Lets open this one with a little be creative work for Sam…. He’s been hiding his skills with a camera no doubt, but here it is for all to see…Top effort Sam!

Sure it’s not really VW related, but if you squint a little, it kinda looks like the roof of Westi! Anyway the creative section here on NoH2O is supposed to be open to any and all sorts of creative stuff that you guys are doing… Want to see more of what the crew are doing? Head over to the creative corner of NoH2O…

What else can I tell you? The Matador Mafia is growing strong, there are so many peeps across the globe congregating there. It’s pretty wild to see the success of the place… Already we have a number of international owners spending time here along with many of the local Aussie contingent. It’s heartening to see the help and support the Matador members are offering there… And speaking of members in the Mafia, have a gander at Patina Paul’s efforts… We introduced you to Paul’s project last month and I’m kinda speachless….. Fffaaarrrkkkkk what a truck!

Paul and the gang at the Bus Barn got the Tempo done in time for the Volksworld show and I think it is safe to say it created a little bit of stir. It was a marathon effort from all concerned given that the shop had plenty of customer work to get done first, but all I can say is, congrats guys! You built the worlds first airbagged and slammed Tempo Matador and it freakin’ rocks!

The POS’t upgrade continues… As I’m on holidays at the moment, I have been finding time to get all those chores out of the way that must be done… You know the stuff, washing, cleaning, organising, moving stuff from one place to another. But still I have found a day of two to get some work done on the POS’t… This is the efforts to date…

If you want to see more, you only need to head to the projects section to see it all… While your there, have a look at Chris’ lil’ red bug…. It’s a tough little critter this and he has designs on racing it in as many differnt types of motorsports as he can… Be sure to stay in the loop of his exploits!

Anyway… Enough of this… Get back in the shed and finish your projects guys. And while your there, be sure to take some pics and post them up here on the forum. The gang here would love to see what your upto in the shed, at the track and on the street.

The excuses remain the same, the world continues to changed, and still we keep rolling on…

Sounds like a hit song to me…. But its all true!

The local scene is ticking over, we have some new members that have signed up here in the past months. Many locals, some interstater’s and a few from other parts of the globe… I think that’s pretty cool that we have gotten interest from all over…. One notable request came from Michael Rhodes over at the Cal-Look Forum… It seems that we have made the list of international blogs of interest and are listed on their blog register… Cool or what?… Another recent register to our member listing is Patina Paul from The Bus Barn in the UK. Paul comes to us via Craig (Dr Evil to his friends!) and their shared interest in the humble Tempo Matadors… Check out Paul’s truck and it’s build up the Matador Mafia section.

In other news, some of the guys are getting into their photography of late… BJ being one of them…. Now I’m not suggesting he’s up to anything lude or inappropriate, just good clean fun and some very creative explorations….

If he chooses to explore the world of Pin-ups and Glamour photography, then that’s ok with me! Your secret is safe with me BJ, I won’t tell Jamie Girl a thing….      On that note, be sure to head over to the arty farty section of the forum and have a look at the some of the cool illustrations, photography and other crazy shit that some of our crew are up to…. Other than messing with dubs that is.

What else?… The Whiteman Park Auto One Classic Car Show is coming up in a couple of weeks… It looks to be another event that I won’t be ready for, but I will surely be there! There is a limit of 30 tickets available for the local VW crowd, 10 of which are available for NoH2O and KK members… If you want in and show your ride, I suggest you contact Richard (after hours) real quick on 9342 8703. For more info, check out the thread in the events section of the forum.

Short and sweet this one. Hopefully have some good news for you all later this month… But in the meantime, winter is coming, so keep it straight and keep it clean.

Things have been a little quiet around these parts… Its not that nothing of interest has been going down, quite the contrary, but it seems that after the show last November activities have been on the slide. The truth be told, its the festive season and nobody has had time to play with the cars. Its the time for family, the time for partying and the time to plan…

So planning it is!

Cars are progressing, events are in the pipeline, garage’s are getting a clean out and the locals are getting on. Jonno has finished the paint on his car and fitted his drop spindles too, so he’s been out enjoying his amazingly cool car… Hopefully he will get off his lazy arse and put a thread up on here about the car and its build up!… Hint, hint!

