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#2016 Testing at Priarie City 4/12/15

Testing with Sandy Schwab’s #2016 1/2 1600 car at Prairie City, CA after engine rebuild by Two Larrys Racing from after the 2015 Mint 400. #2016 is scheduled to race at the upcoming Silver State in the beginning of May.

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Vanagon Shenanigans 2: One Tough Mudder

Because sometimes when it rains, you just need to play in the mud with the big toaster.

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New TLR Page – Bob Dodero and the broken record

                    We are pleased to announce that Bob and his world record Oval Window have their very own page on TLR now, complete with photos and video. You can visit it…

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Vanagon Shenanigans – In The Dark

We’ve been busy as usual…finishing out the summer/fall projects to welcome the fall/winter projects! Namely, we are pleased to once again be working with Meek Racing #1142 (Dave Meek) and CBCFS Racing #1116 (Paul Nauleau) to assist in their preparation…

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Random Updates, Race News

It’s been a while since we’ve updated – it’s been very busy! So here goes…. First, a major shout-out to our friend Bob Dodero. You might remember him from earlier posts as the [new] owner of the the Smurf, #1106….

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On My International Harvester

Oh yes, that’s right – TLR doesn’t just work on just Volkswagen and German. You might remember our buddy the 1964 International Scout from awhile back. We had a lot of honing to do in the cylinders just to make…

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Going green, Vandamm style

Now with school being out for the kiddos, we are safe to break the Van back down to rebuild status. You might remember a previous post regarding our awesome new Fox Shocks specifically built for Vanagon Syncros? Well, it is…

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Project Lift-off Jetta

After lifting the Jetta, and with 195/70/14 truck tires.

Mission – to take this: To this: Mssion accomplished obviously. But let’s back up. WHO does that to a Jetta?! And an MK3 Jetta?! Well, we do. Before you shake your head at our TLR silliness, or apparent boredom, we…

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