Monday 31 August 2009

Brasilia and Jamboree....

Been a very busy couple of weeks at Autostyl...

first off with our local show approaching - The Cornwall VW Jamboree, the Brasilia got a makeover... and looks all the better for it!



First, some hours flatting and masking up to lay in some panelpaint.



silver sealed...



gold base and gold metalflake laid down, then off with the masking...



House of Kolor Tangerine Kandy applied over the lot - and cleared...



after a couple of days - the clear was flatted back to lose the edges of the artwork, then masked up for more detail...



On with some black base - and then the GREEEEN Flake...

Then off again with the masking - uber carefully... and on with a nice flowing few coats of clear....





With the car back together and the marquee packed up - it was off to the Jamboree...

a great weekend, great people and some more silverware for the Brasilia, this time in the Aircooled Sedan Modified class - up against some super clean bugs.

Mike and Glenda's westy also took first in the Bay class, hopefully first of many...

Over the weekend George striped up an award we'd flaked and kandied the week before - and the Autostyl Car of the Weekend award was born....

The first lucky recipient(s) were Mark and Paul with their Airbus- nice car guys... had the type of stance we like..... on the floooorr! Pictured here - Ant and Mark outside the official prize giving...

Tuesday 25 August 2009

Country buggy madness...

Been ragging the country buggy round the yard this morning terrorising some ants....

Monday 24 August 2009

52 Barndoor samba...

The motor has come out of the Country buggy and now resides in Chews '52 Barndoor Samba, Chewies been busy getting the brakes all sorted...i think he's gonna need them...

As anyone who's seen the country buggy under steam will tell you, the 912 motor sounds nuts with its straight thro exhaust. Its certainly has plenty of grunt to push this old shed about too...

The brasilia has had a bit of detail work this weekend too....sneak pics to follow.

Be sure to come check it out at the Cornwall VW Jamboree this coming weekend, pop by to the Autostyl, and Evil Ben's 'lounge' where you can also stock up on all you aircooled parts from Justin at Retrodubs.






Sunday 16 August 2009

Collection day!

After a full Autostyl remanufacture, where we remove every nut and bolt, paint inside and out, then rebuild as new, Mike and Glenda collected their '73 Westy this weekend.





Always mixed emotions when a long term project leaves the shop - after so much time and effort invested in the vehicle, its always hard to see someone else drive it away, but equally great to move onto the next project - this time a super sweet early notch... pics to follow this week...

Also the Brasilia is getting a re-vamp for the Cornwall VW Jamboree! Come check it out.... mad plans....

Sunday 2 August 2009

Westy waxin...



weighing it down with some cavity wax....nearly there now....