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| Another random photo looking across the back of an early bug towards the campsite. The amount of people, and vehicles that camped over for the weekend was incredible and something I shall definitely look at doing next year. |
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| A better look at the early bug that I was looking across in the above photo. This original looking beetle, although it had a few knocks really did look solid. |
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| The baby blue body looked as though it was the original paint and holding up well. The luggage rack was cool as were all the period accessories. |
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| Again looking into another part of the camping area, this time looking across the front of a very clean lilac and white late bay. |
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| The 1974 lilac and white bay did look so clean and tidy with it's unusual colour combination. |
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| This 1978 bay was cool with all it's accessories. The steel mesh sun visor, clear front indicator lenses, two bow roof rack and roof ladder all helped to make this bus stand out. |
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| This really was a lovely clean bus. The tube rear bumper helped this bus to be different from all the other bays at the show. |
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| This 1969 light blue bug was gorgeous. The pastel blue colour suited this old bug and made the whole car look so crisp and clean. The BRM (I think) wheels also suited the overall look. |
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| You can see just how clean this old '69 was from this photo. The car looks to be pretty much stock and that helped to make it stand out. |
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| This creamy coloured '72 bay looked good with it's (possibly home made) bull bar / wheel carrier. Again this bus looked pretty much stock, I did like the opening 1/4 light windows on the rear side glass, which would give good ventilation when sleeping inside. |
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| This old '72 really did look a good honest bus, with plenty of character. |
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| I bet the first thing you noticed about this 1971 white over sky blue bay was those amazing electric blue tinted windows, as that's the first thing I noticed whilst walking around the show. |
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| Without the reflection of the clouds you can see the true colour of the windows. This really was a lovely clean bay that may have been a Devon conversion..(?) that had been slightly lowered. |
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| The two bow roof rack over the cab looked cool as did the chrome air vent grille. |
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| This gorgeous 1966 21 window samba deluxe was simply stunning. The perfectly straight body panels gave off an almost perfect reflection as you can see. |
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| This old '66 really was immaculate. The chrome Porsche wheels looked great and matched the chrome bumpers perfectly. I'm not sure what size engine this bus had, but judging by that huge exhaust sticking out under the bumper I'd have a guess that it isn't a stock 1600cc motor. |
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| The matching interior was finished to the same high standard as the outside. This bus is so clean I'd be afraid to use it! |
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| That lovely old green Coca Cola cool box was a neat accessory that suited the bus perfectly, as did the green vinyl covered seats. |
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| There were numerous caterers there that catered for most tastes, including mine! The white and peppermint green split screen was selling ice creams and the Airstream trailer in the background sold burgers and hot dogs etc. |
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| As I sat in the shade to escape the burning sun- shine I kept looking at the Airstream trailer, I wasn't sure why until I noticed the 'Ice Cold Beer' sign then I knew why!! |
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| This lovely old split screen crew cab had had the rear bed converted into a pizza oven. I didn't try one of their pizza's but they did look and smell very nice. |
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| This ratty looking 1970 baja is not what it seems,it may look like a 'work in progress' or an unfinished project but this is in fact 'Betty the Baja Bug'. On 16th July this old baja set off on the 'Mongol Rally 2017'. A 20,000 mile trip (10,000 miles each way) from the U.K. to Mongolia and back again to help raise money for 'Claire House Children's Hospice' and the 'Cool Earth' Charity. |
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| Colin and Heather Maddox are the couple taking on this crazy adventure. I had a good chat to Colin and he was saying that there will be no back up vehicles, no GPS systems, no breakdown cover and only a limited number of spares, donated by Just Kampers. |
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| By now they should be about 3 weeks into their epic trip and as I write this review, they have just left Kazakhstan. They have had their fair share of breakdowns already, but all have been fixed with the help and assistance of the locals they met along the way. You can follow their progress throughout the trip on Facebook, just search for 'Betty Maddox' (their profile pic is of Betty the Baja) So that was the 4 part review on the Just Kampers Open Day 2017. Next year I will be camping over on the Saturday night as I've heard nothing but good reviews. Next weeks blog review is all about the Stonor Park VW Expo Show, or as I think it should be called from now on, The Wolfsburg Bus Crew's club meet. (all be become apparent next week) So be sure to come back next Saturday to read all about this show. |
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