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| To kick this weeks blog review off we have this stunning split screen finished off in that gorgeous two tone gold and white colour scheme. |
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| After the lovely paint the next thing you notice is the incredible low height. This bus must have some form of air ride suspension to sit that low! The narrow front beam adds to the low look. To say this bus is straight in a understatement to say the least, just look at the side of this bus. |
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| From this angle you can see just how low this bus really is. |
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| From the back you can see some modifications, namely the exhausts exiting through the bumper which would normally indicate that the original engine has been raised to allow the bus to sit so low on the ground, but this bus had a V8 fitted. I couldn't find out much more about this 'Hot Rod' bus, which is a shame. |
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| The sun was shining, and I was in a fantastic location right by the River Avon and the grounds of Stanford Hall was crammed full of classic Volkswagens, what a great way to spend a Sunday. |
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| This lovely rally themed 1965 silver Porsche 912 looked great. I do like to see classic cars with decals on them indicating that they are actually used and not garaged. |
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| This old Porsche has or will be, taking part in the London to Saigon rally a distance of some- thing like 6500 miles. |
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| The S.S.V.C. (Split Screen Van Club) always have a massive presence at Stanford Hall... |
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| ... and it's easy to see why, the location. This show has to be in one of the prettiest locations for a show on the calendar in the South of England. |
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| Split screen buses of every description lined the path to the hall. Whatever model you prefer, you'll be sure to see it at Stanford Hall. |
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| And they are not all shiny show winners on display, this bright green panel van looked it's age but still looked great. It's refreshing to see a bus (van) in it's un-restored state. |
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| Although this van looked bashed and battered and the paint had been touched up in a different colour green, I loved it. This is one cool van. |
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| A fantastic variety of styles and years of the split screen bus all parked together. |
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| The Stanford Hall VW show really is a great day out for all the family with so much to see and do. |
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| This lovely off white double cab split screen pick up looked lovely with it's chocolate brown roof rack and bumpers. This old pick up has been dumped in to the weeds. |
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| I did like the wheels with the chrome hubcaps and beauty rings. The pick up bed has a canvas cover but has also been lowered from normal height. |
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| Just a very small variety of split screen buses at the show. |
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| RAT look or shiny show standard, whatever you like, you'll see it at this great one day show. |
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| I do like to see what owners do to make their mark on their vehicle, to make it their own and the colour scheme on this '67 bus must be this owners mark. Lilac and pastel green may not be everyone's first choice, but I have to say it works really well. |
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| You can see just how well these two colours go together on this very straight bus. |
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| There were so many different models of split screen buses to look at I could have stayed for days! |
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| This super straight and super clean panel van caught my eye. The single colour, in light grey looked amazing and the sign writing simply finished off the cool look. |
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| The sign writing was top quality, the gold leaf stands out thanks to a black drop shadow. |
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| This beige kombi appealed to my inner overland explorer with it's high riding stance, big chunky tyres, front 'roo' bar and the roof tent. |
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| The roof tent is an excellent way to gain more sleeping accommodation and looks cool in the process. |
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| A lazy day by the River Avon with buses as far as the eye can see. |
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| The reflections in both the red and white and the green and white cab doors were amazing. |
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| This gorgeous 1963 split screen pick up was an Australian import which is a rare 'dusty conditions' model with an air intake for the engine in the roof above the windscreen. |
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| This lovely old Aussie bus is running a stock 1500cc motor. This really was a lovely example of the split screen pick up. |
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| This red and white panel van looked good with it's unusual paint scheme where the white carries along the belt trim with the red panel above on the sides. |
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| This lovely old panel van had the RAT look and it looks as though there may have been a fire at some point judging by that left hand corner panel. |
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| A stunning 1956 Ambulance in what looked like original condition. This bus really was immaculate. |
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| This bus was so clean it looked like new. I did like the 'Krankenwagen' on the rear which is German for Ambulance. |
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| This gorgeous split screen Dormobile looked fantastic and so clean. The paint was fresh and the polished trim glistened in the sunshine. The chrome Empi 5 spoke wheels were the perfect choice for this show standard bus. |
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| This really was one of the cleanest buses that I saw at the show.Every little detail was thought of and every piece of alloy trim or chrome sparkled in the bright sunshine. I did like that opening rear screen |
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| And talking of that opening screen, as it open I just happened to sneak under the screen to take this photo of the gorgeous interior. |
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| This super clean 1970 Westfalia Campmobile caught my eye in it's super shiny Tornado red and white paint. This U.S. import came to the U.K. in 2008 and underwent a full refurbishment in 2009. |
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| Some of those refurbishments included a new 1600cc twin port engine, a full body repaint and a 'Red 9' suspension set up with adjustable shocks and rack and pinion steering. |
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| This lovely 11 window kombi caught my eye as it was a similar colour to my 1869 microbus. It's a walkthrough model with a 1600 twin port engine. The bus has a 4" narrowed front beam with adjusters and drop spindles. |
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| The interior ( which I didn't get a picture of!) has a Westy style interior finished in brown leatherette and has a rock and roll bed. The headlight grilles were a nice touch that looked cool. This lovely bus was up for sale for £20,000. ($25,500 approx) |
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| This RAT look 1966 beetle looked great with it's low stance and it's patina'd paint. The chrome headlight grilles and the polished Porsche rims were in stark contrast to the faded matte paint and looked fantastic. |
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| This 1969 RAT look early bay import was super low and featured a narrowed front beam. I did like the pained steel wheels as I think they look better than polished or chrome wheels and they suited the bus perfectly. |
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| This stunning 1962 panel van with it's authentic Empi 'Inch Pincher' livery. I didn't find out much about this gorgeous panel, as to whether it's an original Empi van or not, but it didn't matter as it was just nice to see it at the show and admire it. |
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| This really is a lovely looking van that was up for sale for £19,000 ($24,000 approx) |
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| This err, I'm not sure what it is, i looks like it used to be an 181 trekker... but I could be totally wrong. Whatever it was it instantly brought out the go anywhere adventurer in me. This really was a vehicle to go anywhere. I loved all the LED lights mounted above the windscreen. |
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| The chunky tyres with lots of clearance from the body should enable this buggy type thing to go over rocky terrain without any problems. |
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| The rear of this beast features an enclosed VW motor with the exhaust exiting almost vertical, a spare wheel mounted on the back and tail lights that were mounted up high to avoid any damage. |
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| The interior was sparse of the comfort front but did have a sat nav and other electrical equipment that look too technical for me! but I'm assuming it was some sort of global positioning device..? |
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| This sticker was on the windscreen and I believe it.. I really do think this could go anywhere. So that was the 2nd of my 4 part review on the Stanford Hall show. Next week you'll be able to see plenty more split's, bays and beetles plus a few buggies and a Porsche 356 and some of the club displays including the Wolfsburg Bus Crew's club display (which I'm a member of), so be sure to come back next Saturday. |
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