Isolde decker, Theo’s wife mailed me the real bad news that her husband and notorious VW genius Theo Decker left us.

I had the chance  to meet Theo several times and talked with him about his heydays in Volkswagen land… he invented a lot of high performance tricks and produced many parts… several parts You still find regularly on german swap meets today. he was perhaps a German equivalent of Lyle Cherry or Gene Berg… his company name was TDE…

I post an old picture of Theo here as we will always remember him as somebody that did a LOT for our community!

This is an 40.000 og miles SO 34 Westfalia, owned for over 26 years by Frank Atkinson… real famous on- and off roader from yesteryears…

People that read old Porsche books must remember the name! Souping up your Volkswagen is also written by Frank..

I always love to meet the old guys… the people behind the cars we do love so much, the people who helped to create the myth that the old Volkswagen (and old Porsches) today is…

Frank Atkinson was no exception, and a little talk with him was already long on my list, well this happened last Sunday at the Madera show. All I can tell… I met a truly very wonderful person! With a bright memory…

Did I enjoy our conversation?? You bet!

Madera Spring Fling is a fast growing show in “Central” California, hold at the Madeira show grounds in Madera California…

350 cars and a huge swap meet, sorry, no racing…

We had a hell of a day! I’m glad to share some highlights of the show with all of you!

Hey, what’s this??? this is the coolest Hi Top camper van I ever saw!

fully worth another view….

Sal has always a very nice display of a lot of his accessories!

the odd Porsche was there as well!

Zwitter for sale….

and with a big smile on my face I drove to my next destination…  the beautiful sky was free today, at least for the people who wanted to see it…:)