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a homespun volkswagen magazine, issue 1 an overvierw of vw shows visited in 2012 and the start of a 78 late bay window campervan.
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h o m e s p u n v w m a g a z i n e w i t h n o d i r e c t i o n o r p l a n j u s t i m a g e s
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13l e t t e r f r o m t h e e d i t o rokay i admit it, im not a journalist, not a wordsmith, and by the time you
read this you will see that although i like punctuation i have a dislike of
capital letters hence there are none in sight.
This is homespun in the way that its spun from threads of ideas from
otherthinking in every situation and finding outlets for those threads,
this being one of them.
This is an amatuer publication and by that i do mean currently a hobby
publication and not to be taken too seriously and it will only be published
here for the foreseeable future. as this is the first one im calling it spring
2013 but as a lack of intention led to limited content im going to stretch
back to dubs at the park 2011 in a lame attempt to pad with content.
< p.s. the image to the left is a homage to the current state of the
british weather soon may it lament.
c o n t e n t sdubs at the park 2011 .................................................................3
volksworld 2012 .........................................................................5
stoner park 2012 ........................................................................7
bug (mud) jam 2012 ....................................................................9
cornwall jamboree 2012 ............................................................ 11
78 bay window resto project ...................................................... 12
we liked this one
DU
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ATTH
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2011
skyway ta was the childhood dream bike
we didn’t know much about this show when we drove up that morning,
even driving into the grounds we were unaware of what a great day out
this was shaping up to be. okay the weather was kind apart from the
occasional random burst of rain which manifested itself in many car
and van owner breaking into an impromtu sprint as they headed back
to there dub to close that sliding door, window or sunroof.
the beauty of this day show was the format, a big field of vans seperated
into marques, likewise cars and the visitors were the voters, the fact a
friend of mine one a class did not change my view of the show as his
award was deserved and yes i did vote for him but mine was one of a
thousand plus votes that must have been cast that day.
Sadly the show missed 2012 due to this wonderful british flood weather
but im sure it willl be back in 2013 and i for one will be queing early to
get in, not to be missed.
http://www.ltv-vwc.org.uk/events.html
DU
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2011 a g r e a t d a y o u t !
deserved its own page
as always a great
show, was only
able to do a day
visit this year with
the family but
certainly not dissapointed. the displays were impressive to say the
least with a fantastic variety on show and layed out well so even with
that amount of visitors it was busy but it wasnt crowded.
the stands and stalls were relevent the bmx’s on show were awesome
the upstairs second hand parts gave me about 2 hours of rummage
time and the other half bought more than i did (okay she bought it for
me). VOLK
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12a l w a y s q u a l i t y
never having been to the stoner park show before
but not one to pass on an opportunity, we jumped
in the camper and headed off, only an hour and a
half up the road “great”, and a great show it was,
good venue and a lots of visitors with a healthy
dose of traders, definately one to do again.
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12passed on the thursday night camping and
opted for a 6am depart on the friday morning,
it was raining, i queued up in the rain, drove
into the show in the rain and it continued
turning the club camping into a quagmire.
Aside from that, great show, great acts, still
miss the old beetle racing of the early 90s
with the modifed, street legal classes etc
which made the actual strip a real highlight.
They could do a bit more on the show and
shines all day on saturday and sunday but
one i still never miss, been going since 90 so
why stop now?
not me
little and large
a v e r y w e t o n e
JAM
BO
REE
2012
f a l m o u t h b o u n dnot a whole lot different from last year
but we all know the phrase
“if its aint broke don’t fix it”, its not and they didn’t.”
highly enjoyable show, nice to catch
up with friends, good traders and food
available (glad to see the jacket potatos
there again).
worth the drive plus its over 4 days.
JAM
BO
REE
2012
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a n e w p r o j e c tso the t4 has gone and i have returned to the
air-cooled world after a few years since i sold
my 72 beetle, a 78 late bay is the weapon of
choice.
“why?”
its was a panel van and has had the windows
cut in professionally but this does mean its a
twin slider which was the appeal as ive seen
this before and wanted it. its solid, there is no
welding needed, a little rough around the edges
but where would be the fun if it wasn’t
unfortunately the engine commited suicide on
the way home so has been removed and is in
the middle of being stripped and rebuilt and will
soon be back in.
meanwhile the inside has been stripped and is
being sanded back to be resprayed, insulated,
soundproofed and a new bed is on order.
ive also got a growing pile of parts from new
wingmirrors and jailbars to new taillight covers
and front badge all waiting to be fitted.
r e s t o
all photos and copy : copyright 2013 : undertone