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Jehu Garcia is a DIYer like no other. With a passion for tinkering he started getting into trying to make his bus powered by electricity. Through the long process That you can follow on his YouTube channel he was successful in making his bus fully powered by batteries. This podcast has a lot of information with respect to doing electric conversions not only in your car but your house with battery back ups. Where the technology is going and what's available today. He currently owns four Volkswagens that he's working on converting most of them to electric. With one day a dream of his to have 10 electric buses available as rentals. He's got a great story and a lot of determination to figure things out.  https://www.youtube.com/@jehugarcia https://www.letstalkdubs.com/ http://vwtrendsmagazine.com https://rosswulf.com/

We've all seen the TV show Bitchin rides on MotorTrend TV. Dave Kindig from Kindig it designs out of Salt Lake City and his crew build some of the highest level custom cars on the market today.  Dave Kindig  started out in the hobby as a VW guy. Still a huge VW enthusiast he's built several on the show as well as he's finally coming out with one of his own. On this episode we talk about the humble beginnings of Kindig it designs what were some important milestones. Some of the challenges with growing a business. And the evolution to a TV show. After this podcast you will know Dave Kindig a true Vw guy he's been in the hobby sfor 30 years and he still loves them to this day. Look forward to see him putting out some more cool Vw's in the future. As well as some of the best showcars built today! https://www.kindigit.com/ www.vwtrendsmagazine.com www.rosswulf.com www.letstalkdubs.com  

Eric Meyer has been involved with Volkswagens for over 45 years. Starting with his first bus that he picked up when he was around 13 years old all through high school even into part-time jobs working on them. Loving the skateboard culture which goes hand-in-hand Volkswagens he wanted to have more of an impact in making skaters more identifiable. He gets himself a job at Vision Street Wear (more like creates himself a job). After a few years there decides to branch off on his own and start Simple shoe company. In order to do that he was sacrificed some of his Karmann Ghia's for seed money to start his new shoe company. On a wing and a prayer he shows up to the first action sports clothing event and hits a home run. This is a great story about the persistence and determination that is indicative in every VW enthusiast. As you'll find out Eric's had quite a few VW's and a lot of them that you'll remember. It's a great story and lots of cool history.    Share the show here https://www.letstalkdubs.com/showtime.ht

Pookie's dream was one of the coolest square backs in the 90s fully detailed. Gunmetal gray paint Nissan pulsar seats it toward the show circuit for several years always a top contender. Tony Moyer and his wife built this things with the beginning intentions of having a daily driver. Like all car built this one spun out of control and wet detail crazy from the polish fuse to the chrome detailing on the transaxle the chrome front beam and so much more chrome this was the wheels off fully detailed show car. What happened to this car and where did it end up we find out on this week's podcast with a special guest appearance at the end. 

Sam Kutz is the owner of new vintage VW repair shop. They're based just outside of Denver in Arvada Colorado. Sam has been wrenching on VW's for over 25 years. He's also been listening to podcasts for a couple years and we've chatted back-and-forth on Instagram. On my way through Colorado with my Ghia TC I stopped at Sam's and he lent me a huge hand to get my car back on the road. He's got a great VW story and this hobby is in his blood, he's a solid as they get and a guy that I consider a friend. If you're ever in Denver cruise over the Nuvintage and say hi to Sam you won't be sorry. He has attended almost every bug in Colorado drag racing his cars as well as one that's a show/drag car. His love for the hobby is obvious for the people he surrounds himself at his shop. Rhea, Conrad, Charles add Bill all fantastic people that you can find at the shop.   www.letstalkdubs.com www.vwtrendsmagazine.com www.rosswulf.com  

John Schuerger is a staple in the VW drag racing scene you can find him in any of the drag races on the West Coast. This episode we sit down with him at The Volks Group inaugural summer showdown one in Medford Oregon. A car he sold to his brother that he later blew up the engine he took it back and took it to the next level. We talk to John about his drag bug how long he's had it and its racing history. This may be one of the longest running sportsman cars out there, 5 time PRA champ. BRS Champ, and many more series. His help from the Bergs & the support of his wife makes all of this possible.   www.vwtrendsmagazine.com www.rosswulf.com www.letstalkdubs.com  

Bill, Brandon and Johnny head to Medford Oregon for The Volks Group summer showdown 1. This is the first event put on by The Volks group and man what an event this was. Of course it was what the Medford (nor cal) group normally does which is much love and aloha thanks to Tom Kinny and the Kinny kitchen. The whole group up there is fantastic and I can't say enough about them. We bring the gray car Johnny's 62 up for the first time he hits the track a boy do things happened. We had an exciting fun filled three days. Plus Bill brings out his drag car that has been sitting for the past 10 years that he purchased one year ago and put it on the track. Hear all about it. No PRep racing at its finest. LOL To see the gray car run check the links below and go watch Johnny Ron in Irwindale, Tucson, or Casa Grande. Irwindale event here https://www.letstalkdubs.com/showtime.html https://www.letstalkdubs.com/store.html

