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| I arrived at Chalfont Park quite early, but even arriving early the park was already crammed with modified cars. I drove around the site and parked the bus up at the end of a line of really immaculate Mk1 Golf's. |
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| This silver 1970 beetle looked great with it's cool windscreen visor, headlight peaks and the U.S style towel rail bumper. |
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| This really was a nice clean and straight bug. I did like the rear pop out windows and the unusual wheel choice which suited the car perfectly and gave it an old skool look. |
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| This early 1960's bug looked fantastic in it's grey paint. The super low stance along with those Fuchs style chrome wheels helped this unassuming bug to stand out. |
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| This bug was super straight and super clean, I did like the Paris sunroof and the pop out rear windows. |
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| As you would expect the interior was also super tidy. The red vinyl seats with matching red and grey door cards made the interior something special. I did like the wood rim steering wheel with the 'Wolfsburg' logo centre cap. |
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| Moving around to the back of this lovely bug, The engine lid was open to show off this clean detailed engine. |
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| This lovely 1972 late bay caught my eye with it's distinctive single coat of silver paint. This bus had been lowered and with those low profile tyres on the custom wheels it looked even lower. |
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| I did like the 3 bow roof rack and the bicycle carrier on the back. The black painted bumpers add just enough contrast to the colour scheme. |
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| This gorgeous T4 wasn't flash or fancy, it was just a nice clean, straight bus and I loved it. |
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| As I was wandering around the show this 1965 split screen rolled up. It looked great as it slowly cruised past all the water cooled VW's trying to find a place to park up. More on this splitty later in the blog. |
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| Around mid morning I spotted this super bright orange 1975 late bay cruising around show looking for a place to park. I told him there was a spot next to me and gave him directions to where I was parked up. |
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| This pop top bay really was a nice clean bus. The bright orange paint showed off the straight panels and it looked amazing. |
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| A pair of air cooled bay window buses parked up in the shade at Westside Treffen. To be honest the air cooled bugs and buses didn't really get much attention, well they wouldn't at a water cooled orientated show, would they? |
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| A gorgeous line up of MK1 Golf's. Each one was immaculate, and had many man hours of work on them. The standard of these cars in amazing. |
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| This tough looking Dodge was parked up next to a traders tent. I think they were selling performance parts, although I could be wrong. |
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| The perfect black gloss paint gives off an almost perfection reflection from those super straight body panels. I did like those huge chrome wheels with the low profile tyres. |
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| This Dodge looked super tough from the rear. |
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| This lovely low MK1 Caddy pick up caught my eye, it's super straight body finished in that brilliant white and those amazing wheels. |
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| This Caddy sat really low as this photo clearly shows. This must have been riding on air, or had extremely hard suspension as the tyres were only a couple of millimetres from the wheel arches. |
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| This orange 1981 MK1 Golf was outstanding. The attention to detail on this car was amazing. It had, like the majority of the Westside cars been lowered almost to the max. |
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| This 1966 Beetle looked stunning in the sun- shine. I do like chrome headlight grilles on an early beetle, as I think they suit the car perfectly. |
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| This really was a nice clean and straight bug, the deck lid luggage rack looked the perfect period accessory as did the U.S style all red rear light lenses. |
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| You can see just how low this bug sits from this photo, you can also see just how straight the body panels were on the gorgeous '66. |
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| The interior of this early bug was as clean as the outside. The restored seats and door cards looked amazing, as did the ivory steering wheel. I did like the bamboo under dash shelf which not only looks cool, but also provides much needed storage space. |
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| OK it's not a VW but this 1971 MK1 Ford Escort was so straight and clean it didn't look out of place at the Westside Treffen show. |
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| The Escort had the 'RS' interior, I'm not sure if this was a real RS or not, but it didn't really matter if it wasn't as it was such a lovely car. |
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| The rear quarter panel on the MK1 Escort, this car was so straight and the paint was so good if gives off an almost perfect reflection. The paint was so shiny it looks as though it's still wet. |
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| The MK1 Ford Escort was produced from 1968 - 1975, although production of the Escort in various models continued until 2004, but in my humble opinion the MK1 was by far the best. |
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| J.L. Audio were at the show with their amazing custom beetle. J.L. Audio supply mobile audio systems, including sub woofers an amplifiers. I have never seen so many speakers in a car. |
