for those unfortunate few out there who have not yet decided on a gift for themselves (or whatever unlucky SO you would like to give this to), here's a thought: a subscription/membership to a vw bus club. :) or a magazine. ;) gee, what a novel idea. and where would i find these clubs/magazines??? funny you should ask ... VW Bus & Vanagon Clubs U.S. National............................................ All Sorts of VWs ---------------- Volkswagen Club of America $15/year, P. O. Box 154 little magazine sent North Aurora, IL 60542-0154 out every other month 1968-1991 Buses & Vanagons -------------------------- <new members & back issues> LiMBO (Late Model Bus Owners, international) $20/year, Dale Ward (LiMBO) newsletter sent out 9 Golden Hill Ave. every other month Shrewsbury, MA 01545 (508) 746-9573 <old member renewal> <newsletter> Steve Paine (LiMBO) Stan Wohlfarth 13 Cobblestone Rd. The Transporter Barnstable, MA 02630 62 Sycamore Rd. Wayland, MA 01778 1949-1967 Microbuses -------------------- NEATO (Nearly Everywhere Association of Transporter Owners) P. O. Box 190 chapters in AZ, CA, FL, GA, MO, New England, Pinole, CA 94564 NM, OR, TX, WA, VA, NC, British Columbia (510) 724-0470 NM, OR, TX, WA or free sample newsletter. $20/year, $37/2-yr NEATO or contact Tom Brouillette 3738 Lockerbie Lane c/o rmart@unm.edu Powder Springs, GA 30073 SOTO (Society of Transporter Owners) monthly newsletter. P. O. Box 3555 send $1 for more info and Walnut Creek, CA 94598 sample newsletter (415) 937-SOTO VVWCA (Vintage VW Club of America) P.O. Box 1192 West Babylon, NY 11704 U.S. Regional ................................... Arizona Bus Club Newsletter Monthly 11638 West Clover Way Interest in older buses, but open to all Avondale, AZ 85323 $25/first year, $20/year thereafter SWATO (Southwest Association (AZ chapter of NEATO) of Transporter Owners) 1225 W. Sand Dune Dr. Gilbert, AZ 85234 MOMBA (Metro Orlando MicroBus Association) c/o Tony Morton 2318-B Simpson Ridge Circle Kissimmee, FL 34744 Lone Star Transporter Assoc. (TX chapter of NEATO) 2661 Carrington Ln. Grand Prairie, TX 75052 SCAT (Skagit County Assoc. of Transporters) 116 E Section #B-1 Mt. Vernon, WA 98273 Canadian .................................................... B.U.S. Bus Users Sect is a new international club 9 Young Cres. dedicated to Type II drivers and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan enthusiasts alike. CANADA S7J 2L3 for an application form, send a self- addressed stamped envelope. <bus@the.link.ca> European .................................................... VW Type 2 Owners Club telephone: 0527 872194 57 Humphrey Ave. 1967-1991 buses welcome Bromsgrove Worcs B60 3JD ENGLAND Split Screen Van Club bi-montly magazine, big on camping, c/o David Eccles "Brambly House" 93 Dunton Road Broughton Astley, Leics. LE9 6NA UK Bulli-Kartei FAX: 02302 / 75039 c/o Jochen Brauer TEL: 02302 / 75907 Brandholzweg 1 pre-1968 buses, magazine 2 or 3 times/year, 58456 Witten (in german language). can join via NEATO GERMANY Elsewhere ................................................... VW Van Club of Jakarta Sekretariat: JL Cut Nyak Din No. 7A Jakarta-Pusat INDONESIA Backchat Buggies & Vans 20 Rippen Crescent Bloemfontein 9322 REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA Campers ................................................... Westfalia Campers ----------------- Westfalia Wanderers for owners of VW Campmobiles or 13 W. Montgomery St. Vanagon Campers Ilion, NY 13357 Westfalia Owners Travel Club $??