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| A lovely pair of 1973 late bays parked up in the gorgeous sunshine at BeachBuggin. Both buses were stock looking, a lovely white over blue bus and a Ravenna green bus and Apple green with a blue vinyl strip around the belt line. |
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| This bus with its wild paint scheme is actually a rare bus. Its an original 'Wild Westener' that came from the Volkswagen factory in these colours. In 1973 for one month only, VW made only 200 of these buses for the Californian market. An owners register for these Westerner's was created and there are only 53 are know globally to still exist. Apparently when the dealers had them in their showrooms they didn't sell that well, so many were repainted in more conservative colours so it's hard to tell exactly how many exist as the owners may be unaware of their buses true identity. This is believed to be the only one in the U.K. and I for one haven't seen another one! |
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| This stunning 1958 Chevrolet Apache 310 step side pick up truck was gorgeous. This truck had been slammed on the ground and must have had some sort of air ride. |
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| The stunning coat of black gloss paint has been applied over the perfectly straight body panels. The lovely chrome wheels with low profile tyres add to the overall look and the ride height. |
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| The lovely wood lined bed looked fantastic with the gloss black sides. This really was a lovely looking pick up truck. |
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| This gorgeous 1967 ( I think) Chevrolet step side pick up truck looked great in its custom light blue paint. I'm sure this colour wasn't available from Chevrolet back in the sixties, but maybe it should have been as it really suits the truck. |
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| The '67 was the start of the 'second generation' of Chevy pick ups and had some modifications that were new including coil over springs instead of leaf springs and a small back window. |
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| The light blue and white banded steel wheels looked tough and the perfect choice for this old workhorse. |
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| The original truck came with either a 250 cubic inch or 283 cubic inch V8, but the extremely clean and shiny motor in this truck looks to be a bit bigger. |
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| Another American classic with light blue paint was this gorgeous 1967 2 door convertible Chevrolet Impala. The white lower half of the body with matching hood looked great. |
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| The '67 Impala was redesigned and enhanced to earlier models with 'Coke bottle' styling that featured Corvette style front and rear fender bulges. |
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| This stunning 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air 2 door hard top in a gorgeous blue and white colour scheme. The tri-Chevy's ('55, '56 and 1957) are probably the best known American classic cars. |
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| This old '56 was incredibly straight and the paint was flawless.This really was a lovely car. |
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| This pastel pink 1962 Mercury Monterey was pure classic 1960's American design. It was huge with lots of chrome and almost futuristic designs especially in the rear lights. |
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| You can see those incredible rear tail lights in this photo. Design back in the '60's was far more important than aerodynamics as you can see. This old Monterey really was immaculate. |
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| Leaving the American section of the show, this row of classic beetles caught my eye. There must have been hundreds of bugs at the show and each one was different from the last. |
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| One of the classic bugs that stood out was this gorgeous chocolate brown oval window. This slammed bug was super straight and looked great sitting so low. |
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| The unusual colour actually suits the car really well. as do the banded steel wheels that were painted in an off white colour that complimented the body colour perfectly. I did like the Paris sun roof that was definitely needed as the weather was perfect for a VW show by the sea. |
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| Looking through the oval rear window of this lovely bug. |
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| This custom cycle caught my eye. I do like the more unusual cycle and this one fitted the bill. |
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| I'm not sure of the origins of this bike, but I did like it. Those chunky white tyres looked great and suited the overall look. |
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| A lovely period light on top of the rusty forks was a nice addition that looked great. |
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| More beach buggies all lined up. The variety of styles and of course colours was immense. |
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| This, or rather whats left of this split screen bus was up for sale. It had had the roof section removed, and pretty much everything else! |
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| The rear quarter has also been removed along with many other panels. |
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| Engine and gearbox had also been removed... |
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| This would be a challenging project. |
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| This was the asking price. (approx $6500) |
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| This guy was having fun riding around the show on his scooter. It didn't look very stable, but I never saw him fall off so it must have been. |
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| I headed back to my microbus for a cup of tea, and this is the view out of my side widow. OK it's not a Volkswagen, but it is a lovely 912 Porsche. |
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| My 1969 VW Microbus parked up at the Beach Buggin show. This is one show on the VW calendar that I never miss. |
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| My old bus does polish up quite well, and I think she looks good in the summer sunshine. |
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| There are hundreds upon hundreds of after market wheels on the market, but I still love the look of the Porsche 356 wheels. |
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| As the show drew to a close, people started to leave. The guy on the pushbike was holding onto the door pillar of this cool bug as they drove out of the show. |
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| With a lot of zoom (maybe too much!) I spotted this lovely metal flake blue buggy just getting ready to leave the show. |
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| The queue out of the show was getting bigger as everyone started to leave the venue. The queue wasn't you normal traffic jam, this one was nose to tail of cool looking classic Volkswagens. |
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| This 1973 bug was queueing up at the same time as me so I couldn't resist a final photo. The rust effect looked on this bug looked cool as did those aftermarket wheels. So that was my four part review of the BeachBuggin show. If you missed any of the previous reviews you can find them in 'My Blog Archive' at the top left of this page. Overall this show has been another success with the show being packed with quality Volkswagens. If you haven't been to this show, I strongly suggest you come along next year as I'm sure you won't be disappointed. Next weeks review is all about the 'Endless Summer' VW show, so be sure to come back next Saturday. |
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