While in Japan

Seeing and being in Japan is amazingly fun and bewildering!
Especially seeing the Kitahara Collection in the flesh,
completely satisfy the senses.

It's been a while since my last blog post. This specific post goes to a reader of this blogsite I met in the flesh recently: Attorney Dominic Solis. Thanks for the warm greets!

Holiday dream come true!

It’s a known fact that I really like VW. I’m an incurable enthusiast, collector and need I say “fanatic?” car guy. It has been my dream to have the miniature replica of my favorite 1:1 VW car that I own. If it were a VW Beetle, Bus and Golf, it would be very easy to have the small scale of any of them. But my actual car isn’t popularly modeled in scale. I can safely say it, that only one manufacturer did such model. And finally after years of yearning to find one, this holiday season brings good cheers! My good friend has sent me one, and I’m thoroughly grateful!

From Schabak of Germany, 1:43 scale.

 The VW Jetta MK2, early model version .

 I just love this color….

 ….because my 1:1 sports the same factory paint, Dupont LA1Z !

 My 1:1 VW Jetta MK2, late model version.

 Canadian version, Jetta Carat in Light Sahara Mettalic paint.

 Matching interior is also VW code named, “Sahara”

 Both Jettas are personally treasured!

Happy Holidays everyone!

Hope your dreams do come true, as mine did!

Enjoy & Cheers!

Came Raining VW

The much anticipated annual VW day was held last weekend.

Aficionados and enthusiast alike came to celebrate…

… and so did the rains!

Nonetheless the outpour of affection for Vdubs,

wasn’t dampened at all by the downpour.

The songs of ‘The Beatles’ were playing full blast on that event!

We were literally ‘singing in the rain’. I saw some were ‘dancing’ as well!

View from the grandstand (shelter from the rains)

My fav on that day were:

 A VW T34 ‘Razor’

Pale mocha Karmann Cabrio

Australian VW buggy side by side with a VW Sakbayan,.. Military VW Thing round up the box theme!

 Pair of Fastbacks: early and late model

Green early VW T2 Kombi

Crewcab VW T1

Panel van VW T2

Showering VW style:

From parade grounds of previous show winners.

550 replica

 VW Thing

Other forms of air-cooled joined in!

Vintage scooters

Lambretta

Gymkhana in 3 inch

Quick fun with the Ford Fiesta...
...Ken Block style in 3-inch scale!
Enjoy! :-)

Great model choice, HotWheels!

Wish list 1973

Start with;

-A legendary body design of an ageless classic.

Then,

-Widened the rear fenders to accommodate even wider wheels.

-Use light weight panels and stripped to net 840kilos.

Re-engineer;

-A tried and tested 6 cylinder engine

To,

-A displacement of 2.8 litres

-308 bhp / 290NM torque!

The agenda;

-Dominate Group 4 GT

The result,

-The all conquering Porsche 911 RSR 2.8!

This too is the top of my car wish list of all time!

The PMA version in 1:43…

…is a little wish come true!

Martini Racing Team Pickup

Racing automobiles are splendid machineries.

Fitted with all the bells and whistles to go faster,

go farther and go for the win!

While the racing car has the lead role in a team,

support vehicles take on the supporting casts.

I find amusement in them as well!

The equally impressive transporters, trailers and trucks

are awe-inspiring machineries in their own right.

Case in point are the VW pickup trucks that were put

to task to support the VW Race Touareg at Dakar.

These eventually became the VW Amarok, a race

proven team pickup before even being officially offered

to the public in civilian form.

This is the inspiration for a quickie transformation!

A VW Rabbit (Golf) Pickup (Caddy) by Siku.

Transformed into the Martini Team Pickup.

While the VW Golf GTi takes on the brawlin’…

the VW Pickup does the haulin’!