freddyfiles 2008 … the karmann ghia initiative

IT’S ONNNN… the new EBI2 weblog, check it out and keep posted on this blog for all info’s … inscriptions, swap, how to get there etc etc …

http://bugin2.skynetblogs.be

THE BUG-IN Returns to Southern California

Last summer was the first European Bug-In. There has also been the Northwest Bug-In, the Texas bug-In, the Phoenix Bug-In and the Colorado Bug-In, to name a few. There have been Bug-Ins in Hawaii, Australia and Japan . . . but there is only one that is simply known as THE BUG-IN! It is the Southern California phenomena that started it all. The original Bug-In was held 31 times at the old Orange County International Raceway from the time it opened in 1968 until its closure in 1983.

In 2005 the event was resurrected at the California Speedway in Fontana,
California.  The CB Performance Bug-In 32 was held that May to a capacity
crowd. The participation was phenomenal – over 600 cars in the car show and
over 200 racers in the drag racing program – spectators came from all over
the world.

Over the last three years, the drag strip was moved from one side of the
famous California Speedway oval track to the other. It has taken a while to
get the facility up to speed and there were some scheduling problems but nowa date has been agreed on, Sunday April 6th. That will be the date of BUG-IN 33 at the California Speedway Drag Strip in Fontana, CA, Mark your
calendars!

For Further information contact:
www.bugin.com

i really feel the need to post a pic of these two beauties …

still looking for a good 4 into 1 … let me know !

with the heart of a t3 ?

check out the kobus blog for sexy fernando cars !

yesterday i have been watching the "zodiac movie", nothing very special, but if you like old cars, check out the movie, because as the story goes through three decades, you see a large array of cars, and matched fashion clothing troughout the movie. loved it. click on pic to the riddle of the zodiac.

Stephan Szantai’s latest book has just gone on sale!!!!

here’s a small note about the book by Stephan

"During the last year, I have been working on a new book with Motorbooks, the world’s largest publisher of automotive books – see the picture below. And yes, this book is in English! The subject of the book, titled Demon Bugs, focuses on modified air-cooled Volkswagens. It features a hardcover, 144 pages and 350 color pictures. Fifty cars each spread over two or four pages. They include VWs I have photographed over the last 20 years in the USA, Europe, Canada and Japan. As you would expect, a portion of the book is dedicated to California Look VWs; but there’s also a chapter about racecars.

Here is a short recap of the book’s content:

. History of the custom VWs since the ’50s, with a number of never seen before pictures

. Resto Custom Bugs (including some cars from the German Folks Klub)

. California Look Bugs (some DKP cars, Lee Gong’s ’65, Gary Berg’s ’67, etc.)

. Turbo/nitrous Bugs (Chad Tostensen’s ’67, Scott Featherolf’s ’56, etc.)

. German Look Bugs

. Racecars (Jesse James’ ’51, Rudy Olivença’s ’50, Pat McDermott’s Fiat, the Project Pinks ’65, etc.)

. Buses and Fridolins

. Ghias and Type 3s

. Volksrods

. Full custom VWs

. … and finally, four of the best Bugs built in recent times: Aaron Broughton’s ’57, Darrell Baker’s ’58, Darren Dilley’s ’55, Randy Gates’ ’52

Well, I guess that pretty much sums it up! Book is now in stock and you can order it online at motorbooks.com (they ship worldwide). Here is the link: http://www.motorbooks.com/Store/ProductDetails_39008.ncm

Amazon also carries it."