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| The entrance to Santa Pod Raceway, home of Bug Jam has a steady flow of vehicles entering the venue all day long. This event attracts thousands of visitors each day. |
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| Having paid my £25 (!) for a day visitor I saw this pair of Beetles parked up, and I knew just then that it was going to be a good day. |
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| A lovely Karmann Mobil or Gipsy as it's more commonly called. These are quite rare over here in the U.K. and very expensive, but they are just so nice looking. |
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| These are the ultimate VW camper for a lot of people and it's easy to see why. They provide so much more room than a normal split or bay, whilst still looking just as cool. |
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| This gorgeous white over yellow 21 window 1965 split screen looked fantastic in the summer sunshine. I did like the chrome 356 wheels (same as mine) and the standard ride height of this lovely bus. |
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| This lovely late bay looked good in it's green paint with a white pop top. I think buses that ride at stock height, whether split screens or bay's look just a s good as lowered buses. |
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| This pre 1963 Beetle looked great in it's mid grey paint, I did like the chrome Empi 5 spoke wheels and chrome nerf bars. |
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| This stunning 1965 split screen had a lovely two tone turquoise paint scheme which made this bus stand out in the camping area. |
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| Turquoise would not have been my first choice for a colour, but what an excellent choice it was. This bus really does stand out in the crowd. |
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| Another turquoise bus but this with a white upper body. This 1966 split had a lovely turret top pop top, which I think suits a split screen. |
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| When you go to a VW show / event, there is a good chance you'll see a 'Herbie' replica, well this Herbie looked as though he'd been down the gym, it looked all pumped up and muscular. |
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| I don't know what motor this bug was running but I'm guessing it was big. The rear spoiler and over size wheels are a good indication. |
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| This lovely 1967 split screen looked different, but in a good way, in it's black over green paint scheme. The matching black wheels were a nice contrasting feature on this deluxe bus. |
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| One of my facebook friends, Natasha was at Bug Jam with her partner in their gorgeous 1965 RAT looking split screen. This is one of my favourite split screens in the country at the moment. |
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| Walking through the camping area (where a lot of quality VW's are parked up all weekend) I saw this lovely pair of split screens. I did like the Radar wheels and the sun visor on the white over red split. |
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| Yellow is my favourite colour so of course I was going to be drawn to this very RAT looking split screen, with sign written panels. |
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| I did like the old look of this paint and of course the sign writing. This really was a nice looking bus that I could look at for hours. |
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| This stunning super low 1967 Karmann Ghia looked fantastic with it's narrowed front end and sitting so low. This really was a super straight car. |
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| Low is the way to go this season as this 1966 satin black beetle proves. Those custom wheels finish off the cool look of this bug. |
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| This really was a nice looking car, I did like the luggage rack over the deck lid and the all red U.S. style rear light lenses. |
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| This notch back was one of the race cars at Santa Pod, I did like the play on words for the cars name. |
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| This lovely 1968 deluxe early bay looked so clean and solid. I did like the opening rear window which must provide some much needed breeze on these humid nights spent in the bus. I noticed the rear over riders and don't think I've seen them this tall before..? |
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| WOW, how low..? This 1958 bright red beetle was virtually sat on the grass. It must have been riding on air suspension... |
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| The super low bug had two of my favourite things, yellow head light lenses and some neat old skool pinstriping. |
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| I did say that Natasha's 1965 splitty was one of my favourite's, so here it is again, parked up at Santa Pod in the sunshine. |
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| This super clean all white fastback cruised past me so I just had to get a photo. This really was a nice clean example of this car. |
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| After walking around the camping area I found myself in the 'For Sale' area and I saw this 1970 beach buggy for sale, it had a 1600cc engine with twin carbs, the colour is a TVR colour called Prism. The price of this cool buggy was £4,750 ($7,500 approx) |
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| This green 1965 single cab split screen pick up, was imported from the U.S. A. in 2002, it has a 1600cc with twin Dellorto 36's. The body was super straight and clean and the asking price was £15,000 ($23,500 approx) |
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| The body panels on the 50 year old pick up immaculate and so straight. This really was a lot of pick up for the money. |
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| Another pick up for sale was this blue 1976 late bay pick up. Again another clean and straight work horse, and the price for this one was a mere £5,995 ($9,300 approx) |
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| It does go to show that there are still bargains to be had, you just have to look hard enough. |
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| This bright red 1966 beetle was parked up and the gap between the running board and the floor cannot have been more than 1 inch. Another vehicle on air ride suspension? |
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| This gorgeous black oval beetle looked pretty much original and belonged to one of the many overseas visitors to the show. |
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| This was one of the straightest vehicles I saw at Bug Jam. Look at the reflection in the door and side panel and on the roof corner, pretty much perfection in my eyes. |
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| This 1969 deluxe early bay was up for sale, it has a super straight and solid body with a 1641cc engine with twin carbs, it also had a full 12 months M.O.T. you can have all this bus for a mere £12,500 ($19,500 approx) |
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| I do like panel vans, and this white over bright yellow caught my eye. It's a 1966 split screen with super straight body panels and running on Empi 5 spoke wheels. |
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| This 1970 early bay caught my eye, it didn't have a flashy paint job, it wasn't running on aftermarket chrome wheels and it wasn't so low that it became impracticable but simply because it was a lovely looking bus, just as Volkswagen had designed it. |
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| For a similar reason this bug caught my eye. This 1971 was not scraping the ground as it drove along, but was sitting high and proud. I did like those wheels with the huge tyres that fill the wheel arches perfectly. |
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| This 1975 late bay looked seriously cool with its retro chocolate brown decal over the mustard colour body. A matching pop top cover finished off the look on this cool bus. |
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| This extremely clean early bay belonged to one of the many German visitors that came along to Bug Jam. This really was a lovely looking bus. |
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| This stunning 1963 split screen looked great in it's white over teal colour paint. I did like the colour matched wheels that suited the overall look of this bus. |
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| This really was a straight bus. I did like the 3 bow roof rack and the white painted bumpers. |
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| This 1950's black oval window looked fantastic in it's near original condition. The black gloss paint was so smooth and shiny it looked as though it was still wet.! |
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| Fantastically smooth body panels with a near perfect coat of paint provide exceptional reflections of the summer clouds in the paint. |
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| This pre 63 Ivory over brown split screen looked great in the sunshine at Santa Pod. This bus proves you don't have to have a radical paint scheme and flashy wheels to have a very desirable bus. |
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| This oval window beetle must be another VW riding on air suspension as it sat on the grass whilst parked up. |
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| This stunning pre 63 grey over beige split screen looked so nice, the super shiny Radar wheels were a nice addition that suited the bus perfectly. |
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| I spotted this 1967 beetle parked up in the camping area, I don't know what motor this bug was running but judging by those trick exhausts coming out of the rear wings could suggest it's bigger than the standard 50hp. |
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| It doesn't matter what condition your trusty VW is in just as long as you get to Bug Jam. This 1972 type 3 Variant or square back as it's more commonly known looked great in it's RAT condition. So that was part one of the 'Bug Jam 29' review, this show really is massive and there is so much to do I doubt you could do everything in a week- end. Part two of Bug Jam 29 will be posted next Saturday. |
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