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August 09, 2007

VW Extravaganza show pics

After the poor weather of the past few months a VW show with great weather was always going to be a hit. The show started on the Friday afternoon with VW owners coming from all over the UK. A few of the DUBtypes members arrived Friday afternoon and set up camp (thanks Pugwash and Ivan and Rose) The rest of the club members arrived later on Friday night.

What with the go karting/ hover crafting and the agro Kats the show had plenty going on with out the evening entertainment. Saturday would see more DUBtypes members arrive and the club camping plot would have to be extended again to accommodate the new arrivals. Saturday night saw three live bands and DJ's galore. Most of the members stayed put to look after the children and try some "local" brew!

Sunday was to see the hottest day this year (not so hard to beat) so an even better turn out was always on the cards. After breakfast the Show and Shine was under way with some top VW's on show. The competition was always going to be stiff, but two DUBtypes members came through on top, well done Russ and well done Bob (aka the prof)

To everyone that made the effort for a local show, a big thanks goes out to you all and we hope the see you there next year.

Thanks the DUBtypes team

Dan

Jinx

Here are some "action" shots from the weekend.

En route

The camp,

No room at the Inn!

Marm, Pugwash and Gaz,

It took Dave (aka happybadger) 45 mins to put up his awning, we did offer to lend a hand!

Marmite you plonker!

All in all a good weekend.

See you there next year!

Posted by dubtypes at 11:47 PM | Comments (0)

Roger's t25 camper

Roger is one of our North Shropshire Members. He has owned the bus for about 18 months now and is loving the "getting to know your bus feeling". Since he's owned the bus (to date) he has done the following,

Most of the exhaust

1 exhaust manifold stud

Damn good service.

Strip out nasty blue foam back carpet interior, floors walls, ceiling etc etc – thankless task

Replaced rubbers round door windows

Various clips, switches etc

New main battery (2nd battery not long for this world either)

All 4 springs (leading to inadvertent raising of the van) & arm on front suspension

New front seats

Re upholstered interior (about 80% there) in 2 tone suede & serious 70’s fabric

Insulate

Alter & Repaint interior

Rebuild R’n’R bed

Roller seatbelts in rear

Jailbars

Laminate floor

Recarpet front

DVD, 8 speaker hifi & 19” screen – another thankless task, days & days of skinner knuckles pulling wires through

Rewire internal mains side

As you can tell he's put his mark on the bus!

He also has some plans for the bus,

"Soon to be fitted Porsche cookie cutters & a new back bumper

Overdue for some exterior cosmetics

Roof rack in the making

Replace sink pump

Finish making upper sleeping platform"

Take a look at the pics,

A nice ride that has potential

Posted by dubtypes at 11:31 PM | Comments (0)