5 Embarrassing Lessons About Vanagons is a must-read for those considering purchasing one.
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I discovered that poorly lubed urethane bushings or rotten rubber bushings cause lots of problems. The relentless squeak and creak of the suspension as it groans to maintain some sense of roadworthiness like a modern car is how I came to that conclusion.
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If you’re ready to put down some cash on a project vehicle read this first. Restorations are a money pit unless you have a plan.
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It may be simple to install a starter battery, but in the VW Vanagon it takes a little bit of work. This video shows you how to select one and install it properly.
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These are indeed the last thing you would think an automotive collector would want to buy. But they are literally flying out the door at insane prices.
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Don’t know whether to buy an Automatic or Manual Vanagon? Here’s what I learned from years of asking questions.
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How lucky was I to interview Ed "Big Daddy" Roth. It was incredible to meet the man behind all the cool custom cars from my youth. Roth was the real deal, a real gasser. He lived, breathed, and slept the car culture, and he changed the way people saw this form of expression.
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So you want to become a better car photographer? You’ve probably seen all the cool photographs in magazines like Car and Driver and you are pumped at the prospect. Here's how they do it.
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Unless you were buying car magazines back in the 1980s chances are you’ve never seen these images of Ed “Big Daddy” Roth and his Mega Cycle Transporter.
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My last visit to the local VW service center got me thinking about why car repairs always seem to happen at the worst time.
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The Vanagon is a great vehicle. But they are finicky and you have to schedule your trips carefully.
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How can a dog-eared car magazine be worth more than the paper it is written on? Believe it or not, some old car magazines have a good deal of value to collectors of nostalgia. That’s if you’ve kept them in very good condition.
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People want to know why Volkswagen stopped producing the lovable Vanagon. I dug deeper into the subject and found some answers for you.
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Overheard a couple of people talking the other day. They were discussing photography and light. Both were amateur photographers I think, but they had obviously been studying the afternoon skies.
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Social media has become a synonym for opinions, memes, and agendas. It’s a powerful medium. Here’s the but. It can be a portal for constructive collaboration between like-minded people.
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Road trips can be the most memorable times in our lives, punctuated by days of basking in the great outdoors with family and friends. So some careful planning goes a long way in ensuring that we enjoy the scenery no matter what we drive — from vans and motorhomes to tow rigs.
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A while back I wrote another story about Buying and Selling a personal used car. But things change so quickly online that instead of just updating the article, I scrapped it and rewrote the entire thing.
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The United States of America has had a lot of historic firsts, starting with landing a man on the Moon and inventing the personal computer.
But in motorsports, the true story of Lance Reventlow and his incredible Scarab is the best story of them all, when the Scarab GP-2 became America’s First Formula 1 race car.
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While researching the world of Formula race cars, I stumbled on short film on YouTube. It stars the 1959 Scarab and Lance Reventlow, he drove the first front-engined American-made race car to compete in Formula One.
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