1000 CLICKS, THANKS, MERCI, GRACIAS!!!!

One thousand visits in such a little time... Please keep coming whenever you like, we´ll be pleased with your company (and her too...)

Here a beautiful doka...
Thanks to EDFox for their excellent pics.

KIKO´S GOT A NEW PET!!

Just a dream come true! After a couple of years lookin for a decent kombi he´s just found this one deep into our forests, in an old german hermit´s house (the fool on the hill...). It was being patiently restored but the process has not finished yet. here we can se Kiko´s happiness...

EL_Gofio (our Mcgiver man), the hermit & Kiko posing for eternity with the newcomer...

To be precise, it is a 9 seats kombi deluxe with all its chrome trim carefully dismantled and a 2000cc engine instaled ( a type 4 ). It´s going to take some work to clean some rust, sandblast the body and paint it, and to finish mounting everything back again (sounds great!!)

The first bus in the Doka Club. Not the last I hope....!

NEW DOKA IN TOWN

Just when you think you´ve controlled all the dokas in Orotava valley suddenly you face this beautiful sight:

It´s not rusty (at least apparently), it has been repainted in blue (not original blue neptune but darker) and silver (bumpers and dashboard). It seems to be a daily driver cab and someone it´s really caring for her.

Strange cargo bars, not the original ones, but runs ok and sounds nice!!

Well done boy! Enjoy your new ride! Maybe we´ve found a new member for the club....

GERTRUD´S WOODEN TRIM FIXED

Today was the day we´ve arranged to fix Gertrud´s wooden trim on the cargo bed. All Dokas imported to Canary Islands used to have it, but many years of weather exposure and no wood manteinance ruined them so badly that they remains were taken off and screw holes were covered.
To start with we counted the number of "slopes" on the cargo bed as only 15 wooden stripes or trims were needed. We started from the middle to the sides:

The distance between screws was carefully taken as 2 stripe-sizes and 5 screws in each one were used.

The only incident was that my thumb was drilled!!!
Fortunately not seriously injured, but it bleeded at lot! I was pressing the wood with my thumbs on both sides of the screw while El_Gofio was drilling it in and it bent, what made the drill slip and caught my left thumb. It hurts boy!

Every wooden stripe was coated underneath and on both sides with clear silicon. (here Fotingo800 is doing his best!)

And the final result: Gorgeous!!

We also had time to unscrew the front ventilation grill and clean all the inner section, and paint the plastic grill and the air-vent covers.





Next time bumpers, or maybe Guanchita´s engine re-fitting, or Gloria´s engine taken out to be repaired. Who knows? No time for boredom I´m afraid...Hope my poor thumb gets better soon!

INTENSIVE CARES...

I couldn´t resist the temptation to take a hidden photo of the nice sight of Gloria being cleaned and softly caressed by three young women into the car-wash. Unfortunately my mobile hasn´t got a powerful zoom, so you´ll have to use your imagination...

Women: nobody does it better!!

TOO BEAUTIFUL TO DIE..

Sometimes in our visits to local junkyards we find amazing dokas like this one, left there not in too bad condition. In fact after dropping her gently down on the ground again we were able to start her and go for a short ride into the junkyard...

Dust and and old patina paint seemed to be the only problems with her...

Only superficial rust could be found here and there, but fittable with some work on her.

Unfortunately, the junkyard owner didn´t want her go except for spareparts in pieces, and we had to assume that the dream will never come true...

We finally took some doors, cargo lids and rear bumper.
Poor doka, after a long hard working life finally rests in peace. No resurrection dream for her...

500 CLICKS, MANY THANKS!

500 clicks ! Just a month on line and we´ve got so many visits. Thanks to you all and keep visiting us from time to time...

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