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| I was drawn to this super bright yellow oval window rag top beetle that was parked up near the auto jumble area. The brightness of that paint gave off a yellow glow the spring sunshine. |
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| This really was a solid looking car and in such an amazing condition. The super bright paint was finished to such a high standard and complimented the super straight body work. |
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| The side profile shows this amazing bug in all it's glory. The stance this bug had, with it's nose down in the weeds looked fantastic. |
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| This lovely all white 1969 Westfalia was a California import and looked absolutely stunning. It had been lowered and had a narrow front beam, and that super straight body looked so solid and finished in a gorgeous coat of white paint. The white pop top canvas suited this bus so well. |
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| Walking from the day visitor car park towards the drag strip I saw this lovely old 1964 white over green split screen slowly cruising towards me, well, it would have been rude not to take some photos. |
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| This lovely RAT look bus was so low and the road to the day parking wasn't that smooth so this guy is slowly trying to miss the pot holes...one of the downsides of having a cool looking bus. |
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| I saw this 1967 Sierra yellow early bay parked up in the camping area. This is another bay that had been lowered and with a narrowed front beam. This looked like a good honest bus. |
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| Regular readers will know I do like a nice panel van, and this 1969 early bay hit the spot. This van was so straight and looked gorgeous in that white over green colour scheme. |
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| Another vehicle I spotted in the camping area was this lovely grey 1967 beetle. This bug had a nose down stance that looked fantastic, and those super shiny chrome Fuchs style wheels were a perfect choice for the car. |
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| The front end looked great sat down in the weeds, and the chrome Porsche headlight grilles were a nice touch that suited this cool bug. |
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| The rear end looked just as sleek as the front, those all red rear light lenses and the chrome nerf bars helped this old bug stand out. |
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| Those gorgeous Fuchs style wheels had the Wolfsburg logo engraved onto the centre caps. |
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| This split screen bus had been converted into a catering vehicle and had an awesome hot rod paint job. The traditional black and flamed paint looked fantastic and well at home at the home of European drag racing. Then as I looked at it I noticed it's proportions were all wrong... |
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| The body was much bigger than a standard split screen. You can see how much bigger the body is by looking to see how small the stock wheels look. This was really trick and very well done. |
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| Santa Pod's resident monster Truck called Podzilla put on several shows each day and here it's doing what it does best, crushing old cars. Podzilla has a 502 cubic inch blown methanol motor which produces 1,350 HP. |
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| There was plenty of racing to watch all day, on both days. I watched the 'Outlaw Anglia's' as I used to have a Ford Anglia many years ago. I did like the black and flamed paint job. |
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| The Pro Street Anglia put in a very impressive time down the quarter mile with a 8.5 second run, and reaching 154 MPH. |
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| Another Outlaw Anglia preparing to race a VW Beetle named 'Schools a drag' down the 1/4 mile drag strip. |
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| After a while this top fuel dragster was towed onto the strip, and was prepared to run the 1/4 mile. This dragster always draws the crowds. |
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| The mechanics have to make sure every little thing is OK and that the massive big block engine, that runs on pure methanol is also good to go. |
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| As the top fuller lurched off the line the noise was incredible, and although the driver backed off the gas at half track distance it still ran a very impressive time of 6.14 @ 108 mph. |
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| This lovely old pre 63 split screen single cab pick was parked by the staging lane, and looked fantastic. I do like original looking Volkswagen's and this SC looked 100% original, including the patina paint. |
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| This really was a lovely truck, everything on this SC was 'just right'. The canvas cover on the bed looked like a repro item, but that's OK because it just enhanced the overall look. |
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| Whilst walking around the pit area I noticed this stunning black and flamed Fordson E494A van in the staging lane. The original E494A had a 10HP, 1172cc engine that had a top speed of 57 MPH and a 0-50 MPH time 58 seconds... It now has something slightly bigger nestled under the hood in the form of a 540 cubic inch big block motor. |
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| The old saying in drag racing goes 'if you don't need it, loose it'. The stripped out interior had the usual ally interior with integral roll cage, a few dials, a single bucket seat and that's it. |
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| This tough looking 1974 Karamnn Ghia belongs to 'Shiftin Ghia Racing' who are a small yet very independent drag racing team currently running in the VWDRC sportsman class 1 category. |
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| Another car I spotted in the staging lane was this blue 1969 SS Chevelle that was running in the nostalgia superstock series. Back in the day these cars were billed as 'America's most popular mid sized car' and it's easy to see why. |
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| This SS did look tough, The slight rack to the front and those 10 x 15 rear wheels with Hoosier racing slicks, not to mention the wheelie bars sticking out the back give off this cars racing prowess. |
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| As you would expect from a VW festival being held at the drag strip, there were plenty of bugs and buses wanting to race down the 1/4 mile. |
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| Just a couple more beetle's in the staging lane at Santa Pod getting ready to race. I did like the look of the grey bug as it reminds of cars being painted in grey primer back in my Hot Rod days |
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| Another 1960's American muscle car preparing for a run down the strip was this 1969 Plymouth Fury 111. The standard fury 111 had the 225ci motor but I think this has something much bigger. |
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| This Fury, finished in diamond white looked so tough and those grey 5 spoke American racing mag wheels really suited the car. |
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| This 1965 bright yellow split screen panel van named 'Banana Split' was parked up opposite the staging lane and looked awesome. The super straight body looked fantastic and that super bright yellow paint complemented to the overall look. |
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| This really was lovely clean van in my favourite colour, so it's not surprising that it stood out and caught my eye. |
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| I spotted this trio of beetle's parked up next to each other. Although they were all beetle's, they were all so different and all so nice in their own way. |
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| The first was this early bug with what look like original paint with lots of sun burnt patina. I did like this car with it low stance and the faded rusty paint. |
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| Although this original look may not be to every ones taste, personally I love it. The old bug looked really solid despite it appearance. |
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| The second bug was this lovely slammed split oval. The super low stance must be due to it riding on air suspension, and those Fuchs style wheels look fantastic |
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| This early bug also had some patina, not as much as the first bug, but just enough to make it look just about perfect. I do like the early split oval, and oval window beetles, they just look so nice. So that was part 2 of 3 of my blog review about the Big Bang VW festival. The third and final instalment will be next Saturday where you can see the 3rd of the above trio of beetle's plus many more buses and bug's, and Fire Force 3 the resident Santa Pod jet car. If you missed part one, you can find it in 'My Blog Archive' at the top left of the page. |
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