Friday, 7 March 2014

Outcast VW Club monthly meet.

The Outcast VW Club are a Volkswagen club based in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. We meet on the first Thursday of each month at the Charter Pub / Restaurant on the Bicester Road, in Aylesbury HP19 8AW. This months meet. although relatively small was encouraging due to numerous new vehicles attending.
 
Kevin came along in his lovely long wheelbase
T4, named The Grinch.

Kevin is a regular attendee, when work permits
and I never get tired of looking at his bus...
maybe it's the colour.!

Kevin has recently fitted a tracker to The
Grinch, well you never know.. there are a lot
of VW thefts.

My '69 US import, sparkling in the pub car
park lights.... or maybe not.

I'm so looking forward to the summer when I
can get about to shows and events in my bay.
 

OK not the prettiest bay, but in my eyes she
is. I recently put the dark window film on the
sliding window as the old stuff was peeling off,
Mmmm... not quite the colour match I was
hoping for.!!

The first of the newbies to attend the Outcast
Club was this cool T4, owned by Shaun (I think)
Really nice clean and straight bus, Shaun was
saying he has just had his wheels refurbed and
painted.

Shaun came along with his young son who was
happy to watch a DVD in the back while Shaun
chatted.

Stuart came along in his '71 bay with it's 1671
cc motor with a turbo. Stuart is owner of
The Oil Droppers VW workshop, check out
his facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/#!/oildroppers
 

Stuarts bay, Stuart keeps threatening to
paint his bus... yeah OK we believe you.


This lovely 1969 blue Karmann Ghia also
came along to our meet for the first time. It
belongs to a guy called Tom, I'm not sure
where he is from but he knows one or two
other Outcast members so hopefully he come
along again soon.

The Karmann Ghia is such a good looking
car, it was human it'd be Kylie Minogue, I
reckon.

Why can't motor manufacturers make cars like
this anymore, instead of the usual box shapes
where they all look the same?

I do like this photo, it shows off the classic
shape of this early Karmann. 

Even the script is a work of art.

Kevin is a regular, but tonight Kevin brought
his son, who owns this lovely looking 66/67
beetle. Such a sweet looking car.

I think Kev's son (who's name I have
forgotten, but it's OK because I said I would
forget!) is a member of the Milton Keynes
Roundabout Club, another VW club based
about 20 miles from us.

How good does this bug look. I love the ride
height and those Fuchs wheels, oh and the
roof rack, and the colour....
 

Is that the perfect combination of ride height
and choice of wheels. I think Kevin said he
bought his son the wheels as a present.

Maybe a 'safety star' to finish off the rear end,
but apart from that nothing else required.

Dave is a regular member and came along in
his super clean '67 split screen. Dave was
saying he has just sorted out the throttle cable
due to it not operating as smooth as he
would like.

A really nice looking splitty, that Dave and
Angela intend to go travelling in later in the
year. Dave was saying he wants a photo of
his bus in front of the casino in Monte Carlo.

Another newbie to the club was this very nice
T4 in what looks like graphite paint. The owner
is Pete and hopefully we'll see him again.

Very clean and tidy bus. Pete was saying
he also had a MK1 caddy which he might bring
down to one of our meets one day, that's
something to look forward to.

Matthew and Caroline came down in their '69
US import in white over blue. This really is
a nice bus and like Dave's split screen, it's
always immaculate.

Such a sweet looking bus and you could eat
your dinner off Mathews wheels... as long as
Matthew didn't catch you doing it.

Rear end of Matthew and Caroline's bay. Their
tailgate is soon to have a design painted on,
watch this space for more information.

Another first timer was Ryan who owns this
1970(?) bay. I saw this at the Wolfsburg Weed
Huggers meet last week so I'm assuming Ryan
is a member of the WWH.

As I mentioned in my write up of the WWH
club meet, I do like the yellow headlight lenses
and the single yellow spot light.

This really is a nice looking bus, in white over
beige. It looks like another US import.

Jail bars, safety star and numerous stickers
add to this buses character.

Claude had to come along in his daily driver,
as his split screen Kombi is having some work
done on the interior.

James popped down in his cool looking high
top Type 25. I do like this bus.. with that high
top the space inside is amazing.

I do like these T25's, and is I didn't have my
bay I could easily have one myself.

The Outcast VW Club vehicle line up, not a
bad turn out considering it's still March and still
quite cold in the evenings. There was a lot of
regular members that couldn't attend for different
reasons, but hopefully they'll be back in the spring.

Kevin and his son leaving the meet, this bug
sounded as good as it looked.

A pair of RAT bay's, Ryan's '70 and Stuarts '71.

As usual Stuart and I were the last ones to
leave.


So that was the March monthly meet, not a
bad turnout all things considered. As the
nights get lighter and warmer, I'm hoping
the numbers will increase. It was really good
to see some members of other local clubs
as I believe we should try to attend each
others club meets to show our support
for each other.

Thursday, 27 February 2014

Wolfsburg Weed Huggers monthly meet.

