AirMighty Megascene #10 - Summer 2012

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Issue 10 | Summer 2012 | AirMighty.com

Shows Reports from Europe,USA & Canada! > VW Classic, Bug Show, DDD#10 Great Canadian VW Show €14,95 | £12.95 | $23.95 | ¥2600

The Summer Picnic

Chromosexuals

GFK Notchback

A full report on our ‘Fijne’ AirMighty Summer Picnic!

Two Barndoors, so different and both with a chrome edge!

Richie’s 1962 super-clean Type3 Resto-Cal cruiser.

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There’s a lot going on in the scene, be sure to catch the latest news, events, forum and photos on our website: www.AirMighty.com

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Beach Buggin’

Chromosexuals

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GFK Notch

Here’s a mix of a 965 Porsche Turbo with an old Split Screen Bus. Built with pride in Germany.

37 | Big Bumper Cal Lookers Two orange, late model, traditional Cal Look Beetles from Belgium.

64 | Bling Bling Barndoors!

A sexy barndoor bus duo with a bunch of Chrome added by Gibbs

86 | A Smoking Racer Beetle An in depth look at the Otto Bros’ latest drag racing Gassser project.

106 | Canadian Black Beauties A ride in Ken King’s finest black duo makes Niels fall in love with a 911!

126| Type3 With Resto Cal Flair One of the Californian German Folks Klub's latest additions to their ranks.

143| Beach Buggy Bonanza On an Italian Beach we travel back in time to the late 1960’s!

Black Beauties

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Palm Green Sand Green Turbo

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24 | AirMighty/Fijn Picnic!

A tour at what’s probably the most relaxed weekend in the VW scene.

48 | The Canadian Road Trip A 2.000km road-trip in Canada to hit up the Great Canadian VW Show.

62 | Next Stop: PROTOTYP!

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An old tourist train powered with a 25Hp engine is still going strong!

78 | DAS DRAG DAY #10

VW Bug Show, Spa

A double celebration in Bitburg.

98 | VW Classic in California The Final part of the pilgrimage to the So-Cal VW Classic Week.

123| The Mille Miglia 2012 The results of this mythical road rally.

136| Le Bug Show 2012!

The 20th anniversary edition of the Bug Show on Spa’s F1 circuit!

Das Drag Day #10

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153| Pre-57 Line Up in Hungary The gathering for early Volkswagens in eastern Europe.

...and more!

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The Great Canadian VW Show

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Vintage VWs in Hungary

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Turbobus T1965S Faith, Love and Happiness Words: Britta Bau Translation: Yves Maertens Pictures: Stefan Bau

Some car projects are indeed wolves in sheeps’ clothing. It’s no secret that the devil is always in the detail and, indeed, the amount of detail can come to be a crucial test of commitment, and that’s definitely not for the faint-hearted. Here is the story of a true believer and his divine ride.

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AirMighty Summer Picnic 2012

Words: Niels Timmerman Pictures: Niels Timmerman | Erwin Stok Translation: Kobus Cantraine | Georg Otto | Gaëlle Remacle

Loads of VWs parked on the grass beneath shady trees. The smell of the BBQ, the sounds of people being silly in a swimming pool…

Is this heaven? No, it’s The AirMighty Summer Picnic, probably the most relaxed weekend in the Aircooled VW Scene! > ack in 2010 we started off small, gathering a few of our mutual friends together for a picnic as a side gig to the “Kanaal Concerten”, a yearly small town music festival next to the typical Dutch canals in Apeldoorn. But in just 3 years our Picnic’s mushroomed into a real event that stands firmly on its own two feet. When I say ‘our picnic’, I mean Michiel van den Bosch who runs the Eetcafe Fijn and myself, Niels Timmerman. Our latest Picnic lasted 2 days and occupied the park next to Holland’s largest outdoor swimming pool,

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the “Kristalbad”. One thing didn’t change, we are still located in the city of Apeldoorn, Michiel’s hometown.

This 3rd edition of our AirMighty/Fijn Summer Picnic was held on the weekend of 14th and 15th of September and was graced with people who’d come from literally all over Europe. We had participants from Germany, Belgium, Luxemburg, England, The Netherlands of course, and even as far away as the Czech republic! Our ‘longest distance traveled’ award for an Aircooled VW went to a concours restored Samba

that motored 620km to join our party and our Czech visitors covered over 800km, so how about that! Thanks for being there and driving such a long way.

