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| My 1969 bay window which is a Californian import and imported by The House of Dub. |
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| Steve's '70 white beetle complete with roof rack but minus the usual accessories he normally carries around. |
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| Steve mentioned that he very rarely drives his bug in the rain, this could be why it's so solid and relatively rust free. |
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| Phil and his son Nathan came along in their 1975 red and white beetle. Phil had spent most of the day polishing the car and it was worth it, because this bug did have a nice shine. |
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| From the side view of Phil's bug, you can see his hard work has paid off. |
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| This was new to the HOD club meet, it was owned by a guy called Kevin and he was saying that the car was built some years ago in Wales and was regularly used for time trials up the sides of muddy Welsh mountains. |
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| It certainly has the 'time trial' look about it. Sitting quite high to provide ground clearance, and minus running boards. I assume the rack on the deck lid was for spare wheels and to also provide weight over the rear axle to help provide grip. |
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| Plenty of ground clearance helps the car over the muddy ruts and small rocks. |
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| A regular at the HOD club meet is Tony in his immaculate 1990, T25. This is one of those vehicles that you never see with any dirt on. |
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| Mark came along in his stunning T5. The colour of this bus has to be seen to be appreciated as the photo's do not do any justice as to how nice it really is. |
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| A single colour so bright on a bus this size shouldn't work, but with the black tinted windows, black wheels and black stripe, it's just enough to make the paint scheme work. |
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| Liza came over from Oxfordshire, met us in Buckinghamshire, and then cruised with us over to Bedfordshire to the club meet. Three county's in one night, Phew.! |
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| Stuart parked up at the meet and promptly opened his engine hatch to let his turbo cool down. Stuart has now re-designed his exhaust system, to reduce back pressure and it now consists on a piece of pipe about 8in long. |
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| Mystery T4 parked up. I'm not sure who owned this, but it was nice to see it at the club meet. I have just been informed by Mark with the lime green T5 that this T4 belongs to Darren, a member of WGC VW Club, thanks Mark. |
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| Simon and Amanda joined our convoy en-route in their latest vehicle, a 1997 T4. I had a chat with them both and had a look inside... very nice and kited out with the camping interior. |
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| Amanda had the right idea, order food from the bar, and get it delivered to your camper. Now that's what I call style. ! |
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| Another car I haven't seen at the club meet before was this 1970 Notch-back. I did chat to the owner briefly and he did tell me his name, but I'm at that age where I forget things espicially names, sorry mate. Phil just sent me a message saying the owners name is Doug! Thanks Phil. |
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| Very clean from every angle. The U.S. style all red rear light lenses, the roof rack and the BRM wheels compliment the car perfectly. |
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| Lovely straight bodywork finished off with deep gloss black paint. |
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| The Interior on this left hand drive notch-back was lovely, it looked original and was in such good condition. |
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| Josh arrived later in the evening in his T4, which I believe is up for sale. |
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| Elliott and Alanna came down in their stunning 1970 cherry red beetle. This is another of those vehicles you never ever see with any dirt on it, quite a feat with the weather we have in the U.K. |
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| Such a pretty bug and very straight, look at the reflection in the door of Elliott and Alanna's bug. I do like those clear indicator lenses on top of the wing, it's all about the small details. |
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| Ash came along in his newly acquired Jetta. You would never believe this cars paint was so faded when Ash got the vehicle it was a dull pink colour, but lots of polishing later and it's gleaming deep red paint is back to how it should be. |
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| A lot of hard work has gone into this to make it look this good, but it's certainly well worth all the effort. |
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| Lewis came along in his tough looking '82 Golf. This must be a menacing sight in your rear view mirror. |
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| Lewis's Golf tucked away under the trees at dusk. This really is a nice looking car. |
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| Neil came over in his '97 Golf, with the instantly recognisable paint scheme, orange flecks over gloss black. I do like the paint on this car. |
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| Those orange wheels compliment the paint scheme perfectly. A really nice looking Golf. |
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| Ben decided to come along in his '99 Golf, having left his spilt screen and T5 at home. |
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| Ben's Golf tucked away under the tree's in the car park. Ben works long hours so it's always nice to see Ben and have a catch up. |
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| Another Elliott, made his debut at the HOD club meet with his impressive '71 deep red beetle, even more impressive is the fact that Elliott is still a teenager. |
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| I believe the car belongs to Elliott even though he's not old enough to drive yet, so was driven to the meet by someone else. A pretty nice ride for your first car! Apparently it has just been M.O.T.'d and flew through with no advisories at all. |
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| Interior is pure '70's classic bug and looking good. I bet Elliott can't wait until he's old enough to drive this lovely bug on the road. |
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| Stephen has started to work on his 1960 beetle so he came over in his 1978 Californian bay window import with pop top. Finished in a lovely beige colour which looks like the original paint and has the original chequered seat covers and original curtains.. although these are faded from the hot Californian sun. |
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| Stephen was saying that like my bay, having lived most of it's life in the sunny U.S. the bus was quite solid and relatively rust free... not sure how long that will last in the damp U.K. So the August House of Dub club meet came and went in the blink on an eye. It was good to see so many familiar faces and meet some new faces, (just wish I could remember their names!) I'm not sure if the Globe Inn was exceptionally busy or whether the HOD club meet have almost outgrown the venue but it was extremely busy and difficult to park later in the evening. Still, could be worse, the rainy season starts soon... Photo quality: Unfortunately although it's still only August, it's almost dark by 20.00hrs. (it doesn't help that the car park is not illuminated, apart from one bright orange spotlight) I don't use a fancy camera or any accessories and only use a Panasonic Lumix FS16 14 mega pixel camera, so my apologies if the photo's are not up to the usual quality, but I guess we should be used to this living in the U.K. ! |
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