Rolling With Friends
One of the greatest pleasures of this car hobby is driving with your mates. We haven't done much of it for a while, last time for a long time was to wheels day on Good Friday. But a couple of weeks ago we had the fortune to meet up with a couple of pals on the way up to the Stanford Hall VW show. What cars to drive with too - Ad's super-rare Rometsch Lawrence (a coachbuilt body on a VW type 1 pan and running gear for those who aren't familiar) - ably assisted by Ant, and James' '58 UK Standard bug. Both amazing cars that look even better rolling along the road. So on a chill but thankfully dry Sunday morning in May we had a blast, with the Lady Van Wildhorne giving our '65 vintage speed bug the beans.
Gasser TIme!
Okay, not quite – gasser wheel time. I make no excuses, I am a sucker for a gasser. This one was at Wheels Day 2013 a few weeks ago.
Porsche 912 Road Test (1965)
Occasionally we stumble across old car magazines at boot sales or antique shops. It's quite good fun to buy a stack of them (they normally come pretty cheap compared to those at car shows and swap meets) and then sit at home with a coffee or two, flick through them and look for anything that catches the eye. So it was a great moment (nearly spilled the said coffee) when I stumbled across this September 24 1965 edition of Autocar, and realised that it had a six page road test of the Porsche 912 in it. Having read it, it seems pretty true to our experience of owning one today (albeit our performance is better with the warmed-up motor). Anyway, for those who are interested in such things – especially the 912 boys – here it is... (click on the images to enlarge for reading)
Best of Show. The Ruby.
There are cars, and there are show cars. And then there are those few that take it to the next level. This is one of the latter, Wayne McCarthy's Ruby Red 1963 beetle, built by Ben Lewis of Evil Ben's and painted by Gavin Jones of Trailer Queen Restos.
Now, we consider all three to be friends of SuperNinety, so you might think we're being biased when we say that this is probably the best, most perfectly detailed show car we've ever seen. But then again, this car has just been awarded Best of Show at the Volksworld Show, probably the most prestigious award a VW can get in Europe. And prior to that, it took the Meguiars best of show award at the NEC Classic Car Show last November, where it beat the highest level of competition from all marques, including six and seven-figure cars.
Our photos here don't really do it justice, it has to be seen in the flesh to be believed, but if you can get hold of copy, have a look at the feature in Volksworld magazine for some of the insane detail. Congratulations to Wayne, Ben and Gav – well done gents.
Now, we consider all three to be friends of SuperNinety, so you might think we're being biased when we say that this is probably the best, most perfectly detailed show car we've ever seen. But then again, this car has just been awarded Best of Show at the Volksworld Show, probably the most prestigious award a VW can get in Europe. And prior to that, it took the Meguiars best of show award at the NEC Classic Car Show last November, where it beat the highest level of competition from all marques, including six and seven-figure cars.
Our photos here don't really do it justice, it has to be seen in the flesh to be believed, but if you can get hold of copy, have a look at the feature in Volksworld magazine for some of the insane detail. Congratulations to Wayne, Ben and Gav – well done gents.
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| The Meguiar's Trophy |
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| Proud owner with the Volksworld Best of Show trophy |
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| Wayne and Ben |
Snow and Blood Orange
Okay, it's not exactly a lot of snow. Certainly nowhere near a Bjorn Waldergard level, for example. Just a little English-style smattering. But still, there is something just right about snow and blood orange.
This is it being done properly, by the way (photographer unknown)...
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