October 2022

VolksWorld

Britain's best-selling air-cooled VW magazine

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The Bigger Pitch-er
I was recently trawling through some social media posts regarding summer VW events and, as is often the case, I was dumbstruck by some of the comments I read. One post was regarding the ban on BBQs and open fires due to the ongoing hot weather, droug
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www.volksworld.com VolksWorld magazine, Kelsey Media, The Granary, Downs Court, Yalding Hill, Yalding, Kent ME18 6AL EDITORIAL Editor: Paul Knight Email: volksworld.ed@kelsey.co.uk Art Editor: Michelle Mitchell Sub Editor: Mike Pye Contributors:
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Version 2.0
Email your news, thoughts, opinions and products to VolksWorld.ed@kelsey.co.uk Before Bruce Meyer, founding father of the Beach Buggy, passed away in March 2021, he and wife, Winnie, sold the eponymous brand to Phillip Sarofim and designer, Freemann
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White Rhinos
CB Performance’s White Rhino aluminium Type 1 engine cases are machined by Autolinea in Brazil with a number of performance improvements over a stock case. These include shuffle pins, a raised deck (to eliminate the need for barrel spacers), a filled
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Drop, Stop ‘N’ Swap
If you’re looking to lower your post- ’65, balljoint-equipped Beetle or Ghia (not 1302 / ’03 models), while also improving the brakes and swapping from four to five-bolt wheels, Heritage Parts Centre have just what you need. This comprehensive kit fr
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Bay Window Billys
Email: VolksWorld.ed@kelsey.co.uk Having struggled to find a shock absorber that really works on lowered Bay Windows (and Splits for that matter), Type 2 Detectives went to the source, working with the engineers at Bilstein in Germany for a solution.
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VWCV Bus festival
Having been put on hold this year, more details are emerging about 2023’s much anticipated Bus extravaganza, organised by VW Commercial Vehicles, for the weekend of June 23-25, 2023. VW Bus enthusiasts from all over the world will have the opportunit
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Buy VolksWorld Online (with Free UK Postage
Email your news, thoughts, opinions and products to VolksWorld.ed@kelsey.co.uk Remember, you can buy single issues, or back issues, of VolksWorld at the regular cover price, with free UK delivery (+£1 charge for international postage) here: shop.kels
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Calling All Clubs
AutoMuseum Volkswagen is launching a new exhibition, which will celebrate VW culture in all corners of the globe. Of course, VW clubs play a key role in this, and so AutoMuseum Volkswagen is inviting VW clubs to submit stickers, banners, badges, logo
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Your CARS!
Email your news, thoughts, opinions and products to volksworld.ed@kelsey.co.uk Dear VolksWorld, I wanted to share some photos of my ’69 Beetle, which has just undergone a three-year restoration courtesy of Grant and the team at Beetlelink. A photo of
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Crush On You
The story of how this rare, right-hand drive ’54 Bus came into Mark’s hands is a convoluted one. Whilst living in Singapore a few years back, Mark found himself a Notchback for sale in Australia. In the process of buying that, he happened upon Alan A
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Still In Paradise
No less than 10 Volkswagen events took place around Los Angeles over three consecutive weekends in June. It was mayhem! But good mayhem. Last month, we featured the gatherings that revolve around the massive VW Classic meet, and now we’re heading for
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Thinking Inside The Box
Dan Lambert’s superb Beetle van in this issue, and Mark Walker’s piece on the UVA Shogan, caused some spirited debate around the editorial office this month. Who was the mystery person that commissioned Dan’s van before he got hold of it, we wondered
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Laurie Driver
Laurie Manifold, that hugely successful exponent of VW Beetle Autocross racing for almost three decades, sadly passed away on 3 March 2022 at the grand old age of 94. Not only was Laurie a formidable opponent on Autocross tracks around the country, h
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High School Revival
In much the same way that Britain’s favourite food did not originate on these shores, our cousins in America can’t get enough of Mexican food. The further south west you head, the more intense the cravings become. In Arizona, though, Roland McNew has
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VW Friends
I once tried to explain human nature to my girlfriend’s friends, on the eve of me flying to Sweden to stay at someone’s house I didn’t know, but who had helped me buy a Beetle from an old man locally and put it in his garage so we could service it to
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You Can’t Dutch This
School is a critically important time of life. Aside from the knowledge that the system attempts to impart, your character is unavoidably shaped through interactions with classmates and teachers, both good and bad. Many people have that one teacher w
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Van Man
When I spoke to Dan on the ’phone to get the scoop on his van, he sounded glum and admitted he’d had a shit day, due to the fact he’d just sold the van to buy an Early Bay. With a wife and young family now, he’d reluctantly had to admit that a two-se
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In Chimay We Trust
The European Bug-In at Chimay in Belgium has become one of the key meetings on the European VW circuit, and deliberately echoes the vibe of the original Bug-In events, held in the USA from 1968 through to 1983. To quote the organisers, “The programme
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Sign Of The Times
In the June 2022 issue of VolksWorld, there was a feature about the Advantage KdF Wagen brochure. In the publication, there was a coloured illustration by an artist named Schneider depicting the speed and climbing ability of the KdF Wagen, depending
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Van-tastic
I’ve had this column in mind for a few months now, but it never seemed appropriate to come out and admit that I like yet more fugly incarnations of the air-cooled VW. But then Editor PK sent me the pics of Dan Lambert’s Beetle Van to write about for

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