One thing’s for sure, the simple concept of our Summer Picnic works well, because people are attracted by the relaxed vibe at our super chilled-out location. It’s all about kicking back with your friends and family, surrounded by our beloved vintage Volkswagens! There’s no awards for quickest times on a track, show-and-shine or anything like that; what we hand out

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Show | AirMighty Summer Picnic ‘12

The VCT2 (Friends Club for Type 2 busses) won best ‘Summer Feeling’!

are things like the “longest distance award,” a “best BBQ award,” or the “best Summer feeling award,” and Marco, Mr. Techtips himself, ran the ‘parachute man contest’ something that put a smile on everyone’s faces, young or old. There was an absolute fun factor covering the whole event, and the open-air pool facilities were free to all participants at the Summer Picnic. Slides, playground, big bounce house were heaven to the next generation of VW fans. Plenty of stalls were built up over the weekend; there were VW parts for sale, pin-striping demos, and loads of other stuff. All kinds of food

Berrie van Beurden’s 15-window parked at the start of the camping field.

We exceeded all expectations, with over 500 Aircooled VWs showing up, and 2,000 people coming to the “Kristalbad” park to check it out. We heard positive feedback from all quarters, and since so many people covered such great distances to join us

we’ve decided to make the party even bigger in 2013 by adding another night to the show! So, be sure to book our event into your calendar. The dates are 13th, 14th and 15th of September. We’ve got plenty of new ideas about how to make an already wonderful weekend even better! However, space in the park is limited so you’d better watch out for the advance ticket sales, because once we’re sold out there’s really no extra camping space left. And the AirMighty/ Fijn Summer Picnic is something you don’t want to miss out on if you like a relaxed, Aircooled VW weekend just as much as

Michiel aka Mr.Fijn rollin’ his ‘57 double door panel

Even the locals came to check out the VW vibe

and drinks were available all over the site; Mr. Fijn, who’s used to the food business, took care of that. He even invited a T2B Ice Cream vendor Bay Window Bus and a Split Window coffee Bus. In the evening we lined up a bunch of bands. The vibe - and that’s what it’s all about - was simply awesome!

We need good coffee, especially in the morning! ;)

Day visitors lined up ...

The perfect camping-spot, with like minded

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2,5 years AirMighty 13 issues AirMighty AirMighty #10 Issue #10 already, time flies when you’re havin g fun they say…

I must say that it does, it seems like just yester day when Niels walked up to me at Das Drag Day #07 and explai ned his idea of publishing a new VW magazine. Soon after that we found ourselves working full steam ahead on the first issue of what became AirMighty Megascene. Now here we are 10 issues further, actually 13 issues if you count the #00 and the two Portfolios we have printed. The response and the worldwide following just keeps growing and since people keep on building fantas tic high level Volkswagens week have new stuff to feature every time, onwards and upwards I’m looking forward to what the future will bring!

Thanks for reading, buying, subscribing and advertising in our magazine, YOU are the reason why we exist!

Ausgabe 10 schon, meine Güte, wie die Zeit vergeht, wenn man Spaß hat… Und ich muss sagen, es macht Spaß!

Mir kommt es wie gestern vor, als Niels am DAS Drag Day 7 auf mich zukam und mir seine Idee eines neuen VW-Magazin s vortrug. Schon kurz darauf fanden wir uns mit voller Kraft an der ersten Ausgabe von AirMighty Megascene arbeiten.

Und jetzt sind wir hier, zehn Hefte später (eigentlich 13, wenn man das PilotMagazin mit der Nummer 0 und die beiden Portfolios dazu zählt).

Die Resonanz und die weltweite Anhängersch aft wächst von Tag zu Tag und da immer wieder fantastische Volksw agen aufgebaut werden, geht uns der Stoff auch nicht aus. Ich bin gespannt, was die Zukunft bringen wird! Vielen Dank auf jeden Fall für’s Lesen, Kaufen, Abonnieren und Anzeigen schalten!

Denn IHR seid der Grund, weswegen wir existieren!

Déjà le numéro 10. Le temps passe vite quand on s’amuse…

Et je dois dire que cela n’a jamais été aussi vrai ! Depuis que Niels est venu me voir lors du DDD7 et m’a expliqué son projet de publication d’un nouveau magazine VW, je n’ai plus vu le temps passer. Quelques semaines plus tard, nous étions occupés à travailler à ce qui deviendrait le premier numé ro d’Airmighty Megascene. 10 numéros plus tard (13 en fait si on compte le numéro 00 et les 2 portfolios), la réponse et l’engouement mondial ne font que grandir, et comme les projet s VW de qualité ne cessent de sortir, nous avons sans cesse du matériel à vous présenter. J’ai hâte de voir ce que le futur va nous apporter !

Merci de nous lire, d’acheter le magazine, de vous abonner, ou de faire de la pub dans notre magazine. VOUS êtes la raison pour laquelle nous existons !

