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| A lovely 1950's slammed Karmann Ghia and a 1968 early bay, just two of the stunning vehicles you'll see if you venture into the camping area. |
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| The imported '68 bay had a slight RAT look to it, and looked great from being lowered. The BRM wheels (I think) looked good and suited the bus perfectly. Retaining the U.S. all red rear light lenses was a nice touch. |
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| The '50's Karmann looked fantastic in it's white over light blue paint. This really was a tidy looking car with its chrome towel rail bumpers and chrome air vent grilles. |
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| This old KG must have air ride suspension to be able to sit this low.. I've just noticed that the engine cover is slightly raised, maybe a give-a-way that this old KG has a bigger motor, or maybe the engine has been raised to allow the car to sit lower? |
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| This 1969 beetle looked fantastic with its very unusual green colour. The body colour with its matching coloured wheels with white wall tyres suited the car perfectly and helped to make this bug stand out. This really was a lovely clean car. |
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| Something not quite so shiny was this old targa Porsche 912. This car was brought to Bug Jam by the Hayburner crew who I believe found it in a scrap yard just a few weeks before Bug Jam. |
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| Apparently Bobby (milk and two!) from the Hayburner team was after the car for years, so when he got the car he decided to do one of their infamous 'Bug Jam builds'. They put the old tatty body on a slammed beetle floor pan. Those lovely wheels Bobby purchased before he even got the old Porsche, but they suit the car perfectly. |
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| It'll take more than a polishing mop to make this look good.. but it was able to drive around the site under its own power. (Big thanks to Sam for the information on this cool Porsche.) |
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| Looking into just a small part of the camping and auto jumble area of Bug Jam from the top of the banking alongside the 1/4 mile track. This event is huge, and seems to get bigger every year. |
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| Visitors on both days were treated to seeing the jet cars run down the strip. Here 'Reign of Thunder' is just preparing to run down the strip. This car, a GBC mini pro funny car is powered by a Rolls Royce Gnome engine and runs the quarter mile in about 11 seconds. |
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| Moving on the big boys in their jet dragster, here is 'Split Second'. This car is powered has an 8000 BHP Rolls Royce Viper 500 series engine which creates a serious flame show on the start line. |
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| From a standing start, Split Second can run the 1/4 mile drag strip in just 6.7 seconds with a top speed of 233 MPH. |
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| Fire Force, is always a favourite at Santa Pod. This jet car has a Pratt and Witney J60 engine that produces 10,000 BHP. |
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| During the staging this car is loud, if you haven't seen it run down the strip, but you are going to, wear ear protection or at least put your fingers in your ears.! |
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| Again from a standing start, Fire Force can run the 1/4 mile is just 5.8 seconds with a top speed of 268 MPH. |
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| It had rained in the days / weeks before Bug Jam and as a consequence the tracks around the campsite were slightly muddy, but this is Santa Pod, and regular attendees will know this is about normal, although not ideal. |
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| This lovely slammed 1969 beetle grabbed my attention. I did like the overall look of this old bug. The slammed stance, the hand painted decals and the big fat rear wheels / tyres all helped to make the '69 stand out. |
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| I did like the twin racks on this car. You can get a better look at the large rear wheels from this angle. |
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| Just a pair of Beetles parked up at Bug Jam. There were hundreds of beetles at Bug Jam and these two show the diversity in styles. |
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| Talking of diversity, this trio of buses again shows how very similar buses can look so different. |
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| This lovely 1970 Adventure Wagon looked great. I do like these buses with their cool high tops, especially when they are lowered and looking this good. |
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| This old '70 had a slight RAT look going on, and it looked great. The original all red rear light lenses looked good. This really was a cool bus. |
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| Another col bus was this beige early bay, that I think belonged to a foreign visitor. This original looking bay looked great having been slightly lowered and running on Empi 5 spoke wheels. |
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| This looked to be a good solid bus. I did like the 3/4 length roof rack and the window arrangement of 2 x quarter light windows in both the rear glass. |
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| It's all about the little things and this early bay had 'Woody' just hanging around. |
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| This immaculate 1967 beetle looked amazing. This slammed bug was so clean and straight as you can see from this photo. |
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| The banded and painted steel wheels looked so nice against the contrasting blue body colour. |
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| Another clean and straight vehicle was this lovely light grey over orange 1965 split screen bus. The two tone colours on this bus made it look so crisp and clean. |
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| This 1967 white and blue beetle caught my eye due to its slammed stance. This old bugs running boards virtually sat on the grass. The tired looking paint looked cool and could well have been the original paint. |
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| The narrowed front beam with the painted steel wheels added to the overall look of this bug. I did like that rear rack and the all red light lenses. |
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| Just a couple of bays parked up in the camping area at Santa Pod. |
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| This 1954 Chevrolet 3100 pick up truck wasn't a Volkswagen, but that didn't matter as it looked so cool. The truck has been lowered about as much as it can be, and with the original faded paint it looked fantastic. |
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| This really was a lovely old truck. I do like the old step side pick ups and this one was no different. |
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| This is such a lovely looking truck. I did like those tail lights, which look like Model A tail lights, and the faded paint. |
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| This 1960 split screen panel van had a serious case of patina overload. This slammed bus has a narrowed front beam and with the rust covered body looked great. |
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| The Friday night must have been a good night, as this was all that was left of someones tent. I'm not sure if the occupants were still inside or not! |
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| This beige Viking conversion ( I think) late bay looked like a good solid bus. It looked to be pretty much stock apart from the steel mesh visor, the clear front indicator lenses, and the single yellow spotlight. |
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| On last weeks blog, the feature car was a light green beetle with orange sides, and as I was walking out of the show I spotted the gorgeous black bug with orange side panels. The lowered stance, the painted steel wheels with white wall tyres and that lovely two tone paint all helped make this old bug stand out and grab my attention. |
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| As I was heading out of Santa Pod, I noticed this pair of similar green coloured air-cooled VW's. Both these were nice clean vehicles. |
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| I followed this light blue 1972 beetle for a few miles on the way home. It is so nice to see an old air-cooled VW on the streets, mixing it with all the modern vehicles. So that was my four part review on the Bug Jam show for 2017. Although I posted 4 blogs about this massive show, my photos are only a handful of vehicles that attended this show. There were literally thousands of VW's of all makes and models. Next week's blog review is another four part review all about my favourite show of the year, BeachBuggin. This is a fantastic show held on the south coast of England, so be sure to come back next Saturday. |
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