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| Remember the trio of beetle's I saw in part two of the blog review?, well this is the third bug and although it's a later model than the other two, it still looks as good in it's own right. The painted on rust look looks cool as does the fully loaded roof rack. |
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| This old looking bug had some nice touches such as the strap across the bottom of the bonnet and the aftermarket indicators below the headlights. |
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| I did like the overall look of this late bug, the rope tied around the nerf bars helped to 'age' the bug, but the thing that I liked most about this bug...... |
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| ...was the wheel and tyre combination. Those highly polished B&M 4 spoke wheels with the red and white wall tyres looked fantastic against the rust coloured body panels. |
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| In the area reserved for vehicles for sale I saw this lovely yellow and brown 1972 Dormobile. It came with a current M.O.T. and it had been fully restored in 2008 / 9 and it still looked very nice and solid 7 years later. |
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This bus had a standard 1600cc engine with
twin dellorto 36 carbs. This lovely bus was
up for sale for £16,500 ($23,840 approx)
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| This lovely Sierra Yellow 1971 Westfalia, was a recent U.S. import, and as usual with an American imported vehicle it was very solid. This bus had been U.K. registered and benefited from a new roof canvas and clutch. This lovely Westy was up for sale for £12.995 ($18,776) |
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| This super cool looking bug was also up for sale. It's a 1967 with 3" Atomwerks drop spring plates, and a 4" narrowed front beam and Fuchs style wheels. |
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This old bug was also riding on air suspension.
This gorgeous blue bug could be yours for the
reasonable price of £7,995 ($11,551 approx)
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| This light olive green bug was amazing. The body looked so solid and straight, and those Fuchs wheels looked amazing against the green body. The chrome Porsche head light grilles were a nice addition. This really was a show standard car but it had a hidden surprise.. |
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| Those huge rear tyres that filled the rear arches perfectly and that massive 'Stinger' exhaust gave a few clues as to this cars pedigree. |
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| The interior consisted of just one single bucket seat and a monster tachograph bolted onto the dashboard gave the game away. This bug not only has the show, but it also has the go. I didn't find out what motor this bug had, but I'm guessing it wasn't a 1300 cc single port. |
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| This stunning white over black early split screen was parked up near the pit area and looked awesome. The super straight body gives off an almost perfect reflection of the white T4 parked up next to it. |
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| This has to be one of the straightest buses I have seen. I did like the chrome towel rail bumpers that were in stark contrast to the glossy black paint. |
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| I saw this Plymouth Roadrunner arriving on the back of a low loader, Unfortunately I never got to see it race but I bet it would have been good. Those huge Hoosier slick tyres on the back of this Plymouth must provide plenty of traction when lurching off the start line. |
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| This 1969 Plymouth Barracuda was parked up in the pits having just run the 1/4 mile. These are tough looking cars... |
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| But when you have what looks like 15" Hoosier slick tyre's tucked under the rear arches the look just gets even tougher. |
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| Walking through the traders area behind the drag strip I noticed something that made me stop in my tracks. It was a genuine Rocketeer Wagon. These are as rare as chickens teeth, especially here in the U.K. These were made by Glide Ride in Sacramento, California. (where my bus came from funnily enough) They were only made for a short time before the company went bankrupt. It was for sale for £350 ($505) which is a bargain as a similar one on the U.S. e-bay site was recently going for £865 ($1,250) |
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| I spotted this lovely 1964 Caravelle camper on the back of a trailer and it was for sale. It was freshly imported from southern California, so it was bound to be almost rust free. It came with 5 new whitewall tyre's and new truck style mirrors. |
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| This interior was all original and looked to be in very good condition and complete. This really was a nice looking bus. |
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| OK the interior was starting to look old and tired but after 52 years in the Californian heat it's only to be expected, the main thing is it was complete and pretty much original. |
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| This bus looked so nice and was very desirable. The Caravelle was up for sale for the reasonable prices of £16,495 ($23,834 approx) |
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| I was just about to leave the drag racing and have a wander around when I saw the resident jet car, Fire Force getting ready to run down the track, needless to say I stayed and watched the jet car action. |
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| Fire Force is powered by a Pratt and Whitney J60 engine from a Sikorsky skycrane helicopter that produces 10,000 BHP. After warming the engine with plenty of smoke and flames Fire Force was ready to run. As it launched off the line, the noise almost made your ears bleed. Unfortunately the run wasn't timed because the jet car passed the timing lights with such force it knocked out the whole timing system. This car does however regularly run 5 second passes down the 1/4 mile strip at Santa Pod. |
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| Walking back towards my bus through the camping area I saw this lovely brown early bug with red tinted perspex windows. It sounds like a terrible colour mix, but it looked great. |
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| The low stance, the narrowed front beam and those centerline style wheels all helped to make this bug stand out. |
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| On my way back to my bus to make my way home I came across this lovely old sign written split screen. I'm not sure why I was drawn to this bus, maybe because it was painted in my favourite colour, or maybe it was the old skool faded sign writing.. whatever it was I did like this cool retro splitty. So that was part 3 of 3 of my review of the Big Bang VW festival that was held at The Santa Pod Raceway. I hope my blog has given you an idea of the sort of festival this 3 day event is all about. If you missed the first 2 instalments you can find them in 'My Blog Archive' at the top left of this page. Next weeks blog is all about the Chiltern Hills Classic Car Rally, where you'll be able to see not only cool vintage Volkswagen's but also lots of rare classic cars / trucks and bikes, so I hope you come back next Saturday. |
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