http://my1969vwmicrobus.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/vw-friends.html There is plenty of opportunity to ask advise about how to do something or how to fix something on your VW, as well as give advise to other members on how you fixed or done something. There is also opportunity to chat about what ever arises. We are a friendly relaxed group and welcome new members. To become a member of the Outcast VW Club all you have to do is turn up at a club meet. We hold regular monthly meets but there is no obligation to come along every month (we do understand people have a home life!) We meet on the first Thursday of each month, come rain or shine and throughout the year at The Charter Public House, 2 Rimmington Way, Aylesbury, HP19 8AW, from 7.00pm onwards. It is located on the main A41 towards Waddesdon close to McDonald's so it's easy to find. Our members have a diverse array of vehicles from split screen and bay window buses to early beetles, to off road beetles to the newer T4 and T5's and a few Golf's and a Lupo.
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| About 12 -18 months ago fellow Outcast VW Club member John bought this gorgeous satin white over satin blue split screen kombi. This bus was really nice, the body panels looked perfectly straight, the satin paint looked almost flawless, and it sat just right. |
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| The chrome bumpers were shiny and looked like new, the painted steel wheels were finished to the same high standard as the body so you would think John would be happy with his new purchase wouldn't you? So would I, but John wasn't and shortly after purchasing the bus he announced that he was taking off the road for a complete rebuild.! I have to admit I thought he had gone mad, but John had a vision in his mind on how he wanted his bus to look and at this months club meet John debuted his newly rebuilt bus and wow what a difference... |
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| The first thing you notice is the new colour of mango and white. This two tone colour combination on a split screen always looks good and John's is no exception. John was saying that there are a few minor paint defects that he isn't happy with, but these will get sorted once it goes back to the paint shop. But overall the paint finish is to a very high standard. The twin NOS yellow fog lights mounted to the colour coded towel rail bumpers finish off the new look to the front end. |
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| The new colour transforms the looks of this bus giving it a fresh new look. The floor pan and the whole underside is also painted to the same high standard in the mango colour. New wheels add some sparkle to the clean fresh new look. |
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| Perfectly straight panels covered with an almost flawless coat of paint provide almost perfect reflections. John has also had a complete new suspension set up fitted which should provide better handling and a smoother ride. |
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| The rear end is so good looking with the colour coded bumpers. What a difference a colour change can make to a vehicle. |
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| The repaint also included all the interior which is finished to the same high standard. New flooring and upholstery compliment the colour. |
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| The new tan vinyl upholstery and door cards were all re-trimmed by 'Bromsgrove Auto Trimmers': http://www.bromsgroveautotrim.com/ these guy's are specialists in re-trimming VW's and the whole of John's interior only took about a week to complete from start to finish. |
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| Looking inside the cab area of John's split screen you immediately become aware of how nice the paint finish is and how nice the new upholstery looks and smells. Well done John, the bus looks awesome. |
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| A regular at our club meets is Kevin who came along in his off road beetle. Kevin regularly competes in off road trails all over the U.K. Kevin also has a crew cab T25 pick up that he uses as a daily driver. |
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| Kevin's newly painted pink wheels, I'm not going to say a word, but you can add your own caption here:.................................... |
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| Sam also came along in his off road trial Bug. Kevin and Sam are father and son and Sam often joins Kevin in their trialling pursuits. This Bug is also Sam's daily driver. |
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| Stuart and his son Tim came to the club meet in his 1970 green Beetle that Stuart uses as a daily driver. Stuart also has a turbo powered 1971 early bay. |
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| My 1969 Microbus actually looks quite clean and shiny, not quite sure why..? but she does look good in the evening sunshine. |
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| Claude's 1960 split screen kombi was looking as clean as ever. This Californian imported bus sees plenty of mileage with several road trips into Europe already under it's belt. |
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| Dave and Angela came along to our club meet in their 1967 split screen which has just taken them on a 2000 mile plus round trip across Europe including Belgium and Germany and France without any mechanical problems. |
