...The Essex Volkswagen Owners Club...

Unusual Suppliers

Camper Curtains - VW Camper Curtain basic sets are made up of 7 Curtains. If you have a Splitscreen or Samba and require 9 or more, please let me know. We do Panel Vans, sets with no front window curtanis, as well as Bays, Splitscreen, Type 25 & Type 4's
www.vwcampercurtains.co.uk/
Bergmann VW - Fake Porsche Fan Shroud Kits for Volkswagen aircooled engines
www.bergmannvw.net
Car Builder Solutions. Kit Car, Kit Car Parts.
www.nfauto.co.uk
Vehicle Wiring Products
www.vehicle-wiring-products.co.uk
Earls Performance Products UK
www.earls.co.uk
Eyeball Engineering- Nice front suspension for Bugs- For those with deep pockets
www.eyeball-engineering.net/
Automotive Instruments and Cables - Cables made to order - 2 custom made handbrake cables £80
www.speedycables.com
Poly Performance Limit Strap :: Limit Straps ::...
Poly Performance
Raceparts UK Ltd - Motorsport Parts, Spares and...
www.raceparts-direct.com
SCAT VW performance Parts
www.scatenterprises.com
Spirit of the 50's Carpet & Trim specialists - Good headlinings apparently
www.spiritofthe50s.co.uk
vdubshop - makes VW gifts, VW stickers and practical items for the Volkswagen / VDUB enthusiast
www.vdubshop.co.uk
Interesting

Hot VWs Feb '75 - The California Look
http://tinyurl.com/fl9pc
Clubs & Organisations

Back to 89
www.b289.co.uk
Splitterz - Chelmsford based VW club
www.splitterz.co.uk
Useful Technical Resources

The Bug Shop - All sorts of good articles, including "What's a bowden tube" :-)
www.thebugshop.org
Weber Carbs, which one is right for me?
www.redlineweber.com
Rear Suspension Lowering Splines to Inches - Beetle Type 1
www.bugbabe.co.uk
Gear Ratio Calculator - Beetle
www.actionimport.com
6 Volt to 12 Volt Conversions
www.nls.net
Tyre size calculator / rolling circumference
www.miata.net
Parts Diagrams, exploded drawings of many VW parts
www.1800vw.bizhosting.com
Original Beetle Wiring Diagrams - On the Samba
www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/wiringt1.php
Drag Racing Suspension setup
www.aircooled.net/gnrlsite/resource/articles/dragsetup.htm
Standard gear ratios Beetle
www.johnmaherracing.co.uk/gearcalc.htm
Gearbox codes - Beetle
www.partsemporium.co.uk/Gearbox%20codes.htm
Swing Axle rebuild
www.ckoon.org/vw/tranny/tranny.html
How to Break In a New or Rebuilt Engine - Aircooled .net
www.aircooled.net/gnrlsite/resource/articles/engnbrkn.htm