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Not one, but two brand new magazines came into my hands last weekend…

Let’s start first to give a small preview in the brand new and very first Indonesian magazine “Aircooled way” pretty difficult to read in Indonesian language, but cool to see my column in a language I hardly understand my selves…:)

The magazine is the special mission of BBT friend of Da House Dokke Schilder from Holland, better know as the driver from “The Painter” gasser… we put in a page of our publicity to get this production from the ground…

Next was a new British mag where our friend photographer Dave Warren contributed with a full report of the Ben Pon Barndoor meet, something we real well attended… especially our schwimmwagen outing was well photographed and published…

And one of the best pics ever in my eyes, Dave and me, having a good time… this is Historic!

A close up of the “water pic”… oh yes, we do heavy swimming, do You see the contours of both Schwimmwagens? Hard huh? And no we didn’t sink….LOL… good vibes to remember, read VW Vibe!

Where to buy another car this original? Ain’t it beautiful? It can be yours!

Our hunters outdid themselves again to bring us something this cool in 2014! More original might be illegal!

 A real untouched baby, in pristine original condition!

Don’t handle it wrong, just make it a driver, a full mechanical resto and it will turn heads wherever You go!

Originality rules! This is how we like our cars!

One seat is changed over the years, that’s it, eventually we do have a spare set of seats in the correct color!

Look at that headliner… that’s what we call originality! Try to beat this!

The trusty power plant still in place!

Original and never replaced! This is not a made up car, this is an original car!

And the other side is equal original… nothing to hide (what would be very difficult with an original paint car!)

This is an easy one… if you’re looking for a medium car investment just buy this one, put it on 4 wooden blocks in a dry place, and it will double money in 10 years from now, why? Simple, what can beat a time wrap? Every car they restore is an original less, and believe me… barns are getting empty at the pace they pulled cars the last 10 years! We do experience this every day… how can you ever beat originality….

Better, make it a driver, leave it like it is and just drive out a ton of fun of it! A real head turner wherever You go!

All further information on Bob@BBT4vw.com

Last weekend we enjoyed Bug On Wheels in Belgium. its a second edition with a very nice organisation behind it of a young and very motivated team!

Due to circumstances (read “work”) I was only able to attend Sunday, but what a blast!

Nice Split standard from BBT customer (and friend of the house) Luc Van Der Elst won its class!

Entering a VW show is very hard not to run into BBT Pascal… he visit about 40 to 50 VW shows a year… what a job…:)

My trusty 34 Ghia did the whole trip flawless, 19400 original miles now on the clock… I enjoyed every minute of the drive!

Nice brother of the 34, this extreme cool Notchback, yammie!

Or a beach buggy, that sounds like SUMMERTIME! Especially so nicely finished like this one….

Swap meet was cool! scored actually nothing, but cool parts around!

Extreme cool low light, used to be a real queen of Patina, or as we say restoration is always possible….

Coach build coral was a huge success, besides our schwimmwagen there was a huge gathering of what we would call “rarest of the rare”! The ice cream truck in the picture is build on a barndoor base…

Catering was real well sorted out, and a joy to sample some cool Belgium good ones in the sun or under the umbrella’s…….

….while enjoying a little dance from the local dance school….:)

Another crazy cool bus, do we love Palm Green Sand Green? you bet!

An overview of the swap meet at lunchtime, too warm to walk, everybody was inside having lunch!

Resto Cal is still a style I’m cracking for…

Father and son Baja?

Here another pic of the ubercool Ice cream truck, based on a barndoor!

Jean Marie given the audience a lot to look at… an all original totally untouched and fully operational 1948 beetle….

Another winner of its class!