What else…. Hmmm… Bernie has been busy down at the HQ getting his new enterprise up and running… If you are in the market for a true bolt in straight axle kit for your splitty, then Bernie is the man for the job!

And while your there, check out his narrowed LP Bus and Bug beams and DIY kits along with many other feats of engineering!

Ok…. What’s next?…. Lets talk about Wayne…. What can I say about ol’Waynbo… His bug project could well be the most antisipated build-up this side of the black stump, but from the looks of that paint, I think it is well worth the wait!…So how many years have we been waiting for the paint to dry?

And finally we have Boz… Well, Boz’s bus actually…

The story behind this bus is pretty cool, but even cooler is the fact that this is not Boz’ first 23! Now you international dudes might say “so what!”, but here in Oz, a deluxe bus is a rarity, so the likelyhood of owning two is phenomenal… Check out the story on his oh so straight 23 Resto that has been going full steam these past months… Should be in paint any day now!

Righto… Back to the POS’T!

Holy cow!…. Has it been 7 months already? This year has been nuts, totally nuts, but all good none the less. These past weeks have offered up a huge number of new cars on the local scene and the coolest thing is, most of them belong to NoH2O members!!!

Earlier this month we had the pleasure of attending the VW Club of WA’s premier event… The Day of the Volkswagen. Once again NoH2O made its presence felt with a good showing of members cars all arriving at the event on mass. As some of you may know, some of our members are also members of other VW owners clubs in WA… Like NoH2O, Kombi Konnection and the VW Club of WA members dig doing stuff with other groups, so for members from these groups to come along on our regular pre-event DoVW cruise was a pretty cool thing… Leaving the Park Centre carpark at 10am, the collection of dubs completed the short journey to DoVW show at McCallum Park. Sam has posted some vids on Youtube of the drive to the show which makes for some cool viewing.

Upon arrival NoH2O took up our usual spot under the trees along side the main concourse. Some of our members joined in the festivities and entered some categories… At this stage I have no idea if any awards were won by our crew, but I can tell you that our cars caused quite a stir yet again…

Highlight car of the event for me was Paul’s black 57 ‘Bigwindow’… This car is truely amazing! And to to think he built this car in his home garage… Paint (he still needs to find a good bonnet for it!), panel, engine, suspension the whole lot! Another amazing car is Johnny’s Mean Green Time Machine…. This thing is wack…. I mean, check out the interior!

Choppa’s Drag Day was a bit of a fizzer… It got rained out… But not before a few of the guys got some runs in… It was damp, so the guys found it tough to be consistent, but I know the newbies had a ball and were suprised with how quick they ran!!! Some of us are heading down there again tomorrow night… I’m taking the POS for a run and I know a few other guys are gonna make it too.

In closing… Check out Boz’s cool little flik of the last few weeks events… Its bloody cool!

Well…. Plenty actually… This past month there has been a lot of chatter as projects come together, plans are being made and events are being hatched. Also there has been some inter-dub negotiations going on too. I won’t go into details here, but I would suggest you read all about it in the “Whats Up” section…

I’m happy to report that my old car “The Green Meanie”, now in the hands of Greypower, is getting a much deserved seeing to…. Be sure to keep up with Grahams plans for the old girl… Big rims, big brakes and big power are on the cards…

Also we have a Tempo in our midst… Well two actually, both owned by the very lucky DrEvil…

His plans for both of these machines are cool… One is gonna be stock as a rock and the other could very well end up getting hit with a Hot Rod stick!… Stay tuned!!!!!

Events… Ok, there is plenty coming up and you should be putting this into your calendar right away. Later this month we have four very important VW events booked…. Two of these events are NoH2O events which are intended to be lead up events for the DoVW on the 30th. The first event is Choppa’s Drag Day on Wednesday 26th… Its looking like there will be a number of VW’s having a go at the street meet… Everyone is encouraged to have a go here…. This sort of racing is not about who’s the fastest, its about being consistent… Imagine beating a 8 second Falcon with your 22 second Splitty! The next event is the Germany V The Allies Softball match and BBQ on the evening of the 28th. This is on open invite to everyone out there, bring the family, friends, anyone interested in having a hitout and bit of burnt meat… Remember, its a BYO event… We’ll supply the Softball gear and the grass… You supply the rest!

