Seattle Vintage Meet 2017 *

[Volktales]

So it was a bit of a last minute decision to go to this show this year. I had intended to take the '66 Beetle and had licensed it in anticipation. It rewarded me by not wanting to start very well when hot, and then decided to spring a massive oil leak. So the back up plan was to take this instead...

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[tony]

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[Volktales]

Ok, here we go...

It was decided it was time to take a Beetle to Seattle, and the '62 was chosen...  Now keep in mind a couple of things.  The Victoria show last week, was the farthest I had ever driven the car since I have owned it.  And it would be driven more miles in three days, then in the last five years!  Preparation was a valve adjustment, oil change, tighten up the generator belt, and verify dwell was OK.  Packed an excessive amount of spare parts and tools under the back seat just in case...  Then it was off bright and early to the Duke Point ferry.

Given I would be driving my oldest VW with the smallest engine, AND having Mt. Donald sitting beside me, I figured the performance would be slow.  Not the case in reality, and we cruised into Seattle traffic without issue.

Stop and go sucks, but the Beetle idled away contentedly.

 

As we arrived earlier then necessary, we stopped in at Steve's and dropped off our luggage.  Then onto the "Burger Meet", once again held at Burgermaster.

As always, a variety of VWs of many descriptions.

Not all cars that attend the Burger Meat, go to the main show the next day.  The Burger Meet is free, and the show is not, so that keeps some cheapo types away...

Someday I need to paint a car Gulf Blue.  Nice.

Military type Thing had a lot of accessories including single wheel rear trailer.

One of many dune buggies, that was at the show the next day.

Never found out why this ragtop featured that plate on the front.

No shortage of Beetles.  There were LOTS of them at the main show as well.

VWs take over the whole lot.  It was amazing how many non VWs attempted to park in this small lot this year.

Liked the year and the original paint colour.  Yes that stupid rope was rotting the chrome off the front bumper.  Dumb.

This was nice...

Strato Silver is nice too...

This very original split had me drooling.  That was a very early Porsche engine case in the roof rack as well.

This barndoor bus is one of the few Canadians that came down out of Victoria.

Likely a little more than 25 hp.

Was pretty original, so I liked it.

These three were not, but I liked them anyway.

Nice and smooth.

Nice detailing and interesting way A/C is installed.

Now onto the main event...

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Both of these pictures of a very rare coachbuilt car, the VW based Rometsch.  I meant to check this out further but forgot...

This RHD South African split was the recipient of a very expensive restoration by various professionals and some work by the owner.  His display was over the top compared to everyone else there, and unsurprisingly this care won best of show.  I still didn't like the incorrect hubcaps, but that would surprise no one...

Early dashboards are highly cool.

There were several split window Beetles at the show, and they were all basically original.  Two of them left very early, before I even had a chance to get pictures.

So many Beetles in various conditions and modifications.

This one looked a lot like Gord's at first and even second glance.

I have seen this '64 before, and still love the high quality interior.

No shortage of big engines or dual carbs at the show.

Yes the old '62 made it.  So a guy comes up to me and asks how long I have owned the car.  When I tell him five years, he looks confused.  He says he owned a car "exactly" like mine briefly last year and regretted selling it.  It became more interesting when he assured me it was a Beryl Green '62 Deluxe with cloth interior and mileage in the 40,000 range.  Sold new in Victoria...  Once I assured him it was definitely not my car, he asked if mine might be for sale.  Not going to happen...

No shortage of ragtops.

No shortage of my favourite '58-'59's either.

You can't go wrong with Bahama Blue.

Weird rims on this one.

So many Bugs...

Sea Blue is nice as well.

No shortage of ratty splits as usual.  This one had fancy rims and brakes, and a very big-ass muffler, but never saw the engine bay open...

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Just a few of the Dune Buggies.  There were quite a lot this year.

A few of those Baja bugs were present as well.

An early square window in Anthracite.

A couple of, uh, dated Beetles...

Bit of an odd two-tone choice on that Beetle on the left.

This Fasty is the subject of a thread on TheSamba.  Don will probably insert a link for it.

This Notchback had likely the nicest detailing of the Type 3's present.

Engine in the above Notchback.

Well the license plate says it all.  This was my favourite, just like it was last year.

A Squareback for Don.  He says he is taking his to this show next year...

It was rough, but then it was a real 1942 VW!

The military Thing shown earlier, had this vintage army camping stove on the trailer.  See what your missing, Brent???

A couple of low-light Ghias.  There were actually several of them here ranging from excellent, to POS.

This is the excellent one.  Was here a couple of years ago, and was drool worthy.

A beauty on the inside too.  I did NOT take a picture of the POS one, and you would not want to see it...

This Ghia had fine detailing and a custom yet attractive interior...

Then I saw the "engine".  Electro Power is not really my thing in a vintage VW at this time.  We may all be there someday...

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[Volktales]

Several Things were in attendance.

Although I didn't care for the modifications to this Thing, I had to admit the paint and detailing were extremely nice on this example.

Couple of later model Beetles.  Although in one year, the "late model '68's" will be 50 years old!

So there is my car again.  Oh wait, it isn't!  Amazingly the "twin" to my car showed up a bit later.  It real was an exact duplicate of mine, down to the original cloth interior.  And it really was bought new at Speedway in Victoria, just like mine.  The only difference was this one had rear pop-out windows, but these had been added later.  I never saw the owner, so did not find out anything more.  It would have been interesting to see if the serial numbers were close...

One more Beetle.  Realized now that it was the same one I took a photo of at the Burger Meat.  Oh well, it is nice.

Now onto the buses.  A few splitties to start things off.

Definitely no shortage of them.

Nice.

Was a double door too.

There were a few commercials.  Some were ratty...

Some were very nice.

Many of the split campers put on a nice display with vintage equipment.

Like this one.

Yet more splits.

Another pic of that very strait bus.

This double cab easily had the straightest panels and smoothest bodywork, (just like the one parked beside it).  Believe this one came in first place.

There were a lot of bays, BUT definitely less then last year.

This one stuck out due to the brightness of the Brilliant Orange paint.

And yes there were several  with my "favourite" roof racks...

Don liked this blue '68 of course.

What can you say...

Lots of the campers were Rivieras.  Seemed like there were more of them then Westfalias.

This was the resident "party bus"  It looked a bit sketchy up there, but the owner had a great time.

More orange goodness.

The owner had collected a lot of era correct camping equipment in the right colours.

The solitary 914 at the show in a vibrant green.

Now it was the next morning and time to hit the road.

It ain't like Nanaimo when leaving Seattle.

Ahhh, tunnels!

How many millions of kids saw out of windows like those.

More damn traffic...

Somewhere outside of Seattle...  Odometer rolled 48,000 miles.  Overall I was pleased with the performance of the old Beetle.  The little 1200 proved its worth, and even exceeded 70 MPH on occasion!  The bias ply tires were not as bad as expected, and I never intended to travel so far in this car when I bought them.  They were interesting on grooved pavement, and happily followed the ruts however.  The fuel economy was significantly better then the bus that we took last year, so that was a bonus!  I also managed to find a few small items at the swapmeet and was able to squeeze them in the car on the way home.  Will we return to this show next year???  You bet!  Hope you all enjoy the pictures...

[Brenticon]

(The military Thing shown earlier, had this vintage army camping stove on the trailer. See what your missing, Brent???)

Good god, that's crazy looking.
But honestly, not era correct for my bus, lol

Ps: again, awesome thread, thanks for taking us along

[Wongai]

Thanks for the post bro!
Much appreciated.
B

[stude]

Really enjoyed the pictures but would you please check your messages.
T