To see all my other blog entries, go to ‘My Blog Archive’ to the left of this page. Simply click on an arrow for a particular year, then click on an arrow for a particular month, this will then give you a drop down menu for all the blog entries for that month.
 |
| The weather was grey and overcast but along the seafront the hundreds upon hundreds of colourful campervans brightened up the day. |
 |
| Oi, Oi, here is a bus I recognise it belongs to a Facebook friend of mine Simon, who is part of the Herts VW Club. Simon's '79 import has been converted to RHD and in the 4 years Simon has owned his bus, virtually every panel has been replaced and also had a recent respray. The Breeze isn't kind to Simon as for two years running he has had to be taken home on the back of a recovery truck, this year due to a smashed windscreen. But I guarantee he'll be back at the Breeze next year! |
 |
| Another Herts VW Club member, and Facebook friend of mine Robert was also at the the Breeze in his 1983 high riding T25. |
 |
| Robert's T25 parked alongside another Herts VW Club members two tone brown T25 belonging to Carlo. |
 |
| The Herts VW Club at Brighton Breeze 2017. The Herts VW club always attend this show and often offer their services to marshall at the event. Photo courtesy of Simon. |
 |
| The Brighton Breeze is organised by the Split Screen Van Club, and as you would expect there were hundreds of split screen buses that attended. |
 |
| This immaculate lowered cherry red 1965 split screen looked amazing. It was so clean and straight. I did like the Porsche 356 headlight grilles that suited the overall clean sleek look. |
 |
| This lovely Jurgens Autovilla is quite a rare sight. Built by Jurgens a South African company, have been producing the Autovilla a coach built camper since 1973. |
 |
| Only about 1000 of these type 2 conversions were made by South Africa's largest manufacturer of caravans. The Autovilla is an aluminium framed and clad unit. |
 |
| The Jurgens is often mistaken for the Karmann Mobil, which is very similar in design. In fact the Karmann was produced under licence from Jurgens so it's no surprise they are very similar. |
 |
| A couple more split screen buses. I did like the two tone black and deep purple colour scheme on the '65. |
 |
| So many split screen buses, yet everyone was different, which made for a great display. |
 |
| The same applies to all hundreds of T25's that were parked up on Brighton seafront. |
 |
| Wolfsburg Bus Crew member Davyd striking a pose with his ultra cool 2.5 Subaru powered 1991 slammed T25. |
 |
| A better look at Davyd's ride. This bus sits so low thanks to a remote Ryvern Hydraulic set up. This really is one seriously cool bus. |
 |
| Robin is also a WBC member and owns this awesome imported '65 walkthrough split screen panel van. The bus has an IRS and 1600cc TP motor. The wheels are Porsche 356 replicas with original Porsche hub caps. |
 |
| It may have been cold and wet, but when there are classic Volkswagen buses everywhere you look, the weather doesn't really matter. |
 |
| A trio of colourful late bays, again each one was different. It was great to see so much diversity in just one type of vehicle. |
 |
| This cool looking RAT look single cab slowly cruised past as I wandered along Maderia Drive. |
 |
| This cool 1974 bay caught my eye, I love those retro stripes and the Cosmic wheels. The stance was just right and the yellow headlight lenses with the twin yellow spot lights were neat additions. |
 |
| You can see just how clean and straight this bus really is from this photo. I liked the way the retro stripes were added diagonally across the engine lid. |
 |
| This clean 1972 beetle had a Herbie replica paint scheme which looked good. |
 |
| It must be fun driving around in this bug as I bet it gets plenty of attention wherever it goes. |
 |
| This gorgeous ivory 1965 11 window split screen bus was stunning. This bus had a stock look to it which always looks good. |
 |
| Everything about this bus looked just right. The ride height, the white painted towel rail bumpers, and the matching stock wheels, everything. |
 |
| Another stock looking bus was this very original double cab split screen pick up. Judging by that rear side window this bus looks to be a coach- built bus by the German company Binz. |
 |
| The Binz company took a single cab pick up, and added an extra passenger cabin of their own design. These Binz conversions are quite rare. |
 |
| This cool looking 1964 split cruised slowly past looking for somewhere to park. |
