The last part of our Italian baja beetle roadtrip is starting off very well; My dad’s starter motor stopped working.Just hit it with a hammer and off she goes again 🙂 We’re getting closer and closer to our end destination (well, in the alps that is).. Monaco! We are now almost at the end of …
Today we’re crossing the border with France again, for the next part of our baja beetle roadtrip! We’re back in France, ready to climb Col du Parpaillon! Another old military route climbing all the way to 2780 metres (9100 feet) Hey! We’ve seen them before haven’t we? We met them just before we were about …
Part 2 of the European baja bug roadtrip! After doing the first couple of mountain passes, including all the rain, snow and cold we were close to getting into Italy! Looking at every photo, it looks like it is raining 24/7. But luckily this isnt the case, just a little rain every now and then. …
This is what i’ve been looking forward to so much! Getting in the car and explore Europe!Let’s get this European Baja roadtrip started! The plan is to drive to Monaco, through the French and Italian Alps, as much offroad as possible. End destination: Monaco, and if there is time left on this trip we will …
Obviously after the distance driven in Australia, and i have to admit.. A bit lack of maintenance.. A lot of parts could do with some refurbishing or replacing. Time to get her ready for Dutch registration! Just because i can; Replacing all the brake lines, brake cilinders, master cilinder, brake shoes, wheel bearings, some electronics …
So, after a chaotic time in Australia the time was there. Time to leave Australia..I wasn’t ready to leave, that is for sure but circumstances regarding Covid-19 made me.So lets get the baja and it’s rooftoptent shipped to Europe. I had 2 weeks to drive down to Brisbane, QLD to get the baja to the …
How did we get to the point of building a 2276 volkswagen engine? So because the guys of VW Crisis line build high-spec performance engines for aircooled Volkswagens it would be stupid not to use their knowledge to help me build a proper engine for the baja! Even though my worn out 1600 engine never …