In closing, I’d also like to remind everyone of what has become a tradition of NoH2O and the DoVW. The NoH2O Cruise to the event. We meet at 9.30am in the The Park Centre Shopping Centre in Victoria Park. Leaving there at 10am in a short cruise to the DoVW show area. As is also tradition, NoH2O usually park together under the trees to the right of open grassed area. Obviously, you can enter the judging for the show if you like, that is entirely up to you.

That’s it… See you lot out there!

Well…. What can I say? This (last!) month has gone by so fast…. So fast in fact, I missed it! But the truth be told, not too much has happened in the local Dub world really, well nothing cool like shows or cruises or projects being unveiled. Hoodwink’s Paprika bug is now back home…. The welding is all done, the car is solid once more and Hoodie is into it hammer and tongs to get it ready for the DoTVW in December.

On the subject of cars in workshops…. The HQ is no more… Last weekend Bernie had his last BBQ at the HQ! It was a sad day indeed… Copious amounts of the amber fluid was downed and many a happy tale was uttered, but the day had to come. The HQ is dead.

But fear not… HQII is coming!

There is a distinct possibility that NoH2O’s inaugural pre-DoTVW barbie will be held there… Speaking of events.. Another NoH2O inaugural pre-DoTVW event in the works is Choppa’s Drag Day…. This event is shaping up pretty well, with loads of NoH2O, KK and WA Watercoolers expressing interest in attending…. Stay tuned!

And lastly… I’d like to congratulate all over at KK for putting on another great event. From all reports the Kombis on Kampus events was a huge success…. Hopefully more of our lot will be able to attend next year!

Hey gang… Sorry it has been over a month since my last post, been a little busy, but things are moving along. First up…. Brian’s big trip to Valla is still on going…. He made the trip, got crook not long after and will soon be getting down to the business of traveling southward… Check out his thread for the latest. It also sounds like Jean and Alex (and Kev!) got back here safe and sound… I hope they can fill us all in on the trip!?

The site is getting bigger everyday… We have over 75 members on board now (and the spammers keep trying to sign up!) and its getting bigger! I know of a few peeps out there that have signed up, but have yet to make their presents known to the masses… One thing that I’m happy to report, is that we have plenty of members from all parts of the globe contributing to forum. But that is not to say we can’t improve. You lot know dubbers out there, we all do, but where are they? Tell’em about NoH2O, get’em on here!!!

And to help in that regard… We are working on some merch… Wayne (5PL1TDC510N: check out his art thread for some awesome illustration work) has been kind enough to help out with the artwork for some new stickers and t-shirts… Its all coming together, but the progress is slow… I hope to be putting some designs together in the coming weeks too and then we can nail down the designs and get the stuff printed and out there.

What else? Our mate Reuben up in Darwin has been making his presents felt out there in the big bad world. The VWRX has been shot for an upcoming feature in Volksworld and is also doing very well in the points standing for the annual ZOO Weekly ‘Real Cars‘ Awards. His car is currently sitting in 1st place!!! Top effort Reub.

And lastly…. Evan’s ‘Paprika’ Bug is getting a good seeing to down at the HQ… Johnno is doing wonders to a few machines down there I can tell you… The man is a wizard!… Evan has got some plans for the ‘Paprika’ Bug too…. I think the 36′er rebuild that I’ll be doing on that one will be a short term fix… Could it be that Evan wants some HP in there now?… Dunno….

Stay tuned!

So whats been happening?… Well quite a lot really… I’ve been flat out with school stuff, making more changes to my own projects, having beers and bangers at Bernie’s, getting the lowdown on some of the projects in peoples sheds, meeting new WA dubbers and planning future events…. And most importantly… Working on other peoples projects!…

But why do I hear you ask?… Well I like to see things moving along and I really like to see dubbers enjoying their cars…. Some of us out there can do our own stuff, and some, for what ever reason can’t… I never seem to get my own projects finished as quickly as I would like, but it doesn’t really bother me… What I really get a kick out of is seeing my mates cars get done, and get done in a timely manner… Take Brian’s Bus for instance…

Brian started on a freshen up of the engine for this old girl some time back, but things got a little delayed along the way and the next thing you know, its 2 weeks till he leaves for his big trip! So in these past couple of weeks a few of us have worked on Brian’s bus to get it sorted for the trip… I won’t go in to details (you can read all about it in the thread), but I would like to extend a huge cheers to Dave, Patrick and Paul for their massive help in getting the bus ready for the trip… Make sure you check the thread for the on going trip report.

