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| A newcomer to the Outcast club meets was John in his newly acquired 1960 split screen. John was saying he only purchased this bus about 2 weeks ago after looking at several not so nice ones, and even travelling to Edinburgh in Scotland to view a potential purchase. |
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| This really is one nice bus, finished is blue and white satin paint with chrome domed hubcaps, chrome bumpers and the chrome window trim. |
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| This California import is absolutely solid, as you would expect coming from a 'dry' state. I don't know what price John paid for this bus, but whatever it was, it was worth it. |
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| As the sun set, the satin paint and the chrome bumpers seemed to come alive and change the appearance of this gorgeous split. |
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| The interior of John's '60 splitty isn't bad either with lovely cream tuck and roll seat and matching door cards and colour coded dash. Very nice. |
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| Scott was back from Uni so he was able to join us in his cool looking Lupo. This is a nice clean car in a lovely colour and although Scott talks about getting something else, I wouldn't be in any hurry to change it. |
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| Very clean and straight, economical and cheap to run.. if only my bus was the same! |
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| I did like the sticker in Scott's rear window... |
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| Making their first appearance for almost a year was James and Helen, who came over in Helen's beetle, named 'Fanny'. To be fair to them both they have recently just bought their first house and have been decorating it throughout and getting settled in, so it's no wonder they haven't been over to the club meets. |
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| Such a nice looking bug. James works on classic cars all day, so keeping 'Fanny' in tip top condition isn't going to be a problem. |
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| Just to prove the beetle's name... |
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| I recognise that rear end. My '69 microbus looking a bit RAT, but forget the paint and the rusty bumper, look at my newly purchased 3 bow roof rack. |
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| I saw a guy on 'earlybay.com' selling the rack at a very reasonable price, and well sometimes you just have to go for it and buy it. |
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| Colin came along to the mid summer club meet in his lovely red '70 deluxe bay. This is another US import bus and very clean and straight it is. I do like those side marker lights, if only I could find some. |
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| A gorgeous bus in a nice colour. I do like the US style all red rear light lenses on a red bus, especially if it has the deluxe trim as Colin's does. |
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| The inside of Colin's '70 bay, very nice. I did like the licence plates hanging up and the 'Vans' table. Colin seems to have much more room than I do, but then I have a cooker unit, and buddy seat etc. |
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| Simon and his partner Amanda came to the club meet in separate vehicles. This is Simon's T4 that he has big plans for, watch this space for the progress on his plans. |
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| A nice looking and straight T4 that I think Simon said he may get painted at some point. |
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| Amanda followed Simon over in her silver Golf. Apart from the odd wheels (!) this is a really nice car, again very clean and straight. |
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| Amanda's 'kiss arse' registration always makes me smile. |
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| Steve is having some running issues with his white 1970 beetle so he came along in his daily driver, a white Golf. Hopefully Steve will sort the bug out soon so he'll be able to come to next month's meet in his air cooled ride. |
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| It doesn't really matter what vehicle club members turn up in, it's always nice to see them. Steve's Golf is very nice and looking stunning in the immaculate white paint. |
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| Joe brought his awesome looking Baja along with it's freshly painted patina paint scheme. |
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| This is a seriously cool ride, I love the paint, all those lights on the front and those massive wheels. |
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| The paint was done by 'Paint shop pro's' and looks the business. This looks like it would be so much fun to drive around in. |
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| Now that's what you call a rear end. |
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| A random photo of the club meet early in the evening. The location for our club meet is ideal. We have a proper car park virtually to ourselves. And with cold beer and good food available from the pub what more could you want. |
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| Another couple we haven't seen for some time was Elliott and Alanna who came over in Elliott's daily driver this lovely red Polo. Elliott has a bad back and didn't think driving his 1970 beetle over to the club meet would help much, wise choice Elliott. |
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| Another very nice water cooled VW in bright red. Elliott's beetle is also red, albeit a cherry red. Funny how both Steve's Golf and Elliot's Polo are in the same colour as the air cooled rides. |
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| Dave and Angela also came along in Dave's daily driver, this Volvo estate. Dave and Angela are off soon on a road trip to the South of France and Monaco in their '67 split screen. Dave wants to get a photo of their bus outside the casino in Monaco. |
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| Stuart and Tim came along in Stuarts turbo powered '71 bay. Stuart is the owner of 'Oil Droppers' VW workshop and works on a lot of the outcast vehicles. |
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| As the saying goes, 'if you've got it, flaunt it' and Stuart regularly does by showing off that big turbo. |
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| Adrian came all the way over from Oxfordshire in his '69 bug with a couple of friends. Adrian's bug is very similar to my bus in the looks department, but then it's a personal choice. |
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| As well as this bug, Adrian also owns a late bay Fire Bus which he uses to move all his VW stuff to and from shows. Adrian will be trading at VW Island next month so if your going to this show, stop by and say hello. |
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| Kevin came along in his distinctive red and white '71 beetle. I like to see shiny show winner VWdubs, but I prefer to see home grown VW's built with the owners influence. |
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| A perfect setting for a club meet on a hot summers evening. |
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| Richard came along with his partner to their first Outcast club meet in their lovely red Golf convertible. Richard was saying he bought this for next to nothing, which was a real bargain. |
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| A lovely looking rag top in glorious red paint with a straight body. This was a very good purchase. |
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| Claude and his partner Jean came along in Claude's lovely 1960 split screen kombi. Claude purchased the bra in the states and I think makes the front end stand out. |
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| Claude's 'Tesoro' kombi shining in the evening sun. The narrow front end is that narrow the front wheel is only just showing under the bus. |
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| A rare glimpse into Claude's engine bay and his 1641cc motor with twin Dellorto carbs with a Scat C35 cam. |
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| Pete posing with his lovely grey T4. Pete has a new sunroof fitted which explains the chuffed expression. |
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| That's far enough back Pete... ! |
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| Gary came along in his newly acquired '72 bay. I think Gary bought this for something ridiculous like £4000 after the previous owner had spent thousands on restoring this bus. |
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| Such a nice looking bus in a nice colour scheme. I understand the next thing on Gary's list is to lower the bus, then maybe a set of wheels. |
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| Kez came along in her Mazda daily driver. The last time I mentioned Kez, I said that I think she has got all the teething problems sorted out and that her bus seems to be getting reliable. Recently Kez and her mate went on a road trip to Croyde in Devon, and halfway there the engine gave up. It needs new pistons / barrels and heads. Maybe that was the writers curse, so in an attempt to reverse Kez's luck, this time I'm going to say that Kez's '79 bay is so unreliable and always breaks down, and that it cannot even get out of town without something going wrong. There Kez, that should do it. So that was the mid summer Outcast VW Club monthly meet. Overall a brilliant evening with some really nice VW's, great company in a great location. It was especially nice to see those members we hadn't seen for a while, and we hope they don't leave it so long before coming back again. I think I counted 19 VW's a one point during the evening which is really good. So here's to next month which we hope has an equally impressive number of vehicles. |
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