An another present was delivered

Today I recieved yet another present from the US... the original California Look book by Keith Seume from 1995 :) So this christmas I'm going to be realy bussy reading... oh joy!!! I big thank you to Ralph for this christmas present :D

Amazon delivered a present

It's a present from me to me :D Also got the old book comming over from the states, but hey... I can't read more than one at a time! Maybe I should save the reading for christmas? And instead make some progress on the cars...

Munkholm juleøl

Av de tre alkoholfrie jeg har testet så er dette den som kommer nærmest ordentlig juleøl. Den er merkbart fyldigere enn vanlig Munkholm, og kan godt brukes til en fet og god julemiddag. Men for min egen del så vil jeg nok heller satse på Munkholm sin Münchener til dette, den er både mørk og fyldig med en god smak.

Santa Clausthaler

Her begynner vi å nærme oss noe, for Clausthaler er jo et ganske godt alkoholfritt øl. Men igjen så er det ikke noe spesiellt med denne juleutgaven fremfor den vanlige... litt mer innsats hadde gjort seg. Med andre ord ikke noe erstatning for de "ekte" juleølene.

Aas juleuten

Det finnes heldigvis også alkoholfri øl som er god, men i mine øyne er ikke Aas uten en av dem. Juleversjonen er mistenkelig lik den vanlige, så her må det kun være etiketten som er endret. Ingen vits i denne, det finns bedre...

Have been playing with type3selecta

Since it seems I can't make up my mind about what color to respray the Squarback with, I just had to play with Type3Selecta over at the T3D website. If you havn't tried it yet, then check it out at:
http://www.type3detectives.com

Borg juleøl

Borg juleøl:
Hadde vel ikke helt forventet det, men denne har både en mørk og fin farge, og en ganske passe smak... fyldig og søt, men ikke for mye av det gode. Denne må på bordet til jul (vel og merke i lag med Hansa sin)... såfremt det ikke kommer noe enda bedre ;)
Som alle de andre så er dette fortsatt standard butikkvare.

Ringnes juleøl

Ringnes juleøl:
Dette ble for tamt rett og slett... bitter er den også... nok sagt :(

Aas juleøl

Aas juleøl:

Denne lider litt av å komme etter at jeg hadde smakt Hansa sin vellagrede... eller så er det faktisk ikke noe smak på den. Mørk og fin i fargen, forsåvidt fylldig... men tam smak :(

A bit OT: Hansa Julebrygg

This next posts is going to be rather off topic, and in no way conected to vw's (except from vw related partys that is). It's also in norwegian, since the topic is only available here :) I'm talking about this years batch of christmas beer!

Først ut er Hansa Julebrygg, ekstra vellagret:
Dette er kraftige saker, faktisk litt i meste laget. Den er mørk og fin, men sødmen er litt i meste laget for meg. Dette er nok sannsynligvis det kraftifste juleølet du får uten å måtte ta en tur på polet, imponerende. Jeg klarer ikke helt å bestemme meg her, så jeg tror den må få en plass ved julebordet... til ribbe og noko attåt.

Cal-look... it rules

Yesterday my new carb arrived

I got my new 34 pic-3 reproduction carb yesterday, and it's nice to have something new and shiny in Spot (the rest of the engine is parts I had lying around). Since it got two vacum ports I'll give it a shot with Spots original distributor, which also have two vacum ports :) I don't have time this weekend, so it'll have too wait for another week.

Progress... slowly...

There's actually some progress on the Squarback, or more presicly on the bumpers :) Started with some polishing today, but there's plenty more. Next year... it may be back on the road (and at least the bumpers will be shining).

Budget painting!

I recently bought "How to paint your car on a budget" from Amazon, and recommended it to Vemund... and look, he bought it to :) It's the best book about car painting I've seen so far. And it's actually written so you can do it on a budget... other "home painting" books goes on about a lot of expensive stuff you really don't need.

On Sunday I ordered a new 34 pict 3 carburettor for Spot... I was actually just checking prices, and suddenly I had placed an order ;) Hopefully this will sort out the troubles I've been having. Hope it'll arrive my mail tomorrow!

I've been bizzy the last days as you can see :) I've started to clean and polish the lights on the Squerback. It's clear that all the rubber has to go, 40 years has taken its toll it seems. Also started dismantling of the bumpers, and they're also in need of a good cleaning and polish.

Where did this year go...

Oh my... it's almost gone a whole year since my last update. And I can't say I've got much done one the Squareback. I rebuilt Spots engine tough... will post pics soon... promise!