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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!!!!!

Last sunday was Kelley Park, a real nice show I attend way to less unfortunately….

Big and small pick ups struggling to get in at 7.00am….

Lining up for coffee served out of a High roof is not difficult to do! Thanks to Mark Merrill to made his high roof available for this!

All colors and models welcome, as long as they’re Vintage VW’s!

Even VW street rods been welcomed here!

Kelley Park is a site where they collect and rebuild historic buildings of the Bay Area… here the Ghia line up before the Pacific Hotel!

Swap meet was busy, and there was enough to let make everybody a score!

so cool line up, I could not get enough of it!

Rick Clark (see Blog from last thursday) gave directions and parked the splitwindow buses “Working class”

oh yes, sitting low baby!

Extreme cool crew cab, these are very popular in California as the rest of the world….

Buddy Andre his barndoor is just so good-looking!!!

another crew cab!!

Shorty? Nicely done huh? When your garage is too small for a full length Bus this might be your solution…

Cool Bay window, all restored, no expense saved!

and an even cooler Fastback….

Beautiful old houses in this setting!

Another couple of sleepers…

…and custom beetles…

Small bus with a Go Pro, to see the entire whow from your lazy seat!

This guy took too long of a “seat time”….

Vintage camping gear is always popular….

Old train was part of the setting… thought is was cool…

This could be part of BBT Sunday Patina saga… old pick up truck at an old Gas station…

Patina Squareback always steal my heart away…

Splitdivision…

What a cool show… for sure a must do when around… I had to leave around noon, to start my drive Up North… stay tuner, tomorrow pictures of this road trip….