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| This lovely 1970 gold coloured early bay is so nice, I love the colour which is pure 1960's. This bay has been around for a few years (that I know of!) and is one of my favourite bays out there. It is powered by a 2.4 air cooled flat 6 Corvair motor with a 4 speed gearbox. I love the ride height and the overall look of this bus. It was up for sale at the show for a mere £11,000 ($14,600 approx), If only I had a spare £11,000! |
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| This ultra cool looking Karmann Ghia looked fantastic with its super low stance and the really narrow front beam. |
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| This 1960's KG looked great with its unique mix of patina and faded paint. |
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| This 1959 split screen single cab was another vehicle up for sale. It comes from Los Angeles in the sunny state of California. It looked to be really solid and the owner was asking £15.000 ($20,000 approx) |
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| This cool looking faded double cab early bay pick up was another vehicle from Los Angeles and was also up for sale. This DC has a recon 1600 twin port motor 5000 miles ago. |
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| It is very reliable and being from California it is almost rust free. It was equipped with the North American export equipment including vent wings in drivers compartment. This lovely bus was for sale for £12,000 ($16,000 approx) |
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| This slammed ratty early bay caught my eye. I did like the overall RAT look of this bus. The rusty twin roof racks and the ladder looked cool as did the low ride height and the narrowed front beam. |
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| If you like to see a slammed bay window bus, then you'll love the next few photos. I don't know much about this bus but just looking at it, tells me everything I need to know. |
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| This trio of slammed bays looked awesome. |
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| A pair of blue bay window buses, One has been slammed on the ground with sign written sides and a slightly RAT look, while the other is riding at stock height and looking pretty much original. |
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| I did like the look of this stock looking bay. I do like stock height bays, maybe one day I'll get my 1969 microbus raised back to stock height. |
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| Whilst wandering around the huge grounds of Stanford Hall, I found myself in the club display area, and I instantly recognised some buses. |
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| I had stumbled on the Wolfsburg Bus Crew's club display. It seems that every week my blog review features some buses from the WBC, but its not surprising as the WBC is such a big club with members not only country wide, but also worldwide so it's no surprise to see some WBC buses at every show I attend.. |
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| The first of the Wolfsburg Bus Crew's buses in their line up was Dave's 1957 split screen panel van looked great parked up at the show. This van sits as low as you can go thanks to all the running gear having been raised that allows the remote hydraulic suspension to actually sit the chassis on the floor when fully lowered. |
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| This ratty looking 1957 Australian school bus belongs to Graig. The school bus runs a 1600cc engine with twin 40's and a SA box. This bus completed a tour of Europe without missing a beat. |
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| This stunning 1961 single cab belongs to Simon, and has a narrowed front beam with a disc brake conversion on the front and type 3 rear drums. Since taking these photos, Simon's bus has had a makeover and you can see all the changes in a few weeks time. |
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| 7UP, was a favourite of mine as a kid.. and Simon has a secret stash under the bed of his pick up. |
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| Meet the 'Duke', a 1958 left hand drive ex-Swiss Army radio communication bus that belongs to James. The Duke has a 1776cc engine with electronic ignition, and Porsche 944 disc brakes on all four corners. |
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| This is a 1965 walk through model split screen van that belongs to Robin. This 'Brumus Racing' branded bus has an adjustable beam, drop spindles, a beetle IRS and box and a 1600cc twin port engine. |
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| This lovely 1973 Westfalia lived most of it's life in the hot climate of California. Oliver is the lucky owner of this 2/0 litre powered motor, which has a Porsche top end. The bus sits low thanks to an air-ride suspension system. |
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| This amazing 1976 'Devon' belongs to Daniel who has owned the bus for 10 years and who uses the bus as a daily driver, for weeknds away camping with the family and as a work van for his business, a air-cooled specialist garage. In the time Daniel has owned the bus, he has restored the bus with every panel from the windows down having been replaced and the bus was repainted in the original colour. This lovely bus has a type 4 2.0 litre motor with twin Webber 44 carbs. |
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| This gorgeous 1972 Westfalia Continental belongs to the guy that runs the WBC, Rich. 'Margo' as Rich and the family call her has the original 1600cc engine and interior although Rich has added a few modern twists to keep the family entertained on those long journeys. |
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| This stunning 1968 split screen belongs to Will and Mandy. This recently finished bus used to be an 8 seater kombi back in Brazil. Since then Will and Mandy have restored this bus into some- thing quite unique... |
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| This lovely bus bus is now a hearse ! You could take your final ride in this gorgeous Volkswagen, and go out in some serious style. |
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| This gorgeous 1967 sea blue and white split screen bus is Susie's daily driver and how she keeps it that clean and shiny is beyond me! |
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| Susie's shiny hub cap provides a great reflection of Will's 1968 hearse. |
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| This stunning 1969 early bay belongs to the very lucky Mark. This really is an immaculate bus, which runs a smooth 1646cc engine. |
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| This super straight 1964 11 window is the pride and joy of Si. The bus was shipped to the U.S and it spent the next 45 years basking in the Californian sunshine. The bus now features a narrowed front beam, and the chassis has been notched to allow the bus to sit real low. |
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| I took this sneaky photo of Ken whilst he was having a bite to eat whilst sat behind his bus, unfortunately Ken is a meat eater and here he was eating salad, hence the slightly disappointing look I guess. :-). There will be photos of Ken's cool split screen in the next instalment. |
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| This ultra low T25 belongs to Davyd, and is a twin slider model. The bus has a fully remote Rayvern hydraulic suspension system fitted and whopping 2.5 litre Subaru motor and gearbox. |
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| This super bright 1982 Westfalia Joker T25 is the pride and joy of Alex. This stunning bus sits this low thanks to a DIY air ride suspension system. The bus rides on 16" banded steel wheels with OG hubcaps. Alex has fitted a solar panel to the roof to provide lots of extra off grid power. |
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| This lovely German import 1990 T25 Bluestar belongs to Martin. This stunning bus has a Subaru motor, with air suspension and a few interior tweaks. |
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| Darren and Anne own this beautiful 1969 Westy which has a Riviera pop top with that contrasting blue canvas. This bus was imported in 2012 from Texas and it has a 1776 win port motor with twin Webber 34 icts. The bus also has dropped spindles with a CSP disc brake conversion. |
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| This lovely white over light blue 1971 early bay belongs to Craig who has owned the bus for 4 years and describes is as a continuous rolling project. His first camping trip in the bus ended in disaster when a brand new piston cracked. The 1600cc engine was soon rebuilt and with twin Webber 34 carbs seems to be going well. |
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| The last of the WBC buses in this years line up was this 1971, unfortunately I couldn't find out anything about this cool looking bus, which is a shame, but I'm sure I'll run into it at another show in the near future. |
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| The colour matched awning not only looked good but also provided some welcome shade from the blazing sun. I like this photo with the blue WBC banner, the blue bus with the blue awning and of course the cloud free blue sky. |
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| The early bay.com crew had a fantastic display of early bays. There is more from the great club display in next weeks bog review. So that was the second of three instalments all about the Stanford Hall show 2018. Unfortunately due to work commitments there will not be a blog next Saturday as I have so many sign writing projects that I really do need to finish, so the third and final instalment will be in two weeks time where you can see more buses and bugs, volksrods and a lovely Fridolin so be sure to come back in two weeks time. |
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