Tagged: Oval
Snowflake light
Photo of the week #72 – Another snowy iPhone 5 photo from a wintery March. Hopefully I’ll be off to The Stanford Hall VW show at the start of May so I should soon have some more show photos to share…
Roundel
Photo of the week #71 – Another iPhone photo of my VW beetle taken during the second coldest March recorded in the UK. The coldest was in 1962!
Snoval
Photo of the week #70 – I moved home last week to a small village near Brackley, and my poor old 1955 Oval Window VW Beetle had to spend a few days outside on the drive while we sorted out everything in the garage. With heavy snow-falls over most of last weekend, I think this may have been the worst weather that this old timer has faced since it’s been in this country – certainly since I’ve owned it! But as it originally came from Sweden, it may be a nice reminder of the weather it had to face when it started it’s life. This photograph was taken on my iPhone 5.
Loval
Photo of the week #69 – Another view of this lowered black oval window beetle on show at DubFreeze. Downtown Los Angeles by Heather Lee Brough
This fantastic series of photographs was taken by Heather Lee Brough and features Isabel, the 1956 VW Beetle. There’s lots more great Volkswagen photography, amongst other subjects over on Heather’s blog: heatherleebrough.wordpress.com
Green ’57
Photo of the week #67 – I spent last Saturday in Towcester and spotted this 1957 right hand drive oval-window beetle parked up at the side of the road. Original, Early, Right hand drive, UK-supplied Volkswagens are now few and far between and this early example looked fairly original, apart from being a bit closer to the ground on some polished Empie 5s! This shot was taken on my iPhone 5.
British Standard
Photo of the week #66 – A rare standard model sunroof oval VW pictured at DubFreeze. These basic, no-frills beetles have little, if any chrome work, cable-brakes, a minimal headlining and the front seats are bolted to the floor and can be adjusted by loosening two wing-nuts below each seat! They also have a three-spoke steering wheel similar to the early standard split window models.
Historic VWs
Photo of the week #49 – The Historic VW display at the Stanford Hall VW show is always popular and attracts many of the countries best examples of split window and oval window beetles, along with a few military VWs from the early 40s. Organised by the UK Historic Volkswagen club, the display is free to join if you pre-register, you also get free admission to the show and a great parking spot in front of the hall too! The fourth one in the line is my 1955 Oval window beetle.
’54
Photo of the week #38 – TKK 144, Phil Murgatroyd’s black ’54 oval window beetle pictured in front of Stanford Hall.
VIP Parking
Photo of the week #34 – Reserved for the oval window beetles, the car park in front of The Tudor Guild hall was completely full of 1953-1957 VW Beetles, brought together for the Lavenham Vintage VW Show. Although basically the same cars, it’s amazing how individual each one is!
