VolksWorld Show 2023 a.k.a WTF?

 Two veteran Lo 'E' Nuf cars dramatically leapt from the obscurity of the Forgotten But Not Lost page straight into the spotlight when they appeared at the VolksWorld Show at Sandown Park.

First was Baby Bootle who, until recently, was languishing in an open barn. After some gentle persuasion from Stu Betty, Cris agreed to dig it out and whizz round with the touch-up brush so it could be displayed in the Back To 89 display.

Meanwhile, upstairs, Silly Sid's Rad Roadster was back! Guy had sold it to James Self. Who, in turn, had taken on a complete re-fresh, undoing years of Guy's idleness.

Some of the other sights...

Needs lowering

Nicely upholstered wheel tubs

Richie King's lightened 911

As always, some cars aren't able to be finished in time. Deadlines are a bitch! Typ 38 Prototype.

George Barris R.I.P

20.11.1925 - 5.11.2015

www.barris.com

Slough Swapmeet

R.I.P. Jim Douglas

Dean Jones

25.01.1931 - 01.09.2015

Slough Swapmeet

8.02 @ 169mph!

Richie Webb does it again, setting a new PB at Santa Pod over the weekend.

Now for a winter of making it go faster...

Help!

Is anyone out there, within reasonable distance of Bicester, able to hang a pair of Beetle doors?

Ellie's Angel is nearly done - all that's left now is for me to jam the fuel pump on and for someone else to gap the doors. I've had a go at it, it ain't happening. The doors fit, they were on when it was painted, but will they now? Like hell...

So, is anyone out there able to save the day and release Angel back into the wild - and give me my garage back?

Coming up...

This weekend sees the last of the 3 Santa Pod VW weekenders. All the usual guff and nonsense with the added bonus that it's VW-only RWYB (plus invited guests) so no lines of Corsas etc clogging the fire up lane.

This year's theme is Zombie Fright Night so expect lots of hilarious people in bad costumes causing a nuisance throughout the weekend. Friday night sees Ivan McCutcheon and Niki Dimensions playing House and D&B. Saturday night is the usual Jensen D Groover farce. Alternatively there's the Scary Monsters indie party in the Fuellers Bar both nights.

Saturday night sees Shaun of the Dead being shown in the Fuellers Bar after the noise has stopped.

Tickets are £40 on the gate
(under 13s go free)

(clickety fo' biggety)

Don't Call It A Comeback...

Less than 2 weeks after the Slough Swapmeet shuffled off this mortal coil a group of enthusiasts have come together and performed CPR.

Details are still being finalised but it will be at Montem Sports Centre, Slough on November 2nd.
As well as the swapmeet there will be trophies for classes yet to be decided.

If you want to book a table please email traders@sloughswapmeet.co.uk

Slough Swapmeet

Pollock, in the guise of intrepid investigative reporter, has received this message from the infamous John Daniel regarding this year's swapmeet:

"Regretfully, the committee decided at the post mortem meeting last December to wind up the event as we were told that Slough Council are planning to demolish the Centre and the Ice Arena in the next couple of years or so.
This news of a closure, allied to the general decline in attendance and the poor health of a senior committee member, resulted in the member's decision to call it a day.

We would like to thank all VW aircooled owners, traders and visitors, who have supported the event over the years".

Edit: It's back! See here or in the comments below.

Coming up...

NSRA Hot Rod Supernationals

1st - 3rd August

Shuttleworth College, Old Warden Park, near Biggleswade

Europe's biggest and best Hot Rod show is on next weekend. Friday and Saturday are for weekend visitors only but Sunday is the main show day and open to all.

This year's special guest is American journalist/author/Hot Rodding historian Pat Ganahl.

Sunday Tickets are £8 for adults, children £4

Gates open 10am
(9am for show cars)

Sat Nav: SG18 9EA

Bug Jam tips from Fake Science

Bug Jam Club Camping

From Santa Pod:

 

"Bug Jam, of course, is still aimed fairly and squarely at die-hard Volkswagen enthusiasts and the loyal VW clubs are a very important part of the show. So we’ll be moving the club camping pitches to a much higher profile location bringing more of these often hidden gems to the fore. This will release more space for our general campers and consequently should allow most of our day visitors to park on site minimising the need for a park and ride service."

The actual club plot lay-out will be published later this week, once they've finished shuffling all the little bits of card around. I remember when Club Camping was along the bottom of the banking. Mind you it was all fields around here then, mutter, grumble, moan, ooh, my poor old back, etc etc...

Oooh, aaaaah, pretty

(sorry about the music...)

8.14s @ 167mph

Richie Webb was racing in the Super Comp class at Santa Pod's Summernationals at the weekend, setting a new Personal Best along the way...

 

And the onboard shot (ffwd to 3m10s)

Keep Britain Tidy

Lazy Sunday

This Sunday sees the Wolfsburg Weedhuggers hold their Lazy Day one day show.

It's held at the Black Horse, Great Missenden, nr Aylesbury and features free entry, free autojumble pitches, licensed bar & BBQ, kids zone, bouncy castle, BMX display and a VW Show & Shine.

Gate opens 10.30am
Dogs on a lead are welcome
SatNav: HP16 9AX

Lazy Day 2013

Coming up...

This weekend sees a couple of events to choose from, weather permitting. 

UK Cal Look Drag Day

The 2014 California Look Drag Day will be held over the weekend of the 7th & 8th of June. Still at Shakespeare County Raceway (a.k.a Avon Park), and still open to Flat Four VW's capable of 15.99 seconds and quicker 1/4 mile ET's (which excludes most of the VWDRC).

Hope to see a good turnout again - this years event will see the some of the quickest VW's in Europe (and the world) in attendance, as well as the cars that made it all happen - proper street driven cal lookers - put through their paces on the strip.

Tickets are £12 a day for adults, children under 16 go free.

Also on this weekend  is the Retro & Classic Show at Old Warden Park near Biggleswade.

Open to all types of retro and Classics vehicles, cars, commercial, army, vans, bikes, scooters, hot rods. Alongside a beautiful selection of Retro and Classic Vehicles there will be Club Stands, Trade Stalls, autojumble, fantastic Club Displays, Show n Shine,  food court, refreshments, vintage fair, entertainment and lots lots more.

Trophies for: Best 7o's, Best Pre 70's, Best 80's, Best Original, Best Original Bike, Best Classic Bike, Best Cafe Racer, Best Modern Retro, Oldest Vehicle in Show, Best Modified, Best Sports Car, Best Commercial, Best Car in Show and Best Bike in Show.

Tickets are £10 per car (up to 4 people)

And a heads up for next weekend:

VW Expo @ Stonor Park

Time for Stonor again, the sun was out, the sky was blue and all was good in the world (if your name isn't Reece) although John Daniels was seemingly even more embarrassing than usual.

Daphne pictured in the wild

and Danny could be arsed enough to fit the rear bumper

A companion for Pollock's Brown Love Beetle

Pop-Outs are so-o-o-o-o-o common

Lovely, simple early dash

yes please

Oh God, another one

Why?

Coming up...

VW Expo @ Stonor Park

This weekend sees the 30th running of this event, a long time favourite and Lo 'E' Nuf's "local" show.

All the usual stuff: Trade Stands & Autojumble, Concours d’Elegance, Club Displays, Air-cooled Avenue, Miss VW contest and Children’s Fancy Dress (under 12’s).
Also this year they are celebrating 40 years of the Golf & Scirocco.

Tickets:

Adults £10

Rug rats and brats under 16 go free

Satnav: RG9 6HF