Was reading a mag this morning on the loo and dreaming about mods and rego when it hit me. There are two sort of mods in most of heads...

1. Old school

2. New stuff

What occurred to me was; What we called "new" in 80s is now quite old. And what we called "old" is now ancient. So I thought I ask you all, what do you call "new mods", what do you call "old mods" and how do you categorize?

dreaming on the loo..
brings 'tell him he's dreaming' into a whole new light
ideas man

narrowed beams = new (even if the first was done in the 70's)

lowering by removing suspension leaves = old

homebrewed twin carb kits on single ports = old

i'd base the diffentiation on when it first became prevalent and also if it is still done regularly.

the more i think about the more virtually everything is an old mod as it all has been done so many times before.

Speaking as a young-un, from my point of view pretty much every type of VW modification is old-school, as long as it doesn't involve electronic fuel injection or Subaru conversions.

I would say that the "old-school" mods would probably have to be ones which have fallen out of favour now? My bug has 14" widened steel rims with hubcaps, which I think are pretty old-school, as with any 14" wide wheel. Fitting 16" or larger wheels would definitely be a "new" thing.

Early Beetles had 16" wheels.

I should say that analogue EFI doesn't count! You know what I meant. I was talking about digital sequential EFI.

Two more for the old-school basket would be Reece Fish and Holley Bug-spray carburettors. You don't see many of either anymore!

What is done by the young folk today was already done by the old folk of yesteryear.Something new is something that has never been done before by anyone.

Hey Yarrum, I used to live at Sevo too. You in Sydney?

I get what you're saying too. Resto Cal was new thing. Ian Swinkels Turbo beetle is chock ful of new stuff.

What I have noticed about current modified Beetles, is there doesn't seem to be much 'innovation'.

Most of the mods. are bits bought over the counter, whereas 50 or so years ago there was virtually nothing available......you had to make your own stuff.

Yeah pete wood,I still Live in Sevenhills in Sydney.
HappyDaze is about right as most thinks people have done before,trying to make it work them selfs,trial and error. Now the old techniques have been modinest thru technology and made easy to obtain thru Internet or off the self. People are still trying to reinvent the wheel,but it is still a wheel.

i think the area where the most new stuff is happening is getting cars REALLY low:

shortening the frame head is a new thing

i think flat rear pans are too (excluding the 40's factory stuff)

trans raises and torsion tube raises on street cars - fairly new.

type 1 beams in type 3's?

10 second street cars are a fairy new thing.