I’m a graphic designer by trade with Aircooled VWs and photography as my main hobbies I launched AirMighty.com back in 2001. For years I kept track of the VW scene and kept my website updated with the latest show reports, uploading gallery after gallery. Quickly the AirMighty name spread all over the world and it evolved into a leading Aircooled website. I wanted to take the next step for a long time, as a graphic designer, it seemed logical to me to turn it into a printed magazine. But, it had to have something more that all the stuff that was already out there… So, I got started mocked up some layouts and started looking for writers, contributors and advertisers, I ended up hooking up with Kobus… After a few brainstorming sessions we became partners in crime and step-by-step the magazine took the shape you all know today. A thick, glossy, high quality, quarterly publication! We presented our first issue at the 3Kever Winter Festijn” in Rosmalen, The Netherlands, in January 2010. It’s mushroomed ever since and it just kept growing. Our mag now has a global following and we’ve published 13 issues now, counting the #00 and the two Portfolio limited edition issues. We’re proud to present to you this “Bronze” covered 10th issue and we’ll keep going, up next is the 2012 Portfolio and we have a ton of stories on the backburner to keep you informed about our Scene right here in Airmighty, The Aircooled VW Lifestyle Megascene! Thanks for all your support!

Von Beruf bin ich Grafikdesigner, zu meinen wichtigsten Hobbys gehören luftgekühlte Volkswagen und Fotografie und daraus resultierte 2001 die Webseite AirMighty.com. Jahrelang verfolgte ich das Geschehen in unserer luftgekühlten Szene und hielt meine Webseite mit Treffenberichten aktuell, lud Bildergallerie über Bildergallerie hoch. Schnell verbreitete sich der Name AirMighty über den Globus und die Seite wurde zu einer der wichtigsten unseres Hobbys. Den nächsten Schritt hatte ich schon lange im Kopf: Als Grafikdesigner war es für mich nur logisch, irgendwann eine gedruckte Version von AirMighty ins Leben zu rufen. Allerdings sollte sie etwas anders sein, als all die Magazine, die es schon gab. Ich begann also ein paar Probe-Layouts zu gestalten, schaute mich nach Autoren, Mitarbeitern und Anzeigenkunden um und tat mich schließlich mit Kobus zusammen… Nach dem wir einige Ideen gesammelt und ausgetauscht hatten, wurden wir Partner und Schritt für Schritt entwickelten wir das Magazin zu dem, was es heute ist: Ein dickes, glänzendes, hochwertiges, vierteljährlich erscheinendes Magazin! Im Januar 2010 war es dann soweit: Wir präsentierten Euch die erste Ausgabe beim Kever Winter Festijn im niederländischen Rosmalen. Seit dem wächst es stetig und hat eine weltweite Fangemeinde! 13 Ausgaben gab es insgesamt, rechnet man die Pilot-Nummer 0 und die beiden Portfolios hinzu. Jetzt sind wir stolz darauf Euch die bronzefarbene, zehnte Ausgabe zu präsentieren, auf die dann direkt das 2012er Portfolio folgen wird. Und dann haben wir noch massig Geschichten in der Hinterhand um Euch auch weiter über die Szene hie rin AirMighty, dem luftgekühlten Lifestyle-Magazin, zu informieren! Vielen Dank Euch allen für Eure Unterstützung!

Je suis designer graphique de métier, et mes principaux hobbies sont la VW et la photographie. J’ai lancé Airmighty.com en 2001, et pendant toutes ces années j’ai documenté la scène VW en nourrissant mon site web de galleries photo et de compte-rendu de meetings. Très vite, le nom Airmighty s’est propagé dans le monde entie pour devenir un site Aircooled de référence. Mais je voulais passer à l’étape suivante depuis longtemps, et faire évoluer le concept vers un magazine papier. Pas un magazine similaire à ceux qui existent déjà, mais une publication avec son propre esprit, son propre style. J’ai commencé à faire quelques mises en page, à chercher des contributeurs et des annonceurs, puis je suis tombé sur Kobus… Après quelques séances de brainstorming, nous nous sommes associés et avons créé le magazine que vous tenez dans les mains : une publication trimestrielle sur papier brillant, alliant qualité et contenu en 3 langues. Nous avons présenté sa première mouture en janvier 2010 lors du Kever Winter Festijn de Rosmalen aux Pays-Bas, et depuis, le succès a été grandissant. Nous sommes distribués dans le monde entier et avons publié 13 numéros au total si on inclut le numéro 00 et les 2 portfolio en édition limitée. Nous sommes fiers de vous présenter ce numéro 10 à la couverture couleur bronze, et sommes déjà occupés à travailler au Portfolio 2012. Nous avons encore des tonnes d’articles exclusifs en stock que vous pourrez découvrir ici, dans ces mêmes pages. Merci pour votre soutien !

Niels Timmerman

Kobus Cantraine

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Pictures: Kobus Cantraine I Mike Walravens Words: Yves Maertens Translation: Georg Otto

Clockwork Orange A car’s destiny can sometimes depend on little things. We all know someone who’s had a beetle in their youth: a family member, a neighbour, a distant relative… Usually, their stories always end with the same sentence: “It was so rotten we had to cut it up and send it to the scrapyard.” But now and again, some cars get lucky and end up in the hands of owners like Roland Lebrun or Sebastian Defrenne.

