Category: VW Beetle Restoration

Watch a 1959 VW Beetle Road Test – Miss Mabel
1959 VW Beetle Road Test Here’s Mabel’s road test. If you’re just joining us, you should get to know Miss Mabel. This fine lady is a 1959 VW Beetle the shop has built as our entry in the Ultimate VW Build-Off in Vegas October 1-4, 2015. Not that she’ll get much road time for the…
Custom VW Bug Featured on WHNT Channel 19
Custom VW Bug Makes the News Miss Mabel, the custom VW bug Airkooled Kustoms is building for the Ultimate VW Build-Off has a whole new slew of admirers in the Huntsville area. And thanks to live news feeds, even across the Atlantic. David Wood of WHNT Channel 19 in Huntsville came out to the shop in Hazel…

1968 VW Beetle Gets Some Go-Fast Goodies
1968 Beetle Ragtop Gets Go-Fast Goodies What can it be? What can it beeeeeee? See what Rodney and Gee-off just received in the shop. Hint: It goes vroom vroom and makes one very special Beetle go, go, go! Bonus hint: It makes VW restorers grin like lunatics. This tribute build is just about a wrap…
Custom VW Restoration – Paint That’ll Make You Drool
Custom VW Restoration Airkooled Kustoms custom VW restoration shop is known for “doing it right.” There’s nowhere that’s more visible than in our paint. No 50/50 jobs here – you know, looks good at 50 yards if you’re driving 50 mph past it. In fact, the closer you come, the more closely you look, the…

How Fast Can a VW Bug Go?
How Fast Can a VW Bug Go? That’s a loaded question – and one that’ll have a major impact on your restoration build.

Do Classic Cars Need Seat Belts?
Find out what Spook has to say in answer to the question, “Do classic cars need seat belts?”


How Much Is an Old VW Beetle That’s Barely Been Driven?
So, how much IS an old VW Beetle that has fewer than 100 miles on it? Quite the find here.

What Are Volkswagens Known For?
What are Volkswagens known for – other than the whole emissions cheating debacle?






