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[This article will be updated annually wrt services and other notes – 2022, 2023, 2024.] In December 2021 I took delivery of my brand new Mahindra KUV 100 NXT K2+ #Dare. Yes, that’s its full name – and yes I know, it’s quite a mouthful, godsdammit, but everything else about this car more than makes…
I finally got round to making the bracket I wanted to support the front end of Dolly’s gearbox. For those who are wondering, the purpose of the two-part bracket (which closes snugly around the circumference of the long end of the transmission case) is to secure it in place to prevent any movement, to augment…
In this episode I’ll tell you how I improved the road holding or handling of my Beetles with a few minor modifications to the car’s front and rear suspension, virtually for free!
Today, in this 70th episode of Easy DIY, I’ll be showing you how I made a center console for my VW Beetle – and how you can too! There are numerous reasons why someone might want to do this – but for me it was to avoid making holes in the pristine original dashboard of…
Coming back to the topic of old cars, I thought I’d share these useful tricks with you! Recently I performed these simple, cheap modifications to my 1962 Beetle to make using her as a daily driver more comfortable and convenient! Let me show you what I did!
Dolly, my 1962 VW Beetle – who we joke has a bedroom, not an actual garage haha – is again the subject of this weeks’ episode. This time we look at the issue of performance.
Old cars are like a comfortable pair of jeans – one day with a shock you realize it’s already threadbare and starting to wear through in places!
Having an old car brings many things to one’s life – there’s joy in driving it, and there’s joy in beholding it – and there’s joy in the reactions other people have when they see it. Similarly, there’s also the flip-side of that coin! Every time you hear a funny little noise, your sphincter tightens,…
No, I’m being totally serious. Some people – even some of the macho men I’ve known – haven’t a clue how to change a car tire. Most of the guys who don’t know how, tend to keep quiet and not ask because they think they’d feel silly or be made fun of by their mates,…
Let me tell you, as someone who’s had quite a lot of older cars in my lifetime, that I’ve seen some really crappy attempts at making backboards for a car! Unlike most people who criticize, I can actually do better – and here’s how you can too!