To see all my other blog entries, go to ‘My Blog Archive’ to the left of the page. Simply click on an arrow for a particular year, then click on an arrow for a particular month, this will then give you a drop down menu for all the blog entries for that month.
 |
| This gorgeous cherry red 1973 volksrod was the first vehicle I saw as I entered the lower show hall. It has had an 8" roof chop, and the body has been shortened by 4". It also has had a 3" tub chop and features suicide doors. |
 |
| The standard front beam has been retained with Porsche centerline wheels with Porsche adaptors fitted to each corner. |
 |
| The interior is in keeping with the exterior and features a smoothed dash, alloy bucket seats with army tarp cushions and that cool chrome chain link steering wheel and that massive gear lever. |
 |
| This cool looking volksrod gets pushed along by a 1641cc type 1 engine with twin 40 Empi carbs. The stopping power is via the Porsche 944 discs at each corner. |
 |
| This stunning 1966 green over white split screen was riding on a Creative Engineering air ride suspension with Accuair e-level management system. This show bus had safari screens and polished alloy door tops. |
 |
| The interior was also to a very high standard and featured custom built seating, 32" TV on an electric lift and overhead storage. |
 |
| The standard throughout this '66 was amazing, and the attention to detail was incredible. |
 |
| The power for this '66 comes via a 2.0 litre Subaru conversion that is as clean and detailed the rest of the bus. |
 |
| This lovely early beetle looked great slammed on the deck. This bug had the RAT look going on and with that front opening screen, and those BRM wheels this was one cool looking car. |
 |
| You can see just how low this beetle sits, it must be on some sort of air ride suspension. The pop out rear windows and the all red rear lights complimented the look of this old bug. |
 |
| This 1967 split screen looked like a nice solid bus. It wasn't flash or fancy, it was just a stock looking bus that for 49 years old looked amazing. |
 |
| Just a very small selection of the beach buggies that were on display outside at Volksworld. There were numerous body styles and various years of manufacture but they all looked great. |
 |
| A pair of gorgeous cal-look beetles parked up in the spring sunshine. You will be hard pushed to fine more variety of vehicles at any other show. |
 |
| A pair of RAT look early bay window buses. A blue 1970 bay and a, white 1971, both buses sat so low and both had narrowed front beams. |
 |
| This pair of original looking pre 58 oval window beetles were parked up outside the venue and looked great. I do like to see an original looking Volkswagen and these two fitted the bill perfectly. |
 |
| The light grey beetle had plenty of 'real' patina over the whole body. This look is very sought after here in the U.K., although it's not to every- ones taste. |
 |
| Whether you like the patina look or not, I think you'll agree these two beetles did look nice. |
 |
| This lovely sun burnt 1966 13 window deluxe split screen was one of the vehicles up for sale at the Volksworld show, This could be yours for the grand sum of £28,000 ($39.970 approx) |
 |
| This super low mango and white split screen bus was just oozing patina from every panel. |
 |
| This RAT looking split screen looked great from every angle. The opening rear screen was a neat addition that suited the bus. |
 |
| Just one of the lines of cars on show, there is always so much variety at the Volksworld show it doesn't matter what VW you prefer, you'll be sure to find it here. |
 |
| Spilt screen and bay window buses parked up side by side at hte Volksworld show. |
 |
| This 1973 blue late bay has one of the smoothest front clips I have ever seen, check out that super straight reflection! |
 |
| This 1971 pop top early bay looked great with it's high ride height and those huge off road tyres. I do like the syncro look on buses and this one was no different. |
 |
| Beetle's galore, various years and styles but all as good as the next in it's own right. I did like the opening front screen on the baby blue beetle on the left. |
 |
| If you like your beetle's slammed on the deck with the RAT look, you'll love this late 1940's split oval bug. The super narrow front beam enhanced the low stance of this car. |
 |
| You can see just how low this lovely old bug sits by how far those rear tyres are tucked up inside the wheel arch. I hope this beetle never gets painted as I think it looks just right as it is. |
 |
| Another slammed RAT look vehicle parked up was this pastel yellow Karmann Ghia circa 1955 - 1959. I did like the narrowed front beam and the yellow headlights. |