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seinem Fuhrpark auf die Seite 106 von diesen AirMighty Megascene anschauen. es VW refroidies à eau sont le gagne pain principal de Ken ; chip-tuning, modification de suspension, préparation moteur et entretien mécanique sont ses occupations premières.

Les VW refroidies à air sont en fait son hobby, si l’on peut encore parler d’hobby car sa collection abrite une vingtaine de voitures où les Volkswagen et Porsche Aircooled priment. Il est propriétaire de chaque type de bus Barndoor jamais construit, possède des coccinelles split et ovale, un Samba en

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état concours et plusieurs split pickup servant de véhicules de livraison pour son magasin Concept-1. Ken a une véritable passion pour les Porsche, quelques 911 et 912 châssis court se trouvent dans son garage. Sa voiture de tous les jours est une Golf R32 avec plus de 500cv! Actuellement,

il restaure une 356 Speedster et nous vous présenterons prochainement sa 356 pre-A Continental. Dans ce numéro-ci aux pages 106, vous découvrirez sa coccinelle ovale et sa vieille 911 munie d’un gros moteur. www.concept1.ca

ission Arrived atMPa rk Raceway

...a lovely race night, 78KM before Vancou still ver.

‘High-Tech Volks’ drag car belonging to Blair Daffy

Mission Raceway e started our trip in Calgary, Alberta, outside Ken King’s Consept-1 shop where we were handed the keys to Ken’s Vanagon Westy. We loaded up and took off on a 2,000km trip to Vancouver, spending our first night at a campsite in Kelowna and then driving on to Mission. Men with a mission: the actual destination was Mission Raceway Park to check out the drag racing show. The quarter mile track opened at 18.00h, and the DVKK club burned rubber with their Aircooled VWs. The staging lane was also filled with plenty of Muscle cars

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Great atmosphere at Mission Raceway Park. Nice sunset here while Geoff Peterson is racing Brian Cook

and motorcycles, and it was awesome to see them all racing towards the setting sun with the mountains in the background.

Our drive from Calgary to Vancouver took us around the spectacular Rocky Mountains, following winding roads up and down the hills. We saw gorgeous tumbling rivers, snow covered peaks, and amongst the wildlife, even some wild bears stood in our path to greet us. It truly was a voyage we’ll cherish for the rest of our lives. nser Trip begann vor Ken Kings Concept-1 Geschäft in Calgary, wo

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er uns den Schlüssel zu seinem T3 Westfalia in die Hand drückte. Nachdem wir ihn beladen hatten, machten wir uns auf die insgesamt 2000 Kilometer lange Rundreise nach Vancouver. Unsere erste Nacht verbrachten wir auf einem Campingplatz in Kelowna und fuhren dann weiter nach Mission. Unser Ziel war Mission Raceway Park, um die dortige Veranstaltung zu besuchen. Um 18 Uhr öffnete die Viertelmeile und der bekannte DVKK Club nahm mit einigen schnellen VW an den Läufen teil. Außerdem sahen wir im Vorstart jede Menge Muscle Cars und Motorräder. Was für

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CIP1’s oval on the left and Brian Cook’s VW powered Fiat on the right

David Hord’s ‘71 rally bug, Gary Economy's ‘67 bug

ein grandioses Bild sie alle in die untergehende Sonne fahren zu sehen, mit den majestätischen Bergen im Hintergrund.

Unsere Fahrt von Calgory nach Vancouver brachte uns in die Rocky Mountains, ließ uns über kurvige Straßen, bergauf und bergab rollen, wir sahen reißende Flüsse, schneebedeckte Bergspitzen und sogar einige wilde Bären grüßten uns am Wegesrand. Es war wirklich ein Trip, an den wir uns bis zum Lebensende erinnern werden.

Jason Moffat in his Bay vs Hans Krieger's Fastback

ous avons commencé notre voyage à Caligary, Alberta sur le parking du magasin Concept-1 de Ken King où il nous confia les clés de son transporter Westfalia.

Une fois chargé, nous étions partis pour un voyage de 2000 kilomètres en direction de Vancouver. Nous avions passé notre première nuit dans un camping à Kelowna avant de poursuivre jusqu’à Mission Raceway, notre destination pour aller voir les dragsters.

La piste de 400 mètres ouvrait à 18heures et le club DVKK assurait le spectacle grâce

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After this drag race action it was time for us to get some culture on...

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Geoff Peterson burning some rubber in his 1957 Oval drag car with a 2332cc!

