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« on: October 01, 2007, 20:08:14 pm »

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/nhHgwsCnxEs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/nhHgwsCnxEs</a>
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« Reply #1 on: October 01, 2007, 20:14:23 pm »

keep a look out for the goss chop top and the two crashes
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« Reply #2 on: October 01, 2007, 20:17:38 pm »

Ivan looks so Gay in that Clip... Wink Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin

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« Reply #3 on: October 01, 2007, 20:18:26 pm »

 Grin Grin Grin too funny there's a young yvan at 1.27min  Grin Grin
cheer  Wink
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« Reply #4 on: October 01, 2007, 20:23:19 pm »

Great video Smiley
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« Reply #5 on: October 01, 2007, 20:25:23 pm »

cool vid!
the best part is the run of the chop top and the in-car conversation before it Grin
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« Reply #6 on: October 01, 2007, 20:53:17 pm »

coool! this was my first show in the UK with my 64 bug :-)
and i think i spotted the roofline of it, behind 2 other beetles the front one being Biaggio's Java Green Brm'd bug and the middle the Twins 62 (stolen and never recovered!)
great memories to that show! it was a wild one!!!
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« Reply #7 on: October 01, 2007, 21:12:46 pm »

Excellent vid, i had a type 4(411) then, it threw a rod through the case on the way there and we had to go back and get my wifes nissan micra Cheesy, i loved beetle bash
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« Reply #8 on: October 01, 2007, 21:25:03 pm »

That it its all coming back to me this is why my car is shit because the Holley came off Rick's turbo car that rolled there.

Dam good show well what i can remember of it. Grin
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« Reply #9 on: October 01, 2007, 21:32:26 pm »

I had a blast at that show.  Remember seeing that video on TV back in the day.
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« Reply #10 on: October 01, 2007, 22:55:35 pm »

That it its all coming back to me this is why my car is shit because the Holley came off Rick's turbo car that rolled there.

Dam good show well what i can remember of it. Grin

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« Reply #11 on: October 01, 2007, 23:31:14 pm »

Happy days. Lined up against Dave Rhoads in my ''cal looker'' right stance, gas burner wheels, 1776cc ,der-transaxle close ratio box. Only problem was the champagne pink colour  Embarrassed Which Ivan reminded me of at VW action Grin
He must have been dazzled as he broke an axle shaft coming off the line.  Shocked

The biggest bummer that weekend was the pro-turbo cars crashing which made even more annoying as some folk were more interested in watching the European football in the big tent.
I felt so bad for these guys.
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« Reply #12 on: October 01, 2007, 23:48:22 pm »

Great Video......... Cool
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« Reply #13 on: October 02, 2007, 10:25:57 am »



great show. first time i ever heard the whine of straight cuts in street beetle Wink
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« Reply #14 on: October 02, 2007, 10:40:28 am »

I've got that on video somewhere too!
If I remember rightly I'd got my beetle with the '67 lid, long bonnet (and upright wings!), dechromed and painted appliance white, but was still on stock wheels and a lowered rear end. Got home and raised the back end and decided that I'd go racing at some point soon! Took another three years, but I got there!
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« Reply #15 on: October 02, 2007, 11:08:04 am »

That was a top weekend , shame it the last proper BB Cheesy
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« Reply #16 on: October 02, 2007, 11:42:55 am »

nice, but i at the time i didn't even know beetles existeted (except for the two 1302's in the woods near my grandfather)  Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin

wish there would be a hippy/beetle gathering these days  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #17 on: October 02, 2007, 12:44:41 pm »

went to this show with my brother and and girlfriend of the time took our ratty bug and ranthem both into the 15's with daily driven 1776's and had a great laugh with our mates unfortunatly we didn't take our cameras too busy thinking about running our cars  Roll Eyes




I remember meeting flatfire and having a right good chat, seem to remember one of your mate running a stateside 2110 in his car and having some trouble with it?
 
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« Reply #18 on: October 02, 2007, 13:08:50 pm »

coool! this was my first show in the UK with my 64 bug :-)


hey, did you have a license yet?  Wink

and that red bug with the sprintstars here on the picture is a fine looking machine. maybe not a showstopper, but i really like it and the more is see them the more i like those sprintstars.

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« Reply #19 on: October 02, 2007, 13:13:53 pm »

got restored to this
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« Reply #20 on: October 02, 2007, 13:15:36 pm »

went to this show with my brother and and girlfriend of the time took our ratty bug and ranthem both into the 15's with daily driven 1776's and had a great laugh with our mates unfortunatly we didn't take our cameras too busy thinking about running our cars  Roll Eyes




I remember meeting flatfire and having a right good chat, seem to remember one of your mate running a stateside 2110 in his car and having some trouble with it?
 

I remember the cars - you'd just had a page in Volksworld if I remember right and I though that the '67 was so cool!  Grin
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« Reply #21 on: October 02, 2007, 13:28:35 pm »

That it its all coming back to me this is why my car is shit because the Holley came off Rick's turbo car that rolled there.

Dam good show well what i can remember of it. Grin

Sorry i been a B end it was Ron townsend car also it was good to see Dave Rhoad's car in the UK and not sat in a garage some where.
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« Reply #22 on: October 02, 2007, 13:31:59 pm »

Cool vid.   Cool

Loved that show.







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« Reply #23 on: October 02, 2007, 13:42:21 pm »

Somebody might also remember this one....



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« Reply #24 on: October 02, 2007, 14:12:30 pm »

What a difference 11 years makes! Still got that fugly ariel though!!  Cheesy



Great pics Fonz.
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« Reply #25 on: October 02, 2007, 17:51:00 pm »

I remember that show Bill Swimmers car and Dave Rhode's car , the Keith Goss chop wow Cool, it all was going great till they wanted to go home ? wasn't this the show the funds went a bit wrong ?
There was supposed to be the Prodigy playing sat night , but no money no play .
Didn't the guys have to have a whip round to get the yanks home ?
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« Reply #26 on: October 02, 2007, 18:52:10 pm »

Yeah show went bust big style most bands still played . Loads of people Stayed at home to watch England v Germany in euro 96  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #27 on: October 02, 2007, 21:54:22 pm »

That it its all coming back to me this is why my car is shit because the Holley came off Rick's turbo car that rolled there.

Dam good show well what i can remember of it. Grin

Sorry i been a B end it was Ron townsend car also it was good to see Dave Rhoad's car in the UK and not sat in a garage some where.

So who else has a bit of the Ron Townsend car? Wink  Got a signed shirt somewhere, "upside down at 100mph!"
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« Reply #28 on: October 03, 2007, 02:02:20 am »

Yep....still got one of the 'headlights'.  Grin
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« Reply #29 on: October 03, 2007, 07:37:25 am »

Hey fonz, is ot you?? Nice to here from you! Are you in aussie land now?

Its me, Dirk, you remember?? 2005 Karmann Ghia show in Georgsmarienhütte.....
We had a few beer here on my balcony.....(and some pork too)
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