The Wolfsburg Weed Huggers VW club is based in Penn Street, near Amersham, Bucks and their monthly club meet is held at the Squirrel Pub in Penn Street on the last Wednesday of each month. A few of the 'Outcast' VW club members decided to have a mini cruise over to their club meet to show our support. In our convoy we had 3 bay window's, a split screen and a beetle, not bad considering it was a cold and dark weekday evening.

I met Matthew at Stuarts house. Matt's
shiny blue bay next to my not so shiny
green bay. We had arranged to meet Dave
and Angela, and their daughter Louise en-
route to the meet. Stuart would then take a
diversion to meet Sean and then meet us
at the pub later.

We all survived the 20 mile or so trip with out
any drama's, so the first thing I decided to
was to get some photo's. I think this is Dean's
black '67 bug and it looked a bit RAT, and
that's fine by me!

The photo doesn't show the true camber of
the rear wheels but being so low as well it
looked just right.

Outcast member Dave took his '67 white over
blue split screen. This really is a nice bus,
with no expense spared.

Super cool looking split screen. Dave has
fitted a discreet 3rd brake light above his number
plate which really makes a difference when
following him. Something to think about I think.

Dave's daughter Louise and Dave's wife
Angela went along in Louise's beige bug,
named Brum... I didn't ask how the bug got
the name.

'Brum' the '74 bug. Rear fender in grey primer
due to recently having paid a visit to the
Oil Droppers workshop for some work.
https://www.facebook.com/oildroppers

Princess Fiona under the pub lights.

My '69 bay looking stunning as ever. Just wish
I had a propex heater because the heating
didn't really work due to the cold evening.

Matthew came along in his '69 white over
blue bay.

This really is a nice looking bay.

Stuart, Tim and Sean arrived shortly after
us in Stuart's distinctive '71 bay.

Stuart is owner of the Oil Droppers workshop
and with his turbo'd bay, and even with a
detour to pick up Sean I knew he wouldn't
be far behind us.

This photo is a bit dark, but it's the Outcast
VW Club bay line up outside the Squirrel Pub.

Andrew came along in his super clean '67
cherry red Karmann. This really is a super
straight, super clean Ghia.


I do hate the dark nights as it play havoc with
my little camera in trying to get the colour of
the vehicles. Lovey deep reflection on the
engine lid.

Another shot of Andrew's Ghia.. the colour
is still bad but look how straight the body is.

Only one way to get a good colour shot...
get a close up picture.!

Nick is the owner of this lovely split screen
panel van in what looks like Dove Blue.

Gorgeous or what..? and the right colour, in
my opinion.


Such a lovely looking spilt screen.

Iconic look of the early split screen...

Peter ( I think) came along in his deep red
Karmann Ghia.

Another super straight, super clean and yet
another '67 model.

Classic shape of the Ghia rear end with the
US towel rail bumpers.

Kez and Becky, also members of the Outcast
VW Club came along in Kez's lovely '79 late
bay.

This is a lovely bus, in a lovely colour. Kez
was saying she has a few trips planned for
later in the year... hope all goes well Kez.

I noticed this little character in the windscreen
on Kez's bay. Quite a good resemblance I
thought.!! (Only joking Kez.)
 

Jonny came along in his '72 bug which has
been included on my blogs before. I just love
those twin yellow spot lights.

Very RAT, very cool...

Jonny's bug has plenty of character and
many accessories.

Andrew is the owner of this unusual bug. it's
certainly distinctive with that front end.

Same goes for the rear end of this '70 bug.

Mark Chapman came along in his bright
lilac '72 Beetle. This was quite a nice colour
in the flesh...

A bit RAT looking here and there but I think
that just adds to it's character.

Ryan owns this lovely '69 white over beige
bay turned up later in the evening. I love
those yellow head light lenses and the single
yellow spot light.

I do like the odd sticker on a bay side window,
and this bus had plenty of stickers to keep
amused for a while.

Luke is the owner of this white over pastel blue
late bay who also arrived later in the evening, 
and it looked very clean and tidy.

The clear rear light lenses on this '75 late bay
look good.

Nice photo of a pair of bay's parked up at the
club meet.


Julian came along in his early beetle. This is
another vehicle that has featured in my blog
before, and with it looking this good, no doubt
it'll feature again and again.

By now you my have realised I have a liking
for yellow spot lights and yellow headlight
lenses... well how about this combo, just
about perfect I think.

Julian's bug looks so good from any angle.

But it especially looks good from behind. I can't
think of anything that would make the look of
this bug look any better.

This way my view of the convoy as the
Outcast members headed back to Aylesbury
after the meet. Dave was leading in his split
 followed by Louise in her bug, and then Kez
and Becky in her bay. Matt and Stu followed
closely behind me.

That was the February Wolfsburg Weed
Huggers monthly meet. Overall a good
evening with a good turn out of VW's.
The club meets will only get bigger and
bigger and the Spring / Summer arrive,
which is goon news for everyone.