Sechs volt-mugs

Some lucky guys have got their exlusive Sechs volt-mug. If you are one of them we will be glad for a picture with the mug and some Sechs volt-activity:) Please send over your photo to: haakonasolberg@hotmail.com and we will post it on our blog.

Psssssst! Bluehats is alive:)

How FAR would YOU go?

After seeing a mindblowing split convertible last night (not related to this posting at all), it brought back a memory from the past. At some point when Fürsten was tracking down the 51 cab now resting in the sechs volt garage, we asked a hypothetical question among the sechs volt members; How FAR would you go, to get one? Based on a theory that VW is a quite male-dominated hobby, that the male statisticly pulls in the paddles before the females, AND if you were lucky enough to track a split cab down. There would be a fair chance of it being testamented to a spouse (statisticly again). And as we know from experience, NOTHING is for sale. So the real question is; How far beyond "second base" would you go to get the current owners signature on the pinkslip?

(We have a theory that the answer to this question is how the Screwdrivers got their #numbers, just hypothetical)

Diamonds are forever

The Sechs Volt had picked up some rumors that a true "phenomenon" in the norwegian VW scene was about to surface again, after years of storage. The car was covered by an article in a norwegian car magazine, before it disappeared from the VW scene due to tragic circumstances. Now many years later, the car has found a new owner, who will without doubt, treat it with the respect it deserves. We were lucky to get ourselves an invitation to the new garage to check out this car in the flesh. Toghether with Gustav "Pealit" Petri we spent a whole evening in Kims garage studying this beauty. WHAT A CAR!! This one is restored in every detail, and taken into considiration restoration was started over 20 years ago, it's really impressive. Today we have everything at hand through the internet, in the nineties you had to GO to Germany or other places to source parts. Repro parts available today, had to be made one-off on this car. We hope to see a lot more of this car at next summers gatherings, looking better than ever.... Someone also mentioned Bad Camberg 2011, we really look foreward to that!! Thanks Kim, we are still drooling (and thats not the coffes fault)...

(Article from Autofil Magazine, Kick ass pictures with snowchains)

The story continues...

For those who have not seen this thread on TheSamba.com yet, here is the link one more time:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=378245&start=0
This must be the absolute coolest barnfind in a long time. I really like the look of the car after it was modified from a full on race car to a road legal sports car. I fully understand the choice of building it back to race specs now, but there would be interesting to make a replica of the street version as well. A real beauty! Will be back at Prototyp to see this in the flesh at some point...

*Knechten*

Back to nature

Before the snow starts covering all old metal here in the Norwegian forrests, we grabbed the opportunity to go treasure hunting. This time we found the remains of two beetles. Probably a 51 and a 54 beetle. At the same place we also found some english crap and a german Ford with a Golde sunroof.

Just truly amazing

This Rometch-Porsche race car was found in storage earlier this year. Can you imagine the heart rate seeing this dusty piece of vintage race histoy in the dark storage room? Car has now ended up at http://www.prototyp-hamburg.de/ for restoration. See some moe info here, posted by Splitpersonality: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=378245

My gilfriends VW-bag

This is what she got from me in end of the summer. This bag is made of VW-fabric all over as you can see. On the inside is it headliner from VW also. My mother-in-law did make it, I did only buy the fabric:) She use it, and like it pretty much! She has also got some VW-ear-rings and the VW-bus jewellery by Thomas Sabo.
*Oval57*

Vintage photo

Open up this photo in full resolution... It's a barndoor pick up isn't it? And a split, rag tops and lot of atmosphere. I guess the pick up is not doing 80 km/h up that hill ;-)

Painting a split

What happens? Is`nt every split in the Sechs volt garage painted already? Is it a new project? It seems to be a nice color:) The owner must tell for him self.

The 52 Capitan

Just a photoshoot of the 52 Capitan before the winter.

Screwdrivers blog

The Sechs Volts biggest rivals on the norwegian VW scene, the "Screwdrivers", has entered the world wide web. On several occations during the summer season, we bump into these hardcore enthusiasts. They tend to show up at every VW gathering there is, and so does the Sechs Volt. Not seldom does it all turn into a fierce battle when these rivals meet. It never involves any fist fights, but it all goes down verbally. We usually cope with their southern division, but when things start to get ugly, they always bring in the northern division from Troendelag. We always turn out a size to small, as farmer talk from the prairie can't measure up against the sodd talk from the north... Now it's time to see if they blog as good as they small-talk.

