It has been a busy one…. The projects section has been a hive of activity…

Paul’s big block drag donk is nearing completion… The POS has finally got the panels sitting next to it ready to replace the rusty heater channel… Dave has a new project… Andrew has finally picked up the Mouse… Chris whipped the WRX/GTR/EVO/Porsche’s collective arses at the Classic Challenge and Hermann is getting an itch for the roundie, roundies…. So all good.

The more entertaining/kookie threads on the forum are becoming hugely popular…. The “Do’s and Don’t’s” thread especially so…. But I seem to be noticing a proliferation of “Don’t’s” and very few “Do’s” among the posts… Speaking of “Don’t’s”…. VWJon has been very active of late…. His “Lakes Bomber” project is surely to be yet another “seeing is not necessarily believing” project from the master of mistfit’s…

The “OMFG!” thread is mighty busy…. I started it some time back, posting VW related images that blew my mind…. The content is entirely made up of images I have spotted on the dublya, dublya, dublya…. I spend a lot of time looking around, and I can tell you, the world is so into these Dubs!…. I’m really diggin’ what the Spanish are doing right now, and the Belgians are rockin’ it also… Be sure to get into these threads, add your own fav’s to the list, it will blow your mind!

I dunno what it is, but it seems like the less time I spend at work, the less time I have to get stuff done at home!?… I mean…. Since the beginning of the year, I have been working part-time, in the vane hope that this would allow me more time at home and more time in the shed…. As you can prolly guess from this post, things haven’t panned out as hoped…. My ‘to do’ list is still way too long and my achievements to date seem dismally few… But all is not lost!…. I have at least managed to purchase yet another Dub….. See if you can guess?

What else?… There’s some snazzy dubs in the early build stages, and a few have changed hands recently…. And I’ve begun the move into my new workshop… But that’s another story…. Might even do a ‘build thread’ on that one!…. Riveting stuff!!!

Fairbridge Festival has come and gone…. Didn’t make it this year unfortunately, but from all reports is was awesome!

Check out the thread for the full details and more pics from the event…

And finally…. The Munster Garage had their first official ‘all dubbers welcome’ open house…. Bernie and the rest of the crew down there put on an awesome night, with live music, loads of grub and plenty of very cool vdub ambiance thrown down….

Make sure you check out the thread for more great pics from the night…. totally looking foward to the next one I can tell you….

That’s it…. I could go on…. But I wont…. I’ll save it for next month…. Until then….

So here we go again…. I’ve just about missed the monthly deadline, and I really don’t have any excuses….. Other than, it seems I now have less time to get shit done, now that I’m only working two days a week!!!!????

Go figure? Who’d a thunk that the life of an art teacher would be so full on?

But enough of my ‘complaining’…. You lot want to know whats the latest around these parts….  Now that we have Google off our back and the site is once more a safe place to be, things have gotten very busy…. We have more peeps seeking ‘membership’ (I don’t like the word at all, but….) and many have been coming in from the ‘other’ coast as well internationally…. It seems the word is getting out!

Speaking of which…. Our boy Josh over at the ‘Burg has been spending a little time here, showing off his kit…. Check out his current proj.

So here we go…. I’ll see if I can get it right this time!…. The news of the month is as follows…. Massive storm hits Perth and manages to cause over 200 million dollars worth of damage…. (don’t quote me on that!!)… Thousands of cars in car yards across the northern suburbs have been written off and thousands of home owners have got a big cleanup ahead of them…. Thankfully, no lives have been lost as a result…. The ‘collective’ did not get off lightly…. Our thoughts and wishes are with all those that suffered as a result of this storm…

And this leads me to the final spruke of the month… Getting creative… A few of the peeps on here have been having some fun, but few are as prolific as ‘our kid’ BJ.. Check his latest efforts out….

Catchyall out there…

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!