5 februari 2015 - Meetings
Charles Oldroyd, chairman and president of the Historic VW club of Great Britain mailed us this press release , the Lavenham show is on!! Definitely one NOT to miss!
Start planning your 2016 Vintage VW season now!
Press Release
2016 International Vintage Volkswagen Meeting, Lavenham
It’s on!
There has been growing speculation recently as to whether there will be another International Vintage Volkswagen Meeting at Lavenham in 2016, following the decision by Malcolm Hawkins and Adrian Chalmers to stand down as organisers. However, at Malcolm’s invitation and following a very positive meeting with Lavenham Council, the Historic Volkswagen Club will run the event on 24-26 June, 2016.
Organisation is still at an early stage but the meeting is likely to follow the established format, with registration taking place from early Friday afternoon, displays distributed throughout the village on the Saturday followed by a meal in the evening and then a run out on the Sunday morning. We are also pleased that the Split-Screen Van Club has, once again, agreed to be involved and that publicity will be in the hands of Rob Amos, who runs the Pre-’67 VW website.
However, one change from previous events is that the displays will spread from the Market Square up the village toward the church, rather than down the village to the water meadow by the river. This is to avoid the situation which very nearly scuppered the last meeting when the field flooded after heavy rain! We also hope to have a greater specialist trade presence and shall be widely publicising the meeting among the European clubs. Traders can register their preliminary interest by e-mail to info@vintage-volkswagens-lavenham.co.uk and booking forms with full details will be available in due course.
More details will be posted on the VW Pre-’67 forum (www.pre67vw.com) as they emerge and full informationwill be available on the dedicated event website: www.vintage-volkswagens-lavenham.co.uk
Charles Oldroyd
Chairman, Historic Volkswagen Club
29 oktober 2014 - Meetings
The hearse show was something very unique I went to, where to see a gathering of hearses????
I don’t know the brands, and are NOT interested to learn about, but its kind a different for sure… Hope You do enjoy the pictures!
Woehoe!
Hey don’t be scary, it’s almost Halloween!!!!!
28 oktober 2014 - Meetings
Some more pictures I couldn’t withhold from the show at the art center. The art center is a college (like university) for car design, many of very high qualified and talented car designers found here their roots!
Once a year they do like an open house with a car show along and try to raise some funds… I was happy to be around this year so decided to pay it a visit, left Drag Day on time, this show was running till about 4 a clock…
Some pictures of various cars around…
The GM tour bus from the fifties, used by GM to present the future to the general public, how wild is that?
yes, this is a real 917… btw everything is real here!
Batmann cars where the team this year, it’s all about design…
Icons of the fifties!
and the thirty’s!
Hot rods reflects a perfected style of simplicity…
Crazy rocket cars…
and very crazy rocket cars!
This beauty deserves a second picture!
A camera car to film chasing scenes, it has to be quick and reliable, so let’s go for a Porsche Panamera! Only in USA!
Inside the school man could explore the work classes, how they teach students and how they learn to design. There was even guided tours!
or what about a couple of cars from Hotwheels, but in real?
Yes, in every show, fancy or not there has to be a split window beetle!, That’s period!
I like wings, not necessarily only at Hooters…:)
Back outside this beautiful Ghia, but not a Karmann…:)
Many people ask me about my dream cars… well here’s the reply, Teardrops… this Talbot Lago just make me breathless! or as they say in English… “A stunning beauty!”
although a nice streamlined convertible would fit in my garage as well!
American Iron, when style was still the most important issue about a car…
Enough for today, I have to think about your blood pressure! More tomorrow about the hearse show!