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| As I arrived quite late I had to queue for about 20 minutes to enter the showground, and once I had paid my £12 ($17 approx) entry fee I made my way straight inside to find a quarter light window. This is the view from the upper floor inside Bingley Hall. |
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| It was quite busy and would only get worse so I made a bee line for the traders area and the hunt was on. Luckily I found a very good, straight quarter light window complete with glass in no time and paid a reasonable £50 ($70 approx) for the complete unit, the trader did want £55 but I got him to knock £5 off. |
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| This 1972 beetle proves that you don't always need a flashy paint job and fancy chrome wheels to have a show winner. This bug has a single colour coat of paint with matching stock wheels and looks fantastic. |
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| The rear stock wheels have been banded to give some depth and the bumpers have been replaced with nerf bars, and apart from being lowered that's it, simple yet very effective. |
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| This stunning pastel yellow 1975 beetle looked fantastic with it's immaculate coat of paint and running on those 'Fuchs' style wheels. The car cooler was a neat period accessory. |
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| The rear of this bug looks just as cool with the deck lid rack complete with water ski's. The all red rear light lenses look just about perfect against the pastel yellow body panels. I did like the rear blind which is another period accessory. |
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| This 1970 bug was super cool, it was lowered and painted in a gorgeous red. The wheels look like chrome Porsche 356 wheels and with the chrome bumpers add just enough bright work to compliment the gorgeous paint colour. |
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| This is such a lovely looking car, with it's cool deck lid rack, rear blind and pop out windows. |
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| This gorgeous 1970 Pirelli green beetle looked great with it's narrowed front end. This gorgeous bug rides on air suspension that the current owner designed and built himself |
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| The rear of the car is equally as nice, with those pop out windows and stainless bumpers and that immaculate paint of perfectly straight body. |
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| The power for this bug comes via a fully detailed 1300 twin port stock motor. |
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| As well as designing the air ride suspension the owner also designed and built this custom air tank. This really is a nice touch. |
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| Under the bonnet was this very neat wiring, I just wish the wiring under my dashboard on my '69 microbus was half as neat as this. |
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| The blog so far has all been about beetles, but when they are as nice as this lovely 1968 bug,and all the others above, then that's fine by me. This light olive green bug sat really low and was perfectly straight. |
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| The contrasting red painted steel wheels with white wall tyres suited the car perfectly. The pop out rear windows were a nice touch that looked fantastic. |
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| This old split screen also had red painted steel wheels with white wall tyres which also suited the bus. It looks like this old splitty also has a narrowed front beam as those front tyres are tucked well under the body. |
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| The cool decal on the split screen cab doors looked authentic. |
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| OK so this lovely bus had a few knocks here and there, but that just added to it's charm. This looked like a real good solid bus. |
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| This stunning 1970 early bay finished in Neptune blue caught my eye. This bus had a stock 1500cc engine and stock brakes. The Cosmic wheels are a perfect choice and suit this lowered bay perfectly. |
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| After I had looked around the traders inside Bingley Hall, I ventured outside to have a look at some of the cool Volkswagen's parked up inside the grounds. The first bus I saw was this very RAT looking 21 window split screen in red oxide primer. This wasn't the best looking bus at Dub Freeze but it was still very desirable. |
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| With it's patina roof and red oxide body this early split stood out in the car park. |
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| Another bus in primer was this lovely 1970 early bay crew cab pick up. Again although it was in primer it did look nice and solid. I did like the truck style mirrors as they suited the double cab perfectly. |
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| It's quite rare to see a canvas cover on a crew cab as they are hard to find, but this one had one that was covered in what looked moss, that suited the bus perfectly. |
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| This gorgeous jet black 1971 beetle looked fantastic parked up outside Bingley Hall. It was seriously lowered and running on black painted steel wheels. The single yellow spot light on the towel rail bumper looked great and was in stark contrast to the gloss black bodywork. |
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| This is one seriously lowered bug, it also has a super narrow front beam as this photo shows. This really is one cool car. |
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| Another gorgeous beetle was this '66 in what looks like Dove blue. This resto bug looked stunning and was immaculate. I did like the overall look of this bug. |
