This weeks review is the 2nd bonus review about the Wolfsburg Bus Crew's Spring meet, with all the photos taken by Rich Coxhill, who formed the club 10 years ago. I asked Rich for some info on the club, and in his own words he say's..
The Wolfsburg Bus Crew was born out of West London and we are very proud to be celebrating our 10th year as a club. We are a free to join club for owners of VW split screen's, Bay window's and T25's and as well as attending many VW events throughout the year we hold 3 events that are for our members, the WBC Spring meet, the Crew Camp Out & Birthday Bash and the Autumn Meet. Both our meets are at Wendover Woods and our camp out is at Banbury (as we are based all over the U.K. and find these quite central areas to meet up in).
Our Crew is full of like minded people from all walks of life who all share a passion for their buses and appreciate others too. Members are not just limited to the U.K., There are Wolfsburg Bus Crew Members all over the world! From South Africa to South America to Austria to Australia to name but a few.
We have come along way in the 10 years with over 1500 members worldwide. The club has truly exceptional buses that are part of it, and with that comes a fantastic crew that prides itself on seeing the club thrive and succeed to be the best!
We are a lot more than a Facebook page, We are a club for owners of Volkswagen Spilt screen's, Bays and T25's and one of the most active Classic Volkswagen Clubs in the U.K., we have won numerous awards over the years which we are very grateful and proud of! But... One thing we are most proud of is that over the past 10 years and through the love of the awesome vehicles amazing memories have been made and life long friendships have bee formed!
Well said Rich, and thanks for the info. If you'd like to join the WBC, (and remember it's free to join), just head over to their Facebook page. Here is the link to their page. Wolfsburg Bus Crew | Facebook
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 all all the blog entries for that month.
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'Perry' had a weekend off from tearing
down the drag strip so he popped along
in his gorgeous1958 jet powered split screen
pick up. |
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The name of his awesome truck came
from the fact that the bus spent most of it's
life hauling straw around on a farm in
Oklahoma. The farmers name was 'Whiley'.
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The jet engine, came out of a BAC 167
Strikemaster jet, from the military. It's a
1986 Rolls Royce viper 535 jet engine. |
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This beast produces 3450lbs of thrust,
while consuming 8.3 gallons of Jet-A1 fuel
per minute. |
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With a maximum of 13,760rpm, the engine
(when it was in the jet) had an approximate
air speed of 800MPH.
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A photo of Oklahoma Willy doing its thing
at Santa Pod Raceway, U.K. (Photo taken
from Oklahoma Willy's home page). Check
out their website here for more info and
photos: www.oklahomawilly.co.uk |
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Race interior to the highest standard. Full
roll cage and harness are compulsory. |
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| www.oklahomawilly.co.uk |
So that was the final instalment of the Wolfsburg Bus Crew's Spring meet with all the fantastic photos taken by Rich Coxhill. A big shout out to Rich for letting me use his photos, which I think capture the spirit of the event brilliantly. The next WBC club meet at Wendover Woods will be in the Autumn, check out the WBC Facebook page for details, but in the meantime be sure to check out the 'Event's page on their Facebook page to see what shows throughout the summer they will be attending, and hopefully you'll be able to join us!
