I know, I know…. It’s been a whole month and I haven’t updated the blog…. I have a very good reason for this…. I just got back from VWMA Portland and all I can say is…. AWESOME!…. What a blast it was… Boz and I flew over to Adelaide two weeks back, hung out there a couple of days, then drove a very sweet little red ragtop down to Portland…. Thanks Pat for the loan…

The weekend was great, the peeps were cool and beer was flowing… Doesn’t get much better… For more pics and general low down, be sure to check out the thread.

Latest new on the POS’t is not great…. I got a canary yesterday… Feeling a little peeved about it, but I can’t really complain…. The beast is a little bit of a magnet for attention…

Lastly we have Big Al’s Poker Run…. An annual event open to all pre-78 street machines and hotrods. This event attracts over 800 entries every year, and this year a couple NoH2O members rolled out to a very warm reception…

Brock has finally got his Volksrod legal and rego’d which is an awesome achievement…. I know what he’s gone through to make it happen and I for one am glad that he stepped up and did it…. It’s the first fully legal Volksrod in Australia as far as I am aware and a credit to his skills and patience to see it through to the end… Well done Brock…

That’ll do for now…. I gotta head out to the shed later and get started on the POS’t!

How was Christmas for you guys?… Santa bring you that special something for your beloved?…. He was pretty good to me…. I got a new battery for my laptop, and LC-1 and some of the jets I need for the DCOE on the POS’T….

Speaking of which….. It freakin’ flies!… I’ve been working on the tune, fiddling with the carb and getting a handle on the Megajolt’s tuning application… I can honestly say, that I will never mess with a conventional distributor type performance ignition again… This system is the ducks nuts!

Have a look at this!….

Looks impressive no?…. Our boy Andrew (66BRM) is up to no good I tells ya!… His new project is coming together finally and it’s shaping up to be a monster!

Things on the Tempo front are hotting up too…. There have been a few ‘new’ trucks turning up around the globe and I think its pretty cool that NoH2O is the home of the Tempo activity around the globe…. Have a look at this cool find from Tempo Pete….

Cool or what?… Pete’s got a very cool garage full of also sorts of VW/Porsche/Tempo related stuff…. I’m simply blown away by what this lucky man has hidden away…. Be sure to check out more of his insane collection….

Think I’ll sign off for now…. Got some work ahead of me in the next few weeks…. Victor’s new engine will be going together soon, then I can finally get started on the ‘Low light’ Bay project….

Its odd, but there seems to be a pattern forming here???!!! Why does it always seem to be around this time of the month that I get to the blog and let you lot know whats going on around here?…. And there has been quite a lot happening…. The DoVW-WA was on earlier this month and it was an awesome day….

There were so many new cars out this year it was amazing…. Most of them where NoH2O cars too so I’m pretty stoked about that!… Once again our contingent was well represented…. I did a quick count and came up with about 60 NoH2O cars in attendance…. Keiran did us proud, with a few of his cars making the show, along with Steff bringing out 3, Manji Sam bringing 2, Jonno bringing 2…. Highlight of the show for me was the number of unusual Dub’s that came out for the day… And of course getting the POS back on the road after 7 months working on the turbo conversion…. That thing is nuts!

I’ve knocked together a little vid of the days events for you guys to enjoy…. Perth DoVWWA

After all the hard working going on in the sheds these past months, most of us have nothing to do now, but enjoy our cars…. Family stuff is going on, Christmas is upon us, holidays are afoot, good times are ahead… Looking at it from here, next year is looking awesome for WA Dubbers… There a few cars that didn’t make it to the show this year, there are new events in the planning and of course we have the favourites to attend also…. It’s all looking good…. You guys have a good and safe festive season…

I can’t believe that is the the 22nd already?… Where the heck did November go?…. I know…. In the workshop, that’s where… I’m sure I’m not the only one that has been working ‘hammer and tongs’ to get the car (insert model of choice here) together for the DoVW this year…. It’s getting damn close!!!… Speaking of which…. The regular venue is off this year, for unknown reasons, but a new venue has been sorted next door… Check the thread in the event’s page for more info….

