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| This gorgeous olive green oval window beetle caught my eye, I do like the oval bugs and this one looked like a real early one. I did like that big red spot light on the roof rack. |
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| A super clean 1971 early bay finished in a lovely coat of what looks like Kansas Beige although I could be wrong!, whatever the name of the colour is, it looked great. The chrome 5 spoke wheels added some bling. |
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| This cool looking 1977 late bay looked great with those retro stripes and the chocolate coloured body. This bay had an unusual pop top which looked great. |
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| OK, it's not a Volkswagen but when you come across a totally original 1963 Austin Cooper S you just have to take some photo's. This light blue Cooper was immaculate. |
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| This really is a gorgeous example of the classic Austin, that must have had a nut and bolt restoration as it really was like new. |
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| I did like this teal coloured 1971 early bay and the concertina pop top with the clear panels. Again a very nice bay without being too flashy. |
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| Santa Pod is primarily a drag racing venue so it's not unusual to see some race cars parked up around the venue, this old skool 1969 Vauxhall Ventora looked great in it's satin black paint with green stripe. This looks like a true 1970's British muscle car. |
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| This beefed up 1966 Volvo Amazon looked awesome with it's flared arches and unique paint scheme. |
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| I did like this old Volvo, I'm not sure if this was used for 1/4 mile racing or circuit racing, but it doesn't really matter when you have such a cool looking car. |
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| In the same year as Volvo were producing the Amazon (above), Volkswagen were producing this stunning 1966 beetle. The super clean example looked great in that blue paint and from being lowered. The contrasting white painted steel wheels suited the car perfectly. |
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| Another vehicle from 1966 was this split screen kombi. This bus had some serious patina in the dark red / maroon paint. This bus rides at close to stock height with painted steel wheels, with white wall tyres, which just looks so good. |
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| If you like your buses with a bit more RAT look then this 1964 splitty should fulfil your cravings. What you see is what you get, definitely there is nothing hidden on this lovely bus. |
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| Another ratty 1964 split screen kombi this time in grey primer and equally as nice. |
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| Looking across into the club camping area at Santa Pod Raceway home of Bug Jam 29. |
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| Looking across into the general camping area, these photo's really do not justify just how busy and how many people were actually at the show. |
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| At Bug Jam it's all about Volkswagen's new or old as this 1970 early bay and 2003 new beetle prove parked up together. |
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| I spotted this lovely early bay cruising around the site, this panel van was for sale so I think the owner was just spreading the word. |
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| This gorgeous jet black 1977 181 Trekker was stunning. It had been seriously lowered and had a nice set of aftermarket wheels. The yellow headlight lenses add some colour to the front. |
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| This gorgeous bright orange 1969 / 70 early bay was up for sale. This bus really was immaculate inside and out and had an asking price of £18,000 ($28,000 approx). |
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| The interior was just as nice and detailed as the exterior. This really was a nice bus. |
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| In the action arena, Santa Pod's own resident monster truck Podzilla was showing off it's car crushing abilities. The organisers had organised a duel between Podzilla and another monster truck.. |
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| .. called Swamp Thing. This monster truck is the 4 time British Champion and it was clear to see why, the amount of 'air' this truck got was amazing. |
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| The 'Cool Flo' guys were at Bug Jam in their lovely blue over white 1970 panel van. |
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| A lovely white over black early split screen. The chrome towel rail bumpers and chrome body trim contrast the gloss black paint perfectly. |
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| This awesome grey primered beetle was one of the race cars, I don't know what size motor this bug had but it was BIG and had a huge turbo bolted to it. |
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| I have to admit I don't really know what I'm looking at, except to say that I bet it's fast. |
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| Santa Pod hosts the Outlaw Anglia's series racing and some of the Outlaw Anglia's were running at the weekend. |
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| This pro-street Pop (Anglia) looked tough with that huge wheel and tyre combination crammed under the stock body and that huge rear spoiler. |
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| This chopped and channelled Anglia looked great with it's traditional hot rod style black and flames paint job. Massive rear wheels help to get traction when racing. |
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| A massive big block motor crammed in the small engine bay of the old Ford. The tube chassis could almost be called a work of art. |
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| The 1965 GTO was produced as a muscle car, but this GTO has had some serious performance modifications. |
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| Those huge 15" x 15" rear tyres and the neatly packed parachute give a glue as to this cars race intentions. |
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| This immaculate 1967 notch back in light blue caught my eye as it looked all original, and looked gorgeous parked up in the sunshine. |
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| A super straight, super clean lowered single cab split screen pick up, with a narrowed front beam, it was simply stunning. |
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| A lovely old 1967 Dodge A100 Sportsman in what looked like stock original condition. The A100 vans were produced from 1964 - 1970. |
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| A seriously low Dove Blue split screen panel van, with a seriously narrowed front beam. This van had some gorgeous patina. |
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| This lovely old split screen was a U.S. import and had some serious patina on the paint work.This bus was still displaying the states plate so that gave me an idea... |
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| My blog has quite a few followers in California so I wondered if anyone in the sunny state recognised this registration plate? I know it's an extremely long shot but you never know. (no prize's are up for grabs, it's simply for fun) |
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| I did like this old sign written single cab split screen pick up. The cover over the pick up bed looked great as did the roof rack and the ladder. |
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| Another incredibly low early beetle finished in a nice light bronze colour. I did like the old wheel trims. |
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| This gorgeous 1967 cherry red split screen was amazing. The perfectly straight body with the gorgeous red paint is simply stunning. The chrome wire wheels and the chrome bumpers added some lovely bright work. |
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| I liked the two bow, and three bow roof racks on this bus. The chrome bumpers, body trim and window trim break up the gorgeous red paint just enough. |
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| From one extreme to another, but equally as nice in their own way are this RAT looking bug and early split screen parked up behind the pit area of the track. |
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| This lovely early split screen panel van had some lovely patina going on. This bus was riding at close to stock height and on the original steel wheels, which always looks good. |
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| The owner of this 1969 beetle had made sure he'd have somewhere to pitch his tent, as it does get crowded in the camping areas. This neat roof mounted tent looked awesome. |
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| This seriously low bright red 1966 beetle was just slowly cruising along towards the race tack, and looking cool as he did so. |
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| This super straight gloss black oval beetle not only had a super straight body, with lovely original steel wheels with domed hub caps, and lovely shiny chrome towel rail bumpers but this lovely bug also had.. |
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| ... A cool registration number. I don't know if you can get a 1797cc motor, but how cool would that be if you can and you put it in this lovely beetle.? |
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| OK I know it's not a Volkswagen, but Land Rover but I saw this and I thought, now that is a neat camping solution. The tent is on the roof with access via the rear awning which provides a dry secure space and with a sun canopy coming out of the side of the 'Lanny'. |
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| As I was making my way out of the show and heading home I noticed this early bug, and looking at the sombrero and moustache I thought to myself 'Adios Amigo' So that was Bug Jam 29, as usual the show lived up to it's reputation as the biggest VW show in the U.K. I missed so much as there is only so much you can do in a day. You really do need to be there for the whole 4 day weekend to take it all in. The weather was good which makes a change at Santa Pod, as normally it rains. If you can get to Northamptonshire next year I suggest you try as it'll be the 30th anniversary and they have promised some good live acts in the music tents. |
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