Volksworld 2014
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Back from Volksworld show and still catching up on my lack of sleep...
The road trip began Thursday night when only 5mins from the house the front passenger caliper decided to stick (due to me power hosing underneath and scrubbing inside wheels etc!!) Note: never happened before!?! Poor Oisin was engulfed in a cloud of smoke when he opened the passenger door to check! With a quick road side pit stop, all was okay and we collected Pete. We dashed to the ferry with minutes to spare cornering so hard into the port, customs thought we were on the run! Also convinced we got air after going up the ramp!
Arrived some time after midnight and the road trip went well, until heavy traffic outside London encouraged our sticking caliper. During a short road side pit stop no.2, a fantastic two tone splitty (black on white, just recently on the cover of camper and bus) flew by us flat out beeping and waving!! We politely waved back ( couldn't quite make out what Pete was saying under his breath!
) Half an hour later with us all back on board and foot to the floor we just happened to pass the same splitty on the side of the road! the chap was sitting facing us in the back of his bus, head bowed, and we returned the polite beep all waving! (We couldn't stop as we all agreed by this stage not to use the foot brake!)
Upon arrival about 10am Friday morning at sandown, with believe it or not, the dirtiest VW there (we couldn't find a power washer anywhere) and a fairly smelly caliper, Cathal greeted us with bucket in hand and Wayne McCarthy offering his cleaning products... After a quick wash then driving the bus into the VW showroom in the main hall, we managed to detail the bus inside and out to the highest standard, with thanks to a very sharp eye from Oisin. Meantime Pete managed to source a caliper from a local supplier who brought it along on saturday to ensure a trouble free cruise back, with plenty of help on hand on Saturday evening from Shane, Paul and all who accompanied them. The help from everyone was amazing...
All in all, a great time was had with great feedback from the eircooled crew. Also a big thanks to all mentioned, Oisin and Pete for the great craic and massive help, and Cathal for arranging all and looking after us all weekend...
Cheers
The road trip began Thursday night when only 5mins from the house the front passenger caliper decided to stick (due to me power hosing underneath and scrubbing inside wheels etc!!) Note: never happened before!?! Poor Oisin was engulfed in a cloud of smoke when he opened the passenger door to check! With a quick road side pit stop, all was okay and we collected Pete. We dashed to the ferry with minutes to spare cornering so hard into the port, customs thought we were on the run! Also convinced we got air after going up the ramp!
Arrived some time after midnight and the road trip went well, until heavy traffic outside London encouraged our sticking caliper. During a short road side pit stop no.2, a fantastic two tone splitty (black on white, just recently on the cover of camper and bus) flew by us flat out beeping and waving!! We politely waved back ( couldn't quite make out what Pete was saying under his breath!
) Half an hour later with us all back on board and foot to the floor we just happened to pass the same splitty on the side of the road! the chap was sitting facing us in the back of his bus, head bowed, and we returned the polite beep all waving! (We couldn't stop as we all agreed by this stage not to use the foot brake!) Upon arrival about 10am Friday morning at sandown, with believe it or not, the dirtiest VW there (we couldn't find a power washer anywhere) and a fairly smelly caliper, Cathal greeted us with bucket in hand and Wayne McCarthy offering his cleaning products... After a quick wash then driving the bus into the VW showroom in the main hall, we managed to detail the bus inside and out to the highest standard, with thanks to a very sharp eye from Oisin. Meantime Pete managed to source a caliper from a local supplier who brought it along on saturday to ensure a trouble free cruise back, with plenty of help on hand on Saturday evening from Shane, Paul and all who accompanied them. The help from everyone was amazing...
All in all, a great time was had with great feedback from the eircooled crew. Also a big thanks to all mentioned, Oisin and Pete for the great craic and massive help, and Cathal for arranging all and looking after us all weekend...
Cheers
Definitely a great weekend and met up with all the lads for a bit of Craic! Where did that scorching weather come from? I've still a busting headache from squinting! Also met an Idol of mine who really was as sound as a pound! Bruce Meyers inventor of the beach buggy was signing posters at the show and I got chatting to him for about 20 mins before the show started!
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Ps those are some awesome photos guys! Stump didn't even know you were over! Shoulda met up bud!
That was probably the best Volksworld Show with regards weather, show cars and atmosphere. It has evolved into more of a festival and there certainly was something for everyone with things like the BMX display, skate & bike ramp, DJs out the front and back, Bob Haro signing autographs on both days and giving tech talks too. Anyone into BMXs will know who he is. He is also the guy who did the stunt riding for the movie ET many years ago.
Buggy fans were entertained by Bruce Meyers, the man who invented the beach buggy 50 yrs ago. This 88yr old man was amazingly generous with his time all over the weekend even though he should have taken more breaks he didn't want to. He has some great stories so watch out for his book when it comes out - he said he'll finish it when he's not able walk anymore and all he can do is sit at the PC
Well done to Darren & The Williams boys for bringing their cars over. Shane's car was brought there by Lee and looked amazing so hats off to you sir for building a cracking motor.
Congrats to Glenn & Colin for picking up a Top 20 award for their Rat Look Oval. That car was the talk of the show and certainly deserved a prize. Well done
I didn't get to take many pics as it was the busiest show for us but what I did take are all camera phone pics and nearly all on set up day which is Friday so they are nowhere near the quality of Stump's pics :blush:
Part of the vintage speed display being put together
Buggy fans were entertained by Bruce Meyers, the man who invented the beach buggy 50 yrs ago. This 88yr old man was amazingly generous with his time all over the weekend even though he should have taken more breaks he didn't want to. He has some great stories so watch out for his book when it comes out - he said he'll finish it when he's not able walk anymore and all he can do is sit at the PC
Well done to Darren & The Williams boys for bringing their cars over. Shane's car was brought there by Lee and looked amazing so hats off to you sir for building a cracking motor.
Congrats to Glenn & Colin for picking up a Top 20 award for their Rat Look Oval. That car was the talk of the show and certainly deserved a prize. Well done
I didn't get to take many pics as it was the busiest show for us but what I did take are all camera phone pics and nearly all on set up day which is Friday so they are nowhere near the quality of Stump's pics :blush:
Part of the vintage speed display being put together
The car that started it all for the UK Cal Look scene, Colin Burnham's old Street Machine Beetle. He did a restoration in the magazine with reports monthly. At the time, this was ground breaking stuff.....
Wayne's '65 has certainly changed! He brought it to Jumpstart on the Saturday 8th March, on Wednesday it was on the way to the UK and 2wks later it was driving into the grounds of Sandown looking very different. Take a look and you'll see some nice detailing as well as some nice toys shiny bits like the Porsche brakes behind the Fuch rims.
Lee giving his Beetle a clean up before going into the hall............No sign of Shane for the cleaning though
