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| Kevin was one of the first to arrive in his super clean, green and white twin slider with a long wheelbase T4. Kevin once turned up at a club meet with a dirty van, and I happened to mention it on this blog, and ever since Kevin has arrived in an immaculate looking vehicle that looks great. |
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| This really is an awesome looking van that deserves to be clean and shiny if not for any other reason but than to show off the perfectly straight body panels. |
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| I wondered why Kevin had parked nose first into the car park, everyone else reverses into the parking bay, then I remembered... it must be to show off his new cool looking 'cartooniez' caricature drawings on his tailgate. |
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| Kevin, or the guys at the car wash have even gloss blacked the tyres. It looks like Kevin's van runs on Audi wheels which suit it perfectly. |
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| Colin and his dad were also early arrivals to the Charter pub in Colin's daily driver, his 1970 early bay. Colin and his dad have recently fitted the truck style mirrors, and I have to say the vision you have sat in the drivers seat is easily 100 times better than that you get in my original rear view door mirrors. |
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| Chatting to Colin and his dad, it appears they may have finally sorted a problem on the engine that has been going on for a few months, well done guy's perseverance does pay off, in the end. |
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| Colin's lovely bus still has the original deluxe belt trim, and the all red U.S style rear light lenses. This really is a nice looking bus especially as it's used every day and in all weathers. |
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| The interior of Colin's 1970 bay, I'm loving the red and white chequered flooring and the home made side panels with the U.S. licence plates. |
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| A better look at the home made door cards which look like bamboo. The cab area is very clean and tidy for a 45 year old bus. |
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| It seems the rear side windows of all Volkswagen buses just seem to attract stickers off all styles. |
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| My 1969 microbus. I have recently fitted new door seals as the old ones were brittle and with bits missing which created a draught all around the doors whilst driving. The difference is truly amazing no more cold draughts on my legs and neck while driving along. It also seems to be a bit quieter in the cab area. |
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| I think I'm going to treat myself to some deluxe belt trim. The bus had it on originally so all I have to do is find some original trim. I could buy it new but I think original is better in this case. |
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| Very early on in the evening and the green vehicles have the edge... for the moment. |
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| It looks like Colin's and my bus have been lowered to roughly the same amount. |
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| Colin's 1970 bay and my 1969 microbus parked up side by side at the Outcast VW Club. Both these buses are Californian imports. |
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| The second wave of club members arrived shortly after I did. The red vehicles are making a comeback. |
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| Steve came down to the club meet in his 1971 white beetle. Steve is a busy man who owns and runs his photographic company called Swale Photography based in Aylesbury. https://swalephotography.carbonmade.com/ |
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| We haven't seen much of Steve lately due to his work commitments but it was a pleasure to see both him and his lovely looking beetle and we hope to see him again soon. |
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| A humorous sticker on the rear wing above the exhaust on Steve's bug, which made me smile. |
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| Sam came down to our club meet in his off road trial Beetle. Sam and his dad Kevin, often go off road trialing in their beetles that they also use as daily drivers. The small metal holder to the right of the stick on number plate is for Sam's competitor number whilst trialling. |
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| Their trials consist of trying to get up very steep hills which are normally very wet and very muddy tracks so ground clearance is vital to avoid getting grounded on rocks and boulders. |
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| The twin spare wheels mounted to the deck lid are there in case they are needed, but also to add weight over the rear drive wheels to aid traction in the mud. |
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| The interior is as you would expect not exactly luxurious. A small toolbox under Sam's legs, no carpet in the foot well and a special grab rail bolted to the underside of the dash. This gives Sam's co-driver something to hang onto. |
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| Sam's dad Kevin has a very similar looking beetle to Sam's that he also goes trialling in, but he also owns this cool looking T25 crew cab pick up. |
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| When Kevin purchased the pick up it didn't have a cover for the pick up bed, but chatting to Kevin at the club meet he was saying that he picked this one up, and that he thinks is an ex east European army item. |
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| Kevin is going to Lands End in Cornwall on the April bank holiday weekend to go trialling, now that is dedication because that has got to be a round trip of close to 600 miles. |
