VW Classic Week 2012
 

Morgen vertrekken wij - Erwin aka Volksfahrer, Martijn, Michiel aka Mr.Fijn en ik - naar Amerika!
Daar gaan we wederom genieten van de dikke auto's op de diverse aircooled VW evenementen als de DKP Cruisenight, O.C.T.O. (spijlbus only meeting), Pomona en de VW Classic. Daarnaast gaan we ook diversen VW Shops / open huizen, BBQs, privé collecties en museums bezoeken.

Natuurlijk zullen wij hier foto's en blijven posten om jullie te laten zien wat er daar zoal allemaal gebeurd! Ook zullen we met enige regelmaat op onze Facebook pagina's foto's ed uploaden. Zo kunnen we jullie ook enigszins mee laten genieten van onze belevenissen daar in So-Cal 8)

Have fun daar!!

veel plezier bofbibsjes!!

*jaloers is.....

Veel plezier daar mannen!

Day one, Saturday June 2nd:

First stop of today, So-Cal Speed Shop in Pomona CA... closed on Saturdays LOL! Will try again later this week. Next on our program is the NHRA Museum, looking forward to that.



Second stop: Very, very cool Hot Rods and memorabilia stuff at the NHRA Museum in Pomona CA! Cool place, go and check it out if you have the chance!



After that we also visited MOONEYES in Santa Fe today. Got a small tour again, always good to see their stuff!



Later that day/evening we where having fun at the BDM BBQ, good food, drinks so nothing more than a great time!

Day 2: Pomona Swap Meet, Pomona CA.

Today we visited the Pomona Swapmeet out here in Cali. Had an early start at 4.00 in the morning! Saw some nice stuff and best off all I got a great deal on this 7up Cooler for my girls Westy!



And besides the parts there where a lot, really alot of of cars. From Hot Rods and other American cars, Porsches and a lot of aircooled VWs! Nice to see the GFK line-up at Pomona today. Thanks for the BBQ guys, we had a blast!

Visited ISP West today. They got some cool projects going on again like a black beetle filled with NOS EMPI GR parts, nice! Thanks Alex and Anthony for the grand tour!

Het is hier fantastisch!!!!!

Jemig wat gaaf!!

Leuke tour zo!
Waar rijden jullie zelf in rond daar nu?

God I love America!!

fantastische foto!

Day 4:

Today we hooked up with my buddy Ron Petro and started with a visit at Gene Berg's shop.
Here is a pic of the 'Little but Quick' that run in the early '70s. It's upstairs at the shop with a lot of other toys.



After that we visited the Schley Museum in Anaheim Hills today! Thanks for taking us there Ron, and thanks for the tour and lunch Paul!



Was awesome seeing the Schley Museum in person! They have so much VW drag race history on display, amazing!!



Got behind the steering wheel of the famous 'Lightning Bug' at the Schley Museum up in Anaheim Hills today! Great experience, thanks all!!



I was honoured to see the AirMighty Megascene's laying around / on display at the Schley Museum in Anaheim, USA. Thanks a lot Ron Petro for taking us there and thanks Paul for the grand tour and lunch!! We had a great day!



And we ended the day with some good chicken-wings at Hooters ;)



Tomorrow: We visit a VW wrecking-yard, Hot Rod Show in Anaheim and the Rich Bimball BBQ.

A-m-a-z-i-n-g

Day 5:

We started driving at 6.00 in the morning to visit 'Small Car Connection', a VW wrecking-yard in Hesperia CA this morning! A lot of new stuff out there, it's been 3 years since the last time I visited that place and they have a lot more bay windows nowdays. Good stuff, and a cool place to see!



After that we drove 1,5 hours back to Pomona to check out the So-Cal Speed Shop this morning! We got the tour, met Mr. Jimmy Shine and saw his awesome '34 Ford pickup. He also started it up, that thing is loud!



Mr. Jimmy Shine from the So-Cal Speed Shop enjoying the AirMighty Megascene including the feature of the 'Yokohama Hot Rod & Custom Show' where they had a bike and car on display which we featured in the magazine.



Than we heard there was a Hot Rod show going on also in Pomona in front of the NHRA Museum! A lot, really a lot of great cars sat there at that one place today!!



And to end the day we visited Rich Rimball's - the organiser of the Bug-In here in California - house for his anual BBQ. Here is one of the pictures I made from up on Mr. Rich Kimball's roof! Yes that's right, I climbed on his roof to get some nice overview pictures.
Thanks for the hospitality and the BBQ Rich, we had a good time!



Next up: Venice Beach, Irwindale Drag Racing and another BBQ at Matt Devine.

Day 6:

We visited Venice Beach today. Rented some beach cruisers and drive around. There is a lot of stuff happening out there just like this activity at the local skatepark! 8)






After Venice Beach we drove to Irwindale for the annual Drag Night. Some cool cars where racing, from classic to new cars and motorcycles to electric golf cards!



This year there weren't as many early VWs participating as other years, I counted only two... still we had a good time and saw some good racing action!



After the Irwindale Drag Night we drive to Matt Devine's open house and BBQ. A lot of bus people where there and already 19 Barndoor busses!!! This years Barndoor Gathering during the OCTO Show on Saturday looks promissing!






Tomorrow: Huntington Beach for the Pierside Unlimited open-house BBQ and after that the DKP Cruise Night!!

Wat allerverschrikkelijkst gaaf! Een trip als deze staat nu wel bovenaan mijn verlanglijstje.

echt omwijs gaaf om te zien!

