Nose emblem from bus STOLEN!!!

Last night the nose VW emblem was stolen from my bus. I am pretty much upset about it!

The Bus!

Yesterday our company logo's and texts were applied to the bus . It looks stunning and very '70-s.

Various items from last week

Another update. What happened last week? Well, the car lift is finally finished. All painted, and connected to electicity and it WORKS! Wonderful! Although it will never move again, as it will be in the 'up' position from now on.

Furthermore I finished working on the blister towers, made of old oil drums. And I spend one day working on the gas pump, which looks much better now!
Yesterday I started installing the shelves.

Lift with underneath the shelves.

Start of the shelving. Space between is about 23 cm (9 inch appr.)

Hey, what's that...

Ah yes, the first model car is already on the shelves!

KONI promotional picture

KONI Stertyl did use an old car lift for promotional purposes, a couple of years ago. I received this picture from them! Thanks!

Car lift almost finished

I am so excited!!! The lift looks like a real lift again!

The effect is amazing!!!

Opening: 7th of June!!!

It is final, we have set ourselves a deadline. The official opening of the Toy Car Garage will be:

June 7th 2008
from 13:00 till 17:00 hrs

There will be a giveaway car for each visitor.
Free beverages.
And a 1:1 car show!

For the car show, we can use any interesting vehicle! So if you own a classic, or just something special, bring it to the opening the 7th of June! In front of our Garage is a large, private, parking lot which can be filled with over hundred cars easily!

We will make this a very, very special day!!!

Painting the Car Lift II

The smell of paint is almost gone from my nose... last week, with lots of days off to work in the Garage, we only did a lot, and I mean a LOT, of painting!

Hey, what's this!!! This is a garage, or what?!?!?

Loose parts are so much easier to paint! And foremost, to clean!

These are the last remaining 'dirty' parts that will be painted red

Used till now:
2,5 liters of red
1,75 liters of white

Now where is it actually??

Although the street name where the Garage is, is very famous in 's-Gravendeel, the street itself is quite difficult to follow and the beginning and end are several kilometers apart from each other.
Even people who have been living their whole life in 's-Gravendeel do not know exactly where the Garage is. I hope this photo trail will clear up the confusion! The area is called the 'Vlasstaete'.
This picture was taken standing alongside the Mijlweg. On the left is the 'Nieuwstraat' crossing, and in the background, left, you can see the Texaco / De Geus tankstation.
The Garage is located behind the gate.
Looking behind the gate, a huge (private) parking space is seen. At the end of the parking space, the building is visible in which the Garage is housed (behind the yellow/white truck).
And here it is!

Progress on the KONI car lift II

Friday I took some 'in progress' pictures of work done on the lift, but unfortunately these were lost. I made some new 'end result' pics today to keep everyone updated and provide a peek review on the way the dirty, old lift is transformed into a nice, old classic.

Volkswagen dealership sign

In my village there used to be quite a large Volkswagen dealership. They had this nice 'sign' outside, with a real 'bug' on it!
Too bad the dealership isn't no more, but the sign, complete with bug, is still there!
Today I drove my T2a underneath it and took this photo.

3 Inch show 2008

Again, this years 3 Inch show hosted in 's-Gravendeel, was a huge success! We had participants from as far as Austria, France, Belgium and of course the Netherlands.

Painting the Car Lift

Finally we started painting the lift yesterday. It took centuries before preparation was finished and as a final action I had to remove a thick layer of some kind of tectyl from the 'runners'. Stuff that does solve when in contact with any kind of paint... Not a good base for some nice & fresh red & white colors!

Here is my wife Paula in action applying the base coat of the Hammerite paint.

And I'm working on my 'beloved' runners...