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After may 1st, we spend the night in Hannover, as we were exhausted (and getting older year by year) , after a healthy breakfast we headed of direction of Wolfsburg…

In Wolfsburg local guy and friend from every time Björn Schewe awaited us with his daily mango grun 1960 beetle…..

He guided us professionally to where we wanted to go…. where my samba bus served as passenger and radio car from 1960 till end of the seventies… the roads became smaller and smaller…..

Wowh, we drove just between the gliders… my samba was so happy, I had hardly to steer… he felt he was back home believe me!

The people from the club where real happy too! Really cool, and granted us space for a perfect picture shoot…

With the president of the club…

The bus felt so at home You can’t believe…  she’s sitting like a natural star here!

Mandatory picture with its replacement, a T4 Syncro, “Rettungswagen” that’s about the same like what my Samba used to be…

one more, we can’t get enough…. (I think I broke my picture record for one day here!)

The radio tower that replaced the radio utility of my bus once decommissioned back in the day. (my bus used to be the radio car here back in the day at the end of its career, one of the members of this club had even an intention to build a real tower on it! Thanks God that never happened!

Welcome back home baby!

What am I doing now????

The club used to build a school glider back in the sixties…. we took that plane out (it is decommissioned for many years out of safety reasons) to make a cool picture shoot. now how cool is that?????

Double doors are look through, hah!

With greets from yours truly, having the time of his life!

Com’on cattle, back to your stables…. the old Eichner tractor (one cylinder Diesel) pulled several gliders at once…

What a day… and even more to come, stay tuned… these people had a really surprise for me…. I will write about it in the next days….

and the fun continued ….

BBT Pascal with girlfriend Annelies had a great time for sure….

Crazy engine….

Werk 34 Gerald always at his boot….

Main stage do look impressive, always…. they we’re about ready to start the awards (Top 10)

Line up for your “wurst”, brads are popular in Germany, especially on events like this…

way too cooool looking Lowlight…

My very own bus on the camp grounds, between BBQ’s and swap stuff, this was nice, the real VW vibes You know….

Single cabs always have a place to sleep!
Ruthmann Cherrypicker… used to have several of those, but this one I never saw before… deserve a place on my Blog…:) Dennis this one for You…. maybe we can buy together and found our own cherry picker company….:)

The sticker in the back leaves no doubt….

a real to cool hippie bay window from Denmark….

This is a real big event, unbelievable big, nobody can say how big it is… there is just VW everywhere! For me, seeing a lot all over the world, this is the largest VW event you can ever attend… and the good thing is, its only growing!

Ghia sitting low…

It’s all about picnic, meeting friends, family, “gemüdlich” as they say in German…; Vw hobby brings so many people together, that’s the real spirit! If You never experienced we can real honestly tell You’re NOT a VW guy (or girl) .

Ragtop in early race livery…. vintage speed on top…:)

Do You like classic black convertibles?

…. or a classic black modified convertible??????

I tried real hard to get you general overview pictures, so you might can imagine the size of this event….

The famous Gelb Schwarz renners… these cars do look the same (none was a real Gelb Schwarz I think) so a little quiz for your enjoyment, find the seven differences….:)

This is real German VW style, selling spares, or doubles out of your trunk…. plenty do that, and sometimes bargains can be found but always new friends can be made!

Puma line up!

Cool square…. yammie!

Two Kubelwagens just in the general line up…. welcome to Germany…

The event is a one day event… and early afternoon some people start already the trek back home again…

If you never experienced May 1st this is an absolutely must do for any serious VW fan… its just like family, the largest family reunion of the world, so make sure to schedule travel plans direction of Hannover next year!

And me?? Well I’m not finished yet this trip. I will continue to Wolfsburg, and try to find out some more history on my bus…. so stay tuned, because very very spectacular stories and incredible mind-blowing pictures to come in the next days!

Don’t tell me I never told You… you get a report every year about this show I attend for a straight 25 years in a row (except for one I missed because of a confirmation of my Godson)

This year was bigger, busier, more crowded and more special as ever! You really have to do this pilgrimage at least once in your life!

As every big show line up to come in was p^retty long…. thanks god i drove in on Thursday evening already…

This would win my price for most heavy bus in a blink!

And most cool license plate as well! It’s very hard to get a personalised license plate in Germany is what they always told me, so this guy scored big time!

Friend Stepan showed us his first raw castings of the Porsche PreA cylinder head… very very nice!!!

Type 3 squareback delivery van, very weird, and very rare car, this one was really outstanding!

BBT Friends of Holland checking out a bus for sale…

Yep, this is a real German swap, with all toys etc for sale as well!!!

Claimed to be a Karmann Type 36 kind of prototype, it was a weird car indeed! But not to my taste….

….so I didn’t buy it… but if you’re in for it here’s all the information…. will be still available…:)

One more view from the back….

“Teilemarkt” as they call a swap meet in German was crowded whole day long!

Always good to see some NOS BBT parts on the swap….

General overview give You about an impression from the size, and this is probably only a quarter of the total space!

Real swap atmosphere!

Car on display division was even larger as the swap!

Early split just drove by…. (see the banana bumpers, this car is build prior to 1949)

Let’s go party now!!! Big holiday fever feeling here!

Two pieces of candy….

Convertible sitting low…
Animation “full force”… these guys where crazy!

Also Germans do love “patina”….. yammie!

Ghia line up…

Pop top panel…. something is wrong here…:)

more of it tomorrow….:) stay tuned!!!!!