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| Upon entering the 200 acre parkland site I did wonder if I would be able to find the H.O.D club, but I need not have worried as the glow coming off this super bright orange late bay helped me find the way through the maze of lakes. |
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| This lovely 1976 LHD Westfalia with a pop top looked great parked up in the sunshine. I think this is a U.S. import, it certainly looked clean and solid enough to be one. |
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| The rear of the Westy sporting a U.S. number (licence) plate, maybe this is the original plate for this bus? |
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| Colin and Zoe came over to Emberton Country Park in their super clean 1997 bright red T4 with it's cool looking matt black bonnet. |
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| This really is a nice looking T4 that Colin has done a lot of work on recently and it shows. |
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| I have to admit that I don't know much about the new T5's, except that I do like them. This silver T5 was parked up and looked awesome, I love the colour, that massive tinted rear window, and those huge custom wheels. |
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| This beauty looked great in the sunshine, this looks as though it has a pop top, which would make the interior so much more spacious. The bike rack on the back meant they could take their bikes, so they could get around easily at the campsite or even a country park. |
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| This gorgeous 1966 LHD split screen was also parked up in the sunshine. This bus really did look immaculate in it's white over light blue paint. |
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| The interior of this split screen was as nice as the outside. A neat custom made interior with cream vinyl seats with blue piping. The attention to detail was amazing. |
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| Gorgeous looking padded vinyl door cards finished in the same blue and white as the body add a classy touch to the interior. |
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I don't
know the owners of the split, but I believe
they are a family with young children, now why couldn't have my parents have had a cool looking
split screen like this when I was a kid??
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| A better look at the door cards and seats, and the classic standard interior of a split screen. A slightly messy front bench seat, but it proves the bus is used and enjoyed as it is supposed to be and not locked away in a garage. |
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| Mark, (AKA Bod) is a member of the H.O.D. and came along in his immaculate green T5. This van must be one of the cleanest T5's around and in such a gorgeous colour. |
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| Such a vast amount of a single colour should not work, but this gorgeous green on Marks T5 certainly does work, the contrasting tinted windows, and the black painted wheels add a nice amount of contrast. |
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| Mark is serious about how his van looks and even has colour co-ordinated stickers on the tinted windows. |
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| Neil is another House of Dub club member and came along with his daughter to the family fun day at Emberton. Neil's white T4 has a few old skool hot rod traits, such as the red painted steel wheels with white wall tyres, and the custom pin- striping on the bonnet. Chatting to Neil he was saying that he is thinking about painting scallops along the sides of the van which is yet another hot rod theme. |
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| Neil has done a lot of work on his van recently including a functional interior which includes a bed and a sink. I do like Neil's recent e-bay purchase, the old skool cruiser type cycle on the roof rack which actually matches the van. |
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| Just one of the 2 cartoons Neil has recently had drawn onto the side of his T4 as you can see in the above photo. |
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| This lovely green T4, was I think owned by a couple from the Dunstable Dubbers VW club (although I could be wrong) This really was a nice clean van, and that shade of green looked great in the spring sunshine. |
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| Lovely straight body panels and a lovely coat of paint is all you need to stand out. A neat touch was the sign written name of the van, 'Envy' on bottom of the tailgate. |
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| Another neat touch was the use of used shotgun cartridges as covers for the wheel nuts. |
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| Zoe, from the House of Dub and her daughter came along in her recently purchased white T4. This pop top model is an addition to Zoe's VW collection, she also owns a 1967 beetle which is currently having some restoration work done at the House of Dub workshop. |
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| Just a plain white T4, ideal for some stealth camping although I'm sure Zoe will put her mark on the exterior, she already has all the home comforts inside this van. I did like the custom rear light clusters. |
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| Aaron and Robyn cruised over to the H.O.D club meet at Emberton Park in the spring sunshine in their gorgeous blue and white 1960 split screen. |
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| This really is such a nice straight and clean bus, it's amazing to think that it's 55 years old. |
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| I was trying to be artistic in this photo by taking a picture of the red bay window looking into Aaron's hubcap, needless to say it did work very well... Although it does show how clean Aaron's wheel and hubcap are..!! |
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| Aaron had left his safari screen's open to cool the bus down in the sunshine, so I took the opportunity to get a photo of the interior of this lovely split screen bus. |
