TUPPER CLASS

Since the mid-1980s, the month of June has hosted some of Southern California’s most popular Volkswagen events, with one weekend in particular becoming legendary. North America’s best car builders typically unveil their latest project cars for the occasion, in hope of bringing home one of the coveted awards. It revolved for years around the VW Classic; however, as the latter called it quits in 2019, the long-running Bug-In has de-facto turned into the prime destination for the real top cars.

Last June’s programme proved especially contested, since the Bug-In promoters reintroduced a trophy highly sought-after in the past: America’s Most Beautiful VW. Part of the award’s appeals lies in its execution, having always been based on a Weber 48IDA carb cut in half and mounted on a wooden