Akciddento estd. 2003

doing the things that we want to

Akciddento. Doing the things that we want to

  • success!!!!!

    After consulting the DTA ECU wiring diagrams i know the proper pin connections for the serial cable i need to plug into it… and after sopme twiddling i’m successfully running windows 98 as a virtual machine inside virtual PC on my mac laptop. sadly i doesn’t have serial ports, only firewire and USB, so… i’m…

  • bringing them up right!

    My twelve year old daughter just wandered into the studio and picked up a copy of the new UltraVW magazine and read the strapline about the mad porsche powered samba in the US ‘‘is this the ultimate samba?’ …ha ! NO because ours IS!’ bless her, she’s a star.

  • some tlc & more tyres !

    getting my head straight after the vwaction show at the weekend and after a quick call to peter englezos at cogbox about the spec for a new transmission it’s off on a shopping trip in the bus, first stop protyre in bristol for MORE tyres. they’re nice people, helpful and have got a full lazer…

  • off up north, again, again!

    off early to the train station with a bag full of stickers and t shirts and a head full of anticipation and apprehension. i’m taking the train to Bradford to taylor machine services to collect the bus. Martin has had the bus there for the last two weeks installing and plumbing and wiring and theoretically…

  • return trip to akciddento -?589

    a worthy contender from timBBB and friends in newquay!

  • curiouser and curiouser

    you remember the spam email i told you about, the guy looking for parts for a time machine…. well……. on the auto-ping feature of the movabletype weblog software i use, some guy called OzGuru in australia picked up the story and commented that i’d replied to it but ALSO included a link to someone that…

  • we’re back !

    after a week in the alps without web access, computer and at time electricity we’re back at akciddento HQ and raring to go. the months has started well. we have a ‘post an akicddento’ winner for august. Carol from London who posted a magnificent tag of the top floor of the eiffel tower. despite suffering…

  • off to the alps

    sat in gatwick airport after a start that was TOO early. watching the timer count down on the internet access i just boughtt at a kiosk…. …ah the wonders of modern technology. flyinh out to the french alps via geneva for a week or so to hang out with my friend hubbs and maybe do…

  • what the ????

    got the wierdest piece of spam today…

  • because…

    thought i’d post this too, i thought it was such a nice image… one of the taylor machine custom pulleys showing the additional notched wheel for the crank triggered ignition system that goes with the fuel injection

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