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| Matthew and I met up at 08.00am at the local supermarket. It was really nice of Tesco's to build us a dedicated meeting place.! |
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| En-route we took a small diversion to meet Staurt who had gone to pick up Dave and Angela, who needed a lift to the show to collect their Beetle which had been on display all weekend. |
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| After a quick blast around the infamous M25 motorway we arrived at Sandown Racecourse. Being quite early we had no trouble in finding somewhere to park. My green bay, Matthews Blue bay and Stuarts red oxide bay. |
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| Early morning at the show venue, with the overnight campers just starting to rise from their busses. |
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| Heading towards the entrance I took the opportunity to take some photos. This bright yellow buggy caught my attention. |
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| As did this fenderless hot rod style bug. I do like the un-usual paint scheme. |
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| You wouldn't think it to look at my bus but I like polished bits, and this polished deck lid on this oval beetle was amazing. It is polished and not chromed. |
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| Walking around the bug it just got better and better. Love the bright orange paint and the contrasting white scallps over the wings and up the bonnet. |
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| Really nice looking front end. Those Porsche 356 headlight grills really set of the front end by adding a little bling. |
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| A nice variety of vehicles parked up in the car park. |
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| This late split screen single cab pick up was nice with a cool patina paint job. |
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| I do like the RAT look, and this pick up was just about spot on. |
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| I think this is a 1965 Dodge A100, but what made it un-usual is the rooof addition. I have never seen one like this before so I'm assuming it's a home made creation? |
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| Now before anyone asks, I have no idea what this is, but the more I looked at it, the more I liked it. The fiberglass body had seen better days, and it's definately RAT, but it does grow on you. |
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| Very un-usual rear end. I wonder what those long cut out sections were for.... |
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| The drivers seat was in the middle with two passenger seats to either side, how cool is that. |
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| This 1950 Tempo Matador is a daily driver, it's a RHD Australian import and was up for sale with a price tag of £10,750 |
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| A very nice everyday working truck. |
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| Variety is the spice of life and no matter what condition of your vehicle it's more than welcome at Volksworld. |
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| Very RAT looking, I do like the rusty roof. |
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| You can't have a Volkswagen show without the occasional Porsche, and this original 356 roadster was immaculate. |
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| Immaculate interior, and just as Porsche had designed. |
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| These 356's have such geart body lines. I still don't understand why we drive around in big square boxes now-a-days? I think there would be much less road rage if all the cars were as beautiful as this. |
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| A bright orange beach buggy with industrial size roll bars. |
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| This is a really nice looking buggy, the solid orange paint was immaculate and suited the car well, as did those wheels. |
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| A lovely spilt screen double cab pick up, with 'Roo' bars, cyclopes light and and a 3 bow roof rack, it was gorgeous. |
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| A late split screen and an early beetle in similar shades of red. |
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| The early bug was outstanding and finished to a very high standard, remember these are vehicles in the public car park! |
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| Just outside the main entrance was this early signwritten split screen panel van, sitting very low on red steel wheels with white wall tryes. |
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| For me, two things make this panel van stand out from the others, #1, narrowed front beam and #2, the red painted roof. Normally busses have white roofs or colour matched with the bodywork so this was a bold colour choice which works well. |
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| Still outside the show was the pair of splitty's, a lowered blue 'Canada Dry' split with safari screens and a stock height ex-army vehicle. |
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| I do like sign written panel vans and this early split screen looked perfect. |
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| A good mixture of split screens. These guys camped over on the Saturday night. |
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| An early split screen with proper living accomadation attached. OK the cab bodywork needs some work but it'd be a good project. How did that traffic cone get on the roof? |
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| Another sign written split screen, this time on a single cab pick up. |
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| Another pair of split screens parked up outside the show, I think this was the SSVC (split screen van club) club parking area. |
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| A grey primered early split screen panel van in RAT look, very nice. |
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| A patina look splitty with deluxe trim, again very nice. |
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| It looks like this panel van has had a new front clip not too long ago as the freshly painted grey primer wasn't in keeping with the rest of the bus. |
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| Walking back towards the entrance to go into the show we noticed Neil in his Syncro. Neil is a good mate from our hometown of Aylesbury. |
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| Once in the show you have to accend the steps into the main halls, and these two lovelies were handing out show guides. I couldn't resist taking their photo. It looks like Stuart, Matt and Tim (to the left) can't believe I asked her for a photo, but I always say, if you don't ask, you don't get. So that was part 1 of my Volksworld show review. Part 2 to follow in a week or so, so don't forget to chack back soon to see the next installment. |
