this was the first oval we came across, but it’s never a good idea to buy the first car you find so we kept on looking. It seems like all the ovals are either fully restored, or need a full restoration and there’s very little in between – so after some deliberation we settled on this. And it’s black, which is cool.

We’ve created a wish list of parts, please let us know if you can help (more photos on that page too)



THE KIDZ
July 21, 2008, 6:12 pm
Filed under: About Budapest-Bamako

 the Kidz are Paul Wood and Rob Amos, ok so at 40+ we’re not exactly kids anymore, but do men ever really grow up? Judging by this hairbrained scheme I’d say no. Will we still be friends after the rally? watch this space…

The Kidz