 |
| Looking down on my 1969 microbus, a sight that I very rarely see! I was parked up in the WBC line up along the sea front with Robin's cool '65 panel van next parked to me. |
 |
| Looking East along the sea front, most of the vehicles in this photo are WBC vehicles. The Breeze line up goes on for about a mile into the distance. |
 |
| And looking West, again a lot of these vehicles are Wolfsburg Bus Crew members. You can see just how busy it is at the Breeze! |
 |
| Another photo of my microbus, but this time with Brighton's famous Pier and the English Channel in the background. |
 |
| Hundreds upon hundreds of Volkswagens lined the entire length of Maderia Drive. The line up went right up to the buildings in the distance. |
 |
| I've not seen any official figures as to how many vehicles attended this year, but it didn't seem to me to have been as busy as previous years, but maybe that's just me..? |
 |
| All these buses, or most of them are WBC buses. I've spotted my old mate CJ in the centre of the photo (wearing his shorts!) on his phone yet again!! He hasn't seen me yet taking a sneaky photo of him.... |
 |
| ..Oh wait, he's just spotted me!! That's not a very nice gesture CJ.. !! |
 |
| The Wolfsburg Bus Crew at Brighton, or some of them anyway. |
 |
| Looking towards Brighton's Pier and the English Channel. It's early October and the sea looks a bit choppy to say the least! |
 |
| There have been years when the beach is packed with sunbathers and the temperature is in the high 70's (F), but unfortunately not this year. |
 |
| It didn't matter that it was cold and raining, as everywhere you looked there were cool buses and bugs parked up. |
 |
| More Facebook friends of mine, Matthew and Julie were at the show in their slammed '72 bay. Matthew's Savannah Beige crossover bus has a 1641cc engine and rides on French Slammer narrowed front beam and adjustable spring plates on the rear. |
 |
| Matthew's bus has a home built interior with a pair of Porsche tombstone seats up front. You may recognise this bus as it was featured in an advert for Sainsbury's a few years ago. |
 |
| Matthew's bay window bus parked up with lots of other bay window buses. |
 |
| Ooh yes please! This gorgeous 1957 split was just about perfect. I liked everything about this lovely bus. The gold on the Empi 5 spoke wheels against the blue of the body was a perfect choice. |
 |
| This is what I mean about maybe not as busy as previous years... a few years ago there would not have been spaces like this on Maderia Drive. Maybe it was the bad weather forecast that put a few people off? |
 |
| This 1964 Devon (I think) had an unusual paint colour, but it worked so well and looked really good. The white wheels and bumpers break up the lilac colour. |
 |
| A better look at this lovey bus. This really was a lovely clean and straight bus, and that lilac colour really helped it to stand out. |
 |
| This is how I like to see buses, totally stock. This 1964 11 window bus looked to be 100% original and even the paint looked original. |
 |
| On the way home after a fantastic day, the A23 northbound, which is normally a boring road to drive was made much better by lot's of VW's of all descriptions heading home. |
 |
| Rich sent me this great photo of the Wolfsburg Bus Crew (or some of us anyway) making our way onto Maderia Drive. Robin's 1965 walk-though panel van in the foreground, with my 1969 micro- bus just in front of Robin. |
 |
| This handsome man is my good buddy Rich Coxhill with his '72 bay window bus. Rich is the main man behind the 'Wolfsburg Bus Crew' VW club. The 'WBC' is a great club to be part of, so if you haven't already, why not join us? Just follow this link to their Facebook page. (you may need to copy and paste the link) https://www.facebook.com/groups/684035321730942/ |
 |
| Thanks to Chris for sending this photo to me of just a few of the Wolfsburg Bus Crew's buses on Brighton seafront. Chris's bus is the orange beauty on the right of the photo. So that was my 4 part review all about the annual Brighton Breeze VW show 2017. Next weeks blog review is a 3 part review about the Slough Swap- meet 2017. The Slough Swapmeet is probably the last show of the year and it always attracts plenty of air cooled vehicles before they get put away for the winter, so be sure to come back next Saturday. |
The stock Red/white 1964 split you like is mine! :) Glad you like it. This is my site to follow my adventures in and with it… https://www.vdubxs.com/
ReplyDelete