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| This easily recognisable spilt screen bus belongs to a Facebook friend of mine, Nick. It's always good to see this bus at a show as it looks so nice. As I type this, Nick's 'Marmite' bus is in the workshop having a makeover and I think possibly a respray. |
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| I can't wait to see the new look 'Marmite' bus and see what modifications Nick has had carried out. I just hope the bus will continue with it's 'Marmite' theme, which I'm sure it will |
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| There were numerous beach buggies at the Brighton Breeze show but this green Bugle 2 model (I think) looked fantastic. I do like the beach buggy, and if I was a hardier person or lived in a warmer climate I could easily have one to cruise around in. |
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| Classic bugs and buses line the entire length of Maderia Drive in Brighton. |
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| New and old side by side. Although the event is organised by the S.S.V.C. the show is open to any type of Volkswagen. |
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| This mango and white split screen looked cool parked up in the sun. It's unusual to have the mango colour on top and the white as the lower body colour, normally it's the other way round but this old bus did look really nice. |
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| A great selection of air-cooled Volkswagen's parked up along the sea front of Brighton. Here 2 late bays are parked up at either end of an early Westfalia bay. |
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| As I was wandering around taking photos this lovely 1966 pastel blue and white split screen slowly cruised past looking for somewhere to park up. |
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| Buses of various types and years all parked up together in the sunshine along Maderia Drive. Once the rain cleared we had a lovely blue sky with plenty of sunshine. |
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| Early bays, late bays and split screens of all years and styles parked side by side. The sheer number of vehicles, and the diversity of styles really does make for a fantastic display. |
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| It isn't all buses at Brighton Breeze as this stunning white 1964 Karmann Ghia proves. This really was a clean and straight example of this classic car. |
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| A great photo showing the diversity of just two of the split screen buses on show at Brighton Breeze. A lowered RAT looking crew cab pick up and an immaculate bus in pristine condition. |
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| The 1961 split screen crew cab pick up belongs to a mate of mine, Josh. This bus was imported from the West coast of America after a journey from it's home of Peru. |
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| Josh's pick up has an 1841cc engine and IRS rear suspension. It has been lowered and now runs on those lovely Radar wheels. |
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| If you like your split screen panel vans with a RAT look then you'll love this beauty. The overall look was great with the patina'd paint, full length roof rack and Fuchs wheels. |
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| I did like the look of this old panel van. The two small windows that have been added looked just about right, as did the sir scoops. |
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| I'm not sure what this recess would have been originally for but it now houses a electric hook up plug. |
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| An abundance of colour from all the classic Volkswagen's parked up at Brighton Breeze. |
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| This 1971 bay looked super low which was enhanced by the black wheels. This was a lovely clean bay that looked great in the winter sunshine. |
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| Another blue bay was this 1969 imported bay. This was another solid looking bus that looked cool parked up next to the beach. |
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| Bug's and buses parked up in the winter sun- shine. As I've mentioned earlier the variety of both air cooled and water cooled Volkswagen's that attend this one day show is immense. |
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| This lovely 1971 Jurgens Autovilla. Jurgens Caravans were an established motor caravan conversion company based in South Africa. The Jurgens Autovilla is actually the predecessor of the Karmann Gipsy. The Autovilla was very well equipped with a built in shower, safari rear window, 2 burner gas hob with grill, sink, fridge and sleep four people. |
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| Since arriving in the U.K. the Autovilla has had a microwave and a propex heating system fitted, something which the owner doubts would have been needed back in South Africa! |
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| A cool looking 1971 Cal Look beetle parked up next an equally cool looking white over green late bay. |
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| Looking out towards the English Channel and along the rear of this gorgeous 1974 metallic bronze late bay. |
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| This is the front end of the lovely 1969 blue bay (above) with it's painted Union flag on the front clip. The patina'd ensign looked cool. |
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| A fantastic display of vintage Volkswagen's in the sunshine. |
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| A small part of the split screen van line up, well apart from my early bay that I sneaked in. |
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| Looking down at Maderia Drive from the top of the promenade. You can see just how close this great one day show is from the beach / sea. |
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| The Brighton Breeze is held in an ideal location right on the sea front, and if the weather is good it's a fantastic place to spend the day. |
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| Looking West towards Brighton town centre and the pier. Maderia Drive is crammed full of Volkswagen's of all descriptions. The line up of vehicles goes to virtually down to the pier. |
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| And looking East towards the marina (the dark coloured buildings jutting out into the sea) |
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| This lovely early bay was another vehicle that came over from Europe, either France or Belgium probably... and it looked fantastic. |
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| Just a handful of bugs that attended the Breeze. The patina's early bug in the foreground came over from Belgium. I did like the patina on this car and the overall look. |
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| This gorgeous 1970 beetle had been painted in the famous 'Gulf' racing colours and looked stunning. I did like the matching Fuchs styles wheels. |
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| Another European bus to venture over to Brighton was this early bay camper. I have to admit I'm not sure what this is, or even whether it's a factory built unit or homemade, but I did like it. |
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| It's shape is unique and looked to have plenty of room inside. This really was one cool ride. So that was the bonus review of the Brighton Breeze VW show 2016. (if you missed the main 3 part review on this show you can find them at the top left of this page under 'My blog archive' Even though the weather started off wet, it did brighten up around lunchtime which always makes an outdoor show more enjoyable. Overall this was a great day out, and I can recommend this show if you haven't been before. There is so much to see and do, especially as it's located so close to Brighton city centre. Next week's review is a 3 part review of the Slough Swapmeet. So don't forget to come back next week. |
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