A barn and a split...

When travelling along the countryside, we always find ourselves looking to the left and right in addition to looking on the road. Could there be a beetle out there behind that small group of trees, or beside that barn...??
Oval55 and Oval57 found this split-window beetle up in the mountains while on the annual grouse hunting trip. Standing beside an abandoned barn, wrapped up in plastic, the unmistakable "brezel" was quite visible because of a hole in the cover..... Of course, we just HAD to take a little look.... :-)

The old gal seemed to have been standing outside in the grass for å very long time - based on the quite severe attacks of rust all around. Lots of parts were missing as well. But that isn't always the point, is it..? It is the dicovery that makes the experience....

Preparing for the winter

The progress on the blog the last month has been slim to none. Thats not because we are doing other stuff than VW (God forbid), but we are preparing our workshop for the winter. And the labour put down there, does not deserve all that attention on a VW blog.
But beeing around the outlavws guys doing physical labour, no one really knows how to keep their mouth shut, and the rigging of the garage alway ends in discussing future dream projects. And by no means is there a better way to spend a mid-week afternoon. Some of us got a Gmund-flu earlier this summer, and it still kicks in from time to time. To show you what causes this illness, a picture is shown... Theres no doubt that a car will roll out of our garage inspired by this picture.

Had to let it go

Because of a rich hunting season of old beetles, our beloved panelvan had to go before the winter. Some of us had no problem in seeing the potensial of this unusual double door, but one can not always have in bag and sack at the same time. But after all, driving 30 hours to collect it, the new owner proves worthy of the van. It found a new home in Holland, and the restoration started almost before the van rolled of the trailer. We are exited to see how this one turnes out, and then we can cry and regret the sale. Good luck Martijn and Renee!
Follow the restoration here: www.kermie.nl/martijnconijn/noorwegen

Somtimes the OutlaVWs got a life

When not hunting split, old buses or rare options the members also got a life beside. Two of the members, Oval55 and Oval57 went out in the hills somehwere in Norway searching for the (World famous) Grouse. This picture is only to show that we can do other tings than hunting old crap! Or is it crap? This winter will show if we are able to weld the crap into beauties?

..."I found again..."

As we know from the fairytales of Askeladden, he's not giving up his search so easy... And Oval 57 couldn't help it... AGAIN... Try to argue why he should throw it away, it most certainly will come in hand one day to own a piece of machinery like this =)
"It's not gold everything that shimmer, but it can be gold even though it's not shimmering..."
Can you spot the gold in this picture?

In the footsteps of "Askeladden"

"I found, I found said Askeladden"... "What are you going to do with that? Throw it away!" said the others and laughed... And probably would that have been the answer in this picture as well.
One wonders if some of the "Outlavws" is hanging in the same family tree as Askeladden. Risking to cut all family bonding, and the total respect among friends, oval 57 went away and purchased this dreamcar... What a found he said =) Not in a million years has he showed these pictures to his girlfriend. Some people love fairytales, that's what makes us Outlavws...

The cows are eaten up and the machinery moves in....

The good old time is past, and the future for an old "fjøs"/cowhouse is storing or car-garage?

In this case the cowhouse become a room for everything. Sand, eqipment for the garden, materials, and so on. After a few years the idea came up for storing my VW and a few more during the winter.

So, this pic shows how it was 2 years ago, and the pic under last nigth..... What do you prefer?

Christmas came early this year

It seems that some of the Outlavws has behaved well this year. It started earlier this summer, and we now thoght we had plenty of "brezel" for our coffe. Yesterday Father Christmas dropped another gift down the chimney, and there is defenitly not a lack of sweets for the garage-coffe anymore. Not every day you see a line-up of three split windows in the same garage, not by Norwegian standards that is. Even better, these are complete cars going drivable in resonable amount of time. Who said welding rust is boring.... Ever tried a tri-athlon?

Some like it hot

And we are of course not talking about naked ladies and sigars... We simply cut to the core of aircooled pornography. And we are so close to the core that some of the 6V Outlavws would loose at least one arm to get it... and that's pretty serious =) We are talking about transplanting new organs to the breathing system of a 25 HK engine. This piece of machinery is highly adored among the club members, and topping this engine whith the very rare, and very sexy "Express Kit", makes the hardest VW nut cry.... Take a look and try to hold back the tears... it really tells if you are a true VW nut =)

The mystery of "Paradise Road"

We all know "Paradise Road" from movies like American Grafitti. Sadly few of us lived in US during the fifthies and sixties and raced the local roads at night. As a true enthusiast, thats something you've always wanted to do... Why not create a Paradise Road of your own? That's exactly what Oval 55 and Oval 57 did in the spring of 2005. They posted the experience on www.vw2you.com as a thread in norwegian, but the pictures says it all:

I dag hadde jeg en vellykket oppstart av den nye motorn min i benk..en hærlig følelse!
Vel vitende om at min ovals 30 hk-dager snart er talte....var det på tide med et oppgjør...Oval57 har brukt ord som sliten og slarkete om looker'n min...og har sagt at interiøret mitt stinker!Jeg på min side kan nok ha brukt ord som "kjedelig" og "gubbete" om bilen hans.....bare en måte å gjøre opp på det. Like utenfor downtown Mysen er det en lang strekke..."Paradise road"....perfekt for oppgjør av den gamle sorten...