They have some really impressive projects going on for sure, check out Runes barndoor project and lots of other great stuff =)

http://www.screwdriversnorway.blogspot.com/

Crazy-award at SCC 2009

Our true Sechs volt-friend Morten Lund got the Crazy-award because he did fish a 1957-model Samba from the bottom of a Norwegian lake. Who else could get that award:)

Here you can follow the progress on Mortens samba:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=372048

Sechs Volt holidays

The Sechs Volt went on holiday this year as well. This time Knechten has visited the shores of Rhodos with the family. Not easy to switch off the VW button just hours after riding in a schwimmwagen at SCC. The patina of the car in the picture caught my eye at first, but a trained filter saw something underneath the car. Powered by a singleport VW engine this was suddenly more interresting. Turnes out to be a greek produced three wheel truck from the late sixties. Looked like the engine was the only thing holding it togheter. Slammin' it on earlies? Well, then you need to have your legs amputated to fit the front wheel inside the cabin. Not by any means as cool as a matador though. But a cool parts hauler for sure... (WTF was the idea behind the three wheel design?)

Der propellenführer

Oildropman made a little video of one of the 4 Schwimmwagens at SCC 2009. Vintage village did manage 4 ambifiecars this year:) Oval57 sind der propellenführer.

Sechs volt at SCC 2009

Sechs volt was there. Splitboy was a bit occupied at home with small kids, but Brezelfürsten, Knechten and Oval57 was there. Our cars was Knechtens Zwitter, Brezelfürstens split and Oval57`s oval, and the 52 Capitan, included a mini-VW. We had a great time arranging the Vintage village with T2Man Svein Olav, Crazy-Morten, Ole Rune, Øystein, Petter, Erik and Arnt.

Also this year we had a Sechs volt spirit-award. "Boblehue" did make a litle plate and we made a true Sechs-volt prize. This year the price was given to T2Man Svein Olav for his fantastic Barndoor wich is in the true Sechs volt spirit:)

Isak and his ambulance

Last year at SCC Sechs volt had a prize called "Sechs volt spirit 2008". The prize is ment for a true Sechs volt-car with attitude and most possible untouched in modern times. Isak Syvehuset got the price last year for his nice split. We met him again this summer in Hessich Oldendorf with his very nice ambulance. He is working at the hospital so that makes sence to own a such car. Isak will attend this years SCC as well.

Ole Runes garage

Sunday morning Oval57 took his black beauty out for a ride. Ole Rune, our true Sechs volt-friend had some waffels and coffe ready. Ole Rune never gives up, and in his garage it is some very interesting projects. Now he is working on a 1950 modell 11G he bought from me some years ago. His work is quite amazing and its no doubt that he will be able to cruise with this car sometime. I`m willing to help him sometime during the winter. You will meet him in Vintage village at SCC:)

Driving to SCC with the Express engine

Time was short before Hessisch and I didn't have enough time to finnish this engine. I worked soo hard and still had to leave the car at home. I probably sounded like a grumpy old fool on the way down to HO in Knechtens car. Sorry about that Knechten! Well, now at last, its roadworthy and I am happy to bring it to its first meeting - SCC - the best vw meeting in Norway!!

I am still in need for one more Knecht cyclone filter before i get rid of those ugly oilbath cleaners. Anyone?

Summer vacation 1955 - camping in a "ryebread"

"There are cars, and then there are volkswagens. The Volkswagen is like a disease, and it is contagious....

Everybody knows the little Volkswagen sedan, but its big brother its not that common. This brother is called Kombi- or Microbus according to its finish. A new, genius model is now availlable - the vw-camper - a summerhouse on wheels! When the seats are turned in to beds, this camper will house 3 adults and 2-3 kids.

The camper utilize the same powerplant as the sedan, an air-cooled, horizontal 4-cylinder engine. The top speed for a fully loaded VW-camper is about 80 km/h, giving approx 11 km’s per liter of fuel.

What kind of spare parts you should bring for a long trip? Only a spare fan-belt is necessary. A Volkswagen engine can run 150.000km without any main repairs.” (from Popular mechanics DK, september 1955)

…..I know which car I would have bought if my VW-dealership could offer a factory-fresh, camper barndoor today!

The 52 Capitan - soon on the road again:)

The split will be seen at SCC very soon:) For some more details please check Oval57`s blog.