I love the way this event feels because I love Porsches and I love consonants. And they’ve got plenty of both.—Jerry Seinfeld, LUFTBOOK pg.162 On Sunday May 7th, the skyline of cranes and shipping containers of… More
The moment of truth, when the C-M-Why’s and Kay’s hit the paper. After many months of pushing pixels and working with the organizers of the Luftgekühlt™ events, Pat and Howie, to get the finer points of… More
260 pages celebrating the true Air-Cooled happening that is Luftgekühlt by Patrick Long and Howie Idelson, now available at luftbook.com From it’s modest beginning in the parking lot of the Deus Emporium in Venice, C.A, to… More
For many, the trip to Southern California for LUFT4 had been a pretty loud fahrt. That is to say, (in German) quite the journey. Childish puns aside, we wanted to throw everybody a ‘welcome to town’… More
260 pages celebrating the true Air-Cooled happening that is Luftgekühlt by Patrick Long and Howie Idelson. From it’s modest beginning in the parking lot of the Deus Emporium in Venice, C.A, to it’s grand expansion in… More
Luftgekühlt 4 Date: May 7th, 2017 Time: 7am – 2pm Location: Warehouse No.10 Port Of Los Angeles 112 E. 22nd St San Pedro, CA Tickets: Purchase General Admission Tickets in Advance HERE Hallelujah! Patrick Long and Howie… More
You know how it goes, when you find yourself in someone’s neck-of-the-woods and you can’t help but pop in unannounced for a 5 minute pitstop just to say hello. Somehow that 5 minutes turns into 30 and then,… More
When the Luftgekühlt x Modernica Aircooled Arm Shell called for a special badge, we turned to David Freston of Chopper Daves Casting Co. A self-proclaimed motorcycle deviant, he is the mystical wizard of straight-up, no-bull metalwork… More
It was obvious from the multifarious congregation at Luftgekühlt 3 that air-cooled enthusiasts are a broad church. Despite the sheer volume of incredible storied cars arriving at the gates from dawn we managed to roll a handful through… More
It was obvious from the multifarious congregation at Luftgekühlt 3 that air-cooled enthusiasts are a broad church. Despite the sheer volume of incredible storied cars arriving at the gates from dawn we managed to roll a handful through… More
Good things happen when good people do good things for a good cause! The feature act of Sunday’s Luftgekühlt at Modernica was the RM Sotheby’s auction benefiting the Autumn Leaves Project, a charity dedicated to pancreatic… More
As the first light of Sunday morning pushed the darkness that lay over Downtown LA back over the hills a syncopated clatter of hundreds of waterless engines queueing patiently to park up for the day in… More
The Aircooled Arm Shell, a pontoon shod glass fibre armchair that pays homage to the distinctive vent hole pattern found on the chassis of a denuded 356 Speedster seat. All the components are presented in a… More
The team has been fiendishly getting the #LuftAuto ready for Luftgekühlt III on April 10th and a key part of the project is fairly obvious… the baby’s gotta work! Not to mention it would be a… More
Couldn’t be more excited to pull back the cover on the #LUFTAUTO, our collaborative Luftgekühlt build to be auctioned by RM Sotheby’s benefitting the Autumn Leaves Project, a charity dedicated to funding pancreatic cancer research. So… More
The wait is over! Thrilled to announce MODERNICA as venue partners for our event April 10, 2016, at 2891 Saco Street in Vernon, CA. The renowned manufacturer and designer of Modern furniture have an incredible factory… More