Innholdsfortegnelse for April 2018 i VWT Lifestyle

March 4 Spring Dub Harrogate, North Yorkshire www.facebook.com/springdub March 9 – 11 Cruise to Ninove / The Freddy Files Ninove, Belgium www.facebook.com/Freddyfiles-2018-the-THING-FLING-by-Kieftenklok-and-Airmighty-127748064608031/ March 11 Ultimate Dubs Telford International Centre, Telford www.facebook.com/UltimateDubsUK March 16 – 18 Dub Aid Earls Barton, Northampton www.dubaid.co.uk March 18 Suffolk Bugrs Spring Autojumble Great Blaenham, Ipswich www.suffolkbugrs.co.uk March 18 VW Air-cooled Traveller Market Place, Gainsborough www.facebook.com/aircooledtraveller/ March 23 May 2018 issue of C&B on sale! March 24 – 25 VolksWorld Show Sandown Park, Esher www.volksworldshows.com…

GOING TO BE A CLASSIC If you have not been to the show for a couple of years, make sure you come to the 2018 edition, it is shaping up to be one of our best yet.The website has all the latest news and show information, pay it a visit to see what is going on at the 2018 Show. CAR PARK SHOW & SHINE Megular’s will be awarding trophies for Best Bus, Best Air-Cooled VW and Best Water-Cooled Transporter in the car park on each day of the show. It’s open to anybody that does not have a car inside the main halls, so that’s all you club guys, Vans in the Cool Water area and all the Bugs, Buses, Type 3s, Buggies, Ghias and Vans in the main…

The joy of the VW scene is its diversity and it’s a big part of why most of us are here. From stock to custom and from junkyard dogs to six-figure restorations, all are welcome in our world. My conversation with Jerry Tattershall, the owner of this unrestored ’67 Split, took me back to a simpler time, a time when it felt like you were only ever a decent set of wheels, or a nice set of headlamp grilles away from a ride that could hold it’s own at any VW show. Are my glasses rose-tinted? Most probably. But it still doesn’t detract from the fact that a great many air-cooled VWs on the road today have a look about them that, 20 years ago would have seen them winning…

The last time I wrote about this one day show I said it was my favourite gathering of the year, so has it really been three years since I put finger to keyboard and wrote about the DTA end of season meet? Well, yeah it would appear so, because checking my diary reveals the last time I headed over to the Old James Cond Print Works in the heart of Birmingham, was back in the good ol’ days of 2014. Organised by the DTA VW Club, the venue was / is a massive part of what makes this show so cool, and it was only ever intended to be a one shot deal, as the place was supposedly going to be demolished after the first get together. Happily for all…

LEISURE TRAILERS, FROM £2,995 Leisure Trailers are a small company based in North Tyneside, that specialise in custom handmade glass fibre car trailers for the leisure market. They’ve come up with a new offering that’s been designed for customers looking for a more stylish trailer. Customers can choose between over 100 glass fibre gel coat colours, which will bring you within a whisker of your Bus’s colour. Or, they can colour match one to your Bus’s exact colour code for an extra cost. The bodies measure in at 68” long and 46” wide and the trailers have an overall length of 100”. Unladen weight is 140KG and they have a payload of 360kg. They’re fully IVA tested and also feature LED lights, stainless lockable catches and boast 40 cubic feet…

The only thing cooler than a Deluxe Early Bay is a Deluxe Early Bay with a steel sliding sunroof. No argument. Built in 1969, so it was made in the same year and painted the same colour of Delta Green as our own project Bay, they could have rolled down the assembly line together, but this restored gem is a world away from our sun-burnt Arizona import. This is what ours could look like. Hmmm. SHOW US YOURS Send us some pics and words about your ride to james.peene@kelseymedia.co.uk…