Day 7:

We went to Huntington Beach where we passed this Porsche dealer 'Pristine Motorsports'. They got some good stuff like a 911T, and a couple of 356 Prosche Verts.



Aand at the beginning of the afternoon we drive to Pierside Parts Unlimited in Huntington Beach! It was pretty crowded and we had a fun time! Thanks for this Greg!

Day 8:

We had an early, very early start this morning to go and visit the OCTO Show - a splitbus only meeting. This year the had a special Barndoor Gathering and they counted the amazing number of 58 Barndoor busses!!!



And a great overview picture from the OCTO 2012 meeting including the Barndoor Gathering!



And after today we also checked out the GFK 30th Anniversary party in Santa Ana, CA tonight! Cool guys, good fun and congrats on this milestone Folks.

Ik ben jaloers! Super!

x2 :rolleyes:

Day 9:

Visited the VW Classic Show in Irvine CA today! This was one of the events we definitely needed had to do!!






Here I am with my friend Mr. Ron Petro and the original drawing of the 2012 VW Classic poster. As you can see he drew me and some of my cars on it!! Awesome, thanks buddy!!

Okay dan, mijn eerste set foto's staat online!
Ik heb er bijna 300 geupload van de Pomona Swapmeet, check zo in mijn gallery op www.AirMighty.com ...enjoy!

Shop bezoek aan ISP West in Carson, Californië.
Hierbij een aantal foto's, de rest is te vinden in mijn gallery op www.AirMighty.com
Ben je een Type 3 fan moet je dit zeker ff checken.



















Printplaatje van de echte oude brochures uit de jaren 60:

nice nils, keep the pics coming!

die octo meeting te gek al die barndoors :eek:

Ik heb m'n eerste 332 foto's ook online!
Ook de Pomona Swapmeet...
Check http://www.volksfahrer.nlvoor meer!!!

Geniaal! Goed om te weten dat er zoveel te doen is rondom LA, 15 july ga ik (zoals het nu lijkt) naar Hot VW's Drag Day, ook georganiseerd door Bugin mensen?!
Zit dan een week voor mijn werk daar, had al uitgevonden dat de So-Cal speedshop daar zat, maar die broeders in Anaheim gaat nu ook op de verlanglijst!
Ik zit die week verder in San Luis Obispo, daar vlakbij zit GoWesty, ook niet onaardig voor busliefhebbers.

Mochten jullie nog tips hebben, dan hoor ik het dus graag!

Sloop in Hesperia.
Meer op http://www.volksfahrer.nl!

Holy crap daar moet ik ff naartoe.....

Got some new stuff up on www.volksfahrer.nl !!

During the Classicweek our good friend Ron Petro (artist that designed the Classic poster) took us to the Schley Bros.
Mr. Paul Schley is a VW dragracing-legend and he showed us around in his MASIVE garage that is packed with racing memorabilia.
Thanks for the hospitality mr. Schley!! And thanks Ron for taking us to that place.













And mr. Schley still knows how to drive!





While most shows during the Classicweek are hectic the BBQ parties are allways a great way to relax and have a chat with the many international visitors that come over for the week.
And ofcourse to meet up with the dozens of good friends that we’ve met during previous trips to LA!
Thanks everybody for opening up your houses, garages and backyards! And let’s not forget; the great food!!

BIG upload!!!!
I uploaded another batch of pics on www.volksfahrer.nl!

This time some pics of the NHRA (National HotRod Association) museum and carshow.
Real cool cool show with way more to see than on just another VW show! LOL!!













I've got a weakspot for woodys!!!
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Some Shops that we visited like So-Cal speedshop, Mooneyes, Octavios
and Pierside in Huntington:












Doubledoor, semaphored, doubleflipper seat, SUNROOF! early mango bus!!! I just wet myself.... again!



So Cal Speedshop:



I'd love to see this paintjob on a Razor Ghia!! (type34)






Pierside Huntington:






I also uploaded some lot's of pics of the Pre Classic Cruise at Nicks:






Don't know but this smurfblue and black actually works for me!















And last but not least... some non VW stuff we did!

Me at some restaurant...



Our buddy Ron was a happy fellow after I told the girls it was his birthday... (which it wassen't btw LOL!!)






Have fun with all the pics!!!
I'll be uploading the Classic and OCTO pics as soon as possible!!!

Hier een screenshot van de navigatiepagina die ik heb gemaakt voor alle foto's
Ga naar de "trips" pagina op www.volksfahrer.nl en click op de "classicweek 2012" link!

En dan nu........ DE spijlbus show!!
OCTO!!!!

Ongelovelijk wat daar allemaal staat!!!!
Dit jaar maar liefst 58 barndoors..... 58 :-o

Meer op www.volksfahrer.nl

























Check the reflection!










Volgende upload.. The Classic!

Erg gaaf zeg!

Dit zijn echt de gaafste topics om te lezen/kijken !!! Keep it up mannen !!

Darn it.. ech zo onwijs cool..!! Super tour gehad zo te zien!! :thumbup: :thumbup:

Ja zeker super! Het was voor mij al weer de 3e classicweek en 5e keer
dat ik in LA was dus ik ken er inmiddels ook al aardig wat mensen.
De auto's zijn fantastisch maar de gezelligheid met iedereen daar maakt het af.
Er word vaak negatief gesproken over Amerikanen maar op een enkeling na
ken ik er eigenlijk alleen maar zeer vriendelijke en gezellige mensen!

En dan nu de grande finale!!!

De Classicshow!
Véél meer op www.volksfahrer.nl







Four pre- rearwindow barndoors!!

























Veel kijkplezier en laat weten wat je er van vind!