Oh week Bill heads to Medford Oregon with Johnny and the gray bug. Heading up there to go drag race. Will have full updates from the vox group with respect to the racing this weekend possibly some extra Contant over the long weekend. We also talked to Rob Bolmer vice president of sales with Empy and discuss a lot of the new things that they come out with from response as they received at Sema full episode a little short but will get you next time. 

George auto is an automotive journalist publisher and author. He's also involved in the founding of the DFL Vw club in Germany. George's passion started one night at a party when he saw a rare vehicle that grabbed his interest which turned out to be a type 34 razor edge gea. From that point he was hooked in the VW world. He pursued his passion in publishing writing for different magazines, he even wrote his own book Tuning Luftgekuhlte Volkswagen. if you can find them they sell now for about $120.00. On this podcast we talk about car shows in Germany as well as the VW seen there. German look cars and also his love for Cal look style Vw's. It's a great podcast and he's a good guy check it out. Photo credit: Stephen Szantai https://www.letstalkdubs.com/showtime.html Register for one crazy weekend here. Support our sponsors https://vwtrendsmagazine.com/ www.rosswulf.com  

The Ultimate Home built Show stopper!! FUBAR if you don't know what that stands for Google it. But that's the story and the name behind Lyndon Creamers 1964 bug. He's owned this bug twice in the first time it was featured in Volksworld was around 2003 he sold. tichanged hands several times. It was wreckled and changed up from when he owned it. He later and re-purchased the car back in 2013. He decided to put it back in the show circuit but this time No holds barred. It was going to be an all out assult on the show circuit. He infact made quite the splash when it re-surfaced. Debuting it at Volks World show and requesting a indoor spot based on a single picture. Lyndon did it. He blew away the spectators with th finish of this 4 year (this time) labor of love. Lyndons also been working on a driver 56' Beetle. Look for more of Lyndon this year at a few shows.  www.vwtrendsmagazine.com www.rosswulf.com www.letstalkdubs.com  

ROUNDTABLE!!! We discuss the ID Buzz debut, OCTO weekend & the ISP west. Some of the cool cars we saw plus the barndoor gathering. Type 3's visiters from Belgium Future Shock. Whos going to Medford?????    https://vwtrendsmagazine.com/ https://vegasvolks.podbean.com/  

Call Lind Bjornsen  is our resident bus expert on this episode we start talking about Logoed buses as well as rare accessories. What makes different Loged buses more desirable than others. Also what accessory's add to the value or are highly sought after or really rare. We also get advanced peek at the bus Lind is debuting here at OCTO June 2023. He stumbled across the Schulwagen a bus that was purchased by Volkswagen of America before they were even Inc. here in the USA. This rare barn door has deluxe features/options and was outfitted with hundreds of tools to teach dealership service technicians how to work on Volkswagens. There were approximately 13 of these buses known to exist none are around today. This could possibly be one of the rarest barn door buses out there as well as most unique with ambulance features as well as a deluxe dash in a standard bus. This Bus was never meant for public consumtion.

The name Greg Aronson is a familiar name in the VW world. Most people know his name for the famous Aronson/Holmes 63 Cal-Look car. Gregs story is so much more. From the humble beginings of buiding his model A as his first driver, to learning transaxle rebuilding at Gene Berg Enterprises. At 20 years old He and Ron Flemming started F&A Performance. Which evolved into one of the formost recognized names in Off-road racing FAT Perfromance. One of their first  guys out the is Marty Letner, Malcom Smith, Larry Raglen 5 Time baja winner. The exposion of the off-roading history has them busyier than they imagined. The evolution of how Toyota TRD starts to support off-roading vs VW. Alos the history of how the Type 4 (Tuna Boat) engines come into the off-road racing world. The Type 4 upright fan conversion kits ans so much more in this podcast. In 1986 43 engines in the parker 400 24 of them were type 4's. So much history that starts in the streets & ends in the dirt.  Register for VW Bus ID event  http://www

