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| The variety of Volkswagen's that attended this Volkswagen show was hugely diverse, from show standard to RAT looking and everything in between. |
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| A gorgeous mid '60's Karmann Ghia finished in sliver with a black roof. This Karmann was super clean and perfectly straight. I did like the Fuchs style wheels and the overall look. |
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| This lowered Karmann Ghia looks so good. The chrome bumpers compliment the silver paint. The shape of the tail lights denotes that this Karmann Ghia was produced some- time between 1960 - 1969. |
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| This 1968 split screen had a very subtle two tone blue paint scheme and with the safari screens and the double doors open, it looked great. I did like the awning / cover going over the double doors. |
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| Inside this two tone beauty was a lush looking white vinyl seating arrangement which looked so comfortable. Contrasting blue check curtains and cushions finished off the interior. |
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| Another Karmann Ghia, this 1969 model looked fantastic with it's lowered stance and the perfect grey gloss paint. |
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| After walking around the show for a few hour's I headed back to my bus to have a cup of tea and a bite to eat, this was the view looking out of my sliding door. It was a similar view which ever window I looked out of, Volkswagen's of all descriptions everywhere! |
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| The venue started to allow vehicles into grounds at 10.00 am, and even at midday there was still a steady flow of VW's coming into the show. |
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| This 1963 white over grey split screen looked great as it drove into the show venue, I'll have to make a note to go have a better look at this one. |
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| Beetle's and buses parked up around every corner. The number of Volkswagen's, both air cooled and water cooled that came along to this inaugural Simply VW day was amazing. |
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| I think this is a MK1 GP buggy, although I could be wrong but whatever it was, it was gorgeous. I loved the aqua blue metal flake paint and the white interior, it reminded me of a toy car I had many, many years ago. |
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| The super wide banded white wheels were the perfect choice for this style of buggy. This was one of those vehicles you see every so often where everything was just right. |
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| Fiona, my green early bay and the white early bay under the tree we shared for some shade. |
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| I recognise this late bay crew cab pick up, I saw this at the Just Kampers open day a few weeks back. (check out my blog archive to see that review) This really is a nice looking bus in what looks like a dove blue colour. |
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| Here is another bus I saw at the JK open day, it's a gorgeous 1988 light green and white T25 with a pop top. |
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| There were hundreds of water cooled VW's at the show, Golf's, Polo's, Scirocco's, T4 / T5's etc, but this MK1 Caddy caught my eye. I liked the lowered stance, the wheels, the sign written doors... well everything really. |
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| And the icing on the cake for this cool caddy, was the chopper style cycle on the bed. This really was a cool combination. |
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| The variety of air cooled vehicles at the 'Simply VW' show was immense. This lovely cherry red 1970 Beetle was parked up next to a very clean looking white T25. |
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| This 1966 split screen panel van was painted in a German fire truck paint scheme. This bus did look good, and I liked that huge spotlight on the roof, not the usual cyclopes light but it still suited the vehicle perfectly. |
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| A lovely pre '63 split screen panel van in a lovely RAT condition. I did like the painted decal on the sides. |
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| The RAT look and buses with patina are the 'in thing' at the moment, and it's easy to see why when you see something as nice as this van. |
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| The unusual colour choice of cream and orange on this 1977 late bay worked really well and it looked fantastic. |
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| The interior of this bus was also unique, and so nice looking. I did like the green check pattern on the brown vinyl seats. |
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| This line up must be for the blue and orange bays only. The amazing thing was, each bay was different from the next as each one was an expression of it's owner. |
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| This white over signal red early bay found a nice patch of grass to park on. This lovely pop top bay had numerous accessories including twin roof racks, (with a fire pit) a cool looking sun visor, and chrome headlight peaks and Fuchs wheels. |
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| I'm sure I saw a T25 around here somewhere... I just love this photo, every so often I surprise myself with how well a photo comes out. |
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This 1963 white over grey split screen looked
great with it's stock ride height and the 'old'
looking two tone colour scheme. I did like those
windows in the double doors.
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| This old split screen looked just about perfect from every angle. This really was a nice bus. |
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| Mid way through the afternoon we had a short rain shower, which was forecast so I headed indoors as entry into the VW show gave you access to the motor museum and the 'Top Gear' world vehicle display. This is the electric car that Jeremy, James and Richard made, which if I remember correctly they named: Eagle i-Thrust |
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| This is what is left of the Toyota Hi-Lux that they tried to destroy by submersing it in the sea, crashing it into a tree, placing it on top of a high rise building and then demolishing the building, setting fire to it, hitting it with a wrecking ball, but all to no avail, as the truck still started (without any new parts) and still drove. |
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| Who remembers the boat's the Top Gear team made out of cars? James' Triumph Herald yacht, Jeremy's Toyota Hi Lux, and Richard's T25 Camper van barge. If I remember correctly the boys actually crossed the Channel on Jeremy's Toyota in the end as the other two sank. |
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| There is also a section for 'Cars on screen' a selection of the famous cars we used see every week on our favourite TV programme's. Here is Del Boy's Reliant, from 'Only Fools and Horse's, with Mr. Beans yellow Mini in the background. |
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| Moving inside the main motor museum, which has a collection of over 250 automobiles and motorcycles telling the story of motoring on the roads of Britain from the dawn of motoring to the present day, suffice to say too many to take photo's of. Having said that here is a few that caught my eye. These two F1 cars are the Rothmans of Damon Hill, and the Lotus of Romain Grosjean. |
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| Looking down onto a row of classic sports cars. The green torpedo shaped car at the bottom of the photo is the land speed record holder for steam powered cars, aptly named 'The biggest kettle in the world'. It reached an average speed of 139.843mph at the Edwards Air Force Base in California. |
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| Throughout the museum there where these great little displays of workshops / garages and shops from yesteryear. The attention to detail was simply incredible. |
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| Another display of an old shop, the shelves were crammed full of boxes of the products that were available back in days gone by. |
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| On leaving the museum I noticed the monorail and thought I could get some good ariel photo's of the show from there, but unfortunately the show looks half empty from my photo's, but trust me it wasn't. |
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| Another ariel photo, and again the show looks empty... the monorail went around the perimeter of the show area so I'm guessing that's why it looks as though it's half empty. So that was part 2 of my blog review on the 'Simply VW' day at Beaulieu. If you missed part one check out 'my blog archive' to the top left of this page. This was the first VW show to be held at Beaulieu, and I would say it was a total success. The were hundreds of VW's both air cooled and water cooled all descriptions. The atmosphere was chilled and relaxed, and the setting along with the weather were both fantastic. This is definitely one show on my calendar for 2016. |
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