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| This 1967 split screen caught my eye for two reasons, firstly because I like panel vans and secondly because of the unusual colour, a sort of metallic grey which suited the van so well. |
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| This old '67 was really straight and the all one colour looked fantastic. |
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| Highly polished Radar wheels always look good, and these complimented the grey paint on this split screen panel van perfectly. |
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| I'm not sure what size engine this old split was running, but looking inside the engine bay I was impressed on how clean everything was. |
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| Just a handful of the late bays that attended the Just Kampers open day. |
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| This 1970 Devon conversion was immaculate. The body was super straight and the Savanna beige ( I think) paint was flawless. |
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| This early bay looked to be standard height, and with the cool accessories such as the 2 bow roof rack and the retro red check curtains this bus really stood out. |
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| Looking across into a very small part of the weekend camping area from the Just Kampers headquarters. |
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| This very patriotic themed beach buggy I have seen on numerous occasions at various shows and at the Ace Cafe. It is painted in the Union flag and helps to raise money for 'Help the Hero's' charity for our injured servicemen. |
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| This really is a cool looking buggy. I do like that wild exhaust that must sound great. |
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| If you like your buses to have the RAT look then this grey and white 1978 late panel van should be just the thing for you. This van did actually look straight and solid despite the trendy RAT look paintwork. |
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| The twin front spot lights and the roof rack compliment the overall look of this van. The RAT look is still cool as this van proves. |
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| Another cool panel van, this time a 1970 U.S. imported early bay from Nevada, that was also had a slight RAT look. I did like the sign writing down the sides of this bus and the truck style mirrors. The front has been lowered by the use of dropped spindles. |
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| The ratty bodywork, the signwriting, the sticker bombed engine hatch and those custom wheels all helped to make this bus stand out. This cool van had a 1600 tp motor and a camping interior. |
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| The sticker bombed engine hatch and the U.S. number plate wrapped around the bumper made the rear end different from other buses. |
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| Another cool original sticker on this imported cool looking ratty van. |
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| Mango and white has to be my favourite colour scheme for a split screen bus. I don't know why, maybe it just looks right and this slightly RAT looking bus just proves my point. |
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| The body was actually very straight and solid looking, it just had the RAT look to the paint to go with it's lowered stance and narrow front end. |
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| More original U.S. stickers in this lovely old mango bus |
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| And on the rear screen, stickers from Georgia and Pennsylvania, this bus sure did get around. |
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| This authentic looking 1986 T25 Fire bus was parked up. The bus now has what looks like BRM wheels and a cycle rack, which I'm sure would not have been standard issue !!. |
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| I did like the orange light mounted to the gutter, I don't know enough about German Fire trucks to know if this is original or not. But real or not, this was a nice looking bus. |
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| Around mid morning the steady flow of vehicles arriving at the open day was still going strong. There was a steady stream of vehicles arriving for most of the day. |
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| This 1970 Westfalia Campmobile, is very rare model with early front wheel arches, and very rare rear arches. This bus also has late bay servo & brakes and a strong 1600cc SP engine |
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| On the outside the deluxe trim looked new as where the wheels and tyres. This bus had a opening rear screen and has never been welded. |
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| This tintop still has the original cooler and sink, along with the rock and roll bed. It also has a new headlining. This stunning bus was up for sale for £18,950 ($25,131 approx) |
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| I know it's not a Volkswagen, but I just had to include it in my blog. It's a lovely 1964 Chevrolet Corvair Monza finished n white. The '64 model was the last year of the 'early' Corvair's. |
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| This gorgeous car had many new parts including added duel brake, new carpets, and the engine was rebuilt less than 100 miles ago. |
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| Classic 1960's styling is very apparent in the cool futuristic rear lights. |
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| The stunning red vinyl interior is pure 1960's Americana |
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| A new windscreen has also recently been fitted. This really is a nice classic car that I just love. It was for sale for the very reasonable sum of £9,500 ($12,600 approx) |
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| Another fire bus, this time an early bay. Again I'm not sure if it was an original fire bus but it looked great and that's all that matters. This bus was up for sale for £11,000 ($14,500 approx) |
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| This white over baby blue 1970 Devon (I think) was a really nice clean bus. It had been cleverly converted to be used as a mobile Tea shop. |
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| It has upgraded electrics, to cope with the mobile Tea shop, and still has the original seats and curtains. The cool money making early bay was for sale, unfortunately I didn't find out how much the owner was asking. |
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| I spotted this U.S. imported Savanna Beige and white 1969 deluxe Microbus drive into the open day and just had to get a photo of it. This old '69 looked just about perfect with what looks like OG paint, lowered and the Fuchs style wheels. |
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| This really was a nice looking bus. It looked so solid, as most U.S. buses are due to the drier climate most of the U.S. has compared to damp conditions here in England. |
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| This bright red 1974 convertible beetle looked immaculate. I did like the fact that apart from those custom wheels, everything else was as it left the factory. |
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| This really was lovely clean example of the convertible beetle. As I write this blog we are experiencing a heat wave (30 degrees / 86f) and I can just imagine the owner driving this around with the hood down.... I'm not jealous! |
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| I spotted this immaculate 1967 beetle parked up in the camping area and it looked fantastic. I loved how low this bug was and the fact that it looked close to original. |
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| The lovely straight body painted in that stunning blue colour with the painted steel wheels all helped to make this bug stand out at the open day. |
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| This lovely white over red imported 1970 Westy looked fantastic. It was so clean and straight. I did like the ride height and the white painted steel wheels with white wall tyres. The clear front indicator lenses look against the bright red paint. |
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| The reflection on the rear panel is about as good as it gets, this really was a nice straight bus. The all red U.S. style rear light lenses and rear side markers suit the bus so well. |
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| Yet another cool original sticker on this U.S import, from Lakewood cycle and surf shop. |
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| Another classic American car at the open day was this mid 1970's (I think) Dodge Dart Sport. These muscle cars were produced from 1960 - 1976 and the majority came with a V8 engine. |
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| This was a really nice example of the Sport model which had the black sport decals down each side. The Los Angeles Police Dept. used a high spec version of this car for a few years. |
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| Another very clean and straight imported 1970 white over red early bay but so different from the previous one in so many little ways, but equally as nice. |
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| You can see just how straight this bus is by the reflection in what looks like the original paint. I did like the 2 tone colour wheels. |
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| This 1972 bay looked cool with it's full length roof rack with surf and skate boards on. This looked like a good honest bus. |
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| The white over sky blue may well have been the original paint on the very straight old bus. |
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| Standard height or lowered..which would you choose? |
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| We were lucky to have good weather all day at the Just Kampers open day, however whilst heading for home on the M25 London Orbital motorway I drove straight into a heavy thunder- storm around by Heathrow, luckily it didn't last for long and I soon drove through it. |
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| Yes, it is a very nice bright yellow Porsche my friend, but it just isn't a Volkswagen, is it.! So that was my blog reviews for the Just Kampers Open Day 2016. There were hundreds of other vehicles that I didn't take photos of, purely because I haven't got the room on my blog! Overall a success I would say. The number of people who camped for the weekend and the number of people that attended on the Saturday was amazing. There was lots to do and see all day, the JK team also had a discounted tent where the sold a variety of items at a cheaper price, and of course I couldn't resist buying a few items. This really is a great one day show that I can recommend. If you missed the first two parts of this review you can find them in 'My Blog Archive' at the top left of this page. Next Saturday the blog review will be about 'Big Bang 30' VW festival from Santa Pod Raceway in Northampton. |
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