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| The two tone painted steel wheels looked great against that blue bodywork. I also liked the U.S. style all red rear light lenses with the hot rod style blue dots. |
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| Another 1966 beetle at the show was this lovely jet black beauty. This stock looking bug looked so straight and clean. I do like the painted steel wheels with the VW logo hubcaps. |
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| The faultless gloss black paint gives off an almost perfect reflection from the super straight body panels. I do like the 'original' look on old beetles and buses and this is a perfect example. |
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| This photo of the front really shows just how straight the body is on the '66. The addition of a single spot light adds to this cars charm. |
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| If you like your single cab split screen pick ups looking original with lots of patina then this early split should appeal to you. Even though this oozed patina it looked really solid, making me think it must be an import. |
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| This lovely split looked gorgeous and although I do like to see a nice shiny bus, I just love to see early buses with OG paint. |
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| You can see just how solid this single cab is in this photo. The panels are so straight which is unusual for a pick up as most were used as a workhorse and ended up with dented panels. |
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| From one extreme to another in terms of looks as this 1966 Karmann Ghia shows. This really was a stunning example of the KG with it's super straight body and super shiny paintwork. |
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| The two tone paint was stunning as the almost perfect reflection shows. The 'bra' on the front to protect the paintwork was a nice addition as were the 'Cosmic' wheels which suit the overall look of this gorgeous Karmann. |
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| Another lowered bug at Dub Freeze was this lovely old oval window. This looked as though it had the original paint which had some patina. The super narrow front beam looked fantastic. |
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| I did like these,I'm not sure what they are off, but they suited this old bug perfectly. |
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| The oval beetle was produced from 1950 - 1959 and the design still looks as good today as it did way back in the fifties. A neat touch was the single red spotlight on the rear bumper. |
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| They were plenty of bugs and buses parked up within the grounds of Bingley Hall. Here a lovely 1970 mid grey beetle parked up next to a 1968 early bay. What ever model of Volkswagen your into, you'll find it at Dub Freeze. |
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| The super looking 1974 Porsche 914 was a collaboration between Volkswagen and Porsche who together designed this lovely 2 seater mid engined targa top sports car. |
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| In 1974 the engine was increased from 1700cc to 1800cc with fuel injection. The 914 was produced from 1970 - 1976. |
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| This gorgeous 1964 Porsche 356 SC looked fantastic parked up. The 'SC' model had the slightly larger 96hp engine which was Porsche introduced in 1964. It also had disc brakes. |
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| Apparently in 1964/65 the Dutch Police used the 'SC' as their patrol cars, I bet not many criminals got away from them in their get- away-cars. |
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| The unmistakable shape of the Porsche 356, this really is a classic car which just oozes beauty from every curve. |
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| The owner of this lovely 356 belongs to the 356 registry which must be a pretty exclusive club. |
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| This single cab split screen pick up has been given the RAT look and named 'Shitty Splitty' The bodywork looks as though it had been rubbed down to bare metal in places and left to rust, giving the RAT look. The signwriting on top of the bare metal looked cool. |
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| A better look at the front of the RAT look single cab. A period looking roof rack, also rusted was a nice touch as was the single yellow spot light. |
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| A close up of the front end, complete with a RAT toy, headlight grilles, single yellow spot light and the obligatory rope around the bumper. |
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| This gorgeous 1967 Porsche 912 was simply stunning. It looked totally original, which is how these classic Porsche's should be. The 912 proceeded the 356 and came with either a 1.6l or 2.0l flat six engine. |
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| The classic shape of the Porsche, this shape is so distinctive that even someone who has no interest in cars would be able to recognise it. This gorgeous car finished in Bahama Yellow was totally immaculate. |
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| This gorgeous split oval beetle looked like it was a 'barn find'. Although it looked totally original it did need some TLC. Having said that doesn't that real patina look good. I don't know much about this early bug but I did like it. |
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| Considering it's age, it was remarkably solid. Yes there were a few things that needed some TLC but overall it was a nice solid car. |
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| This really was totally original, which is quite rare in itself. I just hope the owner doesn't decide to paint this lovely looking bug. So that was part one of Dub Freeze 2016. Part two of the blog review will be next Saturday, where you can see more beetle's,split screen's, bay's, type 3's and type 25's. So be sure to come back next week. |