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| This bright red and white late bay looked amazing in the sunshine, I do like the contrasting white pop top and bumpers. I also liked the twin spot lights mounted onto the bumper. |
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| This bus looks like a nice clean and straight example of a 1978 camper van. |
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| My 1969 VW Microbus parked up in the field at Emberton Park that the H.O.D. have been allocated for the family day gathering. I have just purchased some new side reflectors, as she would have had them from new. When fitting the new reflectors I realised that the old mounting holes had just been filled with some filler, so all I had to do was knock out the old filler and re-use the original factory made mounting holes. |
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| I am pleased with her new look, but think the new reflectors are just a bit too shiny at the moment. The wood effect bumper is coming on nicely. |
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| This 1987 all white T25 parked up alongside me and it did look good. This lovely bus was at the standard ride height, which always looks good, and the bodywork looked amazing straight and rust free. |
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| I didn't catch the owners names but again they were a family with children. I do like the solar panel fixed to the rear side window. This is something I have thought about for my bus as it would ideal for charging the phone and other small items. |
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| My '69 in line with a variety of other air cooled and water cooled Volkswagen's at the family fun day at Emberton Country Park. |
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| The family day made a nice change from the normal evening club meet in the pub. There were a lot of people with their children and a few dogs and everyone had a great time. |
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| The other visitors to Emberton park were quite interested in all our vans and buses parked up. |
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| As I always say, variety is the key to a successful club meet and at the family fun day they had plenty of variety in all the members vehicles. |
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| This cool looking 1972 baby blue beetle arrived a bit later in the afternoon complete with the retro roof rack with suitcases. |
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| This beetle looked petty much standard apart from the lowered ride height. Beetle's do look nice when lowered, as this one proves. |
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| I do like the flowing body lines of a classic beetle. This one had incredibly good body work for a 43 year old car that has spent it's entire life in the cold damp conditions here in the U.K. |
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| This is the House of Dub club meet at Emberton Park, members vehicles parked up, and the owners are relaxing in the sun, the BBQ is getting hot and the beers are cold. |
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| Spike, from the House of Dub workshop came along in his new works vehicle. Chatting to Spike he said it was a good enough vehicle it but seriously needed lowering, and soon.! |
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| This late bay arrived later in the afternoon. It's grey primered lowered body with white roof stood out in the sunshine. I did like the 2 bow roof rack and sun visor which helped this bay window stand out. |
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| I often say that it's being different or the small touches that make all the difference and this late bay was no exception. I kept looking at this bus and felt something was different, but I couldn't figure out what it was. After a while I realised that the sliding window and the one piece side window are opposite to that on 99% of other bay windows. The sliding window is normally towards the front and the one piece window is normally towards the rear, this bus has them the opposite way round, but it's all about being different.! |
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| The chequered tape along the white bumpers was a nice touch and suited the bus well as did the old skool slot mag wheels. |
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| Tony came along with his partner and their 2 Rack Russell dogs in his super cool looking 1987 T25 crew cab. |
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| Even though the pick up is suffering from a few teething problems, Tony decided to drive it over from his hometown of Luton. |
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| The matt blue / grey body with the bright orange cab roof and wheels make this pick up stand out anywhere. Tony was saying that he needs to replace the gearbox as the current box has the wrong gear ratio's. |
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| The event was billed as a Family day, so every- one is welcome, and that includes the dogs. Tony's Jack Russell's enjoying the sunshine in the back of the pick up. |
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| This stock looking 1969 Westfalia arrived later in the afternoon. This U.S. import looked as though it was totally stock and original. OK it had the odd knock and scratch but it was the real deal, it had not been molested or repaired. |
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| The front hinge pop top is my favourite version of the Westfalia roof options. The interior was just as original as the exterior, this really was a lovely bus. So that was the House of Dub family day, held at Emberton Country Park in Olney, Bucks. This was a very enjoyable day, and even though I had to leave early(ish) and therefore missed several other vehicles, everyone had a great time in the sunshine. It was great to meet some old friends who I haven't seen for a while and nice to meet some new friends who I hope to see again soon. A big well done to Zoe from the H.O.D. for organising the day, and a big well done to everyone who turned up, because without them it wouldn't have been what it was. I for one am looking forward to the next family fun day at Emberton Country Park. |
Great write up Dave
ReplyDeleteThanks Tony, glad you liked it.
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