/year, newletter. Site 13, Box 2, RR #4 "strictly a travel club, and not Hampton one for restoring older vans ..." NEW BRUNSWICK E0G 1Z0 CANADA Club international de camping-car Westfalia ?? Casier Postal 47101 Sillery QUEBEC G1S 4X1 CANADA Camp Box News ?? 1728 Evansdale (419) 531-2954 Toledo, OH 43607 VW magazines & such ------------------------ Funkengroovin Funkengroovin <U.S., whenever> 16203 Avenplace Rd. $14/year US Tomball, TX 77375-8486 email: VWGroovin@aol.com phone (US) (713) 370-284 (713) 370-2844 Dune Buggies and HOT VWs <U.S., monthly> Wright Publishing, Inc. $22/year US, add $4/year Canada, P. O. Box 2260 add $8/year all other countries Costa Mesa, CA 92626 <allow 6 weeks for 1st issue> VW Trends Subscription Dept. <U.S., monthly> McMullen & Yee Publishing, Inc. $28/year US P. O. Box 68033 <allow 8-10 weeks for 1st issue> Anaheim, CA 92817-0833 European Car Subscription Dept. <U.S., monthly> P.O. Box 454 $18.80/year US, Mt. Morris, IL 61054-0454 $26.80/year Canadian <incl.GST>, (800) 877-5602 $28.80/year all others (not much bus stuff, but hot small cars: golfs, jettas, audis, bmws,...) Vintage Volkswagen Club of America Monthly Magazine VVWCA 5705 Gordon Drive Harrisburg, PA 17112 $20/year membership/magazine The VW CONNection Connecticut Volkswagen Association P.O. Box 4064 Waterbury, CT 06704 $20/year membership/magazine The Transporter for 1968 and later buses, vanagons, LiMBO and eurovans P.O. Box 3293 Plymouth, MA 02361-3293 $18/year membership/magazine G.A.S.S. Voice of the Enthusiast German Air Sucker Society 927 Liberty Street Salem, OH 44460 $20/year membership/magazine Old Bus Review for 1949-1967 buses NEATO PO Box 4190 Alburquerque, NM 87196 $20/year membership/magazine ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Non-US magazines Gute Fahrt subscription available from: <German, monthly> Klasing & Co 5 DM/issue Siekerwall 21 written by VW itself (?); 33602 Bielefeld non-technical Germany VW-Szene subscription available from: <German, monthly> MPS Medien Post Shop 6.80 DM/issue Abt. VW Szene International deals with all vw models, but Postfach 2122 mainly with bugs. good ads. 45678 Herten not often technical article. Germany Auto Motor und Sport subscription available from <German, bimonthly> Abonnentenservice 32.50/year Postfach most popular car magazine in 20080 Hamburg germany. written for average consumer. lots of car tests, etc. Promobil promobil-Leserservice <German, monthly> Abt. MBV for camperbuses and Postfach 10 60 36 winnebago-types 7000 Stuttgart 10 70 DM/year not just for vw's (all rv's). Volksworld Volksworld Subscription Department <British, monthly> 120-126 Lavender Avenue, 44.20 pounds, airmail Mitcham, 35.00 pounds, surface mail Surrey, Cheques/international MO only CR4 3HP, They will also want to know what UK issue you want to start from. Phone (international) 0181 646 1031 also available in the U.S. from: EWA $60/year US PO Box 188 (expensive, but worth it) Berkeley HTS, NJ 07922 VW Motoring P.O.Box 283 <British, monthly> Cheltenham 2.00 BP/issue, 24.00 BP/year Glos. GL52 3BT Beetles, water-boilers and all ENGLAND U.K. things vw-ish. features campers frequently. (They have a club for all vehicles that pass 100,000 without accident miles called the 'VW Motoring Friendly Drivers' Club'. Volkwagen Audi CAR AutoMetrix Publications <British, monthly> Market Chambers, 2.00 BP/issue, 24.00 BP/year High Street, bias toward 'performance cars', Toddington, covers vw family, but mostly Bedfordshire LU5 6BY audis, not buses. sometimes has ENGLAND U.K. campers and kombis. Super VW Magazine Super VW/Service Abonnements <French, monthly> 48-50 Bd Senard $94/year (? $7.00/issue at 92210 St Cloud U.S. stores) 350FF/year FRANCE
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