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| This stunning coral red, L351 ( I think) looked absolutely gorgeous, hence it is the first vehicle in this weeks blogs review. The overall standard was amazing, you can see how clean and straight the car is from this photo. |
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| The beautiful flowing body lines looked great in that lovely coat of paint. The highly polished / chromed Empi 5 spoke wheels stood out as did the chrome towel rail bumpers. |
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| The variety and styles of just the humble beetle was amazing, there were hundreds of bugs at the show and each one was different in some way. |
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| This super low 1972 bug looked cool with it's narrowed front beam, sitting so low and that extensive wheel camber on the rear wheels. |
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| This baby blue '72 was another bug that had been lowered so much that it almost sat on the floor. The narrowed front beam with those painted steel wheels looked good, but add the white wall tyres to compliment the baby blue paint and this old bug looked fantastic. |
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| If you thought the red bug (above) had some serious camber on the rear wheels, well how's this for some really outrageous wheel camber? I did like the rear pop out windows which always look cool on a bug. |
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| It wasn't just the beetles that had been lowered, this lovely 1970 imported Westy had been seriously hit with the lowering stick and looked so much better for it. |
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| Buses as far as the eye can see, from early split screens to T4/5's and everything in between. As along as it's a VW you'll be sure to see it at Stanford Hall. |
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| This 1958 beetle looked amazing in its Diamond Grey paint. This seriously low bug was so clean and straight and looked to be pretty much original.. apart from those lovely polished Porsche wheels of course! |
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| This gorgeous car had those lovely rear fender skirts and still had semaphore indicators. You can see just how low this old bug sits from this photo and how narrow that front beam is. This gorgeous car was up for sale at the show for £13,000 ($16,500 approx) |
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| This was in the windscreen of the lovely bug, I'm not sure what it is.. maybe some form of service date reminder? I do know its in Danish so maybe this old bug was imported from Denmark? |
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| The grounds of Stanford Hall are massive, which enables the show to have plenty of room to display the hundreds upon hundreds of vehicles that turn up to attend this great one day event.. |
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| Just a trio of bugs from different years, and all different styles. This show really does have something for everyone. |
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| My Face book friend Paul was at the show with his cousin in Paul's satin black hot rod themed T4. Paul painted the bus himself including the cool looking flames. Paul has named his rodded bus 'Betty the Bitch' after his liking for Betty Boop. |
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| This stunning 1966 Karmann Ghia looked so nice in it's restored to original condition. The red paint was gorgeous and the perfectly straight body gave off some almost perfect reflections. |
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| The Karmann Ghia has a timeless shape that will never go out of fashion as you can see from this photo. This car really was 'just like new'. |
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| Another vehicle that provided almost perfect reflections was this 1966 dark green 1300cc beetle. Just look at the reflection in the passenger door and rear quarter panels.. amazing. |
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| This lowered bug looked great with it's painted steel wheels and bright chrome work. |
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| The iconic image of an early split screen bus. It's easy to see why the majority of merchandise you can buy that is VW related has the front of a split screen on it. |
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| I spotted this 1986 Karmann Gipsy in the distance and made a bee line straight for it. I love these Gipsy's and could easily have one myself. This T25 model had the 1.6 turbo diesel engine and its only had 2 owners from new, including the present owner. |
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| This lovely bus has been in the current owners possession for 11 years after he purchased it from its original owner in Berlin, Germany. This Gipsy has only covered 77,000 miles and still has the original paintwork (!). This Karmann was up for sale for £16,900 ($21,300 approx) |
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| This 'Martini' racing Karmann Ghia looked really cool in with its race themed paintwork. However this old KG is not what it seems, the 1973 body sits on top of a 2001 Porsche Boxster chassis. |
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| The Porsche chassis complete with the 250BHP engine, and all the running gear has been modified to take the Karmann body shell. |
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| This lovely old imported 1962 was an original SO22 Westfalia that was mostly original including the faded paint. This really was a nice straight bus. |
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| The OG paint is starting to show its age, but that gives this bus some character. This bus has a new 1300cc engine and all new brakes. It has been U.K. registered as was up for sale for £35,000 ($44,500 approx) |
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| The price may seem high but this is a lot of bus with the original Westfalia interior. |
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| Everything is there, as it left the factory including the curtains!. If you want an original bus then this is the bus for you. |
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| Okay I know it's not a VW, but I couldn't resist taking a few photos of this lovely 1967 Dodge A100 panel van. The A100 was made in various guises from 1964 - 1970. |
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| I do like the old Dodge panel van. Yes it looks very 1960's, but that is exactly why I do them. |
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| Talking of panel vans, which I do have a healthy liking for, how about this side shot of a lovely split screen panel van. I'm not sure what it is about a side shot of a panel van, but it works for me every time. |
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| The last vehicle in this blog review is a super low bug that I spotted in the public car park. This old '69 bug had been lowered, and with that old skool roof rack and the O.G. paint it looked great. So that was my 4 part review of the Stanford Hall VW show for 2017. If you missed any of the other reviews on this show simply go to 'My Blog Archive' at the top left of this page. Next weeks blog will be a 4 part review of the 'Chiltern Hills Vintage Vehicle Rally' that I and a few friends attended. In this review you will be able to see many classic Volkswagens along with many British and American classic cars and some really cool hot rods, so be sure to back next Saturday. |
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