Alp K’s 10 second turbo drag car

à leurs VW Aircooled. Ce fut excellent de voir défiler toutes ces VW, motos et muscles car roulant vers le soleil couchant avec pour arrière-plan les montagnes. Notre voyage de Caligary à Vancouver nous amena vers le majestueux Rocky Mountains où nous avions suivis les routes sinueuses. Nous avons vu des rivières tumultueuses, des montagnes recouvertes de neige et quelques ours sauvages croisèrent même notre chemin. Quel voyage inoubliable.

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Prototyp Automuseum Hamburg Words: Gunter Hofmans Translation: Kobus Cantraine | Georg Otto | Gaëlle Remacle Pictures: Gunter Hofmans

Hamburg recently acquired a new meeting place for old car fans, rock’n’roll lovers and classic motorcycle aficionados: “Die Oldtimer-Tankstelle” or, in English, The Old Timer Petrol Station. > t’s the only place like it in Northern Germany, and it’s located at Billhorner Röhrendamm 4 in Hamburg. The men behind the concept are Alex Piatscheck and Jann de Boer, and their objective was to open a place where anyone could get their vehicle serviced by competent people, in a period location that had actually been a gas station since 1953! While they pamper your beloved antique car or bike you can relax and grab a bite to eat or get a hot pot of coffee inside the typical ‘50s diner, where everything old is period correct.

But when it comes to the mechanicals of your ride they will use everything that modern technology has to offer to provide the best possible service.

On Sunday 29th April they hosted their first Aircooled gathering at the “Tankstelle”, precursor to the meeting not so far away at Hannover on 1st May. Together with the PROTOTYP Museum’s latest recruit, Helge Ohmes, they reunited quite a few vintage VW and Porsches, and the “Museum Express” tourist train was used to transport people to the nearby PROTOTYP Museum. Talk about moving in style! The locomotive is powered by a 25hp split-window Beetle engine, and was originally built to transport people around the Walsrode Exotic Bird Zoo (www.weltvogelpark.de). Like its powerplant, it was built in the 1950s and was recently carefully restored, proving to be still up to the job of taking large groups of people on short-haul journeys.

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Museum owners Oliver Schmidt and Thomas König are avid Aircooled fans and offered a 50% reduction to their Volkswagen visitors who were treated to a guided tour by Helge. There are plenty of amazing things too see inside the brick walls of the old Hamburg warehouse that houses the PROTOTYP Museum’s Schmidt/König collection, but we will be bringing that to you in detail soon. amburg hat seit kurzem einen neuen Treffpunkt für OldtimerFreunde, Rock’n’Roll-Liebhaber und Fans alter Motorräder: Die Oldtimer-Tankstelle! Die 1953 gebaute Zapfstation findet man auf dem Billhorner Röhrendamm 4 in der Hansestadt und hinter dem Projekt stecken zwei Männer, die mit viel Herzblut bei der Sache sind: Alex Piatscheck und Jann de Boer. Dabei dient die Tankstelle nicht lediglich als schmückendes Beiwerk, sondern ist fast vollständig einsatzbereit. In der Werkstatt kann man seinen alten (oder auch neuen) fahrbaren Untersatz zur Hauptuntersuchung vorführen und währenddessen im klassisch eingerichteten Verzehrraum einen Happen essen oder eine heiße Tasse frisch gebrühten Kaffee genießen.

Jedes Detail ist hier zeitgenössisch korrekt, man kommt sich vor wie zurückversetzt in die 50er. In der Werkstatt hingegen arbeitet man mit modernsten Werkzeugen, die auf dem Stand der heutigen Technik sind und keine Wünsche offen lassen. Am 29. April dieses

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Show | Prototyp Automuseum

Not only Aircooled cars came to the VW gathering

Powered by a 25hp Split Window Beetle engine this beautiful 50’s tourist train took people to the Museum

The “Tankstelle” a place to get your VW serviced

It looks like an oval Beetle donated its dashboard

How about that for stylish mass transport!

Outside several old Porsches joined the VW’s!

A guided tour through the museum by Mr.Ohmes

This panel is part of the PROTOTYP Museum fleet

Jahres luden die beiden Inhaber zum ersten luftgekühlten Treffen an der Tanke ein, sozusagen als Aufwärmveranstaltung vor dem MaiKäfer-Treffen in Hannover. Zusammen mit Helge Ohmes, einem der Führer des Prototyp Museums, versammelten sie eine erstaunlich große Menge an alten Volkswagen und Porsche. Obendrauf gab es noch Fahrten mit dem Museums Express zum nahe liegenden Prototyp-Gebäude. Bei diesem Fahrzeug handelt es sich aber nicht um irgendein “Bähnle”, sondern um einen in den 50ern gebauten und mit einem 24,5 PS Typ 1-Motor ausgerüsteten Wagen. Die Mitarbeiter des Vogelparks in Walsrode (www.weltvogelpark.de) hatten ihn ehemals gebaut um Besucher zu chauffieren. Es ist noch nicht lange her, dass das Bähnchen restauriert wurde und heute wieder gelegentlich Menschen von a nach b transportieren darf.

