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| There is something about a panel van that looks just right, and when they are as clean and straight as this gorgeous 1971 panel van you can see why. Just look how straight that body is. (if you click on the photo it will enlarge it) |
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| This old panel has been slightly lowered, just enough it give it a cool look. This super clean van really did stand out. |
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| You can see just how clean and straight this old '71 really was from this photo. I did like the fact that the owner has used the original wheels rather than get some aftermarket alloy wheels. |
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| Another vehicle of 1971 vintage was this great looking Volksrod. This slammed, chopped and fenderless rod stood out in the row of classic standard looking Volkswagens. |
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| The exposed engine and those big chunky tyres helped give this old Volksrod an aggressive look. |
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| How tough does this old rod look? it reminds me of an old hot rod... which I suppose is the idea! This rod was up for sale for £4,500 ($5,944 approx) |
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| This lovely 1959 single cab pick up was imported from the U.S.A 3 years ago and is still in the U.S specification. |
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| The yellow paint is actually Bundespost yellow which was a special order from the factory. I did like the look of this SC with it's tall wall tyres. Those rear arches look unusual...? |
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| Another imported bus from the U.S was this cool 1966 Westfalia split screen. This bus came over from Texas in 2012 and still has the original paint. |
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| This 1973 bug was made to look older than it really is, and it looked really good. The chrome towel rail bumpers and the rusty look to the body both helped this old bug look completely different. |
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| Another Volksrod was this 'work in progress' orange creation. I saw this back at the start of the show season at Volksworld, and although it does look more complete now there is still a long way to go. |
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| Although it wasn't quite finished, I did like the look of it so far. The metal fabrication on the rear was cool, as were the hot rod style wire wheels and the insane roof chop. |
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| This is how the show started 17 years ago, a field of beach buggies, hence the name of the show. Although the buggies are now outnumbered by other VW's, there is still a huge display of this classic vehicle. I do like the buggy, and if we lived in a sunnier location I would defiantly have one. |
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| The classic look for these buggies, and the only look as far as I'm concerned, is to have metal flake paint. This gold buggy have the most gorgeous paint ever, pure 1970's metal flake. |
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| The show is open to other vehicles as well as Volkswagens. This show always attracts the scooter crew. There were scooters from all different years and some of them had been customised so well. |
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| There were numerous makes and models of scooter on display and they all looked fantastic. |
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| This scooter had chromed engine covers which provided a perfect reflection photo opportunity. |
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| This had to the oldest scooter at the show, well it looked like it anyway! I'm not sure what make the scooter was but just by looking at the seats, handlebars and the headlight I knew it was old. |
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| Twin seats with rear grab handle are a give-a-way to it's age, as was the spare wheel holder. |
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| The handlebars, and the speedo just looked so old. Like I said, I don't know how old this beauty is, but I'm guessing late 1950's? |
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| Attached to this old scooter was an original Steib sidecar. These sidecars were produced in Germany in the 1050's and this looked to be an original, although there are companies that still make reproduction copies. I did like the 'knock offs' on the wheels. |
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| Looking across the show site to give you an idea just how big this show really is. Set in a fantastic location, right next to the beach this has to be my favourite show of the season. |
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| Sun, sea and hundreds upon hundreds of show Vehicles of all kinds. |
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| Using a lot of zoom on my digital camera I took a photo of this lovely Karmann Cabriolet. I hope to get a better look at this lovely car later on. |
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| This gorgeous 1967 split screen panel van in beige looked stunning. This old van was so clean and straight and those polished rims looked good and matched the body trim. |
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| This really was a lovely old panel van. It sat just right and the single colour (including the roof) looked great. |
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| This customised 1969 early bay caught my eye as it had some subtle body mods, these included those 1960's Ford Cortina tail lights. The lights have been turned upside down as the indicator lens would have been at the top on the Cortina. |
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| The light blue paint looked amazing and the twin roof racks were neat accessories. The front clip had also been modified by losing the normal front indicators had having turn bulbs inside the head- light. The fresh air intake has also been smoothed over creating a clean crisp look. |
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| This cool looking 1972 Adventurewagon stood out as they're not as common as normal T2's. The high top provides so much space inside and are more practical fro camping in. |
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| This lovely bus was in such good condition as you can see. I had a brief chat to the owner who I think said this was a U.S. import which would explain why it was so solid. I really did like this bus. |
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| This immaculate 1977 sky blue late bay looked to be 100% original. This really was a lovely looking bus. |
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| Talking on immaculate vehicles how about this late 50's early 60's bug. This really was a clean car, all the chrome work that adorned this car was like new and those polished 'centre line' style wheels were the perfect choice to suit the car. |
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| I told you this old bug was immaculate..look how clean the inside edge of the rear bumper is and just how straight this car was. |
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| As I wandered around I found the American car section of the show, this section always gets my attention as there is always lots of rods and muscle cars on show. This bright orange 1936 (D2 I think) Dodge sedan looked great. It's not your typical car to rod, but it worked so well. |
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| The sheer size of this car was amazing, I didn't find out what motor it had, but I'm guessing some- thing big. I did like the chrome smoothie wheels that looked amazing against the bright orange paint. |
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| Another American muscle car was this 1964 Ford Falcon 2 door hardtop, this particular model had the sprint package. It came with a 260 cubic inch V8 motor and also had stiffer suspension and a louder exhaust than non sprint models. |
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| This really is a pretty looking car. I love those long rear fenders and the circular tail lights. The choice of American Racing 5 spoke wheels was a good choice and suited the overall look. |
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| This really cool looking 1966 Chevrolet C10 pick up truck caught my eye as I do like an old American truck. This short wheel base version looked great in its brown paint. |
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| On the bed the owner has a neat looking trunk, that looked as though it could have been a gun cabinet. |
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| This pro street Ford Capri was insane. The more I looked at this car the more I was impressed. This really was an awesome car. |
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| Although I have no idea what size engine this is, I do know it had massive twin turbo's. You don't need to know how big the engine was as you can see just by looking its going to produce massive amounts of horsepower and be fast! |
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| Those massive (15" x 15" I think they were) rear wheels were tucked under the standard body. The rear axle must have been shortened so much to allow this. I wish I could have found out more about this insane car. So that was part three of four about the BeachBuggin show. Next week will be the final instalment were you will be able to see more American vehicles, more beach buggies, a lovely oval window bug, and a very, very rare T2 bus plus so much more so be sure to come back next Saturday. |
