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Leaving the south of California for what it was I drove up to San Luis Obispo, had two more boring meetings, but yesterday morning I continued my way to Los Osos, to see Go Westy..

The road up from San Luis Obispo is beautiful up to the coast… this is the California I love….

Welcome to Go Westy!

Vanagons and Eurovans in all kinds and colors….

Really the real source for all of your Vanagon needs, their inventory is second to none! They’re good BBT customers too!

Spending a little more time like it should (thanks for hospitality Shawn , it was really wonderful!) I was kind a late to drive  further North of Carmel to see my friend Mike (owner of the beautiful museum I featured yesterday… I called and asked if we could change to a late lunch? The sky was steel blue and I wanted to drive Highway nr 1, extreme beautiful along the pacific when there’s no fog…. Mike and his wife Barbara understood completely and agreed for late lunch….. Yes!…… The drive was on, 3 hours of nothing then beautiful nature! here we go!

The Pacific ocean, the other side of the European world…..

such nice road to drive!

Long straights to start with but before You know You’re in dazzling windy roads, sjeez i missed my speedster hard! Could have been James Dean for a day…..:)

Hey Mike, is anybody home????? Checking out a house, Mike really want to see everything….:)

Spending the afternoon in beautiful Carmel, hanging out with Mike and Barb,talking cars and business the day came to an end, if you’re ever in this area try to catch sunset @ the beach, its extreme beautiful, I took 45 pictures! and I share this one with you….. this is California too!

Goodnight, tomorrow I drive to San Jose, but Friday is product update, so next travel report is only on Saturday…. the ocean goes to sleep now….

Yesterday was very cool, my friend Mike invited me to visit his museum. his mechanic Bob guided me personally, what a collection!

outside… last registered 1968! this must be Mike’s place….

Inside a full inventory from an old Pep Boys Shop! Imagine several of these cans are worth 5 to 600$!

A garage in the museum, period for sure!

Pep boys? …. plenty of them, can i have one Mike?

1957 Nomad…. how cool is that?

bakery delivery truck, oh god where are these times????

Donut anyone? or do you prefer a beagle??? all on board!

Here’s the Nomad again, definitively worth 2 pictures….

Interior is a work of art to me!

Woodie… the car or the boat? …. Both!

line up of woodies….

weird microcars, Made in France….

Nice patina Corvair on the back parking lot….. love it!

Gullwing in full glory! the new camera @ work!

Toyota 2000GT, super car avant la lettre! beautiful? You bet!

Alfa Romeo, they don’t come any better….

23 window bus with matching Eriba Puck!

Line up of Micro cars, can you imagine our parents both those things new?

what color? your choice….

Beautiful 1965 Porsche, first production year….

Fiat Woodie….

Multipla’s rare? not for Mike…..

They’re so cool… the first car that drove me to school, memories…..

Beautiful A Porsche, with sliding roof…; yammie

Speedster in striking colors….

The Porsche corner…

coolest Neon sign around, try to find a better one, ….when your Dog calls Bear…..

MMmmmmm, another car I wouldn’t mind in my garage, do You?

Outside parking lot in the back, packed, stacked….

a couple of general views….

Back on the road, down from the cloud…. sober again…. barefoot, because I was just about blown from my socks!

The “rolling” Californian Hills…..

Pitstop at truckstop… impressive!

Powerhouse….

The rest of the day where boring meetings (yes I have to work here!) but stayed tuned, tomorrow more cool visits!

The steel birds took me all the way to the USA West Coast to start a quite hectic journey through several states and city’s, a lot of driving and a load of appointments with real nice people, through the BBT blog I will try to keep you updated what I’m doing so I can assure I’m not laying under the Palm trees with a frozen Margarita….

Those crazy Californian freeways……………..

First stop Rancho transaxles, here is where our transmissions are build, cool ride in front it of it huh? Inside its a real transmission thing, they’re simply everywhere… Very clean assembling boots, Rancho is the worlds number one in VW transmissions, we’re proud that only a handful distributors is chosen, BBT is one of them…. one of the guys assembling a transmission… Transmission parts????? and more transmission parts….disassembling area… Next stop was my buddy @ Eddy and Dave’s Garage, after Dave passed away in a car accident earlier this year Eddy is mainly a one man show, but still proud to be a BBT distributor! when You need something VW in orange county, Eddy for sure can help you!The shop is extreme cool, with loads of goodies…
and cool cabinets Eddy and me, everything that has my name I need at least to hold in my hand for a while…..:) Will this 1975 combi come to BBT HQ? only future will tell!Vw buses are still seen as daily’s on the street in Southern California….
Los Angeles skyline…. Cool picture token out of my rental car…. typical Californian shop, still a lot out a there…. no nothing for sale….. all belongs to my friend Bata, who run a very special business, and happened t be the second owner of one of our Porsche’s…..stay tuned for more!