Hello VW fans. I visited the Bus Brigade Nord season closing VW meeting at the Grauerort fortress on Saturday 23 September 2017. Grauerort fortress is a German artillery fort near Stade and 50 Kilometers from Hamburg. My 1969 VW 1500 Bug made the trip successfully and the GPS top speed on the Autobahn was 140 km/h (86 mph). Well done...
Classic VW Shows
Enjoy here great photos of Classic VW Shows from around the world. I travelled a lot and visited aircooled Volkswagen events such as Hessisch Oldendorf in Germany, El Prado in California or the Jogja VW Festival in Indonesia. My always favorite shows are Maikäfertreffen Hannover, the VolksWorld UK and Le Bug Show in Belgium.
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The Classic VW Show 2017 Costa Mesa CA
Hello VW Fans. The Classic in Costa Mesa California was calling classiccult again on Saturday June 17 2017. The day before was the DKP Pre-Classic Cruise Night and the weekend before was El Prado Show & Shine and OCTO VW Bus Meet. Within 2 weekends I enjoyed 4 great VW shows in California. As in 2016 The Classic was at... -
DKP Pre-Classic Cruise Night 2017
Hello VW Fans. I had good times the DKP Pre-Classic in 2016 and so California was calling me again 2017. The DKP Pre-Classic Cruise Night was on Friday the 16th June 2017 on Main Street in Garden Grove Orange County. The event is organized by Der Kleiner Panzers, which is southern California most famous Volkswagen Club. The weekend before was... -
El Prado VW Show Chino California 2017
Hello VW Fans. I visited the El Prado VW Show in Chino California 2017. After I was at The Classic in Costa Mesa in 2016 I knew I had to come back to visit El Prado Show & Shine. The Show is presented by Vintage Transporter Owners (VTO) & Just Cruzin South California VW Club and the location was at... -
European Bug-In 2017 EBI VW Show Chimay
Hello VW Fans. I was in Chimay Belgium from 1th to 2th July 2017 to visit the European Bug-In #7 VW Show. My 1969 VW 1500 Beetle made the 1200 km round trip very well. Only one windshield wiper arm gave up the service because the screw had loosened. But that was easy to fix and so the continuous rain... -
Hessisch Oldendorf VW Show 2017
Hello VW Fans. I visited the 7th International Vintage VW Show in Hessisch Oldendorf on Saturday the 24th June 2017. It was a dream! I drove with my 69 Bug from Bremen to Hessisch Oldendorf and arrived at the camping area at 5:45 early in the morning. At that time I could listen to birds and snoring VW fans in... -
OCTO VW Bus Meet June 10 2017 California
Hello VW Fans. I visited the OCTO VW Bus Meeting on Saturday the 10th June 2017 in Long Beach California. The meeting was organized by the Orange County Transporter Organization (O.C.T.O.) VW Club for 1967 and earlier Volkswagen buses. The O.C.T.O 2017 was at the El Prado Show & Shine weekend and as in 2016 it was great again to... -
Maikäfertreffen Hannover 2017
Hello VW Fans. I visited the Maikäfertreffen #34 in Hannover on Monday the 1th May 2017 with my 1969 VW Beetle. My VW 1500 made the 250 kilometers from Bremen to Hannover and return successfully. I am used to 30 and 34 horsepower Beetles and my new VW 1500 with 44 horsepower is a fast Bug. I arrived at 7:25... -
VolksWorld VW Show 2017 UK
Hello VW Fans. I had good times at the VolksWorld 2013, 2015 and 2016 and so the UK biggest and best VW Show was calling me last weekend. I visited the VolksWorld on Saturday the 25th March 2017 at the Sandown Park Racecourse in Esher near London. After an early morning flight with Ryanair and about 100 miles in a... -
VW Autostadt Wolfsburg
Hello VW Fans. I visited the famous Autostadt Wolfsburg in November 2016. I arrived at the Welcome Desk at 10:00 a.m. and started with the Volkswagenwerk Werk-Tour to see how they produce the new Golf 7. Then I watched some good VW movies in “The GroupForum” building. After that I visited “the ZeitHaus museum” to see a collection of classic... -
20 Jahre primerracing Zeven Germany
Hello VW Fans. I visited the 20 Jahre primerracing Party on Saturday the 27th August 2016 in Zeven Germany. Maik, also known as der nette Maik, who infected me 25 years ago with the VW virus, invited me to the Party. I had a good time with German beer, Bratwurst and VW burnout. Below 19 pictures of the primerracing 20-Jahres-Party... -
#22 ADAC Oldtimer Classic Rallye Verden 2016
Hello VW Fans. I did the #22 Int. ADAC Oldtimer Classic Rallye in Verden Germany with my 1959 VW Beetle on 20. August 2016. The Rallye was organized by the ADAC Automobil Club Verden e.V. and around 110 classic cars of various brands like VW, Mercedes, Porsche, BMW and Opel participated. Start and finish was at the Landhaus Badenhoop in...