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Ep 183 Tom Kinney
Tom Kinney is a staple in the Crescent city VW scene. Originally from Hawaii He's been building VWs since he was 14. His first runner was a fast super beetle running in the 12's. Tom is the epitome o…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
Ep 183 Mike Lawless Drag Racer DRKC Champ
Mike Lawlwess got hsi first VW in 1969. Building VW's since then had been his passion. Marriage and kids came along and he put his racing on hold. After his kids got a little older he decided to get …
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
Ep 182 Fast 4 Cartel
The fast for cartel was started by Jeff Kramarsic and Jeff Newcomb. These two guys have put in a lot of time effort and energy to create a racing organization for racers by racers. With big classes e…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
Ep 181 Keith Kid Dean South End Customs
Keith "Kid" Dean is a name you have heard on this podcast before. His red chopped squareback was on the cover of March 1984 Hot VWs magazine. This was a hot rod inspired Squareback. T-bird seats a f…
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
Ep 180 Fred Simpson Perfromance Technology
Performance Technology is a name in the air cooled VW that is synonimous with some of the fastest cars on the track. The man responsible for this is Fred Simpson. Fred started out working for VWOA as…
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
Ep 179 Original Rag-berry David Garcia
BACK IN THE EARLY 1980S THERE WAS A GUY IN EAST LOS ANGELES BY THE NAME OF DANNY A. He did pinstriping, back window logos and graphics on the side of cars. In the mid 80s there became a group of car…
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
Ep 178 Jack Sacchette
From his early beginings in metal shop class. Jack started manufacturing parts in the 80's. Opening Jay Cee enterprises and making a name for himself in the VW world. Jack has had a passion for the V…
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
Ep 177 Buggs Buddies original member William Noguera
Buggs Buddies was the original East LAVW club .A car club founded in east LA by the Chacon brothers. William Noguera was the Sgt. At arms. We briefly spoke about him on the podcast with VW Kidd. Wili…
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago
Ep 176 Lizard Richard Mercado
If youve been on instagram you have seen Lizard aka Richard Mercado. Hes full of energy and he always has a lot going on. Hear his story on how he got started and how its going. He does everythig fro…
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago
Ep 175 Rob Mulner EMPI VP Marketing
Rob Mullner is the new VP of Marketing for EMPi we sit down talk about his intoduction to the VW scene. How it copares to the other european car market, His thoughts on the VW scene as a whole. What …
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago