Show Report: Thames Valley's London Volksfest (in Essex...)

Hej, fran Svensken!

The Swede got a welcomed trip out to the London & Thames Valley VW Club's very own show, London Volksfest, in North Weald Airstrip, Essex. As you can tell by the faux pas in the show's location, the show lived up to its already misleading start.

Upon arrival, we were greeted with a 'Run What You Brung' style drag racing event where competitors could take their daily driver down the strip and see what their best speed was, combining swift gear changes and reaction times to beat the opponent, or merely their PB. We saw all manner of cars, ranging from your Peugeot 106 to Sierra Cosworth's to even a full on Pro Stock dragster.

From initial thoughts, the show didn't have a lot to do with VW's despite being called Volksfest, but once we found the Bugs it wasn't a bad show after all. It had probably in excess of 100 classic VW's there from your awesome Bugs, Campers, Ghia's and even a select few MK1 & 2 Golf's, which are arguably becoming the new classic car in the VAG (Volkswagen/Audi Group, not Vagina) family.

The Swede rocking his style all these years later.

On show there were also some odd balls and cars with rarity such as a Trekker, some Fastback's and a couple of tricked out VW dragsters.

It was good to do some sighting of the Bugs that were on show and to get a good idea for what colours we'd like to paint our Bugs one day, not to mention walking around with a hint of snobbery upon other VW drivers, which is common in the UK.

An absolutely beautiful car, The Swede!

Also, we decided to hopefully get a Split Screen Crew Cab next year and join the 'Rat Look' scene, although these ideas are very primitive.

To round off the day, The Swede needed a quick bump start to get going which was more than fun. No panic whatsoever as his battery went a little flat and struggled to start. A quick bump sorted that out and it was plain sailing from there!

Anyway, here are a bunch of photo's below as I know you love photo's!

TO BUG JAM!

Hejdå, fran Svensken!

P.S. I feel so sorry for the owner who's window on his 1960's Cabriolet smashed upon leaving the lights on the 1/4 mile. Absolutely rough, yet wonderfully entertaining.