Lenny Copp, owner of world renowned restoration facility, West Coast Classic Restoration, stopped by the shop a while back driving what at first appeared to be a standard run-of-the-mill Thing. As he drove up I couldn’t help but notice the lack of engine/exhaust noise. Good reason. One of Lenny’s clients had yanked the VW engine [...]

Just had to share this one. There’s slammed and then there’s SLAMMMED, but of all the dropped, chopped, channeled and otherwise tweaked VWs we’ve come across this asphalt polisher left me scratching my head. One of our builders thinks he saw it driving around in Vegas a couple years back but it was still in [...]

Recently came across this on the Web and had to share. I would also like to give credit to the person who took the time to provide the information on this unique vehicle. Unfortunately there was only a link to someone by the name of “Martha” on facebook. So, thank you Martha and who whoever [...]

While sorting through the archieves here at the office I came across 3 images I just had to share. The first catches our boss man, Sam Shackelford, headed for the stars at Phoenix Raceway in one of the early Rancho shop cars. Must be around 1989. Built by Sam and his partner Lyle, the car [...]