TENERIFE AIRCOOLED BROTHERHOOD

At last the dark side of the aircooled nation gathered to have fun, a nice chat, some beers &rums and to plann our first non-official meeting as we do not consider ourselves a club, a society or anything formal at all. Friends & cars (BKS, Doka Club, S/C Aircooled Surfers...), that´s all!


Thanks Elio for the photo, unfortunately I forgot my camera but next time we´ll take some pics.

NEW ENGINE PROJECT FOR MY DOKA...

As the songs says, "...witha little help from my friends", Eduardo & Enrique, nice chaps and better people, I got two free engines.
First remember that my doka Gloria´s engine was refurbished with new cylinderheads, but unfortunately the crankcase bolts were loose and it began to run in a hopelessly way losing power as a low- battery toy ...

Eduardo gave me this AB engine supposed to be a 1300cc for free. A bit rusty and dirty it´s solid and surely will run if started...

But then Enrique sent me this AD crankshaft case in perfect order, with no axial movement and ready to carry all the other components and run...

Soon we´ll start it all over again: 3 engines plus some extra spareparts, enough to build up two new ones: the installed one and a spare engine just in case something goes wrong or maybe the heart of a forthcoming project, who knows????
More info in a couple of weeks...

RAINING PLOT ON NORTHWEST TENERIFE

Today was a strange rainy day in the north of the island and we decided to gather a small group of ours for a chat in the rain....


El_Gofio was happy to ride his machine in such a nice company...

The sedans looked wonderful under the raindrops...

This is a shinning example of an owner´s love and devotion ...


The red passion one glancing at the camera...

more shinning beauty...



The four rides parked side to side...


And finally the small group posing on and next to Guanchita Doka...



It was a fine day of gentle motor talk and some food to fillour happy but empty stomachs...

PRECIOUS SIGHTING!!!!

Yesterday was a grat day! Eduard gave me a spare used engine he had as a present and after picking it up we made a wonderful discovery....


A T1 Doka parked outside a garage waiting to have the brakes done! Even though she needs a lot of welding and body repairing she looked nice...gorgeous...


The flowers had been stuck to her by his proud owner and they are his company logo...

Inside was better than outside. The upholstery was in good condition but the door panels were not the original ones...

Looking her from behind...One of the latests T1s sold in the Canary islands!

It made a nice day: a given engine and an old Doka rescued from agony in a junkyard...!

TREASURE HUNT

Last Friday we went to see a great treasure: our friend Eduardo had invited us to vivist his uncle´s garage...a must to see!!!
There were some very fine Mercedes Benz in such a good state that it was impossible to believe that they have never been driven along the island roads!

Here the members of the Doka Club "flipando" with a Pagoda and a Ford Thunderbird...

Eduardo, Jesus & Zeben in the best company ever: this beautiful coupé...

Next we´ll show you more of the beauties hidden in that paradise garage... (

Sorry about the pics quality, but it was night and I had to switch the flash off because the register plates caught all the light when shot.)

5000 CLICKS AT LAST!!!!!!!!!!

GRACIAS, THANKS, DANKE, MERÇI....

DOUBLE CHECK

Last Saturday Gertrud & Guanchita (two of our Dokas) had an appointment al the local Vehicles Technical Inspection Unit. So we gathrerd soon and in a rare rainy day off we went...

We try to protect our "girls" from the rain to avoid rust anywhere, so this is a rare sight:


Here both ladies queuing for "the doctor":

Fist gertrud went throught the line: start up, lights, rolls, undercarriage inspection, etc...

And later Guanchita had her time with some surprises as she didn´t want to start just before entering the garage line!!!
In the end, they got the pass and they´ll have six months more to ride free...Meanwhile poor Gloria still awaits for a new engine block to substitute hers...