The wife had to go to the Philippines for work so i decided to tag along. As i had some time to my self I managed to get in touch with VW Club Philippines and funny enough were filming a TV show nearby and invited me along. Really nice guys and showed me around various VW Workshops its amazing that the scene is soo big as they have many Jap cars there.

Not many watercooled VW's as they stopped coming in at 1999 so its very rare to see a late model Golf ( I did see a Seat Cordoba badged as a Polo ).

Due to the heat one interesting accessory fitted to most Air Cooled VW's is Air Conditioning. They have these kits which look very factory fitted to the engine and run radiator at the front of the car.

Here are some pics:



1963 Ragtop Herbie Replica (really rare)











Air Conditioning Unit







Type 3 Notch







Type 3 Owner being interviewed









Euro spec 1967 Beetle (we never got in Australia)









74 beetle







At the VW Workshop

Air conditioning being installed:



Newly Resto'd Beetle



Drag bug under construction



Beetle floor pan being prepped for Porsche 911 replica



Porsche 911 fibre glass replica



First Toyota Hilux model just restored:







Philippine Big Brother House





Jeepney are part of the Philippine transport system which are privately run. These were Jeep's left over from the US Army and have been converted into buses and are all over the place.



Family transportation:



Had a blast and wish I could have stayed longer the giant crabs were delicious!

sweet, i wonder if you can buy those air con units in a kit ..

http://www.iceac.com/vw_prod.html 

yer nice pics to
cya ian

Hi

Some nice cars there. Most of the cars are LHD, I guess that they were left by US servicemen.

Steve