Vintage Weekend - Seattle - July 17-19

[MeyerII]

I don't think this has been mentioned yet - but this is Vintage weekend, currently the biggest show of the year. Tonight (Friday) is the Burgermeet at the University Villiage BurgerMaster. Tomorrow is the all-day show at Shoreline Community College. I think there is another event Sunday, but forget what it is....

Oh yeah, there is a show in Snohomish on Sunday.

Details on the whole event are here: http://www.cascadekombis.org/vintagemeet.shtml

I will be at the Saturday show but don't have time for the other events. I will have the '65 Variant with the Hielite camper - feel free to come up and introduce yourself, I don't bite (unless asked). And forgive me if I forget names sometimes - I'm half senile as it is.

But looking forward to some good weather and catching up with old friends.

 

[MeyerII]

The the obligatory shots of our setup at the show. We go from the car through to the red picnic table with the umbrella.

[MeyerII]

Nice turnout - good swap section:



My favorite Thing at the show. Actually, my favorite Thing ever:





Nice Ghia:



Two T34s - one of them took best in the Type 3 class:

[MeyerII]

The ambulance that took best in show:





Annie's Bus - took third in class:



The Car that I voted for best in show (yes, its real):





People shots:

[MeyerII]

And the things that I took away from the show.

First, we want to make the Variant and Valiant a period-correct camping unit. Up to the time of the show, we had no camping gear. We saw these jugs and thermos bottles for $8 and figured OK, why not pink? They're all Coleman products. We added the jugs to the display then later found that somebody had left us a note saying she had a matching cooler in parts if we wanted it. I called her and left a message saying "why not". When we got back from the awards, there it was!



And lastly, my second in class award - so I beat out one of those T34s:



:D

[Bleyseng]

Nice shots of the meet I missed as I was in Santa Barbara...damn, I can't believe I missed it as I really needed to hit the swap meet for Ghia and Westy parts..
Damn, damn...

Nice 65 SB! I had a 64 SB 1500S for 10 years.

[MeyerII]

Thanks! I was mostly stoked at the chance to finally see that Kubel close up, and the barndoor ambulance was a nice surprise.

[zblair]

What great photos of fabulous rides!

LOVE that you have more matching vintage accessories, that is awesome, MeyerII!

Congrats on the win too! You deserve it!

[dtrumbo]

I missed it. Again. Third year in a row. This event always lands on the busiest weekend of the year for us. Well, maybe next year! Thanks Meyer for sharing!

[MeyerII]

I missed it. Again. Third year in a row. This event always lands on the busiest weekend of the year for us. Well, maybe next year! Thanks Meyer for sharing!

We have several more events coming up. Here's a list from the Olydubs forum:

July: Absolutely VW Drive-In-Movie 99W Drive-In, Newberg, Oregon

Aug 2nd: Portland Bug-In w/ BBQ the night before Portland International raceway

August: 3 day event Great Canadian VW Show Port Coquitlan, BC

August: Sequim Volksfair Sequim Washington

All types Weekend Camp out with The DDB at the beach

September 6th: Bugorama #60 Sacramento, California

September 19th & 20th: 2 day event VolksFest Yakima, WA

October 4th: Mid-Columbia VW Club has revamped We are currently planning our new 2009 Event called "Dubtoberfest" which will be the first weekend in October. Keep tuned as we roll out advertising for this event.

October 4th: Las Vegas Bug-In Las Vegas, Nevada

December: Absolutely VW Xmas Light Run Portland, Oregon

December: The 6th Annual Santa Cruise for Union Gospel Women's Shelter Seattle

There's another event coming up that will be held somewhere at the old Seatac Mall -- don't have the information close to hand.