Under a steel blue sky and extreme sunny September weather we had an appointment with the Belgian VW cabrio club. They make the difference that they never do a static show, but only tours, with road books etc etc… well some driving around in a convertible? hmmm there is worse to kill a September Sunday…:)

so we joined them yesterday for part of the fun… and let you enjoy from some pictures as well…

 Breakfast was served in “Hangaar 110” in the middle of the old (but still active!) seaport of Antwerp, from there it went direction of the North Sea, off course not over the motorways but the way more relaxing back roads…

The Terra Brown 1963 Ghia was the first car that cadged my eyes… oh yes, I still remember when I pulled this out a Santa Barbara Californian Garage, nicely restores by Philippe Lintermans since…

 ambiance at full force, drive start in only minutes from now….

 and off we go!

 Mr Lintermans senior, 75 years old, just finished this 3 year restoration from “His” Ghia…. cool huh….

 and more Ghia’s, these are almost looking like two sisters to me….

 the stop was foreseen near an old small yacht harbour, very cool mix in an area where You find the perfect mix of Industry and green….

 The presidents car… Wolfgang just finished his own restoration… this car was once bought from BBT about ten years ago, was blue back then, looks way nice in Yellow….

 Idylic?

 unfortunatly we had to return after lunch stop, so we missed the rest… but on our way back we took the opportunity to visit a ghost town (yes we do have those in Belgium, unbelievable isnt’it? ) Doel is almost completely desolated… expansion preview of Antwerp Seaport… more then one town is just “gone” under water now….

Shall they still pump gas in this station?

 Graffiti everywhere, some nice ones!

 Desolated, empty… death….

 can You imagine You worked your whole life for this house? and had to leave?

 really very cool settings for picture shoots, but sad to see, future from yesteryear’s….

anyway, we had “another day of VW fun” for sure… and that’s what these cars are made for, after all…. the nice side of the hobby….

Koen, BBT’s proud mechanic spotted this harvester (with VW engine, look well!!) on a antique agriculture equipment show…. now this big machine, driven by a VW engine, how mad is that…

Shall I need one for my collection? Would be nice but takes so much space, and I don’t have anything to harvest….:)

Busy, wowh, yes, Volkswagen’s are not death yet!

First my buddy Paul Wisk came to pick up the 1957 Palm Green Sand Green for Carl Elliot from the UK, Carl bought a hell of a bus! wow, drooling patina, wish them all the luck! and with a guy like Paul behind him I’m sure they will succeed…

have a good trip guys and take care!

Secondly, that evening I delivered a bus to my buddy Stefan and Brent from “De Garaasj” fame in Hoboken ( a suburb of Antwerp) , it was actually the first time I was at Stefan’s place and must agree I was seriously impressed!  I’m glad to share some pictures with all of You, so You can see how professional Stefan build up his company!

 cool atmosphere, a more then worthy VW place!

 Stefan does all mechanics and even light restoration jobs, his customer base is pretty large and solid!

 some nice VW style decorations….

 and the famous painting!

 Stefan recuperated the different color aftermarket body panels from BBT’s old shop, he made it into a nicely shaped bug…. did I mention the velocity stacks “sticking out” in the back?

all further information You can find on these guys website www.degaraasj.be