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I recently met Fabian aka 'Speedwell' during Bug-In 35 week happenings. Promised him I would post some of my old pictures. These were taken on a Kodak 110 if I remember correctly. no particular theme, just stuff that caught my eye.[attachment=1]
More to follow, will have to downsize them.

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Ron Johnson aka 'Geezer's' Ghia. I think the BRM's were the point of interest.

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Harvey Woo was in DVB, had his car ready to Drag race this time around.

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This was the first Turbo powered VW I had ever seen. The rest is history.

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This was Shakey Jake's Flathead Ford powered VW! They tell me that's Ron Hunsaker's car in the background.

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These cars were from Oregon or Washington, I don't remember. Nice cars though.

 :o Thank you,for the nice pictures,and of course we want more. 8)

more picture of the white ghia with brm please
thanks for sharing those rare pictures with us

hi bruce , it was nice meeting you during the bug in  week end  ,

thx for posting those cool pictures from bug in 18 , it's funny because my first bug in goodies was the bug in 18 program  ,and also i've the dash plaques from that event ,it's cool to see some color pictures from the event

thx a lot for those

greeting from belgium

fabs

Glad you like them, going to do more scanning this weekend, until then....[attachment=1][attachment=2]

Nice pics ;)

Sorry Fred, That's the only picture I took of that Ghia. Did get a pic of this Ghia though.[attachment=1]
And this one.....[attachment=2]

Hunsakers car again, sorry I clipped it [attachment=1]
And another random Bug. The color caught my eye, similar to the 61SNRF
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anyway thanks again

fred some other pictures of the car  ;)

Ferd's Ghia[attachment=1][attachment=2]

You know you're having a bad day when........[attachment=1]

That white KG is sweet !

thx for the pict bruce

fabs

superb ghia

We used to stand under the tower to watch the finals. Sorry for poor quality. Little Giant Killer...[attachment=1]Scott Bakken's '67 before paint and selling to Shubee. He has a history of mis-matched panels![attachment=2]

Who said Foglights were a new thing?[attachment=1]

Engine pull, now let's do it again with Weber Motors![attachment=1]

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Thanks for sharing your photos!!  I wish they would bring back the engine pull too  ;)

Wow, that's really great! The atmosphere looks nothing like it is today.

There, fixed it for you! ;D

HA!!  No, that's not what I meant.  :D
I wish they would bring back the engine pull. 
You wish they would bring back the Miss Bug-In contest.  ;)

I got an Email saying something about one of my Karmann Ghia's being mentioned at Cal Look Lounge. I was wondering about it and so here I am. I got to meet French Fred at Bug In 35. I was surprised to see interest in my Ghia.
The car was the second Karmann Ghia I owned. There is a photo of my first Ghia coupe on theSamba. It was a 1967 with the early EMPI 8 spoke wheels. Those wheel were 2 piece with a big O-ring. The 1966 white KG coupe has real BRM's. They were hard to keep up. I purchased them from EMPI. I sold the car to a camera man from one of the TV stations. He kissed a curb and destroyed one of the wheels. Steve Walker purchased the remaining 3 from him, I believe? It was a long time ago. I had a Momo steering wheel on the car. French Cibie concaved headlights. Hella taillights. The paint was a Chevrolet Truck color with some blue added to it. I later installed a 912 Porsche rear grill in the decklid. A few years ago I started a 1967 Karmann Ghia convertible for my wife. As things sometime go I sold the car before it was completed. The engine was so strong my wife would not put it into 4th gear or go up hills. There was plenty of power but she was afraid of it getting away from her. It was a fun car. My new car is a 1966 Beetle with a 2165 engine. I am also working on a 1968 Single cab. Still machining after 43 years. Building a Hebmuller Clone for the Wife now. Check out more photos at theSamba under my handle Geezer.

Welcome on the Lounge ! Your white ghia looked awesome, thanks for the informations about it.  ;)

X2. Maybe you could share some of your old photos (http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_search.php?search_author=Geezer) in here too  :)

welcome to the lounge ron, nice to meet you there

fred

Hello RJ and glad to have you here.
I took that photo of your Ghia at Bug-In and I didn't even know you then, but saw that it was above average and very sanitary. Since then our mutual friends Larry R and Steve W have introduced us and filled me in on some of the history. Small world we live in nowadays.
I'm sure as time goes by we'll see more but for now check out his extensive photo gallery under the same user name in TheSamba for lots more historic pictures.
Bruce

Ron aka "Geezer"...,  I didn't know what had happened to your Ghia after you sold it.
But I do know I WISH that I had been the guy who bought the 3 good BRM's. Wasn't me...hummmm, wonder who DID get them?
Steve

Welcome to the forum! And great to hear yet more stories. Also great to hear you're still involved. Now, we just need some photos… :D

I have seen that car in my shop. I bought it a year or two after the Bug In.

How about Bug In 20