Some old fav’s are getting a spruce up…. See Steve’s Bus for example…Some seriously cool cars are coming together too…. Also I know a few of our long distance members are preparing to bring more than one Dub to the show…. The POS is so close it’s scarey… I won’t bore you with the details…. Just check the thread for more info… DeadKombi (aka Paul V) has been very quiet of late… That dude is up to something for sure…. Speaking of Paul… His old black 57 is looking very tough with it’s new boots… It will surely create a bit of a stir at the show next month…. Bernie has said he’s is hoping to debut his sweet early Micro, Just is burning the midnight oil to get his sweet 66 to the show…. I’ll get to those spindles next week Justin, I promise!!!! Jonno is hoping to have his single cab rolling and Boz it looking to have his Ragtop close to ‘complete’ too… Speaking of Ragtop’s… Hermann might be in town for the show too…. Be good to see his 450hp monster there… I wonder if I can get Ron Harris to bring his drag car to the show?… What a display that would make!

And lastly…. Victors Cruise….

What a great day that was… With a few hick-ups (road closures), we managed to stay together, for the most part and took in some great sites along the route… Be sure to check out the thread in the events page… There is some awesome pics to be seen of the day…. We got to do this again soon…. It was a blast!

This Alfred’s was massive this month…. Never have I seen so many cars in that parking lot in all the years I have been there… As some of you know, Alfred’s is one of the popular car/cruise venues around Perth and it can get a little crowded down there, but this month was something else… I reckon we had around 30 Dubs in the carpark and another 10 or so, coming and going in the street… But what really made my night was the half’a'dozen early Bugs that made it out!… Top effort guys!

Other things are afoot… Projects are getting closer to completion, some have made it to rego and are now on the road. Some recently completed cars are getting a hammering out on the road, and still more are rumored to have been seen out and about…

What else?…. Branding… NoH2O is on a little bit of a promo drive with the creation of some very swish new bumper stickers… Collective member bLeH down in Albany has kindly offered to sort out the printing of the labels… Hope to have them in the next couple of weeks… Once that one is sorted, I have designed a slightly different version of the NoH2O brand for printing on a very stylish white t-shirt…. Perfect for wearing whilst you give your Dub a tune-up!…

And lastly…. The POS is getting ever closer… Maybe this weekend if all goes well… See you at Victor’s Big Day Out!

Only a short message this month…. It’s been a hairy one I can tell you!

These past weeks I have been pretty busy working on VW’s…. But not my own surprisingly   Now that’s not entirely true…. Have got the fuel system (feed and return) in my car, the transmounts are done, the trapese bar is in, the trans is in and the engine is back in… So all good there…

But other stuff has been going on too…

Paul’s little black Bug is getter ever closer to completion (and he’s up to something I’m sure), Sam’s Bus is back on the road and looking fine, Just has a new frontend in his car and some very swish BRM’s to go on, Steve has his narrowed beam and FUCH’s on his Splitty, Dave has done bit more on his Tempo, John’s SC is going gang busters and Mike’s mid-engined street rego’d nutbag Oval is nearing completion…

And that’s just the start…

To finish off… I’d like to thank everyone for their patience with forum…. As many you know, for the past year NOH2O has been the target of SPAMMER’s with the intent of using our forum as an ‘attack site’. Hence the pop-up warning… This has taken it’s toll on visitors to the forum I have no doubt. It has also made it difficult for visitors to come and have a look as Google posted a warning about the site to that effect… So things are about to change around here…. The changes will be outwardly minimal, but one area I will make changes to will be how new members sign up… The current system is clearly not working well… Once the upgrades have happened, I’m hoping that by this time tomorrow, it will all be sorted and those dodgy fuckers will leave us alone.

Cheers…

Holy shit Batman!… The DoVW-WA is just around the corner!… What’s more, the summer drag season is about to start and still the POS is not finished!!!???? The truth be told, it’s so close now its getting exciting. Sure the weather has been crap of late and it’s no fun working in a single car garage, with no power and all, but I have been getting out there when I can… Been doing a few jobs for other dubbers when I can, like a narrowed beam and notched springplates for Just, and engine hotrod/rebuild for Victor and some custom disc brakes for a mates Hotrod… So all is good…

Other news that some of you might be interested in is Greypow has been back at work making my old Dub look pretty once more… Sure the ol’girl has been in a few scrapes these past years with previous owners leaving their mark on my old mate, but Graham is slowly bring her back to her former glory… Will have a beam to do for Greypow in the next week or two also, and believe me… The Green Meanie needs it!!!

Next up we have Deadkombi’s mean little Oval project…. Will you look at the OG paint on this car…. It’s freakin’ stunning in all its natural patina….

This thing is looking so dang tough… Nice pic too Paul!