Und als ob es nicht cool genug wäre, mit so einem Gefährt zur Ausstellung gebracht zu werden, ließen die Museums-Besitzer Oliver Schmidt und Thomas König (beide durch und durch luftgekühlt) alle Besuchern zum halben Preis in ihre heiligen Hallen - natürlich auch noch geführt von Helge Ohmes! Das es hinter den Backsteinmauern mehr als nur eine Rarität zu sehen gibt, brauchen wir wohl nicht extra zu erwähnen! Doch davon demnächst mehr hier in AirMighty. a ville D’Hambourg possède un nouveau lieu de rendez-vous pour les passionnés de voitures anciennes, les amateurs de rock’n’roll et les amoureux de motos classiques : « Die OldtimerTankstelle » ou en Français « La pompe à essence des ancêtres ».

C’est un endroit unique se trouvant à Billhorner Röhrendamm 4 à Hambourg dans le nord de l’Allemagne. Les créateurs de ce concept sont Alex Piatscheck et Jann de Boer dont l’objectif était d’ouvrir un

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endroit représentant l’époque et où tout le monde peut faire entretenir son ancêtre par des personnes compétentes. Dans une vieille pompe à essence datant de 1953, on bichonne votre vieille voiture ou moto pendant que vous vous reposez, mangez un bout ou buvez un café dans le cadre typique d’un restaurant des années 50. Tout est comme à l’époque sauf les mécaniciens qui utilisent les derniers outillages et techniques modernes afin d’assurer le meilleur service possible.

Le samedi 29 avril, date choisie pour sa proximité avec le rassemblement du 1er mai à Hanovre, ils accueillirent pour la première fois, à leur pompe, un rassemblement Aircooled. Ensemble avec la dernière recrue du musée PROTOTYP Helge Ohmes, ils rassemblèrent un bon nombre de vieilles VW et de Porsche. Pour l’occasion, ils sortirent le train touristique « Museum Express » qui assura la navette entre la pompe et le musée PROTOTYP. La locomotive est propulsée par un moteur 25 cv issu d’une coccinelle split construite dans les années 50 pour transporter les visiteurs d’un parc consacré aux oiseaux, le « Walsrode Exotic Bird Zoo » (www.weltvogelpark.de).

Ce train fut entièrement remis en état et prouva qu’il était encore capable de véhiculer des groupes. Les propriétaires du musée Oliver Schmidt et Thomas König, de grands fans de ce qui est refroidi à air, offrirent une réduction de 50% aux visiteurs qui profitèrent d’une visite guidée par Helge. Plein de choses incroyables sont à découvrir à l’intérieur du vieux bâtiment industriel en brique abritant le musée PROTOTYP et la collection Schmidt/König mais nous vous détaillerons cela prochainement. l www.prototyp-hamburg.com

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Words: Johnny Jimenez Translation: Yves Maertens | Georg Otto Pictures: Erwin Stok | Niels Timmerman

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Out of the closet many year ago, Veteran VW Bus enthusiast, Gibbs Connors expresses his Chromosexuality with these two Barndoor queens, a 1953 Standard and a 1954 Kombi.

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DDD#10 Das Drag Day Words: Yves Maertens Translation: Kobus Cantraine | Georg Otto Pictures: Kevin Maquoi | Niels Timmerman

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Show | Das Drag Day #10

The 10th Anniversary of the DAS Drag Day marked also the 20th anniversary of the Der Autobahn Scrapers VW Club from Belgium! We were there to smell the rubber and party all night!

A Belgian Nostalgia Gasser Tribute duel! DAS Muppet Racer vs Turtle Racer!

From the German Beetlefactory, this tough looking Split on Ronal wheels

DAS’ Damien Van Lierde aka DAMS packs a serious Turbo in his 1959 Beetle

Steve’s VW Shop pulle sky-high wheelies all weekend long with “Fast Scrap”!

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TheSmoker Words: Georg Otto

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Translation: Kobus Cantraine | Yves Maertens

Pictures: Niels Timmerman | Kevin Maquoi

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The European Cal Look scene was stopped dead in its tracks when the Otto brothers and their Gassers showed up the first time in 2004. Today the whole Otto clan got involved in VW drag racing, it's become a hobby for the whole family!

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VW Classic 2012 Words: Niels Timmerman Pictures: Erwin Stok | Niels Timmerman Translation: Kobus Cantraine | Georg Otto | GaĂŤlle Remacle

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Show | VW Classic 2012

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Black Beauties Words: Ken King Translation: Georg Otto | Yves Maertens Pictures: Niels Timmerman

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When Niels was cruising across Canada last Summer he hooked up with local VW legend Ken King, and this double feature on his “Black Beauties� was the result.