Next up… Big Bad Bernie’s BBQ… Man this was a good night… Bernie and the boys at the shed put on a great evening, with copious amounts of beer and bangers along with some very cool cars in the car park…. It was great to catch up with the usual suspects, but the highlight of the evening for me was catching up with Gary…

What a top fella is Gary…

Lastly…. The other week I got a call from Hoodwink… He asked me if I was busy and could I lend a hand to drag his latest acquisition home…

I knew the Hoodmeister was bidding on this car and had been sworn to secrecy about it, but lets just say, that Ev has found yet another pearl…. Want to know more?… Check out the thread on the super fast build-up of this project….

That’s it for now…. See ya out there.

Well gang…. Its been a busy couple of weeks for us here at NoH2O… The site is moving along nicely, events are getting closer to confirmation, and more and more cool cars are coming to light! There is a couple of new splitties here in Perth that will blow your mind, as well as a couple of hot stroker old school Cal style bugs being built too. These cars are reported to be ready for action in time for the up coming street drag season. There is a vintage FV racecar being restored (sorta!). My brothers BD is getting ever closer to rego, Brian’s trip to Valla (and back) is shaping up to be huge!!!

Speaking of Brian…. As some of you may know, Brian is one of Australia’s top automotive journalists/photographers and he is responsible for many of the magazine features found in most of the top auto mags here in Australia… I suggest you guys get to the ‘events’ section and check out some of his recent “event” work… I would also suggest you login to his personal site to see some of the best photographic work you are ever likely to see….

One last thing… While you guys are looking around…. Keep an eye out Bad Bernie’s tough little oval…. It has to be one the coolest (if not the coolest) bugs in Perth…

See you all out there!

Well things are shaping up pretty good already…. We have cracked 20 new members and only in the first 17 hours we have been online!…. And most of that we were asleep!…. But seriously, all jokes aside, I’d really like to thank you all for swinging by the site and saying hi, it is really gratifying to read all the positive comments from you all, but now the work really starts for me.

At the moment, I’m doing all the moderating of the forum, but I can see that that will become a huge task in the coming months as the forum grows. So if any of you guys out there would like to lend a hand in that regard, I’d truly appreciate it… Next up…. I’d like extend an offer to you all to use this space to voice your opinion (within reason), state your wishes, help out where you can, look after our little niche and support all the good work that is going on, things will grow and prosper… Of this I am certain.

Also… I’d like to report on the drive out to Alfred’s last Wednesday night…. It was rocking to catch up with those that made it out to deepest darkest Guildford, to have a burger and some of their fine Pea’n'Ham soup, both of which Alfred’s is world famous for…. I can highly recommend the place… I’ve been going there for years of’n'on, and its a great chilled out thing to do on a cold Autumn night…. Bring on the next one I say…. Check out the link to it in the “Events” section.

Next up… Id like to put the call out to you lot for content…. For years WA dubbers have been banging on about getting a world class scene going on here, but to date it hasn’t really taken off… Granted, we have had our moments… There are some world class cars here, there is no doubt… We even have some very well established events that happen here, but really we can do better… Events like the DoVW, TYPE 2s in TOODYAY and the myriad of other happenings are there to be enjoyed. NoH2O has in the past run our own events, some on a pretty large scale, this is something I would like to make happen again. Of course we will still do the runs in conjunction with other groups, but I would like to get the “Scab’n'Grab” going again on a semi regular basis as well as possibly look at getting the “Free’n'Easy” back up once more. Upcoming NoH2O events to look out for are “Choppa’s Drag Day” at the Motorplex and the picnic/bbq (TBA) that will follow it later that same week. And one last thing… There has been some talk of getting the Como pub gathering happening again soon too…. Stay tuned for that.