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| This perfectly straight green and white 1967 split screen panel van ticked all the right boxes for me. This old panel van was so straight and the paint was so nice that it stood out amongst all the other buses. |
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| This gorgeous van looked great with those lovely chrome Radar wheels. You can see just how straight this old panel van was from this photo. |
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| Another split screen of 1967 vintage was this stunning red and white bus. The paint, or rather the reflection in that gorgeous paint was incredible as you can clearly see. |
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| The interior was just as immaculate as the exterior and had been restored to an amazing standard. |
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| This great one day show always attracts many fantastic varieties of Volkswagen, both air cooled and water cooled. |
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| This show, with all the room around the vehicles is a great way to have a good look both outside and inside the vehicles. Of course the owners are always happy to talk about their vehicles so it's a great way to find out how they have done something that your stuck with on your vehicle. |
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| As I have previously mentioned this show attracts many show standard quality vehicles, including this gorgeous 1966 gold beetle. |
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| Another beetle was this, err, I'm not sure what to call this... a rat rod? Anyway this car certainly drew plenty of attention for being so radical. |
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| The fenderless satin black body with grey high lights looked like something you'd expect to see in the Mad Max films. |
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| The dressed up engine suited the overall look of this radical rod. |
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| On a hot sunny Sunday afternoon the owner of this gorgeous white over blue split screen had the right idea as he'd parked up in the shade under some trees. This really was a lovely straight bus as the reflection down the side shows. |
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| This lovely bus wasn't too flashy, it was just a good clean example of this iconic vehicle. I did like that blue colour that looked great against the white upper half of the body. |
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| Talking of good clean examples, how about this stunning 1963 beetle. This bug has been lowered slightly to give it the 'just right' ride height. The perfectly straight body had an almost perfect coat of paint and those white standard wheels looked to be the perfect choice to suit this car. |
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| A few of the traders at the show brought along some supercars as well as some classic air- cooled VW's to promote their business. |
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| One of the supercars that drew plenty of attention was this Lamborghini Aventador, in a subtle under- stated bright yellow colour. This carbon fibre bodied car has a V12, 396 cubic inch engine that produces 690 BHP. |
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| With all that power in a super light weight body the top speed of the Aventador is a mind blowing 220 MPH, so this is the view most of us better get used to, as it's the view we'll only see as it disappears into the distance! |
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| From the fastest vehicle to possibly the slowest at the show was this cool self built trike. I do like the weird and wonderful creations some of the owners come up with. |
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| Bay window buses at the Endless Summer VW show. My 1969 microbus on the left in the fore- ground was in very good company with many other lovely buses in the line up. |
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| The organisers had arranged for a band to play for most of the day to entertain the crowds, which they certainly did. I didn't catch the name of the band but they were good and interacted with the crowds who enjoyed their performance. |
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| This guy was certainly enjoying the band, as I caught him dancing along to the band on the roof of his bus! |
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| A gorgeous sunny afternoon, in a lovely location with an amazing array of quality Volkswagens, what else could you possibly want for a great day out with friends. |
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| A great day out, and a show that I always attend and a show that gets bigger and better year on year. |
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| The same fantastic variety as seen here in the split screen line up could also been seen in the other models of Volkswagens at the show. |
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| Sat watching the band, I looked around and saw this lovely blue bug. I'm not sure why but I really liked the look of this gorgeous bug. Maybe it was the Fuchs style wheels against that lovely blue paint, or maybe the slammed stance. |
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| Talking of beetles, there was several rows of bugs, and the various ages along with the looks was amazing. |
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| This gorgeous mango and white splitty was stunning. It was obvious just looking at this lovely bus that no expense has been spared to get it to this standard. |
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| The overall finish of this mango bus was amazing and everything was perfect. The time and expense it must have taken to get this bus to this high standard must be immense. |
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| As you would expect the interior was finished to the same high standard. I don't know what wood those units are made from but the grain in the wood looked fantastic. |
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| On the roof of this lovely bus the owners had a colour coded tandem cycle. On the crossbar the tandem it had the wording 'Splitty Support Vehicle'. |
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| From one extreme to another was this lovely old split screen panel van. I've seen this van several times and have photographed it every time. This really is a lovely looking RAT van. |
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| I'm not sure why I like this van so much, but I think it's just the overall look that I like. |
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| To finish off this 4 part review of the Endless Summer VW show, it wasn't just the people that enjoyed a chilled out relaxing Sunday afternoon. This cool dog was sat in the shade of the open elevated roof on a T4 (I think) with it's tail hanging through the open sun roof. So that was my 4 part review of the Endless Summer VW show 2017. Overall another great relaxed show in a perfect location. If your close to Basingstoke I strongly suggest that you pop along to this show next year. If you have missed any of the previous reviews you can find them at the top left of this page under 'My Blog Archive'. Next weeks blog review is all about the Brill Classic Car Show where a couple of friends and I went along in our buses to have a fun day at this show so be sure to come back next Saturday. |
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