Over to Ken now to explain how these two cars ended up in his collection. >

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Show | Mille Miglia 2012

Mille Miglia 2012 Words: Johnny Tipler Translation: Georg Otto | Gaëlle Remacle Pictures: Johnny Tipler | Annette Schlez

ROMAN HOLIDAY! Four ‘50s Beetles run the historic Italian road race - from Brescia to Rome and back, just like they did in 1956 > our hot days in May, and the cream of the world’s classic competition cars traverse the balmy Italian countryside, retracing the legendary Mille Miglia. The 1,000-mile road race was one of the foremost fixtures on the international motorsport calendar between 1927 and 1957 and, back in the day, carmakers gained invaluable marketing kudos for their products by fielding entries, and Volkswagen was no exception. So it’s fitting that, for the 2012 event, Wolfsburg’s Classic museum presents three 1956 Beetles, with a privateer ‘52 split rear window car in the mix for good measure. The original event was banned after a major accident in 1957

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when, within sight of the chequered flag, the Marquis de Portago flipped his Ferrari at 160mph when a tyre blew, killing himself, his co-driver and 10 spectators. Such was the event’s national prestige that it was revived in 1977 and run as a regularity rally over timed special stages - 187 this year rather than a flat-out blinder. The format is much the same, though: 384 fabulous concours classics built between ‘27 and ‘57 assemble in northern Italy’s post-medieval Brescia city centre and prepare for the run south to Rome. As well as the Wolfsburg cars there are strong museum entries from Jaguar, Porsche, BMW, Mercedes-Benz and

Fiat, with a welter of oddballs such as Ermini, OM, BNC, Siata and Cisitalia. An amazing spectacle, static as well as in motion.

It’s a sobering thought that the MM record still stands to Sir Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson, set in 1955 in a works MercedesBenz 300SLR at 10h 7m 45s, an average of just under 100mph! So, how did the VW’s do in 2012? The highest placed Beetle was the 1956 oval of Michael Macht and Birgit Priemer in 149th spot, with the 1952 car of Marcus Englert and Frank Briegmann 177th, then Ulrich Hackenberg and Edgar Koerdt Volker Edgar filled 241st place with the second work’s Bug, and Stefan Sielaff and

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Beach Buggin’ Words: Kobus Cantraine Translation: Georg Otto | Gaëlle Remacle Pictures: Kobus Cantraine

We hit the beach of Caorle near Venice, Italy, and ran into this handsome threesome! Beach buggin’ in its purest form. Right here, right now, in Europe and not somewhere Stateside in the wild 1970s!

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GFK Notchback How hanging out with the right kind of people can change your life! Richie Casillas hooked up with the German Folks Klub and the result is that today he cruises around California at the wheel of this super-clean 1962 Type3 Notchback!

Words: Kobus Cantraine Translation: Georg Otto | Yves Maertens Pictures: Niels Timmerman

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Show | VW Bug Show, Spa 2012

VW Bug Show Spa 2012 Le Bug Show in Spa is a must go for many if not all aircooled VW enthousiasts! With its great atmosphere and the Big Parade on the Spa Francorchamps race circuit, it’s always a blast! > Words: Elmer Jonathan Translation: Georg Otto | GaÍlle Ramacle Pictures: Niels Timmerman

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Show | Vintage VW Show, Kaposvár Words: Tamás Jávor Translation: Johnny Tipler | Georg Otto | Gaëlle Remacle Pictures: Tamás Jávor

Hungary for Love Bugs The Vintage VW meeting in Kaposvár eet Attila the show organiser: he’s hunkered down in Hungary, where he gradually put together a collection of pre-’57 ovalwindow Beetles, split-window Busses and Karmann Ghias, and then eight years ago he organised the first VW jamboree in the cute Hungarian town of Kaposvár. It’s close to the other Balkan countries, as well as Austria, so the gates were open to all aircooled models and Dub fans because he wanted to plug the genre in that part of eastern Europe, with all the usual razzamataz and sideshows thrown in to conjure up a genuine international flavour.

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The organiser and his buddies beavered like crazy to lay on truly memorable weekends, and the cameraderie was top class. Attractions included rock concerts and late-night disco, plus food, drink and catering stalls, even down to creature comforts like loo and shower situations. Anyone who just wanted to chill could simply snuggle down in the camping area or book a b’n’b in the redeveloped centre of Kaposvár.

Hey, but what are we thinking of: we haven’t even mentioned the cars yet! True to form on these Vee-Dub gigs, there’ve been many styles of vintage VWs rocking up at these events, from rust-bucket barn-finds to concours stock cars restored to show condition - from rats to Cal-lookers, in other words, and everything else in between.

