27 oktober 2014 - Meetings
Yesterday (Sunday) I did no less as Three totally different car shows, (and checked out two more cars in between) . too many pictures, so I will divide Drag Day today and the the Art center show for car design and the Hearse! Show tomorrow and the day after…
So first ride along to Drag Day, in Irwindale, same place I visited BUG IN in April…
Line up was cool, but absolutely smaller and shorter as Bug in… it’s 7 am….
Not real light yet, but Swap meet was busy…
This 67 vert was considered, but not bought…
We do love single wheel trailers…
I like this bus!
Welcome to California home of Flashy beetle’s!
Low Light Ghia convertible with flared fenders…
Or bone stock, choice is yours!
Poison green, fits naturally well to a Thing as they call them overhere!
Too many cool cars!!
Almost Halloween, the whole California is upside down about it!
The mandatory patina car pic…. hmmmmmm…:)
Convertible Top Chop, not for the faint at hearted!
a really new old Bay…:)
We do like verts too!
Back seat passenger…:)
More single wheel trailers!
Cool Oval Rag on Randars…
And just another nice Ghia, I can show thousand pictures more, cars where real nice!
IAP Tom flanks his immaculate 67 vert! Congrats Tom, That is a nice car!
Racing!!! Kids Drag series is a Big Thing over here!
Hot VW’s Dean Kirsten in full action!
Beautiful Fastback 4 the track…
Here come the wheelies!
Randy Carlson from OldBug.com say Hi to all BBT Blog readers!
Staging lanes for racing where packed!
BBT friends of the house TOA from Japan, came out to race his Notchback…
Not Mild, but wild off road bus!
Couldn’t resist to this early vert…. yammie! Yes I DO love fenderskirts on certain cars!
Kimball Ritch… not to mess up with Rich Kimbal…:)
I left around 11.00am, to drive to the next show, you will see tomorrow!
Beautiful California… heavy schedules…:) Too many things to do….
26 oktober 2014 - Meetings
Saturday I attended a packed OCTO meet, hereby a little review! OCTO is a VW show strictly for VW split window buses, and its crowded!
5.00 am, even at 7-Eleven its still quiet, but hey they’re open, always, 24 hrs, and their coffee ain’t that bad!
Very busy line up, gates open at 6.00am!
Beautiful Palm Green sand green, yammie! What a start for the day!
More nice buses, all on their own!
How about this real eighties monster???? This one is for You Pascal!
First paint Deluxe (or Samba as we call them in Europe) the real way to go now!
Now that’s what we call a Long Board hanging on a Roofrack!
Always good to see BBT Sprints @ the swap!
My personal pick of the day…
Panelvan with skylights and ragtop… gives a top chop kind a effect…
oh yes, we do like Westfalia’s!
Small kids there own bus! cool huh? And long time BBT buddy Shawn from vintage parts fame on the back ground!
Patina baby, oh yeah, its Sunday after all!
more Deluxe patina!
king of cool in busland!
Less is more, just bone stock, sometimes is just the best!
The gang of Eddy and Dave’s garage for this edition… including yours truly!
Crazy Barndoor panel in the back ground of a Ubercool vintage bike….
Turkisch westy, now how cool is that?
Or do You prefer a pop top?
Shin, from Let’s Play VW Magazine always at work!
Cool deluxe, watch out it can eat You!
The lunch right after the show was hosted by Eddy from Eddy and Dave’s garage, in Orange California, Eddy is a real close friend of BBT and especially me in particular…. as part of his crew I was invited… best Mexican food in California I ever had, thanks Eddy!
and here Eddy goes in his immaculate Blue Highroof!
The after party @ Charlie Hammill always draw a crowd on its own! Charlie open his doors from his crazy bus collection… he was one of the guys I visited at my very first trip to California, a mere 25 years ago! So yes we go back quite a while!
Ok Bob, go to bed now, tomorrow (Sunday) there is no less as three car shows on the agenda’s! Only in California dude! Stay tuned, i keep writing!
17 september 2014 - Meetings
BBT Pascal and his lovely girlfriend Annelies took a brief trek last weekend to the most beautiful the Alps have to offer to attend the VW & Porsche Classic meeting in Sion Switzerland.
Very welcome to the mountains!
The meeting was a blast, with more cool stuff on display then one can take into memory, thanks God we’re living in the digital age and Pascal was able to put as much as he could on his little digital camera for us….
Welcome to another weekend full of eye candy and fun!
Nice venue, real well packed…
Cool accessory spotted in this beetle front hood…
Pretty cool line up…..
more cool line up….:)
Barndoor line up…. cooooool!
Extreme cool Lambretta pick up…
Split for anyone?
Good weather all weekend long brought out the beach buggies!
BBT’s friends of da House Garage Populaire Beetle of da House… talking about COOOL!
This is real swap…yammie!
A real cool very welcome display!
Yes we do love Pre A’s with sliding roof option….
BBT’s schwimmwagen on display…
And another cool one!
Awards with very high “Swiss finest” content…
Price giving brought out the shows best of the best… like this only one repaint all original Lowlight convertible….
or even better a lady driver early Porsche, inherited from her dad….
A new BBT friend for life!
End of the weekend Pascal poses proud with BBT’s schwimmwagen before loading up…
The new BBT friend was friendly enough to loan his beloved split window beetle to Pascal for the organised tour of the show, 100’s of nice pictures, we share one with you…
This is one of European finest VW shows, maybe a good idea to plan in your cruize schedule for next year?