Helpful Links to Help Keep your Aircooled VW on the Road.

Welcome to my HUB for AirCooled Volkswagen Links and Resources. I will list a wealth of links pertaining to the AirCooled Volkswagen community as well as give a brief overview of the resource and a personal review. I have been putting my little project 76 together for five years now, and a good list of vendors and information links would have been helpful. Comments and suggestions are highly appreciated and help others in their ACVW projects.

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Thank you!!!

LINKS:

Parts and Accessories:

http://www.thesamba.com - The Holy Grail of ACVW! There is a TON of information, forums and classifieds here. You will most likely find what you need on this site. (World-Wide)

http://www.bfyobsoleteparts.com - A wealth of rare parts. Also sells used, original hard to find parts.

http://www.mamotorworks.com - Just about everything needed to keep your VW on the road.

http://www.aircooled.net - Another parts site. Not as user friendly, but I have found a few parts that I needed here.

http://www.streetbeatcustoms.com - Sells an aftermarket ragtop kit that looks pretty nice. Not really for the purists or the faint of heart since it requires cutting a huge hole in your roof. Other custom parts also available on this site.

http://www.wolfsburgwest.com - Nicely layed out site with good quality reproduction parts. decent prices as well as a good listing of parts.

http://www.evwparts.com - Good resource for aftermarket and custom parts. Turbo equipment available on this site.

http://www.vw-store.com - I liked this site mainly for the fact that they can sell you a rebuilt short-block for right around 300 bucks plus a core. That's a pretty good price considering they recondition the whole thing!!!

http://www.jcwhitney.com/VW-Parts/10110.jcw - One of the most common sites for aftermarket parts for your VW. Prices are average. Just be sure to ask a sales person about quality before you buy. You may just end up with Brazillian panels even though the listing says 'Heavy Duty'.

http://www.partsgeek.com/makes/volkswagen.html - Parts Geek has a decent selection of parts for ACVW and most prices are more than reasonable. I have not had any first hand experience with the quality of these parts, but major brands are offered such as Mahle, Hella and EMPI. Customer ratings seem to be above average.

Information and How-To's:

http://eric2112.blogspot.com - My personal Beetle restoration page. Hopefully some of the information here will be able to help someone.

http://www.bugmevideo.com - If you are working on your own Beetle, you definitely need these videos. Covers just about a complete teardown and assembly of a Beetle. Step by step and EXTREMELY easy to follow. (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)

http://www.superbeetles.com/Tech_talk/jan.htm - Awesome tech articles right out of the BugMe video series. A MUST for any ACVW owner!!!

http://www.ramva.org/dragenwagen/heaterchannel.html - Very decent How-To on heater channel replacement. Illustrations are excellent and detailed. Every ACVW owner should check this out for informational purposes.

http://www.aircooledtech.com/engine_build - A very nice How-To on AirCooled VW Engine rebuilding. Well worthwhile reading if you are planning on a rebuild. I review this page occasionally just as a brush up.

http://www.vw-resource.com - A very good site that I have reffered to a few times. Has a very good section on cooling. Heat is the number 1 killer of ACVW engines, so check this site out if you are running HOT! Also has a good article for adjusting your Solex 34 PICT-3 Carb.

http://www.thumpthump.co.uk - catalogues the history of the old VW Thump! Thump! workshops and also features of some of the most ground breaking Classic VWs made in the UK, pictures, videos and much more...

Clubs: (please suggest a club if you know of one) more added periodically.

WORLDWIDE:

http://www.vvwca.com - Worldwide club. Any location welcome to join. Yearly dues is $24.

ALASKA

http://www.arcticaircooledvws.com - Located in Anchorage, Alaska. Yearly dues is $24.

NEW JERSEY:

http://www.cjvws.com - Located in Flagtown, New Jersey. Yearly dues is $25 each January.

http://www.sjvwc.net - South Jersey VW Club, A very active club in Franklinville, NJ Open to any model, Air cooled and Water Cooled. (Submitted by Jack Kessel)

PENNSYLVANIA:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FreshAirVWCarClub - Newer club located in Western Pennsylvania. Free to join and as always a great resource for connecting with the local VW community.

http://www.3riversvwclub.org - Located in Pittsburgh, PA. Yearly dues is $15.

Do you have a suggestion for a link? Let me know and I will be sure to let me know. I will add new links as I find them.

Thanks again!!!