The Ace Cafe has something going on most nights of the week, including bikes, rods, kit cars, rock and roll etc, check out their Ace Cafe website for more info:
http://www.ace-cafelondon.com/default.aspx
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| Steve, his partner Pauline and I met at the 'Oil Droppers' workshop for a mini cruise up to the Ace Cafe. Steve's beetle and my early bay enjoying the evening sunshine. |
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| Stuarts '71 early bay and Steve's '70 beetle parked up in the evening summer sun. |
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| Steve and Pauline entering the Ace car park, You can just make out Pauline holding the go-pro video camera. Steve and Pauline made a short video of the mini cruise up and of the vehicles at the Ace Cafe. Check out Steve's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q3AG-ThFmc&feature=youtu.be |
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| Steve and Pauline with their '70 beetle at the Ace Cafe on a lovely summers evening. |
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| A quick glance over my shoulder and I see my '69 bay. It does look small against the T25, and even smaller against the T4/5's. |
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| Stuarts '71 bay with the hand painted chequered front alongside a pair of beetles. |
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| The good thing about the Ace Cafe, and many VW shows in general now-a-days is that it's not all about the 10k paint job or the 10 year restoration, it's about no matter what you drive or how it looks your vehicle is appreciated for what it is. Here an everyday white '66 beetle is parked up alongside a turquoise cal look bug. |
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| Same car but different styles, but both equally as nice as each other for different reasons. |
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| A Porsche Spyder kit car, I'm not sure what manufacturer made the body but it did look quite good, although it was showing it's age a little bit. |
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| Even though it's a kit car based on a beetle floor pan, I bet it's still fun to drive around in, especially through West London on a hot summer's evening. |
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| Interior was similar to the original, I did like the red tuck and roll seats. |
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| The beetle engine is accessible by lifting the rear part of the body. |
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| This cherry red and gold late bay had a really stunning paint job, the super straight body highlights the almost perfect reflection. |
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| Another very clean bus was this 1990 T25 in a lovely blue with matching indicator lenses. |
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| On the front wing of the T25 was this badge, I'm not sure what or why, but it did look impressive. |
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| This cool looking imported '69/70 Karmann Ghia convertible was parked up and looking good. Sitting low with the chrome towel rail bumpers and with the hood down it looked just right. |
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| Such a clean and straight looking KG. This is how to ride in style. |
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| This KG must be an import, due to being a left hand drive model. |
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| A lovely baby blue late bay with a pop top and colour coded bumpers, and a 2 bow roof rack. |
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| This '74 bus did look clean and straight. It's quite un-usual to see a bus painted in a single colour. |
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| A couple of the Wolfsburg Weed Huggers VW Club members were at the Ace. The first was Matt in his early very RAT looking bug. This bug has been featured on several occasions on my blog and it is about as RAT as you can get, and I think it's awesome. |
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| Such a cool looking ride, with a lot of cool accessories, including that roof rack with the suitcase and pushbike. Another neat touch was on the number plate, it has the wording "it costs a lot of money to look this cheap". |
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| Another W.W.H member was Jonny in his '71 beetle. Jonny bought this as a body shell less than a year ago and transformed that shell into this beauty. |
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| Jonny was saying that he is only the 2nd owner of this beetle and that it only needed minimal welding to get it on the road. The holes in the rear apron may look decorative but in fact are there to release the heat produced from the big exhaust. |
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| The engine bay of Jonny's bug, I'm not sure what size motor this is, or what internals he has but I do know Jonny will soon be adding a small turbo to help push this bug along. |
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| This '68 / 69 bright red beetle stood out in the summer sunshine with it's colour coded wheels. |
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| This is a really nice looking beetle. |
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| Another beetle, this time a '71 in white with the cal-look. I do prefer the sloping headlight's on a bug and also the chrome trim, I think the trim just finishes off the overall look. |
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| Just as nice looking from the rear with flawless paint. |
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| The interior was just as clean as the outside with it's smoothed dash board and just the single speedometer. (excuse the reflection in the window) |
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| A pre '63 beetle in immaculate condition with stunning blue paint with matching colour coded steel wheels with chrome hub caps. I do like the polished stone guards on the bottom of the wings |
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| Such a nice looking beetle with US style all red rear tail light lenses, and US style chrome towel rail bumpers and a super straight body. |
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| This Union Jack painted buggy looked like something from the 'Austin Powers' movie, but it was in fact in aid of 'Help for Hero's' raising funds for our servicemen and women. |
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| The paint scheme actually looked really cool and I bet it gets a lot of attention wherever it goes. |
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| How about this for a paint job on this oval beetle? stunning gloss black paint that has a reflection a mile deep. You need a super straight body to paint a car in black, as black will show every small imperfection. |
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| The reflection in the rear quarter and on the rear wing is amazing. I loved the Paris sun roof which finishes off this super clean beetle perfectly. |
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| The engine in the oval.. I don't know what size cc this motor is, but I'm guessing it's big judging by... |
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| all the custom dials on the dash board and the rev counter. The interior was finished to the same high standard as the exterior. |
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| This '64 beetle is a regular at the air-cooled night at the Ace. It always looks so clean and tidy and I never get tired of seeing it. |
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| That single grey colour and the banded white steel wheels make this early bug stand out. There appears to be a very small stange looking man behind the bug watching me..! |
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| Mark (Bod) brought his super clean, super green T5 along. The colour of this bus really is nice and the photo's do not do the paint any justice. |
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| This really is one nice looking T5. The colour coded bumpers and the roof spoiler compliment the look. |
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| Another very clean and straight looking T5, this time in stunning white. I do like these T5's and if I didn't have my early bay, I could quite easily have one. |
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| I'm sure this T25 belongs to Carlo, a member of the Dunstable Dubbers VW Club. |
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| A nice looking bus that clocks up the miles by visiting many shows and events throughout the year. |
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| Simon (posing again!) Amanda and the new slim look Bod having a chat. |
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| My '69 micro bus parked up and looking good, well in my eyes anyway. |
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| Fiona, (my bay) parked up at the Ace Cafe. The car park looks a bit sparse from this angle. |
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| This '61 convertible beetle turned up later in the evening and attracted a lot of attention. The owner was saying he bought it at the Volksworld show earlier this year with the intention of making it into a 'show winner' |
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| The un-usual high tops of the doors had the nostalgia hot-rod look and looked really good. It did mean however that this bug has no door glass, but then it's summer and you don't need door glass. |
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| The hood frame was all there and looked in good condition, when the owner put the roof frame up, Bert asked if the roof leaked.!! and Darren (pictured) thought the owner should just wrap the frame in bubble wrap to protect him from the elements. We're not sure if the owner took Darren's expert technical advice, we'll just have to wait and see. So that was the July air cooled night at the world famous Ace Cafe, London. Overall a really good night once we got there, as the traffic was horrendous on the A40 going into London. But once we arrived, we all chilled out and enjoyed ourselves. It was good to see old friends and also to meet new people. So here's to next month. |
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