New to Aircooled VW's?

Want to learn more about how they work and how to look after them?

 

Then our range of face to face & online courses is for you

 

DON'T MISS OUR NEXT ONLINE LIVE TRAINING EVENT!

Our Level 1 online courseĀ costs just Ā£162 and runs 4 times per year for a maximum of 25 people per course so to make sure you get an opportunity to join next time register below to leave me your email address and you'll be one of the first to hear the dates of the next course

REGISTER YOUR INTEREST NOW FOR OUR NEXT ONLINE COURSE

INTERESTED IN OUR FACE TO FACE COURSES?

We run our Face to Face courses at our workshop in Redditch in the UK,

we offer a range of courses and we run a course once a month.

FIND OUT WHEN OUR NEXT FACE TO FACE COURSES ARE

Our Level 1 online course gives you all the information on how your aircooled vehicle works, how to drive it and how to maintain it.

 

Come & Learn

How a 4 stroke Engine Works

How this translates into an Aircooled Engine

How the cooling system works

How the heating system works, and yes despite what 'facebook mechanics' will tell you that the heating doesn't work we need to turn the heating down in our own buses

How to drive your aircooled vehicle, engine speeds vs road speeds

How to maintain your aircooled engine, including oil changes, fan belt and setting the tappets

How to handle a breakdown

Tools to carry

Spares list & what items are essential

Further Reading

BONUS #1

2 MONTHS 'VIRTUAL MECHANIC'

Via our dedicated Facebook Group access to your own virtual mechanic giving you the ability to ask mechanical questions about your own vehicle and get help on how to fix issues.

BONUS #2

LIFETIME ACCESS TO COURSE CONTENT

All the content on the course is yours to access at a later date so you can revisit the content at any time and refresh your knowledge or revisit items you want to watch again.

BONUS #3

'LIVE' ONLINE SUPPORT

During the first 2 weeks of the course we will hold 5 one hour 'Live'  sessions to support you as you go through the drip fed material, these will be held early evening to fit around peoples working lives. They will also be available to watch afterwards if you miss them and any additional questions can be asked via the FB group.

BONUS #4

COURSE COMPLETION CERTIFICATE

On completion of the course we'll send you a certificate that you can frame and hang on the wall to show that you have completed the course, you could end up with quite a few if you join us for more online courses.

Testimonials

Below are some testimonials from our online Aircooled Academy courses

Jodie Burgess
(Australia)

I have just completed the online level 1 course with Graham. Great course, easy to understand for a beginner, learnt a lot of info and was able to ask as many questions as needed. Would highly recommended this course.

Emma Prosser

Just completed the level 1 course, great content, videos were concise and organised by topic which is really helpful when wanting to look up particularly elements.
Graham is a wealth of knowledge and clearly is passionate about V Dubs as is Jenni.
The live sessions were really interactive and Graham was kind enough to do a live chat session for those of us that lived in a different time zone to the UK, this was invaluable.
Overall the I have found the course incredible helpful, was able to personalise the experience by asking questions about my own vehicle which Graham took time to answer, he was able to explain even the most complex of things in a way that has helped me have greater understanding of my beetle and I feel confident about undertaking maintenance work on it. So I got out of the course exactly what I needed.

Stuart Turner

Attended the Online Aircooled Academy Level 1 Course and fully recommend it for those new to aircooled VWs.
The videos are clear and accessible for life which will remove the dependance on my memory when a specific task comes up. Each of the 5 days of video content over the two weeks are supported by a 1 hour Live Chat to discuss and resolve questions in a friendly environment. Excellent effort setting this up to work remotely, well done Graham & Jenni.

So who is behind Aircooled Academy?

I'm Graham Lyall, I started Midland Early Bay back in 2009 as a VW Camper & restoration company, in the early days we imported a lot of rust free campers from the US and other drier climates but over the years the company has evolved and these days we mainly carry out mechanical restoration & maintenance work.

Back in 2015 we started to offer training courses for owners new to VW aircooled vehicles with a view that they could learn how they worked and how to look after them. These have been hugely succesful and we have trained close to 200 owners as well as offering FREE 'Mini courses' at selected Aircooled Shows throughout the UK.

At the end of 2019 we formally launched our Aircooled Academy as an offshoot of Midland Early Bay with a view to offering a wider range of courses however global events in 2020 meant that whilst we were not able to deliver many face to face courses we started to focus on how we could deliver these courses online, its taken a while to find the right solution but we believe we are now there and hence the launch of Aircooled Academy Online

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