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| Gary came along in his new look early bay. Gary has had the bus lowered and recently purchased the white Empi 5 spoke wheels and the front over riders. These changes make the bus look so different. |
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| The variety, the standard and the sheer numbers of Volkswagen's at the Outcast VW Clubs monthly meet is always very impressive which is a testament to the dedication of the members. |
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| Split screens, early bays and late bays line up together. The diversity of vehicles at the Outcast Club's monthly meet is fantastic. |
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| Aaron and his partner Robyn came over for the first time from Milton Keynes in their gorgeous 1960 split screen bus called 'Sammy''. Aaron and Robyn recently got back from a trip to Wolfsburg in Germany in their bus and apart from a minor brake issue the bus behaved itself perfectly and never missed a beat. |
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| Ryan came over to our club meet in his cool 1970 early bay. Ryan's bus is running a 2054 cc engine with CB044 heads, an FK8 cam, 1:4 ratio rockers, full flow oil flow, oil cooler with fan and a custom oil breather. It also has 44mm modified Kadron carbs, and a CB bell crank linkage.. and yes it does goes very well. |
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| Luke came over with Ryan in his 1975 white over light blue late bay. Luke's bay is running a standard 1600 motor with a centre mounted Dellorto DRLA & GT style exhaust. Both Ryan and Luke are members of a new Volkswagen group called 'VW Collective' on facebook. |
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| Three generations of the Volkswagen bus parked up side by side in descending order at the Outcast Clubs monthly meet. |
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| New member Pete came along in his cool looking Mk1 white Golf convertible. This 1990 rag top looked in fantastic condition. |
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| Water cooled and air cooled Volkswagen's parked up side by side. All Volkswagen's are welcome at the Outcast Club monthly meets. |
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| The Outcast VW Club is a very relaxed and informal gathering full of friendly of like minded people who offer a warm welcome to all newcomers. |
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| Looking along the main line up of vehicles at the Outcast VW Club monthly meet. |
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| Looking along the main line up of vehicles at the Outcast VW Club monthly meet. |
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| Ryan and Luke are having a leisurely stroll around looking at all the members vehicles at the Outcast VW Clubs monthly meet. |
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| The members of the Outcast Club are friendly bunch of people, who just love to talk about their vehicles and show off what they have done to them. |
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| Looking along the main line of members vehicles parked up at The Charter. As usual the variety of both air-cooled and water cooled Volkswagen's was amazing. |
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| A nice trio of buses parked up at the Outcast Club's monthly meet. |
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| The car park is big enough so that the Outcast Club can all park together without bothering other customers. This also allows for some great photo's of members vehicles. |
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| A better look at the Outcast Car Park who meet at The Charter Inn, 2 Rimmington Way, in Aylesbury. HP19 8AW on the first Thursday of each month throughout the year. |
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| We had another new member turn up this month, Jason in his 1987 white high top T25. It was great to meet him and we hope he enjoyed his visit to our club meet and hope he will come back again in the near future. |
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| It's almost dusk and Ryan and Luke have quite a distance to get home so they said their goodbye's and headed off home. |
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| A rather fuzzy photo of Luke leaving the club meet. I did like the white LED driving lights in the indicators. It was great to see both Ryan and Luke at our club meet and we hope it's not long before they come back again. |
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| Amanda came along later in the evening in her silver Golf. Amanda and her partner Simon also have a T4. |
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| Aaron and Robyn leaving the club meet to head off back to Milton Keynes. This was Aaron and Robyn's first visit to our club meet and we hope it's not long before they both come back again to visit us. So that was the August Outcast VW Clubs monthly meet. Yet again it was a fantastic effort by all the members to have such a large turn out of members vehicles and a fantastic evening overall. Next month we'll be into September so it'll probably be the last month of a daylight meet, but hopefully the members won't be put off by the darker and cooler nights. Our next club meet is this Thursday coming, 3rd September at The Charter, 2 Rimmington Way in Aylesbury HP19 8AW from 7.00pm onwards so we hope to see you there! |
