Imagery...

[schwim]

Thassa lotta engine.

[Super_Randy]

Thassa lotta engine.

pretty sure that's this car

[Maddel]

[schwim]

Frohe Weihnachten, Jungs! I hope your day is great!



My wife painted me a picture

[Maddel]

That painting is awesome!!
Zippy on the beach... Foresight...

[Maddel]

[schwim]

I wonder what that's intended to record. Just distance but why would you need the cable running into the passenger area?

A california plate with a 56 reg date and what looks like Woolport(Woolpery?) Imports, Garden Grove but I can't find anything about the photo and it's context.

[Maddel]

I can't find anything about the photo and it's context

Here you go, calendar sheet accompanying text...

Fünftes Rad am Wagen: Dieser Ovali-Käfer aus dem Jahr 1956/57
ist in doppelter Hinsicht ein echter Hingucker. Der US-Export-Käfer
verfügt zum einen über nachträglich eingelassene schmale
Lüftungskiemen in der Motorhaube, die es in dieser Form nicht
über Volkswagen zu beziehen gab, und zum anderen zieht auch
die an der Stoßstange montierte Einrad-Apparatur die Blicke
des Betrachters auf sich. In dieser Szenerie im Jahre 1960 dreht
der Oval-Käfer auf dem Riverside International Raceway, einer
bekannten Rennstrecke in Kalifornien, seine Runden. Wie er bei
diesem Beschleunigungs- und Bremsentest, dafür diente das
fünfte Rad am Wagen, am Ende abgeschnitten hat, ist leider nicht
übermittelt. Es ist aber davon auszugehen, dass der Käfer auch
diesen Test mit Bravour bestanden hat.
Foto: Bob D'Olivio/The Enthusiast Network/Getty Images

Because of the louvers it's quite possible that this bug has an performance
or Porsche engine IMHO. Hard to tell from the pic but it seems to be lowered too.

[Maddel]

Spotted on TheSamba. The caption reads:

Understated, hot rod Beetle built in the mid 1980's by Miles Collier, Jr. of Naples, FL. Aluminum fenders, engine lid, hood, door skins, running boards fabricated by Troutman & Barnes of Culver City, CA. Porsche 356A Carrera "stacked dish" drum brakes, Porsche 901 5-speed transmission (dogleg 1st gear), 911 semi-trailing arm rear suspension, Speedster seats.

Engine originally was a 180hp 2.0 liter flat-fan Carrera 4-cam engine from a Porsche Elva racer. Now it's a flat-fan conversion Porsche 914 2.6 liter built by Jake Raby (RAT). Floorpan perimeter metal stiffeners. Small access panel behind LR window was for a dry sump oil reservoir fill.

I saw this very car in 1988 on display at the Miles Collier Museum in Naples. Now the museum is called the Revs Institute.

[Super_Randy]

wow, neat