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Post by bobloblaw on Mar 14, 2023 12:41:39 GMT -8
Doing a little reminiscing, and found some "lost footage".
Volkfest '91 - Pt 1 -
Volksfest '91- Pt 2 -
Volksfest '91 Drags - Pt 1 -
Volksfest '91 Drags - Pt 2 -
The definition may not be as high as we're used to these days, but it was the highest def available at the time.
Enjoy!
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Post by clay on Mar 14, 2023 16:27:13 GMT -8
Awesome! That was a fun day...the first Volksfest. We held it the same day as the regular drag races and had a trophy for the last VW to be eliminated in the races. As it turned out, the final was between me and Jerry in his Fast Wabbit. And then there was my victory burnout (end of Drags Pt 2).
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Post by Volktales on Mar 14, 2023 22:14:47 GMT -8
I was there too! In fact you can see my green Beetle in the background at 5:02 in the first video. I was going to UVIC at the time and the '70 was my first car and daily driver. Man, that was 32 years ago and I was 22 years old. The good old days... So Clay still owns his Beetle from back then, and I still have mine as yard art. How many other attendees still own the same VW???
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Post by clay on Mar 14, 2023 22:24:38 GMT -8
Ted and Jason Stevens had their "Bad 55" out on display that day, last I heard they still have it. Apart from that, I'm hard pressed to think of anyone else who still has their car. I know where some of the cars are now but they've changed hands, and I know where some of the ex-owners are who may or may not own VWs these days. And then there are the ones no longer with us, but sorely missed.
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Post by Volktales on Mar 14, 2023 22:28:01 GMT -8
Actually I have a story about that Baad'55, and how I had an opportunity to own it before it was turned into that show car. For another time...
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Post by bobloblaw on Mar 15, 2023 7:40:23 GMT -8
"Last Minute" Wayne Davies still has his blue convertible with the fat rear fenders. The one in the thumbnail of Drags Pt.1
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