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| Scott was on a break from University so he and his partner Beth came along in Scott's cool looking green 2000 model Lupo. Scott has fitted the bra which gives the little Lupo a sporty look. |
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| Scott's Lupo is a very similar colour to my bus, only a lot more shiny as the reflection of Kevin's wheel in the tailgate shows. |
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| Scott has de-badged the rear and painted the VW badge black which gives the rear of this car a sleek clean look. |
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| The Charter pub car park is starting to fill up with the Outcast VW club members vehicles. It's a shame the Vauxhall parked in-between my bay and Steve's beetle was there, but he was there first, he did leave shortly after this photo was taken which... |
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| made way for Simon and Amanda who came down to the Outcast club meet in Simon's red 1997 T4. This is the works vehicle for Simon and Amanda's retro furniture business. |
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| Simon had the lime green wide wheels fitted with the low profile tyres which certainly make this van stand out. |
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| Simon asked if I could get a photo of his new sun strip with the company name on. If your into retro furniture and vintage items check out Cushty n retro.co.uk |
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| We had two new arrivals this month and both were late bay panel vans and both were twin sliding door models. The first is the lovely white over red panel van. I didn't catch the owners name, so my apologies for that. |
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| This 1979 panel looked so straight and clean. The paintwork looked gorgeous in that deep metallic red. |
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| This bay appears to be riding at close to stock height, and the more stock height bay's I see the more I'd like to raise mine back up. |
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| The 2nd new comer and the 2nd twin sliding late bay was this orange panel van. This belongs to a guy called Stu, who came along with his partner and their dog. |
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| This van used to be painted in the colours of the toy manufacturer 'Matchbox' on the rear top panel, but has since been painted over. I do like that retro looking roof rack, it suits the van well. |
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| Orange and yellow, who says they don't go together... This 1978 bay is one cool ride. |
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| Stuart once again left his 1671cc turbo powered early bay at home and came along with his son Tim in his daily driver, this green 1970 beetle. |
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| Stuart or more specifically his wife Julie prefers to be driven about in this rather than in the turbo powered 1971 early bay as the drive is more leisurely, and why not it's a nice looking bug, so why rush? |
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| Green, of all shades was the name of the game at this months club meet. A good variety of both air-cooled and water cooled VW's from the Outcast members. |
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| Kevin's green T4, Scot's green Lupo and Stuart's green beetle. |
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| Mid way through the evening we had 11 VW's of different sorts parked up in the un-official section of the The Charter pub car park. We have had, during the summer months all of this car park crammed with quality Volkswagens. |
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| Just a random photo of Colin's 1970 bay and my 1969 microbus, for no other reason other than I liked this photo. |
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| A good variety of vehicles at our club meet ensures an interesting evening talking to the vehicle owners about their plans vehicle, or what they have just finished doing to their ride. |
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| Gary ventured over from Leighton Buzzard in his daily driver, this lovely turquoise and white 1972 cross over bay. |
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| This really is a nice looking bus that Gary and his family use regularly. Volkswagen's should be used as often as possible and not kept in the garage and only venturing out to attend a show or festival in the summer months... well, that's my opinion anyway.! |
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| What was I saying earlier about the rear windows of Volkswagen's attracting stickers, well Gary's rear window is also getting the sticker treatment. |
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| The thing I really like about this cross over bay is the ride height. It is as Volkswagen intended it to be up in the clouds, but the ride is so smooth. In a lowered bus, every pothole and bump you go over dislocates yet another vertebrae. ! |
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| Gary's bay window parked up next to Stuarts beetle. The height difference really shows in this photo. |
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| Gary's standard height white over turquoise crossover bay, and Stuart's green lowered Bug. So that was the April 2015 Outcast VW club's monthly meet. A really great evening with many good friends and plenty of quality VW's in the car park. The attendance at the club meets never fails to impress me, and that is purely down to the dedicated members who attend the club meet each and every month to ensure it's success, and long may it continue. Don't forget next Saturday's blog entry is part two of the Volksworld show, where the 'Best in show' will be revealed, amongst plenty of other top quality Volkswagen's. |
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