200cc engine in a Beetle?

Considering that the old Beetle had been one of the most universal vehicles at its time, it's still a bit shocking to see one with a different engine. When it's a motorcycle engine, the surprise is even greater. But now that official spare parts are going harder to find, sometimes we might see some backyard-engineering efforts put in place to adapt some random cheap Chinese motorcycle engine. This time, a Keeway RKS 200 engine. I must admit I was somehow worried about the cooling, but it received a pair of electric fans built into the rear lid and activated by a thermostat that can be bypassed on-demand, with one fan pulling the outside air and the other exhausting the hot air away from the engine compartment. OK, not Diesel-related, but at least for me it was something unexpected.

Overhauling a horizontal single cylinder Yanmar engine that drives a genset. One of the simplest engines that one can deal with, not even its low power to weight ratio prevents it from being still efficient for stationary duties like this.

RHD or LHD? That's the question...

It feels somewhat weird to be in RHD vehicles, but at least in Suriname there is no rule preventing the registry of LHD equivalents. What does really surprise me is that most of the brand-new rides are coming from Thailand, way further than other car production centers like Brazil and Argentina. Passing by other vehicles on the road might be somewhat scary at first, but it's possible to resort to devices like a small câmera or a set of mirrors similar to the ones fitted to those U.S. Mail vans.