THE TEAM
Rob – Managing Director
Rob has accumulated a number a VW’s since first becoming interested in the scene and has worked on and restored them himself carrying out everything from welding, prep and paint to electrics and interior trim. His current collection of VW's includes a 1966 Deluxe Beetle, a 1972 Customised Beetle, a 1970 Customised Baywindow Van, a 1973 Devon Campervan, a 1964 Splitscreen Van and a 1975 Eriba Puck. Since being involved in the scene he has always wanted to create a company where the customer comes first and gets high quality parts for prices he would want to pay himself and is endeavouring to do just that.
Ray - Engineering Manager
Ray has been in the engineering game for around 40 years now and has put his hand to pretty much anything and suceeded in his goal. He now helps to develop various products for the VW scene through Cool Air. He leads a team of 6 engineers within the Cool Air Premises, designing and manufacturing all of the parts that Cool Air are bringing into the industry. From Adjustable and Narrowed Beams, Reconditioned Standard and Drop Spindles, Reconditioned Torsion Arms, Repair Panels, Beam Bearings and Devon edge Trim to name but a few. Look out for more new products about to hit our shelves in the future. But he is not just an engineer! He is also a great lover of VW's and his daily driver is a 1973 Devon Type 2, but his pride and joy is his Award Winning fully restored 1961 15 Window Deluxe.
Sarah – Accounts Manager / Sales
Sarah has always shown an interest in VW’s ever since her brother Rob bought and restored his first vehicle and now enjoys learning as much as she can about all the different types and getting to the various shows through out the year, in between running the accounts department.
Rich (Big Rich) – Store Manager / Exhibition Manager
Rich owns the blue bay window that you may have seen at many shows and is also featured in the Cool Air catalogue. He owned and restored his first beetle at the age of 15 and drove it for many years before buying and restoring the bay window to the condition you can see it in today. His daily driver is a 1978 twin sliding door baywindow bus.
Christian (Wee-Man) - Sales
Christian’s been into VDubs for 8 years now and comes from a background as a Corporate Buyer and Seller in the entertainment industry in the USA where he lived for over 10 years. He might have started his interest later than the most at Cool Air but always wanted to own aircooled VDubs from an early age and he now owns and maintains a small fleet himself. He met his wife at a VW show and together they’ve owned a 1971 Beetle 1300, a 1977 Bay Window Twin Slider Panel Van, a 1982 Auto Sleeper 2Ltr T25, a 1982 LT35 Adventurer 5 Berth Coachbuilt Motorhome and a 1985 T25 Karmann Gipsy. Christian is the voice of the Cool Air phone system and more than likely to answer your telephone enquiries and sales.
Neil (Spindle) - Sales
Neil acquired his first Volkswagen, a 1973 Beetle, many years ago at the age of 15. With funds from a paper round and help from various members of the family, he stripped the car down and built it back up to be a reliable daily driver with wide fibre glass wings, 8’’ wide wheels, smooth dash and dark metallic purple paint among other mods of that era. After learning to drive in the bug and passing his test he has been hooked on the Volkswagen scene. The ’73 Bug was stripped down and re built along side Rob’s violet ’72 with both of them being similar in many ways. Having worked with Volkswagens pretty much all of his working life, Neil has owned many Beetles, Busses and Golf’s and presently owns a ’71 Bay window that was restored by himself. He stepped over to the dark side a few years ago and enjoys modifying water cooled VW’s with a list of cars: a 1981 Mk1 Golf Gti running a 20v turbo engine which he built 3 years ago, a Mk1 Caddy (under restoration at the moment) and a Lupo with a Tdi conversion that is destined for magazine feature fame. Neil is very handy with technical help with most of the Volkswagen range!