John Lazenby is one of those people that has been around the scene since the early 60s. His love and passion for Volkswagens still continues to this day. As one of the founding members of Der Kliner Panzers Volkswagen club, he gives us some insight to the early history of the club and how things came together. You may have heard of his club car named "Butternut". Having a passion for Volkswagens lead him to working in the automotive industry getting a job at Autohaus in 1971-1981 working there until just before they closed. In this podcast John recounts the history from back in the early days. His memory is impeccable with dates and people and places that critical things in the VW seen as it happened. It's long because it's filled with lots of good detailed information. If you love early Vw history of the southern California VW seen this is the podcast for you.  P.S. remeber those little rubber band engine re-build kits. youll hear where they started in this podcast. My experience in a Mexican Prison podcast

The 1972 EMPI was sold to filter dynamics. Just before that happened Darrell Vittone started the race shop which was a separate entity from the VW dealership. One day some kid from the East Coast is peering through the window and Darrel sees him. Darrel opens the door and meets Dave Andrews these two for the next few years campaign the inch pincher plus the race shop cars. Everywhere the race shop went there was Dave Andrews campaigning his own 1967 beetle that he purchased brand new. Hear his story about his move out west and also the evolution of his personal car that eventually turned into a straight race car. Good story about a great chapter in our VW hobby.   my prison podcast    

The type three Variant & Sedan (Squareback & Notchback) was the car that was debuted at the 1961 Frankfurt auto show in order to develop a new upgrade level vehicle for people that wanted to upgrade from the Beetle. In the early years of the type three there were a lot of one year only and earlier only design attributes. In this podcast we break down all of the early details that are known to be on 63 & earlier type three's. Today on the registry only 75 early pre-1963 & earlier type threes are registered. Maybe the type three is the hidden gem of rarity that not a lot of people know about. We once again turn to our type three resident expert Lee Hedges for an in-depth review of specific to early type three details. This is very informative and lots of information even if you're not into type threes you'll enjoy this podcast.   Subscribe to my YouTube channel here Georges YouTube channel here Lee Hedges you tube channel

Bryce Allemann and Kathy Hicks are a road tripping power couple that first hit the road in 2017. The first journey across the United States northern half consisted of 8,754 miles.  That article can be seen in August 2018 Hot VWs magazine. They scheduled a month off of work to accomplish this feat in the 1967 SO42 Westy. Since then, they've had a desire to do it again which we were lucky enough to catch them on the return home from the latest southern US trip in their 67 VW bus. We discuss what it's like to be on the road for 30 days. Some of the mechanical challenges that they faced during this particular road trip. A lot of the cool things that you see when you're traveling the country by road. This VW bus a 1967 SO42 westfailia camper is more than just a bus. It was purchased brand new by Bryce's grandfather then give it to his father and gave it to Bryce. He's lawn more miles on this bus that his grandfather and father combined. Kathy is an equal partner and sharing all of the driving duties as well as pla

we discuss who would be the top builders non-Volkswagen that we would like to see build a VW platform vehicle. Bill takes a trip to Volksworld show 2023 we talk about some of those details. We also discussed some of the people bills tried to get on the podcast. Some new episodes that will be coming out and some insight on a few of those upcoming podcasts. We get a project update and much more.

I'm sure you've heard the name Limebug. Limebug out of the UK makes air suspension and much more for Classic aircooled Volkswagens. Craig Shaw and his partner Leeann. Her purchase of a lime green beetle is the cause for Craig to start working on suspension in the Air-cooled world which then developed into trying to bring something to the market that didn't exist. With a background in machining and engineering he put to use what he new, to try to develop some new suspension for Volkswagens. It doesn't just stop with suspension now they manufacture wheels brake kits and plenty of other VW accessories. As a homegrown business committed to manufacturing all their parts in the UK they ship worldwide and their prices are fairly affordable. Lineburg make some pretty cool parts in there constantly pushing the envelope with new products hitting their website all the time check them out if you want something different for your Volkswagen. Check out his website with the link below. www.limebug.com www.vwtrendsmagazine.c

Frederick Peeters is a man who wears a lot of hats, as the managing Director of European bug-in, he also puts on the Freddy files, and now does the Ardennen Rennen. From Nenovine Belgium he's been a VW enthusiast since he was a child. With a passion for type three's he loves his notch back. His commitment to the hobby means that he puts it all in the line to put on one of the largest VW vents in Europe. The European Bug-in known as EBI is unparalleled in VW shows. Being hosted in the city of Chimay Belgium where cars from all over Europe travel to with a gigantic Swap Meet a huge camp out and a weekend long party. If you've never been you must go. We also discuss a little known bug called the mach one that came out in 1965 built by a VW dealer in Belgium we get all of the details on the specialty vehicle that was built.   https://www.europeanbugin.com/ vw trends magazine Ross Wulf Bus hinges www.ulogoup.com www.myvolksgear.com