Some owners even got busy with the spit-and-polish, buffing up their pride-and-joy in the crowded paddock areas. Take Gábor G, who drove up in his oval, having brought along two splits last time,

while one determined guy showed off the handmade ovalwindow bodyshell that he’d just finished, and another dude brought a split and an oval ratlooker: there’s been so much to see and drool over!

The locals also have a nice range of ovals from ‘53 to ‘57, as well as bay busses, old Porsches, Karmann-Ghias, Type 3s and Superbeetles too. The best examples of the Hungarian Dub scene have descended on Kaposvár in recent years, and it’s only a matter of time before they reach the same volume of cars that western European events attract.

Come rain or shine, the last couple of years the event has attracted more than 20 ovals and splits, and, amazingly, the line-up was long, even on the rainy days of 2010, establishing Kaposvár as a focal point on the Hungarian VW events calendar. In 2013 the meeting needs a larger area, so we’ll head sown the road apiece to where there’s a 60 hectare park, complete with lake, golf course and other enticements, still close to Kaposvár, so it looks like we’ll be enjoying the next meet in a huge green oasis. So, dudes, we want you here for next year’s session; go check it out on ‘Google maps’, watch out for the notices, and get your Vee-dubs rolling! ttila ist ein ganz besonderer Mensch. Irgendwo in Ungarn hat er allmählich eine feine Sammlung vor 1957 gebauter Volkswagen zusammengetragen, darunter Ovalis, Brezel und Karmann Ghia.

Vor acht Jahren organisierte er dann das erste Mal ein VW Treffen in der malerischen ungarischen Stadt Kaposvár. Das liegt nahe der

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Distributors List Australia - Volksmarket - Fuel Magazine

Norway www.volksmarket.com.au www.fuelzine.com

Belgium - BBT - Scara-B - PAT - Rocking Road

www.restaurakar.com.br www.concept1.ca www.avrparts.com www.oberschlachter.fi

France - Serial Kombi - Dream Machine - Slide Performance - Mecatechnic

www.serial-kombi.com www.dream-machine.fr www.slideperformance.com www.mecatechnic.com

Germany - Custom & Speed Parts - Bugwelder - Classic Parts Center - Volkswarenhaus - Bug Box

www.bugparts.hu

Indonesia - Terror Garage

terrorgarage.blogspot.com

Italy - VKS-Parts - Maggiolino Restore - Dei Käfer Service

www.vks-parts.com www.maggiolinorestore.com www.deikaferservice.com

Japan - Flat4

www.flat4.co.jp

Malaysia - Zat VW

zatvw.blogspot.com

Mexico - Vier Zylindern

vier-zylindern@hotmail.com

Netherlands - Paruzzi - Kieft & Klok - Evam Classic - Kaag Kevers - VW Webwinkel.nl - Djoek - VW Bus Brothers

www.paruzzi.com www.kieftenklok.nl www.evamclassic.com www.kaagkevers.nl www.vwwebwinkel.nl www.djoekvw.com www.vwbusbrothers.com

New Zealand - Custom Aircooled

www.metrotehnica.ro

Russia - Retro custom shop - Dei Käfer Service - BBT-Hotrod - German Supplies - DSR - VWAir 13 - CLover Racing Parts

www.retrocustomshop.com www.deikaferservice.com www.bbt-hotrod.com www.germansuppliesinc.com darksracing.blogspot.com www.vwair.com.ar www.cloverracingparts.com

Sweden - CSP Sweden - VW Importen

www.vwcsp.se www.vwimporten.se

Switzerland - Cagero

www.csp-shop.de www.bugwelder.com www.volkswagen-classic-parts.de www.volkswarenhaus.de www.bug-box.de

Hungary - Bug Parts

- Metrotehnica Int.

Spain

Finland - OberSchlachter

www.garbusy.pl

Romania

Slovenia

Canada - Concept1 - AVR Import Specialties

www.vdub2you.com

Poland - Garbusy

www.bbt4vw.com www.scarab.be www.pat.be www.rocking-road.be

Brazil / South America - Restaurakar

- Vdub2you.com

www.cagero.com

Taiwan - Vintagespeed

www.vintagespeed.com.tw

United Kingdom - VW Heritage - SSP - Karmann Konnection - T2D - Bluebird Customs - The Paintbox - Prosign

www.vwheritage.com www.streetstyleandpower.com www.karmannkonnection.com www.type2detectives.com www.bluebird-type2.co.uk www.thepaintbox.co.uk www.prosign1.co.uk

United States California - ISP West - CB Performance - Wolfsbürg West - Pierside Parts Unlimited - Vintage Warehouse - AUTOBOOKS Arizona - Bustoration East Coast - Chadd Magee Illinois - Mid America Motorworks

www.vwispwest.com www.cbperformance.com www.wolfsburgwest.com www.piersideparts.net www.vintagewarehouse.com www.autobooks-aerobooks.com www.bustoration.com ratlookvw@hotmail.com www.mamotorworks.com

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