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Power Up: De-Mystifying Solar Panels
Find out how to utilise your own electric supply, the associated freedom to travel and wild camp without being reliant on just a leisure battery whilst off in the wilds.
A New Home For The Variant
Today was a good day - we said Goodbye to one of our VW's. Not normally a source of joy but when you're handing the keys over to a particularly lovely winner it certainly feels pretty good! Meet Rachel, our VW loving, very funny and worthy winner..
JK's exclusive Preservation Parts panels
Take a look at how we make our exclusive Preservation Parts panels, and see why you should use them on your next restoration project.
Speedy's Grand Tour - Part Two
This is the second part of Speedy's Grand Tour! Follow Speedy as he travels through Europe, after conquering Mexico and the USA
Speedy's Grand Tour - Part One
Anyone who’s ever owned a Camper vividly remembers their first Bus, the joy, tears, and first-time breakdowns...
To Wave or Not To Wave?
To wave or not to wave? That, is the question!
There's nothing quite like the shared recognition of a VW wave but is this time honoured tradition under threat?
Making a Statement with Sign-Written T2s
VW designed the Type 2 for both small owner-operated companies and larger companies that needed fleets of delivery vehicles.
The Käfer Cup
The Käfer Cup VW Beetle racing series of from the ‘90s saw some serious machinery built. This 1303 painted in Porsche Mint Green was built in 1992 by Rolf Holzapfel the style was to inspire a new breed of streetcars.
The tale of the VW-based Pulmonia taxis
VW-based Pulmonia taxis are unique to the resort of Mazatlan, Mexico, and have a really cool history that you may not be aware of.
Smooth Sided VW T2 Pick Ups
Know what's cool about smooth sided pick ups? Basically everything!
@ThisMakesUsTick
Creative duo Michael and Andrea from @ThisMakesUsTick will be along to help document our Open Day Weekend. This husband and wife team are professional photographers and collectors of stories, and, have very graciously agreed to come along to capture the essence of the weekend. Here is some more information on what makes "them" tick, whilst they capture what makes "us" tick!
Pizza Pickup - Our next featured VW Based Business
Imagine the most delicious pizza, made to a secret Italian family recipe by a professional Pizzaiola, cooked in an authentic wood fired Pizza oven on the back of a double cab Splitscreen. Sounds like perfection to us. Nic from Pizza Pickup talks to us about the realities of bringing such a set up into reality.
Club RocUp
JK are proud to support RocUp PopUp sessions, and, even better would like to offer RocUp followers the opportunity to benefit from our Club Discount. Interested in Camping and Leisure goods, VW mechanical, panel or campervan conversion parts at a specially discounted price? Read on...
Hasta Alaska's Ben Talks to Us About The Highs and Lows of Kombilife
Ben at Hasta Alaska, has lived a life many of us hanker after or simply wish we were brave enough to follow. To throw off the shackles of a conventional life in order to live a life of adventure, new horizons, people and places. Perhaps fairly uniquely he offered space in Copito, his Camper, to fellow travellers along the way. He even allowed all of us to travel too through his amazingly popular Youtube videos. We were lucky enough to talk to him and get his take on his journey so far and what is new on the horizon...
Unleaded Swap: Fitting New Barrels, Pistons & Unleaded-ready Replacement Heads on a VW Type 1
We had overhauled a 100% stock 1584cc Type 1 bottom end (re- machined surfaces/crank and fresh bearings throughout), hence we decided to top it off perfectly with new barrels, pistons and heads.
Splitscreen Ice Cream Company - JK's Featured VW Business
In the latest of our featured VW business blogs we talk to Aimee and Dan- co-owners of the Splitscreen Ice Cream company about the trials and tribulations of turning your passion for VW's into a successful business....
LoveDubCars...This months featured VW based business...
Love Dub Cars is one of the original trail blazers that was around for the start of the VW wedding hire business - they've seen it, been there and done it. Through their hard graft and dedication they've not only succeeded but grown..... and the best bit - they've helped and inspired others along the way...
Here’s their story...
If life is a journey....what is #vanlife....we get deep and meaningful with Lauren and Calum from The Rolling Home to find out.
So after featuring their Kickstarter campaign and finding out more about them I was keen to speak to Lauren and Calum, the creatives behind The Rolling Home, to discover more about their take on vanlife! I decided that rather than the run of the mill blog post I’d challenge them to get deep and meaningful….it makes for very interesting reading. This is what they had to say!
Climbing in the Gorge Du Tarn
The urge to climb outdoors in a beautiful setting, combined with a riverside location ideal for the children to play and spend idle hours listening to the river as it flows gently passed our gloriously positioned camping pitch, provided the impetus for us to make the long (695 mile / 11 hr) journey to La Blaquiere Campsite in Les Vignes, France.
Old Speed With A Twist
Vintage Speed VWs are, by their very nature, nothing new. The whole idea behind them is to build cars inspired by those that were raced in the 1950s and ‘60s in road races and timed events across Europe, in an era when fuel injection, turbochargers and electronic ignition were either just twinklings in the eyes of enlightened designers or the preserve of high-end grand prix cars and aeroplanes. Race cars back then were simpler affairs, pretty much standard production cars with basic tuning tweaks made to the engines, a little more in the way of safety features and a little less in the way of weight.
Lowering Rear Suspension
Dropping the back of a Beetle is easy when you know how and how far to go.
How To Transform Your Interior In A Weekend
If you’ve taken the time to ply line and carpet your Van, the next inevitable step for many is to fit a rock ’n’ roll bed.
Bay Sliding Door Repair
Bay Window sliding doors suffer badly with rot. The vast majority of RHD Buses will either have had, or will need some repair work in this area, usually due to blocked drain holes, damage or just the fact that all
these Buses are now nearing half a century old. If you tackle the job and it hasn’t been repaired before, then your luck is in!
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