Date: Mon, 10 Jun 96 14:34:50 PDT
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From: stafford@newport26.hac.com (Jack Stafford)
Subject: VW Classic in Irvine, CA
I arrived at the Irvine Meadows Amphetheater around 10:am. There was
no line getting in to pay the $12 admission fee. Parked the car under
the light pole #2 ("dos" in spanish) we always parked there for the
Grateful Dead concerts played in the 1980's. We never lost a car :)
As soon as I got in the gates I noticed a small collection of early
busses. There was an ambulance, 2 fire trucks with ladders and one
fire truck with a hose pump, a barn-door deluxe micro, a barn-door
panel van in red and green, a split-screen bus with a huge square
van body on it's back and a white high-roof bus. I oohed and aahhed
over these for a long while and decided to save some film for the rest
of the show.
There was a stage with live surf music pumping out and nearby were a
couple of cars I photo'd were a '46 beetle and one of those things
made by Westfalia for a european postal service (that looks like a
cross between a Type3 and a bus) I forget the actual name.
Cars were sorted in the show - Buggies, Beetles, Type3s, Ghias, Things,
Hey what are the busses doing all the way at the back along the fence?
I went to investigate and found a double cab with a Porsche 6cyl and
air. A Vanagon single cab, Vanagon double cab and Vanagon double cab
Syncro. Next to the single cab was none other than our own Rusty Van
Bondo and his '91 Westfalia. I knew that net.shirt would come in handy
'cause later in the day I was also spotted by Lisa and Risto. Thanks
for the shirt Richard, it really works.
There were'nt too many early bay-window campers like mine. Some of the
cars in the show looked really rough. I may enter mine next year since
it seems they let semi-beaters in. There was a beige bay-window camper
with a Devon pop-top and a split window Devon that had a tent on the side.
The one with the tent was in immaculate condition. I wonder if it had
ever _really_ been camped in. On the way out I snapped a few more photos
of a Kubelwagen and a couple of Rometsch cars. BTW, I'll be bringing the
photos to Sequoia this weekend for the CCC gathering.
Jack '73 Westfalia
Costa Mesa, CA
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