Happy Birthday, clever vineyard worker!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Today 22 April The Vinestard is 44 years old.

To celebrate this day I made it work a little: me and my father used it to carry some material from my garden to a field close to my house. It still does its job damn good!

Last Friday I took it to the Italian MOT to do last check on the right hand outside mirror and headlights domes. All was OK.
In a few days the VW tech specs sheet (in original) will arrive, and so I think I'll get my number plates at last.

I put some new ideas down with Photoshop, after seeing an MG fully covered with leather by an Italian company that is specialized in this.

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Grills installed and some ideas for the future...

Yesterday night I took a pair of pics after installing the headlight grills. My grandpa (he is 95!) created the missing piece from steel, he is an artist.

VW logo is somewhat subtle at night...

She's got the look!

Note the coloured hand-made carpet from Mali (Africa). I and Silvia bought it this summer from DJAMREK just to cover the seat.

She's got the look too...

Pic by Ed Fox (he's got a 'de-colored' doka and makes sexy models awesome portraits)


Some stuff found on The Samba

To IRS the rear I need something like this, from a Super Beetle

I used Photoshop to have an idea of what it would be like when lowered and 'Steinered'

This is really insipiring for me... You know I'm on the kustom side...

The color is great. A Candy Apple Red. But there's time for paint.

This is a model from Jada Toys

Another pic of Der Steiner Rad. I simply love it!

This pics helps to understand what I'm willing to have underneath...

Peter from belgium said can create one 100% new for me. Narrowed 10 cm, adjustable and ready for airbags.

Again photoshopped with Flat 4 Sprint Stars

Another idea is to fit a turbo motor next year. There are some ready to fit. But I have time since I want to begin with lowering and brakes first.

Nice little 'ratty' 1/24 doka from Jada Toys. Soon for sale

waiting for the documents...

After the birthday party at my place with some friends (I'm 33) on the 18th of November...

More pics here: OldClan

... we went to Germany on the following weekend (26-27 November) to pick up the doka and take it home. This is Udo's 'Werkstatt' in March (near Freiburg).

Udo showed us a Volvo to be chopped and other things...

We had a look also to the lastest issue of VW Speed (Jan 07) with a contest for the car of the year, and my Bug (The Goldfather) is in the list!

Udo not so clear in this pic...

Me and Udo putting the German plate because in Switzerland they can stop you long if you pass trough there and they don't see any license plate..

We had dinner in Emmendingen, in an almost-Christmas atmosphere.. wine... we still prefer Italian. Perhaps we did a bad choice. But we got 'happy' as well.. eheh

We slept in our nice usual Hotel in Emmendingen, the Markgraf Hotel. This was the view from our room in the morning of 27 November.

We left Germany for the 750km trip home

Little stop in a Swiss 'Autogrill'

On Italian highway at sunset... a look at the mirror...

At night, almost at home after hundreds kms, your sight becomes like this...

Adde sent gently two pieces of Der Steiner Rad for me just to have a look...

On Ebay I bought these two nice headlight grills from Germany.

I had to work on one of that to rebuild a clip. They feature slanted design and don't require any drilling or removing of glass.