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| The 'Early Bay.Com' crew are usual exhibitors at the show and always put on a great display of early bay window buses. This blue 69 / 70 bay caught my eye with it's lowered stance, and those lovely retro slot mag wheels. |
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| There must have been about a dozen or so buses in their line up and each one looked cool. I'm a member of the 'Earlybay.com' and one day, who knows I might just ask join the line up. |
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| This ratty looking 1970 grey bay looked good with it's paint, lowered stance and what looks like could be a narrowed front beam. |
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| The yellow head light covers, the chequered design on the bumper mounted spot light cover and the rusty bumper gave the front end a really cool look. |
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| I did spend longer than I should have looking at this line up.. but all the bays were so nice and the owners so friendly who loved chatting about their buses. |
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| I do have a liking for panel vans, especially when they are as nice as this owned by 'Cool Flo'. The single colour grey looked great and with it's slammed stance and narrowed front end it really stood out. |
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| Another Cool Flo panel van, equally as nice as the grey one... in fact I may even prefer this white over blue van... |
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| Air cooled vehicles of all descriptions and all ages are plentiful at the Volksworld show. |
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| Split screens full of patina all lined up together looked awesome. |
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| This slammed oval window beetle looked so cool, the patina over the wing tops and roof with the patchy blue paint looked great. The super narrow front beam almost hid the front wheels and the rear wheels had an awesome camber. |
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| A better view (or maybe not!) of the narrowed front end and the rear wheel camber. This really was a cool bug. |
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| Awesome rear ends... |
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| This gorgeous 1970 Type 181 looked fantastic in it's shiny teal colour. The grey canvas roof compliments the highly polished wheels perfectly. |
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| That narrowed front is so narrow it looks as though the front end hasn't got any wheels and that it's just floating in mid air. This really was a lovely car. |
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| A very clean and green bay window bus, the display outside the main halls was crammed with vehicles like this and made for a great display of Volkswagens. |
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| This stunning 1974 type 2 LWB pick up has had the Kemperink conversion into a high top delivery van, and I loved it. These Kemperink conversions are quite rare but so desirable. |
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| These Kemperinks would make a fantastic camper with all the room you would have inside. There aren't many vehicles that I would willingly sell my microbus for, but this is one vehicle that I wouldn't hesitate to purchase. |
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| This one has been refurbished to include a side serving hatch as it's used as an artisan gin van. The owners sell various flavoured gin from their gorgeous Kemperink. |
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| Here is one of my favourite VW's, a T25 Syncro panel van. How tough does this lovely beast look? The bull bar on the strengthened bumper looked great as did those big truck mirrors. |
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| I loved how high this Syncro sat and those big chunky tyres. The spare wheel carrier mounted on the reworked bumper looked functional, as did that roof rack. I didn't get to look inside, and that's a shame but maybe I'll see this lovely old Syncro at another show soon and be able to get a peek inside. |
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| Another T25 but it's not a Syncro.. instead it is a heavily personalised bus by the owner. This bus had more solar panels that I even knew existed. |
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| As well as lots of solar panels this 1985 T25 had lots of moss, which I think was actually planted on the roof panels. |
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| If this isn't your idea of a nice bus then that's fine as it isn't your bus! The owner had decorated his bus the way he wants, and I admire that after all it's all about being different, right? |
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| OMG, now we're talking.. the awesome T25 was with out doubt in my top 5 at the show. It's a 1986 T25 high top Syncro. This bus stood head and shoulders above the other buses around it, and I loved it. |
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| The high top roof not only allows more room inside the bus but also provides an excellent place to fix the large solar panel. The small roof ladder allows access to the roof rack. The fixed awning would provide much needed shade and protection whilst camping. |
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| I had a long chat to the owner (pictured here) and what a nice guy... he was telling me all about his bus and as I listened I was so envious. The log burner keeps him warm on those cold winter nights. This bus was kitted out so well, he could have gone anywhere and camped. |
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| I spotted this slammed Ford Pop in a secluded corner next to the Just Kampers marquee. I used to have a rodded Ford Pop many years ago so I just had to have a closer look. |
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| At a first glance this looked like a normal hot rod Ford Pop that had been chopped and channelled but upon closer inspection, not everything was as it seemed. |
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| Under the bonnet where the normal V8 engine would be sat I saw what looked like an air tank for hydraulic suspension and what looked like a VW beetle petrol tank...So I just had to have a look at the back of this car.. |
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| In the boot, there was an air cooled motor that fitted really well and was dressed up nicely. I didn't find out much more about this Pop, but I think it belongs to a Just Kampers employee. |
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This Rometsch was one of my favourites at the
Volksworld Show. Rometsch Lawrence made these from 1957 - 1961 and it's basically a VW Beetle with a new body. The body had a design similar to the American cars of the time and featured tail fins and panoramic front and rear windscreens and originally would have had a
two tone paint scheme.