 |
| This Karmann has been featured a few times on my blog and it always looks so nice. The whole car sits so low as this photo shows. |
 |
| An unusual colour combination on this 1971 type 3 'notchback' but it works really well. These type 3's were made from 1961 - 1973 and came in 3 body styles, the Notchback, a squareback and a fastback. |
 |
| This lovely notch looked tough with it's twin exhausts and the boot spoiler. I'm not sure what wheels they are but they did suit this old notchback's overall look. |
 |
| This type 2 single cab flat bed pick up was really nice. It virtually sat on the ground so I'm guessing it had some sort of air ride suspension. The super narrow front beam, and original canvas over the bed helped make this bus stand out. |
 |
| The single cab had what looked like the original paint, which is always nice to see and it also had some really neat old skool pinstriping around the headlights. |
 |
| Another old RATTY split screen that just looked great with it's OG paint and patina. I did like the narrowed front beam and the overall stance of this old bus. |
 |
| There is something about an old split screen with what looks like original paint that just right. The contrasting yellow headlights were a nice addition that were keeping with the look. |
 |
| Another 1960's split screen single cab pick up in amazing condition. This SC looked really solid and straight. I did like the grey over beige paint and the sign written cab doors. The stock wheels with painted hubcaps with the VW logo on them looked just about perfect. |
 |
| This gorgeous 1968 early bay caught my eye, It sat perfectly with a slight rack towards the front and those red painted 5 spoke wheels looked a perfect choice for this bay window. I did like the side window configuration of the quarter light windows on both side windows. |
 |
| This super low 1972 squareback looked great in it's two tone paint, and unusually the darker colour is on top but it works really well. The narrowed front beam looked great and added to the overall low look. |
 |
| Not only was this type 3 super low it was also super straight. That really is a nice straight reflection that olive green paint is giving off. |
 |
| Looking to the right from the main grandstand at Sandown Park at the outside vehicle display. The weekend camping area is in the distance on the other side of the race track. |
 |
| And looking to the left, the amount of people that camped out for the whole weekend was quite impressive considering the overnight low temperatures at night in early spring. |
 |
| Whilst wandering around the vehicles parked up outside I spotted a trio of cars that had the pure race look. The first was this blue beetle, and judging by the lack of lights, I'd say this is probably a track car. |
 |
| The Empi air scoops and centerline wheels can only mean one thing, performance. |
 |
| I didn't find out about the size of the motor, but it looked impressive and if it goes as fast as the car looks, then it'll be pretty quick. |
 |
| The second was this light turquoise 1973 Karmann Ghia, named Shiftin Ghia. |
 |
| This '73 had a lovely stance that made it look ready to race anyone, the alloy rear spoiler and that stinger looking exhaust helped the look. |
 |
| Another race themed car was the pumped up Beetle with a 'Herbie' style paint scheme. The nose down stance made this old bug look tough. |
 |
| I didn't find out what cc the motor was but I'm guessing it's not stock! The rear fenders are attached with quick release Dzus fasteners and the big stinger exhaust was so big it didn't fit into the photo! |
 |
| This stunning 1971 beetle had been deseamed and had those crazy suicide doors created. This bug also had very unique 1939 Ford deluxe head lights, that looked really good. It also had a 5" narrowed front beam with 15 x 5" chrome smoothie wheels. |
 |
| More modifications include the 1959 Cadillac frenched rear lights and the smoothed deck lid with frenched number plate. The body is painted in Porsche polar silver and the whole car sits on air suspension. The motor is a 1600tp with Kadron carbs Pertonix dizzy. So that was the third instalment on my review of the Volksworld show. I hope my blog reviews have given you an insight into this fantastic weekend show. There were so many quality vehicles at the show, I couldn't photograph them all, having said that I do have plenty of photos left that I took both inside the show and in the public car park to write another blog so maybe I'll post a bonus review sometime in the future. If you haven't been to this show, I strongly suggest you go in the future as you will not disappointed. |
No comments:
Post a Comment