Finally I would like to remind everyone of the DoVW this year…. Rumored to be the 60th anniversary of the VW Bus (can any of you bus nerds confirm this?), there is a call-out to all bus owners to pull the lead out and get to the event in force… There is even talk of attempting to get 60 Splitties to park up on the green….

All done… See ya out there!

Google have been giving me the heebies of late… It seems the regular attempts of spambots to sign up here at NoH2O has sent out alarm bells to the Gods of Google… It’s not that these spammers have actually made it past me…. They haven’t, but by just having them in the membership section (pending forum clearance), constitutes enough of a gamble to Google to post a warning about the security of NoH2O!… Sheesh!…. It’s pretty freakin’ clear to me that this a VW enthusiast site and not a porn/viagra/realestate/MP3 site, so why can’t they just sort out my requests and let me get on with it?

I don’t know… But what I do know is this…. The WA Dub Scene is doing fine… Case in point….

A little while back I posted here that Paul (Deadkombi) is selling his premo Black 57 “big winda” Bug… Well after a minor false start, it sold pretty damn quickly… And the new owner is more than pleased so I hear… The good news is that it has remained with the ‘collective’ and will be seen regularly out and about… Further news from Paul is that he quickly replaced it with yet another Bug project….An OG paint Oval no less… His progress on this project is nothing short of amazing… You gotta check it out!

So much for getting stuck into the splitty hey Paul?

Also… Good news from the House of Sam…

His Bus has now returned from it sojourn at Roe & Son’s and is now ensconsed safely in his garage… The fit-out and thread updates are continuing…

And now finally… I’d like to let you all know something… My brother is a nut bag… There, I said it (typed it?)… He has now cut a little bit more of his BD23!… The purists out there are gonna linch him I tell ya!….

Good on ya Choppa…. I’m proud of ya!

Have you seen this?

Looks bloody awesome doesn’t it? You simply must have a look at Sam’s build-up of this puppy… It’s breathtaking…. Even for a stocker! 

Speaking of stockers and the restoration of them, I’m not really into that as most of you know, but I’m sure glad others are…. Here’s yet another one coming out a NoH2O members shed…. Smithy’s shed to be precise… Sure he lives on the other coast these days, but I know his heart is still firmly planted in WA… But enough of that… Check out his latest creation!

For more be sure to have a gander at his very detailed build thread.

How about some creative updates?…. BJ has been at it again, along with a few other dudes and can I say, both as a mate to these guys and photography teacher, that you guys are doing great work… Keep at it!

Some other great news is that a few of our crew have recently gotten there projects on the road and cruising about… Graham got his oval on the road is super quick time, Brian got his back on the road after a harrowing roadtrip which culminated in a defect notice from the Victorian Police (cheers guys!) and finally we have my brother, Choppa and his awesome Outlaw BD23 ‘Bulli’… Have a gander at the projects and rides sections for more guff on whats happening here abouts.

So that will do for now…. Loads still to chat about but I think you get the idea…. See ya out there!

Can you believe it?…. Paul is selling his 57 Big winda!!!?

Oh well, I spose all good things come to an end eventually….

What else…. Simon’s low-light panel is nearing completion… This bus is totally stunning, Simon (and his pals) have done an awesome job on it…. It’s of a caliber that you can not believe… Be sure to check out his build thread for more details….

He’s hoping to have it ready for debut this weekend at the Nationals in Sydney… Stay tuned on that one as I’m sure it will blow the Sydneysiders away!

Next up in the projects sections we have Sam’s bus… Another quality build this, after a few years of ownership and two freshen ups, Sam decided it to go the whole nine yards and do it right… Of course you need to head over to his thread if you want to know more…

And finally we come to the recent Whoop Ass Wednesday Night Drags… The drag season has come to a close for the winter and some of the fellas thought they’d head down there for a little bogan action in their dubs to close the season….

Bernie, Jonno, Adrien, Paul, Chris and Hermann all showed up with their cars… But only Bernie, Paul, Chris and Hermann raced…. All did well’ish… Paul bettered his best with a 14.2 I think… Bernie wasn’t happy, but had a good time anyway…. Chris has got some power, but not getting away well… And I reckon his gearing is way short for the drags…. Taller tyres next time Chris!!! But of course you want to know how Hermann went…. He got two runs in before he threw his pulley at Chris, but what runs they were…

How’s a 12.45 at 180kmh grab you?… Want to see the video of the action and some really nice pics by Ben?… Nav to the thread and there you will find the YouTube links and awesome pics.