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The VWCP Air-Cooled Search and Rescue (VASR) is a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring the safety and well-being of old Air-Cooled Volkswagens. We are a small group of rescue buddies who came to know one another through one common interest - the devoted efforts to seek out, find, and drag home old Air-Cooled VWs, and bring them back to life.
Ol’260 is an example of the vehicles used in our search and rescue missions. Using a dilapidated late-model VW, the chassis was freshened up with new components. Instead of using dropped spindles, Ol’260 used 2 inch raised spindles, commonly used by Baja Bugs, to increase ground clearance. Beam adjusters and long travel adjustable shocks increase clearance by another 2 inches. A custom frame adds an additional 3 inch body lift, a full 6-point rollcage protects the occupants and massive 18 inch off road tires and rims from a Mistubishi Montero defines the ground-poundin’stance. The extra 12 inch ground clearance comes in handy when forging through lahar country. Extra toughness comes with the custom skid plate and side bars. Powered by an ever-reliable 1600CC dual-port, the engine compartment was "weatherized" to protect the powerplant from seasonal monsoon typhoons.
Rescue me, take me in your arms.
Rescue me, I want your tender charms.
‘Cause I’m lonely and I’m blue.
I need you and your love too.
Come on and rescue me.
The VWCP Air-Cooled Search and Rescue (VASR) is an operation mounted by the Volkswagen Club of the Philippines (VWCP) emergency services. Often well-trained volunteers are sent to find old Beetles, Ghias, Kombis or Type3s believed to be in distress, lost, sick, or injured in remote or inaccessible areas. These areas include mountains, rice fields, forests, even at sea. VASR is an independent agency of the Volkswagen Club, reporting to the President.The VASR was established in 2008 to support and promote the activities of the Volkswagen Club of the Philippines, Manila Chapter, as a means to achieve highly effective and economically responsible VW search and rescue programs throughout the Philippines.
VASR enhances the provision of search and rescue services in the provinces by accessing funding for training, providing occupational health and safety support, educating the general public on responsible VW ownership and acting as a common link to information and resources for VW Search and Rescue volunteers across the Philippines.
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