This week and last has been fun. We received Otmar Ehbenhoech’s 1990 Vanagon DoppelKabine and were pleasantly surprised at the straightness and condition of this very rare (in the U.S.) VW variant. We think it will make a great build and I kind of picture a yellow VW Thing and a yellow VW DOKA side […]
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“I spent a lot of it on fancy women, fast horses, bad cards, and old whiskey. The rest I just squandered. ” So goes the answer to the question “What did you do with your fortune?” Probably a little too close to home for comfort. I’m pleased to report I’m about broke, and couldn’t be
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We had a lot of fun this week. Basically we think a huge win for the EV community all around. In this episode, we introduce a new acquisition, a 1974 VW Thing. Well, yes, we already had a very bright yellow VW THING. And we’ve been doing a conversion to full electric drive on it
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Tough week. Somebody tell Selsea Chexton et al that this thing about electric vehicles being maintenance free is a fantasy of theirs, not reality. Jason Horak and I don’t see it that way. It was bad enough that the transmission in the Escalade imploded. I find it odd that it did so. It is indeed
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Busy week. I did not get a blog entry up for the show of the week of the 15th and now I already have the March 22 show up online. I had a bit of a conversation with an old friend of Boardwatch days, computer columnist John C. Dvorak. I had followed John from the
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