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| The paintwork on this beetle is really cool and it certainly gets noticed. Those banded steel wheels look great. |
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| The rear window and side windows have been replaced with steel sheet and give this bug a one off look. |
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| Inside the J.L. Audio bug the interior was just as cool as the outside. The orange vinyl interior was crammed with speakers. |
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| Behind the seats were the biggest car speakers I had ever seen. |
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| This lovely looking VW Golf in the famous Gulf racing colours looked great. |
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| This brown 1976 Audi 80 was an amazingly straight car. This must had had a full restoration as it was so clean. |
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| Those custom wheels look great against the body colour. This Audi (the B1) was produced from 1972 - 1978. |
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| Another V.A.G. car at the show was this lovely bronze Audi 50 LS. Again, this was another stunning example of a lovely car. The 'LS' and 'GS' models had the larger 59bhp engine. |
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| This Audi 50, had French registration plates on, but I'm not sure if this in an import or whether the owner just puts these plates on for the show. This really is a lovely un-restored example of this classic car. |
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| This is the 1965 split screen that I saw driving into the show from earlier in he blog. I did like the look of this bus, it wasn't pristine but it was very desirable. I did like the full length sun roof and custom wheel choice. |
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| Attention to detail is the name of the game and small touches like the chequered design inside the headlight help make this bus stand out. |
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| This bus was a bit RAT looking, but that just gives the bus some character and adds to the charm of this lovely bus. |
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| Parked up next to the lovely spilitty was this gorgeous early 1960's beetle. This bug did look good with all the period accessories, and it's super low stance. |
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| This photo shows just how low this beetle sits, and just how much negative camber the rear banded steel wheels have. |
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| This really was a nice looking bug. I did like the rear window blind, the U.S style towel rail bumpers the period roof rack with accessories. |
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| Just one of the period accessories on the bugs roof rack, a lovely old 'Speedwell' Jerry can. |
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| Another lowered MK1 Caddy, this time in gloss black with decals on the doors. This Caddy, as were all the other cars that were part of the Westside group, was so clean and the attention to detail was amazing. |
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| Cool graphics's on the Caddy's doors. |
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| The bed of this super straight Caddy had been fitted out with chequer plate which was in stark contrast to the shiny black gloss body panels, and looked fantastic. I did like the netting that replaced the old tailgate |
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| Another period Jerry can in the back of the Caddy. This time is an old 'Shell' Aviation spirit can with the price of 3/- (three shillings!) |
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| Looking in between 2 rows of Westside owners vehicles. |
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| Just a few of the MK1 Golf's on display at the Westside Treffen show 2015. Each one was different in looks but they all had had so much time and money spent on them. |
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| This gorgeous 1970 squareback looked great in it's single red colour. I did like those chrome Fuchs style wheels which compliment the bright red paint perfectly. |
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| This super straight Type 3 really was to show standard. The type 3 was produced from 1961 to 1973 and came in 3 main body styles, The Squareback, a fastback and a notchback and either had the 1500cc or the 1600cc engine. |
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| This Squareback had some pretty cool pin- striping on the bonnet and.... |
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| ...some neat sign writing on the rear door. That lovely chrome bumper looked like new. |
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| My 1969 VW Microbus and the orange late bay just getting some shade at the Westside Treffen. |
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| The J.L. Audio beetle looking good in the sun- shine. |
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| The reflection of the J.L. Audio beetle is almost perfect on the super straight body panel of one of the Westside Club's cars. |
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| OK, this Aston Martin DB9 isn't a V.A.G. motor but that didn't matter. This gorgeous DB9 is made largely of aluminium and has the 6 litre V12 motor which can propel this car from 0-60 mph in 4.1 seconds with a top speed of around 296km/h (183 mph). |
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| The DB9 was first unveiled at the 2003 Frankfurt Motor Show and was available as a coupe or a convertible. Customers also had a choice of a manual or automatic gearboxes. When my numbers finally come up on the Lottery, I will have one of these DB9's. So that was a brief (air-cooled) review of the Westside Treffen 2015. The show is mostly for custom / modified water cooled vehicles (although there were plenty of air-cooled VW's there) If you're into the modified water cooled car scene then I suggest you take a look at this show next year, you will not be disappointed. |
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