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| Looking across the Ace Cafe car park from the entrance door to the cafe. The quality Volkswagen's are starting to arrive, but it's still quite early in the evening. |
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| This lovely looking 1969 pop top early bay looked great parked up in the summer evening sunshine. |
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| Another pop top early bay but this time it's a white over bright yellow 1971 bus. The yellow really glowed in the evening sunshine. |
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| Sarah and Gareth were at the Ace Cafe ( I assume they were as I didn't actually see them) in their gorgeous 1967 Ivory over Bahama Blue split screen. Sarah and Gareth are both members of the Herts VW Club. I have just seen a facebook post from Sarah who says that their bus 'Tigi' has just taken them on a 1100 mile trip around France, and never the bus missed a beat. |
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| Looking at the photo's from the Ace Cafe air- cooled meet I have noticed that all the bay window buses were all pop top versions. That's unusual as normally there are at least a couple of tin top bays there. Anyway this white over bright green 1972 late bay looked great parked up. I do like the clear indicator lenses (as opposed to the original amber ones), on both late and early bays as I think it gives the front end a cleaner fresher look. |
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| This gorgeous silver over pastel yellow 1968 split screen looked awesome. It was flawless in every detail and looked great parked up. |
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| Another pop top bay, this time it's a white over light blue 1977 late bay. Again it has the clear front indicator lenses which helps make this nice bus stand out. This cool bus belongs to Mark, another member of The Wolfsburg Weed Huugers VW Club, based in Penn St. |
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| This T25 crew cab pick up is a regular at the air-cooled night at the Ace, I have seen this on many occasions and it still looks as good now as it did the first time I saw it. |
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| I haven't seen this LT35 at the Ace before, OK it looked a bit RAT but did look like a nice solid bus to cruise around in and something different from the normal buses. |
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| This gorgeous cream over peach 21 window 1968 split screen looked fantastic in the summer sunshine. |
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| This really was a nice looking bus. It was riding at stock height which I think suits not only split screens but also bay's. |
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| A good variety of buses is always guaranteed at the air-cooled T4 / T5 monthly meet on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at the Ace Cafe. |
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| This 1987 beige T25 caught my eye as it looked like a nice straight clean bus, I do like the T25 and could easily have one. |
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| Moving onto the other side of the car park is where the Beetle's were lined up. This bright red 1973 model looked great with it's chrome head- light peaks. Apart from this addition this bug looked pretty much original. |
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| Mark and Claire came along in their 1972 bright purple beetle. I think this was the first run out for the bug after recently going some minor repairs. It's always nice to catch up with Mark and Claire who are both members of the Wolfsburg Weed Huggers VW Club. |
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| This stunning Dove Blue (?) early beetle had an almost perfect paint job over incredibly straight body panels. It goes to show you don't need to spend out on flashy wheels etc to have a very desirable car or bus. |
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| Another regular at the Ace is this Union Jack painted beach buggy. This groovy buggy reminds me of 'Austin Powers, International man of mystery'. I bet this is such fun to drive around in, but if you don't like your vehicle's looking so bright and colourful then how about... |
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| ... this 1972 rust covered beetle? The red painted wheels with the white wall tyres (along with the rust covered body!) help to set this car apart from the other bug's. I did like the twin yellow spot lights mounted to the retro style roof rack. |
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| This red 1969 Beetle looked like a straight and honest car. It didn't have a flashy paint job or bright shiny chrome wheels but it still looked great parked up outside the Ace. |
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| This gorgeous Porsche 356 speedster was parked up and looked awesome. I'm not sure if this was an original 356 or not, but it didn't really matter because it so nice. |
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| The 356 has a gorgeous body shape whether it is coupe or convertible and the light grey colour choice on this one accentuates the flowing body lines. |
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| A perfect reflection in the 356's hubcap. |
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| You can normally tell if a 356 is an original or not by the shape of the transmission tunnel, it'll be either squarish or rounded. I think (if my memory serves me well) that if it's rounded it may be a beetle chassis, and if it's more squarish it's probably an original 356 floor pan. It's hard to see from this photo which one this is. |
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| This lovely 1970's white Beetle looked great with it's bumpers removed and replaced with the nerf bars. The aftermarket wheels suited the look of this bug, as did the red vinyl interior. |
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| This lowered blue Beetle looked great with it's white painted steel wheels. This stock looking bug was a really nice looking Bug. |
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| This race inspired Beetle belongs to a mate of mine, Jonny who is a member of the Wolfsburg Weed Huugers VW Club. I asked him for some details of his car, and in his own words Jonny told me "It's a 2165cc nitrous motor, with a roll cage, it has carbon fibre 'Autometer' gauges with a custom built bug tech race shifter and has a fully custom hand built interior". |
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| Jonny went on to say " It had an aluminium fuel tank with custom mounts and of course it's my daily driver!" I bet driving to work has never been so enjoyable. |
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| I'm sure I saw this cool looking 1970 Beetle at the 'Just Kampers' open day back in June this year. It has some neat touches such as the Porsche 365 bonnet straps and the front side lights. |
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| The deck lid looks seriously cool with the 356 air vent and leather straps. This really is one cool cabriolet. |
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| This stunning dark blue 1969 / 1970 Karmann Ghia looked immaculate. The dark flawless paint looks striking against the chrome trim and bumpers. |
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| This 1970 light blue Beetle looked great with the chrome head light peaks and the mesh windscreen visor. |
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| Another cabriolet Beetle, this time a stunning gloss black 1972 model. This was another car that looked totally original. Maybe going back to stock is the way forward when owning a Volkswagen..? |
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| Another regular at the Ace Cafe is this lovely 1964 mid grey beetle. This stock looking bug (apart from the banded steel wheels) always looks immaculate. |
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| This gorgeous olive green T3 fastback was totally immaculate. The body was so straight and covered in a flawless coat of paint. |
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| The type 3 fastback's were produced from 1965 - 1973. The painted steel wheels look like a perfect choice to compliment the car. |
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| Another mate of mine Tom came along a bit later in the evening in his early 1960's Beetle. This bug is a bit RAT look with the odd scuff here and there, but it's still a lovely old bug. |
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| Tom's Porsche 356 nipple style hub caps make all the difference to the appearance of Tom's daily driver. |
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| This awesome looking 1967 beach buggy in bright yellow looked great parked up. The colour choice suits this car perfectly as do the wheels. |
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| I did like the vertical exhausts and the clear lenses on the tear drop tail lights. |
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| The interior, for a beach buggy is surprisingly very well equipped. This buggy had a dashboard full of dials, lush looking yellow vinyl high back seats and even carpet! So that was a brief review of the monthly air- cooled T4 / T5 night at the world famous Ace Cafe, London. Overall a very enjoyable evening with plenty of cool looking Volkswagen's both air-cooled and water cooled. The Ace Cafe is a good venue with hot / cold refreshments available within the 1950's rockers cafe. |
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