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| The first car I saw in the winners enclosure was this olive green Karmann that was totally immaculate, as you can see in the photos. |
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| Interior was just as clean and all original from what I could see. It takes serious dedication not only to get a car this clean but also to keep it this clean. |
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| Sitting very low with a narrowed front beam I don't think this Ghia could look any better. |
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| Opposite the olive green Karmann was this blue and white one, which was equally as nice. Also sitting low with a narrowed front end, it's nice to see some original wheels rather than Fuchs wheels. |
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| Early beetle rag top, in a slight RAT condition, I love it. |
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| The 'Cool Flo' crew were at the show as normal, as as normal they brought (amongst other vehicles) this, the Cool Flo Cooler. |
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| A low slung crew cab split screen pick up, Yes please...! |
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| This early bay was featured in the Volksworld magazine a while back. It's very low and has a very narrow front beam and being very RAT looking, so it ticks all the right boxes. |
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| What to do if you have a fire in your engine bay...? you simply lacquer the the bodywork and make a feature of the damage. It looked awesome. How narrow is that front beam..? |
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| Claude is a good mate from Aylesbury and a fellow 'Outcast VW Club' member who went to the show for the weekend in his 1960 split screen kombi. We never caught up with him, such is the size of the show. |
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| More members of the SSVC displaying their spilt screens around the winners enclosure. |
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| A lovely split screen single cab pick in what looks like dove blue (?) I do like a nice straight pick up. |
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| Sometimes less is more and this red and white split screen panel van was the proof. No flash wheels just a solid paint job on top of a straight body is sometimes all you need to make your vehicle stand out. |
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| How low can you go, this early beetle is about on the limit. I like the colour and the matching colour coded wheels on the super narrow front beam. |
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| From this angle you can the camber on the rear wheels and just how narrow that front is. |
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| You would expect to see 'Herbie' at a VW event, but this one had a different take on the normal replica's. Painted to look old and rusty, I kind of like it. |
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| A good variety of splitty's, and a vast array of style's to suit every taste. |
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| What was I saying about less is more a while back, well the brown and off white splitty is the same. Riding at stock height and looking pretty much as it is supposed to be. |
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| A novel way to sell beverages, this split screen has had some serious body mods to create a unique mobile catering vehicle. |
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| The Early Bay line up. There didn't seem as many as previous years, maybe I just missed them. I should have gone and got my bay to make the numbers up.! |
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| I follow the Early bay guy's at 'earlybay.com' and they are a really friendly bunch with a wealth of knowledge between them. |
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| Another of the early bay crew. I do like a nice panel van. This one is riding low with a narrowed beam. |
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| Inside the venue in one of the halls I saw this gorgeous Karmann Ghia. Absolutely stunning. |
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| This following trio of split oval beetles was the display from Oldspeed Edition and featured the Oldspeed replica pit boxes. |
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| Lovely Oldspeed split oval, looked fantastic in it's period guise. |
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| Complete with all the accessories you would expect to find in a race pit box. |
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| After about an hour of getting there, it was time to get some food, there's nothing quite like having a cheeseburger or a hot dog for breakfast. Stuart,Tim and Matthew tucking in. Later in the day, these steps were crammed with people. |
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| This Red Nose Day beetle belongs to Dave and Angela who travelled down with Stuart. This bug is a regular feature car at the show and has been on display at the show since the year dot. |
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| Outside I saw this jet black Karmann, just look how straight the body is and the deepness of the paint. Amazing. |
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| From this angle you can see just how straight the body really is, oh and that shine.. |
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| A few cars away was this bug, which was the total opposite of the black Karmann, it was definitely RAT, covered in dirt and dust, but boy did it look good. I lust love the look of this oval bug. |
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| The bonnet was covered in moss and dirt, but it just added to the appearance. I like the roof rack with the yellow spots and the single spot light on the US style towel rail bumper. |
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| Which one is best, an impossible question to answer. |
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| Another very low and super straight early beetle finished in gloss black with Fuchs rims. |
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| A late split screen kombi with a narrowed front beam and a 3 bow roof rack and those yellow headlight covers really transform the front end. |
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| The Volksworld show attracts so many models and styles of Volkswagen's, there is something for everyone, no matter what your preference is. A red early beetle, a black 181 Trekker and an orange Karmann Ghia. |
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| Bright lime green Trekker looked cool. |
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| An immaculate razor edge in the foreground with 2 early beetles nesting behind, one in show car condition and the other totally RAT. |
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| A closer look at the RAT bug, this is such a nice car. |
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| These next 2 beetles must have been from the 'Low and Slow' VW Club |
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| Awesome looking bugs. Look at the camber of the rear wheels on the brown bug in the background. |
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| This wonderful looking car is a 1959 Rometsch Lawerence coupe, with a hand built aluminium body, over a steel and wooden frame which would have taken approximately 1000 man hours to create. |
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| Apparently the Berlin based workshop only created about 250 of these coupe's, and to buy one new would have cost 8000 Deutchmarks, which was twice the price of it's rival at the time, the Karmann Ghia. This Rometsch in this condition is probably now worth well over US $40,000. |
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| It was designed by Bert Lawerence, and the body sits on modified beetle chassis, the radical design won the Golden Rose Award of Geneva in 1957, and im my eyes it is even better looking than the Karmann Ghia. |
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| A lovely clean and straight square back, it's been lowered and with what looks like banded steels wheels with white wall tyres. |
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| Another friend of mine and a member of the Oxdubz VW Club is Anthony who was at Volksworld with his RAT looking notch. Anthony has recently spent a fortune having restoration works carried out. |
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| How cool is this, no cramped camping in the back of a bay with this beauty. This has to be the best of both worlds, a proper caravan rear with a bay window front. |
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| More very clean square backs, same cars but oh so different in looks and style. |
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| Talking of square backs, this was my favourite. It is very RAT looking with plenty of period accessories. The bonnet had been left to rust and then lacquered and I love the thickness of that length of rope around the front bumper. |
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| But the best 2 accessories were the air vent scoops and the surfboard on the roof rack. So that was my 2nd instalment of this years Volksworld show review. The 3rd and final instalment to follow in about a week, so keep checking back to make sure you don't miss it. |
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