Built by air-cooled obsessives.

My passion for tinkering with engines started as a teenager, tuning 50cc motorcycles. After leaving school I enrolled at the local college for motor engineering. Over the years my love of petrol engines grew into high-performance cars, sports motorcycles and — of course — Volkswagens.

Aircooled Hut UK started as a side project while I worked as an engineer in another field for nearly 20 years, before eventually going full-time. Since then the waiting list has steadily grown through word of mouth and repeat customers.

As the workload has grown I’ve moved from a home garage to a full industrial unit, and invested heavily in machinery so we can do almost every aspect of engine work in-house. I’ve also taken time to find the right people to work alongside me, so waiting times and build quality stay where our customers expect them.

We cover Type 1 builds from 1950s 1200cc engines up to all-new-parts 2332cc engines (and larger). Our Type 4 engines are hugely popular, with capacities of 2.3 litres and above, and we build WBX T3 engines with increased capacity and horsepower too. Part or full engine kits, parts sales and machine work are also available.

Get in touch for a chat about your build.