I’ve spent the last few weeks on abrasive blasting and painting. Abrasive blasting using crushed glass for alloy parts and coal slag for steel will […]
Bodywork
Scooters, Heinkel Tourist, Bodywork
Initial Assessment
Buying a scooter sight unseen means you get surprises. Pictures are good but don’t always make you aware of what you’re getting into, even when […]
Vespa, Bodywork
Vespa Bodywork
Patching and Painting a unibody Vespa requires special considerations
Scooters, Vespa, Bodywork, Engine
Vespa Re-Restoration
When it comes to two wheels it’s not “all Heinkel, all the time” at TDW! I got my start in scooters with a 1964 Vespa, […]
Scooters, Bodywork
1960 Heinkel 103-A1
Mike McWilliams (Heinkeltourist.com) told me about this scooter in Connecticut. It was about to lose it’s home so who better to rescue it than me? […]
Scooters, Bodywork
1958 Heinkel 103-A1
Mike McWilliams (Heinkeltourist.com) also told me about this scooter in Idaho. The most appealing attributes of this scooter were the original paint and that it […]
Heinkel Cars Blog, Bodywork
I’ve been busy!
I haven’t posted for some time but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been doing Heinkel things. Far from it! I restored a Heinkel 103 A1 […]
Heinkel Cars Blog, Bodywork
No Sunroof For You – A Metal-Roofed Heinkel!
There’s a rarity among rarities listed on German eBay right now- a Heinkel with an all metal roof. No sunroof for you- a most unusual […]