Før start varva jeg den slitne gamle 1200'en det jeg klarte.....kunne formelig høre Ferdinand vri seg i grava.....eller var det det gamle treskeverket som var i ferd med å gå til helv...?

Akselerasjonen i det jeg slapp clutchen og spant(?) i gang var til å ta og føle på........Bugpack spaken føltes god i mot høyrehånda...og smalt som pokemon racerne i "fast and the furious" i det jeg slang motorn mellom gira....Støtfangere, Hazet kit, hengerfeste og nymonterte orgelpiper ble for mye vekt og originalbilens bane...i det jeg raskt akselererte fra den og snart bare kunne se oval57 i speilet...

Sletta var lang og ingen andre biler var i sikte....sola i ryggen og en smule medvind....Likevel, gamla har sparka bedre i fra seg før....
"it's not how you stand by your car that matters, it's how you race your car"
(Fra "The fast and the furious")

The "Paradise Road" is now the offical arena for the 6V Outlavws to set the rank among the club members... Fürsten and Knechten has already something up their sleeve for the next shake down...

Cruuuising......

Here you see Oval57 cruising beside Ex-RubyRed. You can see his car shining in my polish....

The picture is taken the summer of 2006 cruising home from Mantorp.

In the early beginning

As mentioned before, it took a while to get the VW nuts organized. But when we finally did, we all came togheter for the first cruising with our own cars. Therfore it's fair to say that this picture show the first official cruise night of the 6V outlavws in the summer 05.

Forming a club

This picture looks like any other cruising picture. But it's more than that.... This is actually the first time the club members are cruising toghether, a friday in june 2005, heading for Bug Run.
On the side of Ruby Red you can see the mirror image of Oval 57, with Oval 55 by his side. The picture is not showing Brezelfürsten in his PLASTIC Mercedes right behind the beetles, but thats an incident we still don't talk about. The 6v Outlavws was practically born this weekend, but it took a while to get it all organized and give the club a proper name. Destiny and a handful of Volkswagen-nuts at the right place at the right time made it all happen =)

The transformation

Back to the transformation of the Jungle Green 56. Looking at the pictures it's not hard to see the change in attitude. It all started when the resto-looking oval received a rebuildt Porsche Goliath engine for the 2005 season. The owner as well as the other club members sensed that something where wrong, very wrong. Crossing a classic oval with a 356 engine, screams for outlaws attitude. During the winter of 2006 all the plans were made and the needed parts collected for the extreme makeover. But nothing happened, until the lucky owner woke up from a winters sleep and made magic happen. During a long week in May, the two tone paint went solid, diamonstitch interior and bucket seats mounted, T-bars and tyres changed, and not at least; ass up - nose down. And the result is a timeless outlaws inspirated oval that truely reflects the spirit of the 6V Outlavws. Nowadays he only talks about the sky... stay tuned and you'll find out what that is all about..

All things come to an end..

And this autumn was the end for Knechtens relationship with Ruby Red. The hunger for smaller windows caused the sale of a highly loved car. The car was picked up in 98 as a flood-wreck, all beat up and stored in boxes. The spring of 05 the car was ready and running, and passed the MOT whith style. During the winter of 06 the car recieved a more brutal rake, and some sweet 70'ies interior parts. The car is now in good hands and will most likely recieve a HUGE IDA motor during the winter. Beeing Knechtens first aircooled ride, this car is deeply missed... But something to cheer him up is already waiting in the garage =)

The line up

Here is another shot of the club line up, at Mantorp park during Bug Run 06. In 2005 only two of the members cars were ready for the 1000 km trip to Sweden. This year we all had our own cars and it made the trip a blast... The meeting was good enough, but nothing beats cruising on the highway with a clear blue sky. Looking into our garage this autumn, it's not easy to tell who-where or what we are driving next year...

Summer of love

As the summer is fading out, it's always nice to look back at the happenings this year. All members worked hard through the winter, and as always the the snowmelting came as a surprise for everyone. The man who held his head cold was Oval 55, who transformed his two-colored resto-looker into a hard core Jungle green beast in only a week. The result was oustanding, and not only the outside, diamondstich interior and a 356 engine in the back puts the icing on the cake. This year all the lads had running cars and made it all the way to BugRun 06. Here is a line up of some of the club cars: OG showfinnish Oval 57, untouched Oval 53, 66 Ruby Red (now sold) and the 56 jungle beast...

Rare parts

Every part is OG, of course.

OG Batwing hornring

"The holy grail", owned by one of the club members.
 The picture say more than a thousand words.

Another one bites the dust II..

There are few things in life that beats the look of a dusty splitwindow on a trailer... Especially when it's your dailydriver towing the trailer... And we smiled all the way home..