If you’ve been around the VW scene for a while, have attended a bunch of shows, and know your air-cooled onions, you’ll have spotted a number of these odd-balls from time to time. They tend to spring up when you least expect them, as this one did whilst our Editor was meandering around the campsite at last years European Bug In. Much as he did, you might at first think it’s a Jurgens Autovilla, or a Karmann Gypsy, but you’d be wrong, because this creation - which looks like the result of a Bay and a caravan sharing a night of unbridled passion - is actually home built. What you’re looking at is the handiwork of Simon Evans of Evans Campers in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire (Tel: 07773 356348). It’s not the…

The 2017 SEMA Show, held October 31 – November 4 in Las Vegas, Nevada, did not disappoint the 160,000+ attendees, despite an initial uneasiness as a result of the shooting that occurred less than a month prior that left 58 concert-goers dead and another 546 injured. SEMA, the Specialty Equipment Market Association, which organizes the massive annual trade show, stepped up security measures throughout the 1.2 million square feet of exhibit space at the Las Vegas Convention Center, and the grounds surrounding the venue. We are pleased to report the show went off without incident. While the emphasis at the SEMA Show is centered around the newest, most powerful vehicles from automakers around the world, there exists a sizeable group that is more concerned with the preservation and restoration of…

Air-cooled VWs have a reputation for rugged, go anywhere reliability but that’s only true if you look after them. When new, VW recommended you service them once a year or every 3,000 miles, which ever came first. If like the majority of us, you’ve squirrelled yours away for the worst of the winter weather, it makes sense to carry out a routine service and oil change before you start using it again in earnest. After all, it’s a bit much to ask everything to be in tip-top condition after months sitting idle. As the old saying goes, failure to prepare is to prepare to fail. Everything we’re going to carry out here is what VW recommended for a yearly service on an air-cooled VW 01 Start engine and visual checks…

’90 Type 25 Syncro, Gordon Corrieri and Jenny Campbell Gordon and Jenny Campbell’s 1990 T3 Syncro was formerly used on a shooting estate in Aberfoyle, Scotland, one of two owned by the estate. Both the Syncros were ex-Bundeswehr Military Police vehicles. Gordon’s Syncro had been lying unused for many years prior to his purchase several years ago and had fallen somewhat into a state of disrepair. Both the engine, a stock 1.6 litre Turbo diesel and the stock gearbox were in need of rebuilding, which was tackled by Aiden Talbot, the guru. The rest of the running gear has also been refurbished, which has included fitment of Powerflex bushes and Bilstein dampers and retaining the original ride height. “The body and paint also required attention and while I’ve taken out…

As much as we try to bury our heads in the sand, the writing has been on the wall for the internal combustion engine for years. You only have to look at the soaring cost of petrol at the pumps, Low Emission Zones and Scrappage schemes to reach the same conclusion - we’re heading towards a greener world without fossil fuels. Only the likes of Trump or Clarkson would argue for a case against this, but where does that leave the classic car lover. The thought of having to give up driving your air-cooled VW doesn’t even bare thinking about. You love it, you cherish it and you hope that one day you’ll pass it on to your children who’ll do the same. Only they won’t be able to drive…

So, what is Le Bug Show all about? Well, it’s one of the largest air-cooled gatherings in Europe, which takes place at the iconic Spa F1 racetrack in Belgium. And yes, that’s right – it is 100% air-cooled only in the main arena, which makes it quite unique for UK visitors. Incidentally, it is possible to take a water-cooled VW, but it has to stay in the camping area and can’t take part in the parade or any of the main events. But, if you’ve never been before, this one truly needs to be on your VW event bucket list! It’s hard to describe the sheer scale of the event, but suffice to say that’s there a show and shine split across three levels (full-size car parks) and the trade…

It’s been a while since we last checked in on Mark Cherrington and his team at West Midland’s-based Camper conversion specialists Starlight Campers. They’ve been turning out some top quality Campers of late and the last time we dropped in on them business was booming and they’d just moved into a larger unit in Dudley. Hi Mark, what’s new? We’ll we’ve moved again since last time we spoke. We now occupy two units, so where we were had 3,000 square feet to play with, we now have a good 18,000 square feet and a few more staff. We basically build big boys (and girls) toys here, and they take up a lot of room, so we needed the extra space to meet the demand. So how many people have you…