| [ Total Views: 760 | Total Replies: 4 | Thread Id: 65804 ] |
|
|
 XXX-1.8T
Bishop of Volkswagenism
Posts: 3113
Threads: 454
Registered: October 9th, 2002
Member Is Offline
Location: Sydney
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue ( Default )
Mood: Oil Drippin
|
| posted on October 27th, 2007 at 11:59 PM |
|
|
My Trip To The Philippines - Plenty of dubs!
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!
|
|
|
frenzix
Son of Jim - Creator of Good
Posts: 2742
Threads: 195
Registered: December 8th, 2003
Member Is Offline
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue ( Default )
|
| posted on October 28th, 2007 at 09:50 AM |
|
|
sweet, i wonder if you can buy those air con units in a kit ..
|
|
|
ian.mezz
Wolfsburg Elder
I never said, I could write or spell
Posts: 3913
Threads: 280
Registered: September 11th, 2004
Member Is Offline
Location: Newcastle
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue ( Default )
Mood: Happy
|
| posted on October 28th, 2007 at 12:18 PM |
|
|
check this site out
http://www.iceac.com/vw_prod.html
yer nice pics to
cya ian
|
|
|
1303Steve
A.k.a.: Steve Carter
Scirocco Rare
Posts: 8636
Threads: 559
Registered: August 27th, 2002
Member Is Offline
Location: Sydney, NSW
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue ( Default )
Mood: Parrot Heading
|
| posted on October 28th, 2007 at 12:21 PM |
|
|
Hi
Some nice cars there. Most of the cars are LHD, I guess that they were left by US servicemen.
Steve
|
|
|
XXX-1.8T
Bishop of Volkswagenism
Posts: 3113
Threads: 454
Registered: October 9th, 2002
Member Is Offline
Location: Sydney
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue ( Default )
Mood: Oil Drippin
|
| posted on October 28th, 2007 at 09:41 PM |
|
|
| Quote: | Originally
posted by frenzix
sweet, i wonder if you can buy those air con units in a kit ..
|
Yeah u can i think they asre cheap like $600 US they fabricate a metal piece that sits under the dash with vents looks really cool and factory.
As for the cars they were built in the Philippines up to the 70's and then imported from Brasil as the Philippines is LHD.
|
|
|
