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| The first vehicle I spotted was this gorgeous 1976 bay window bus. This really was a clean and straight looking bus. I did like the mesh sun visor and the 'truck' style mirrors.The lack of the indicators in the normal place give the front end a clean smooth look. |
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| Another gorgeous vehicle I spotted in the camping area was this light gold coloured 1969 Karmann Ghia. This old KG has been seriously hit with the lowering stick. |
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| You can see just how low this KG really was from this side profile photo. |
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| Not a very good photo due to the reflection, but you can just make out how clean and original looking the interior was. |
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| The Karmann Ghia is such a beautiful shaped car, it has a timeless beauty about it. |
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| This T3 Variant (squareback) was also of 1969 vintage and equally as clean as the KG (above). I do like these Variants, as there aren't that many around, compared to buses and bugs. |
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| This really was a lovely example of the type 3. These variants, along with the notch and fastback models were produced from 1961 - 1973. |
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| The campsite was full of camper vans of all descriptions, and even had this camper van shaped early bay tent.! |
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| This super clean 1969 imported bay looked gorgeous. I did like the colour which really stood out in the morning sunshine. |
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| The side markers denote that it is a later bus, but maybe the owner just prefers the marker lights rather than the reflectors, it doesn't really matter as it looked fantastic. |
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| The stunning gold coloured oval window bug looked amazing, it was so straight and clean.. oh, and so low! |
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| You can see just how low this early oval really is from this photo. The top of the wings are just starting to show signs of patina |
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| The oval window bugs are such lovely looking cars, and when they sit this low and are running on Porsche rims they just look so much better. |
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| This lovely mid sixties split screen caught my eye, maybe it was the two tone colour, maybe it was those lovely Fuchs style wheels or maybe because it was just because it looked so clean. |
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| This stunning bright red 1970 bay looked great in the sunshine. This slammed bus was painted in the single red colour, including the roof and it looked great. |
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| Talking of slammed vehicles, how about this yellow 1970 bug. This bug has a slight RAT look and the body was virtually sat on the grass. |
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| Another slammed bug was this pure RAT look 1970 two tone bug. If you like the RAT look then you'll love this patina'd bug. I did like the overall look of this bug. |
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| The roof rack and rear screen blind were neat touches that suited the look. The camber of the rear banded wheels show you how much this old bug has been lowered. |
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| This lovely white 1971 bug has also been lowered but not to the extent to the two above. The banded black steel wheels with chrome caps and white wall tyres looked the perfect choice to compliment the overall look of this lovely bug. |
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| This 1967 splitty caught my eye, as it gave off a glow in the bright sunshine. The two tone lime green and bright green paint is a very unusual choice of colours, but they actually look good together. |
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| The bright lime green bumpers and the Fuchs wheels add to this buses cool appearance. |
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| This 1969 beige bay also caught my eye as it just looked so clean and tidy. This deluxe bus looks like an import which means it should also be solid. |
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| The old '69 deluxe had some lovely retro curtains that suited the buses overall look. |
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| A pair of blue bays parked up nose to nose at Bug Jam. A clean 1977 late bay and an early bay with a slammed, nose in the weeds stance. |
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| This cool graffiti painted 1965 split screen stood out parked up in the camping area. The name of the game is be different and this colourful bus was certainly that. |
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| Wandering around the campsite, the place was full of Volkswagen's of all descriptions. |
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| If you like the rust / patina look then you'll love the look of this 1973 late bay. |
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| The T25's were very well represented at the Bug Jam festival. These 2 caught my eye as although they are both T25's, they look so different. |
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| This 1970 Dormobile looked like a good honest bus, what you see is what you get. Yes it had signs of a hard life but it was on the road and at Bug Jam, and that's all that matters. |
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| This 1971 beetle is 'Miss White' a road / strip beetle belonging to a mate of mine, Jonny. Unfortunately Jonny only managed one run down the 1/4 mile as he destroyed the diff whist doing a burnout at the start. Jonny, being Jonny still ran the bug down the strip though even with a broken diff. As Jonny said, you can't un-break it! |
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| Miss White has a 1641cc engine and the car has been built mostly by Jonny. It's a shame the diff broke as it would have been good to see how fast all Jonny's hard work would have been. |
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| This silver 1970 bay stood out from the others as it was just so different. This bus had numerous body modifications including the indicators up where the fresh air vent is, the home made bull bar and the steel mesh visor, and the single wiper mounted in the middle of the screen. I did like those big chunky tyres |
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| On the front bumper this old bus had stickers from various European countries that I assume this bus has visited. If I'm right then this is one well travelled bus. ! |
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| A lowered split screen panel van and a stock height early bay parked up end to end at Bug Jam. It doesn't matter what type of VW you have, it's about coming together for a fantastic weekend. |
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| Just trying to be artistic with this shot.. The variety of vehicles at the show was amazing. |
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| The blue early panel van looked to have some fire damage on the rear quarter and engine lid, and rather than repair and paint the effected areas it looks as though the owner has just left it, which does look cool. |
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| Another attempt at being artistic... a '71 tin top and a '73 pop top. |
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| I've seen this very cool looking surf themed split screen on several occasions and every time I see it I think, oh yeah, I like that! |
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| I have a 'thing' for sign written buses and this bus has plenty of hand painted signage to grab my attention, it also just happens to be painted in my favourite colour. |
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| I think this gorgeous dark blue and white split screen belongs to a guy called Stuart, who I did the 'Run the Ring' with last year. It certainly looks like his bus (although I could be wrong!) That was part one of three all about Bug Jam 2017. Next week will be part 2, where you can see plenty more quality vehicles including a lovely '67 single cab split screen and a very unique (I've not seen this before) Karmann Ghia. |
wonder if a pic of my flik will be found :-)
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