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The car was available as a coupe and as a
convertible. The aluminium bodywork was made
by hand, and it had a very luxurious interior, all
of which affected the vehicle price. In 1959 the
cost of a new car was 8000 DM, which was a
lot more than the newly released Karmann Ghia.
In 1961 the production of Lawrence was stopped
since the sales had stagnated, not least due to the
competition of the Volkswagen Karmann Ghia.
Since the beginning of production 1957 and the
end of 1961 about 85 vehicles were manufactured.
A restored copy of the 'Lawrence' is in the
Wolfsburg museum in Germany.
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| There were plenty of early bays at the show, so it's a good place to look at the buses and chat to the owners to get idea's and also information on how to do something as most owners are only to willing to chat about their buses and what they have done to them. |
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| You really can't get much lower without digging a trench, I just hope this cool RAT look bay had hydraulic suspension ! |
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| This 1972 all white slammed bug belongs to a guy called Billy, who has restored this cool bug by himself. It has a 1641cc engine, not bad for a guy that's only 19 years old! Billy is friends with the guys from the cool clothing company (Flat Four), 464 Clothing hence the decals on the doors, check them out on their webpage here: http://www.464clothing.com/ |
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| A few friends of mine from the 'Wolfsburg Weed Huggers' VW club had a great display in the club section outside the main hall. |
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| This lovely '63 RHD squareback is a ragtop 1600L model and belongs to Harriet. Harriet's slammed square has quite a history as it not only used to belong to Type 3 Detectives but it is also an ex Volksworld feature car from September '93. Harriet is a member of the Wolfsburg Weed Huggers club based in Penn. |
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| This stunning 1971 Audi K70 looked cool with it's low stance, bright red paint and those yellow headlight lenses. Here's an interesting fact... The model K70, the 'K' is short for the German word 'Kolben (piston) and the '70' denotes the the engine output power 70PS (51kw, 69hp), There I told you it was interesting ! |
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| The K70 was only produced from 1970 - 1974 but I doubt they ever looked this good. The K70 was front wheel drive and had a water cooled four cylinder engine mounted over the differential in the middle of the front wheels. |
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| A few friends of mine attended the show with their club 'Herts VW Club'. These guys always attend this show and normally arrive a day or two early just to camp out! |
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| Darren (who I've just noticed is in the centre of the photo!) owns the '65 ( I think) all white split screen bus and Simon owns the grey '79 bay that started life as a LHD but Simon converted it to a RHD. Simon and the Herts VW club have replaced many panels to get it rust free. |
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| Inside Simon's '79, basic but functional, although I'm sure Simon has got plans on the interior. |
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| Cool photo of just 3 of the many beetles at the Volksworld show. |
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| The paint finish on this black Karmann Ghia was amazing, as you can clearly see. I did like the chromed wheels, and the white wall tyres. |
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| This pair of stock (ish) Karmann's were just two of many Karmann's at the show. |
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| Talking of Karmann Ghia's, this street / strip KG looked tough in it's all white paint. The narrowed front beam tucks those 'Centerline' style wheels right under the front end. |
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| The larger rear wheel and tyre combination gave this old KG a nice down stance. The lack of bumpers and that huge roll cage helped the aggressive look. That was the third of four installments all about the Volksworld Show 2018. If you've missed the first three Installments you can find the in 'My Blog Archive' at the top left of this page. Next week will be the final installment where you can see plenty more bugs and buses as well as a lovely patina'd Porsche 356 and so much more including a few VW's that were up for sale, so be sure to come back next Saturday. |
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