Author: Susan Anderson
What You Need to Know about Rebuilt VW Transmissions
The Scoop on Rebuilt VW Transmissions We caught up with Tony Walker of Aircooled Werks to talk transmissions. Guy knows his stuff, which is why we love using his custom-built transmissions in our builds. If you’re in the market for a rebuilt transmission or transaxle, here’s what you should know. Rebuilding quality VW transmissions and…
1959 VW Beetle Wiring Harness Magic
1959 VW Beetle Watch what 00Dub is about to do to the 1959 VW Beetle wiring harness for Miss Mabel, Airkooled Kustoms’ entry into the Ultimate VW Build-Off in Las Vegas, October 2015. Expose most folks’ wiring, and you’ll see what looks a lot like rainbow colored spaghetti. It’s understandable – after all, not too…
VW Restoration Paint – In the Zen Zone with Spook at Stage 3 of 4
VW Restoration Paint – Polish In a kustom VW restoration paint is the most stunning part of the transformation – or at least the most jaw-dropping. To see an old patina monster with its dull, decades’-old finish become panels so lustrously shiny that they look like hued mirrors blows the mind. Airkooled Kustoms is known…
59 Volkswagen Beetle Ragtop – Spook Speaks Out about Miss Mabel
59 Volkswagen Beetle Mad props to NotBob – Check his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/MrBumblinBob – many thanks for capturing this moment with Miss Mabel. How does a slick, glossy, gorgeous girl like this 59 Volkswagen Beetle get an old-fashioned name like Mabel? Check this out to hear the back story. Oh, and try not to drool…
1959 VW Beetle Ragtop – Miss Mabel Gets Cut
1959 VW Beetle Ragtop – Miss Mabel Mabel’s looking drop-dead gorgeous now that she’s got her paint on. Spook shot her with BASF paints in colors he custom-created for this VW restoration project. Now begins the cutting – or, scratchy, scratchy, as he says. While the clear might be glamorous… after all, it is BASF’s…
VW Shop Tour – AKK Covered Up in Dubs
VW Shop Tour Here’s what’s going on this week at the Airkooled Kustoms VW shop in Hazel Green, AL. From the VW Single Cab and Cabral’s Bay resting near Mazzie the VW Notchback and Miss Mabel, the 1959 VW Beetle Ragtop, we sneak up on Spook, who’s finishing up tuning Jesse’s Girl. Jesse’s Girl is…
Classic Volkswagen Shop ISO One New Timmy
The Airkooled Kustoms Classic Volkswagen Shop Internship Program “We’ll rag on you. We’ll set you to work cutting up a Dub with a Sawzall. We’ll let you inside (maybe) only to sweep. You’ll think Cinderella had it made, at times. Oh, and no pay for the first half-year. But if you show up, and SHOW…
VW Shop Internship – Still Haven’t Scared this Guy Off
A Day at the Airkooled Kustoms VW Shop Brenner Oakes, 2015 About a year ago, the juniors at my school were taking the ACT. Because of this, everyone who wasn’t a junior got to do something that counted as a school day, but wasn’t school. I wasn’t going to do anything that the school offered,…
(Explicit) Wink’s 1974 Volkswagen Thing Comes Back to the Darkside for TLC
1974 Volkswagen Thing Well, it ain’t pretty, and it sure isn’t a best practice in safe use of towing apparatus… but Wink’s Volkswagen Thing made it to the shop for some much-needed repairs, upgrades, and tweaks. Wink’s Thing often accompanies the shop and krew to the regional VW shows we sponsor or attend. It’s a…
