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| This gorgeous 1961 single cab belongs to Simon and has to one of the nicest single cabs I've seen. The two tone colours, the low stance and the decals are all just about perfect. The air brushed decals look fantastic and the font is an exact replica of the original 7up artwork. |
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| Simon's SC has a narrowed front beam with a disc brake conversion on the front and type 3 rear drums and shoes with a remote servo. To see where he's going this lovely pick up has had a halogen conversion on the head lights. |
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| The rear lights are LED items which are super bright which allows Simon to run the all red tail lights. For safety Simon has a fire extinguisher linked to a fuel cut off solenoid. This really is a lovely bus, which ever way you look at it. |
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| This super bright yellow 2.0 litre Westfalia is owned by Oliver but it used to belong to a Doctor in it's previous life back in California, but I doubt it ever looked this good. The new low stance is thanks to the accu air ride suspension set up with air bags on the rear and air shocks on the front. |
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| Other mods on this cool looking bus are; power steering, LED lights, and a flip out Sat Nav with parking sensor, other than this Oliver says it's almost original.... except that he had a rust problem on the front which was sorted and painted, but the new paint didn't match the doors so the doors were painted, but they didn't match the sides, so the sides were painted but then the sides didn't match the rear and yep, you've guessed it, the rear was also painted... apart from that it's all original! |
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| Mark came along in his multi coloured Devon Moonraker. This bus started life with a standard white over orange paint scheme, but due to having had some light restoration work and the occasional small accident damage it has evolved into this very distinctive colour scheme. |
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| Mark has owned the bus for around 20 years, and like most buses, the list of things to do and repair continues to grow. The engine in this old Devon is a 2.0 litre unit after the old original 1.8 litre motor blew up. The interior of Mark's bus, which he calls 'Velma' has an original Devon Moonraker cooker, sink and cupboard and a lot of other thing which Mark has fabricated himself. |
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| This immaculate 1979 Devon Moonraker double top is the pride and joy of Deborah and Brendan who have owned this lovely bus for about 10 years. Both Deborah and Brendan call their bus 'Dolly'. |
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| Dolly has a 2.0 litre engine and in the time the Deborah and Brendan have owned her, she has taken them all over the U.K. from Scotland down to Cornwall, and even across Europe from Spain (Bilbao) up through France to Calais. Deborah and Brendan also visit many music and scooter festivals in their lovely (reliable) Dolly. |
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| Out of the 21 buses that were at this fantastic day, this stunning '69 / 70 early bay panel van is the only bus that I couldn't find out anything about, which is a shame as I really like panel vans and this one in particular. |
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| The two tone paint job with the red against that light grey colour worked perfectly, This really was a lovely imported ( I think) van and those BRM wheels looked fantastic. |
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| This gorgeous 1965 Harvest Moon beige Cali import was totally stunning. The lucky owner is Dean who after getting some inheritance started looking for a bus. After looking at lots of buses Dean went to see 'Lily' and as Dean says, 'It was love at first sight'.. even though Lily has tested his love at times by not behaving. |
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| Dean's bus has a 2054cc all singing, all dancing engine mated to a pro street gearbox. It also has a 4.5" narrowed front beam with matching trailing arms and Spax shocks with Porsche 944 turbo brakes on all four corners. The wheels are rare 16 x 7 Porsche Teledials which look so cool. |
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| The interior of Dean's bus (which I didn't manage to get a photo of!) features a gorgeous walnut and ivory leather interior, with LED lighting, a full sound system and an Eberspacher diesel heater. The bus has been converted to 12v by Pdubz. |
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| As if all the above wasn't enough Lily also has some of the coolest pinstriping. As a sign painter and would be pinstiper, I was very impressed with the standard of this, which must have been done back in the U.S. |
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| This beautiful white over red 1966 Canterbury Pitt belongs to John which believe it or not was a barn find that needed a total restoration. This bus was originally a 9 seater RHD microbus that was finished in green and white. |
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| It has been a passion of John's to own a split for a long time so when he and his partner, Amanda saw this which was at the right price, they just had to have it. Although John says that Amanda has laid claim to the split and drives it more than John! John and Amanda organise the 'Run the Ring' the VW charity cruise around the M25 motorway to raise money for charity. To find out more, and to sign up check out their FB page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/M25VWRunTheRing/ |
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| The Wolfsburg Bus Crew, Milton Keynes and surrounding area's club meet was a great success. My 1969 microbus was in good company with Nichola's '72 Danbury on one side and Jai's '68 bay on the other. |
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| Just a few of the WBC members buses on show at Irchester Country Park. |
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| Just a few of the WBC members buses on show at Irchester Country Park. Simon's gorgeous single cab in the background with John's (or should that be Amanda's?) '66 Canterbury Pitt in the centre of the photo. |
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| This really was a chilled day out with friendly WBC members and their gorgeous buses. |
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| Gorgeous buses in a gorgeous location. The WBC members really done well and turned out in force which helped make the day a total success. |
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| I took my two dogs to the meet, Susie is keeping guard by the door, or maybe planning an escape over to Nichola's bus.. again!! while Boobie dog is just chilling out on the buddy seat. |
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| Jai's unique patina'd front end on his '68 bay. |
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| Each WBC member at the event had a voting form, and they voted for the best bay window bus at the event. The winners choice was Julie and her 1978 Westfalia Berlin which was the first bus in last weeks review. Here Julie receives her trophy from one the organisers, Ken. Well Done Julie, a well deserved win... it must have been the new curtains.!! |
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| Just a few of the WBC members buses on show at Irchester Country Park. |
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| Julie's Westy Berlin (voted best bay on the day) next to Dave's '70 single cab and Robin's lovely panel van. |
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| Just a few of the WBC members buses on show at Irchester Country Park. My microbus is just peeking out from behind Nichola's '72 Danbury. |
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| Susie's hub cap on her '67 11 window split gives an almost perfect reflection of Si's '64 split screen. So that was my two part review of the Wolfsburg Bus Crew's, Milton Keynes division's club meet at Irchester Country Park. Overall a fantastic day with super friendly members and lots of gorgeous buses. A huge well done to Ken and James (and anyone else that helped out I don't know about) for organising the day, which I'm sure everyone who attended will agree went perfectly. I for one am looking forward to the next meet, wherever it may be, because I know it'll be a great day out. Next weeks blog review is all about the Stanford Hall VW show, this great one day event attracts some of the best (and oldest) VW for miles around, so don't forget to come back next Saturday. |
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