We have started reconiditioning our used parts

It is a fairly easy process for most parts.
Once the part is determined to be usable,
it gets put in the parts washing tank
so all of the old debris and grease comes off.



The the part is then dryed off with an
air gun and put into our new sand blaster.
Our new sandblaster is very powerful and really get the job done.



An average part take only a minute or two
to get any surface rust and old paint off.
When it comes out of the sand blaster it's bare metal.



Once it comes out of the sand blaster it is inspected again for flaws.
Then depending on the part it is either painted black or primered.



The finished product is a nice looking used German original part.

Another New Chirco.com! It just keep getting better.

Lots of the new Chirco.com is similar to the previous version.
But what we needed to give our customers was more bells and whistles.
The new Chirco.com has plenty of those. The biggest thing our customer wanted was a wish-list option. This allows a user to create a much larger list of items than they can either afford or currently need. Then they can chose when to take portions of there wish list and transfer it to their basket when they want and the remaining items stay recorded for future use.
The new site also shows what other customer have purchased while viewing a product. What a cool feature, so now portions of the site is being created by our customers. Our customers can also write short reviews on the products they have purchased to be helpful to others.

We have been told that the search features are easier to use and the articles are found faster. The whole project took about two months to complete, fortunately we had some help from some great people.
I hope you can take a look and also enjoy it.

Modern Online Technology in action.

When we built the new Chirco site, we added a forum so our

customers could ask questions about our parts and how to install them.

It really took off and now we have our customer sharing with other customers.

Searching the web, there are great forums to be found.

Here are just some of our favorites.

AZ Baja.com

Lowlife VW.com

The Samba.com

D3 Club

Hoodride.com

Volksrods.com

Kustom Coach Werks

Cal Look.com

Resto-Cal UK

Super Beetles.com

Shop Talk Forums

Steve found a VW Trends article about us from 2001

To see the article full size, Click here

Chirco was in Vochomania Magizine from Mexico

One of our customers from south of the border brought

this issue of Vochomania.

Ok, We have a Myspace page,,,,,

If you also have one, please add us as you friend.

Chirco Myspace Page

If you drive a Bus to a picnic,,,,

You should look the part,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Another Great Barn Find 52/53 Zwitter

This one is on the truck and on it's way to Tucson. We beleive it's only

a month earlier than the '53 we have on the show room floor.

Frank and Don went to the fair.

Frank and Don went to the fair and we were able to take a

Photo with two Sea Lions. They are behind us.

I think this is degrading to woman

OK Moms gone.

We should have more photos showing

Great looking girls with Great looking cars.

What is it about these cars,,,,,,

I just had to share this,,,,,,,,,,

This photo was submitted by on of our customers.

Tucson D3 Clubs rolls to the new In & Out Burger.

The new In & Out Burger opened up in Tucson,,,,

So one of our Tucson air-cooled clubs set up a cruise from one of our east side Starbucks to our new Buger Joint in Mid town.



Joe even brought the '53 that we have parked in the showroom

A Piece of Tucson VW History

Here is our latest Barn find.

Tech Tip - Checking your Floor Pans

Or you can use a jack and jack stands I guess.

The changes of a legend

It's funny that all most any kid can recognize the VW Beetle because of the consistent look over the 30 years of it's existence. Not everybody is aware of how many changes were made just to the exterior of the Beetle. VW had a funny way of making these changes in the middle of the production years causing great debate among enthusiasts of what year had what parts.

We have tried to put together a brief history of the external changes of the VW Beetle.

Click here to view

Target Got Bum Rushed Today

The gentleman who runs our shipping department comes up to the sales counter with the coolest remote control Bug we have seen for a while. Knowing that Johny is a Toy collector we had know idea how much it cost. Someone finally get the nerve, "How much and where?" The Bug is $30.00 and they have Busses for $35.00 at Target. The next thing you see is Joe's truck leaving the parking lot and 10 minutes later he walks in with one under each arm. Time for a second run, Johny and I take a collection from the rest of the staff and away we go. Now target shelves are empty. These are very cool and the Busses have an attachment to plug in an MP3 player and has a speaker on the roof.