Volksworld Show 2019 Vlog

[HoTWire]

I went to the show for the first time in ages, it was fun:

[gotwood]

Great video mate , it was cool to see some of the different stuff that was there today that wasn't there yesterday . I thought it was noticeably less busy than in previous years as there were quite a few empty spaces inside and especially in the area in front of the grandstands . They also didn't have any of the revolving podiums for the extra special cars like they used to have in previous years . I think since the mag was taken over by new publishers a while back both the magazine itself and the show have sadly gotten worse although I still religiously buy it every month and go every year !
Anyway , enough of my ramblings. On a final note the red ' Ghia' is a TC Ghia from Brazil and a rare beast over here and there was another Herbie in the car park yesterday but not a replica as it was one of the original film cars from The Love Bug .

[HoTWire]

Mar 24, 2019 20:32:27 GMT gotwood said:

Great video mate , it was cool to see some of the different stuff that was there today that wasn't there yesterday . I thought it was noticeably less busy than in previous years as there were quite a few empty spaces inside and especially in the area in front of the grandstands . They also didn't have any of the revolving podiums for the extra special cars like they used to have in previous years . I think since the mag was taken over by new publishers a while back both the magazine itself and the show have sadly gotten worse although I still religiously buy it every month and go every year !

Absolutely, usually it is a massive pain trying to get a photograph, this year I had plenty of space. I've got a vlog thing to do about the effect of the influx of cash on the VW scene brewing as well, definitely a lot of safer and similar rides there.

Anyway , enough of my ramblings. On a final note the red ' Ghia' is a TC Ghia from Brazil and a rare beast over here

I'd not see one in the metal before, just on the internet. I couldn't bring TC Ghia to mind, bit I knew it wasn't a Karmann Ghia but had Ghia in its name haha

[gotwood]

Sorry HW , I didn't really make my reply clear , they are Karmann Ghia's but the full model name is Karmann Ghia TC . I've only seen two or three in this country so they are still relatively unknown.

[luckyseven]

Very weird show that. So quiet, about half full and according to some of the behind-the-scenes people, many exhibitors never turned up. Still, on the plus side that meant plenty of room to get close to the exhibits. And Mrs L7 haggled the most bargainous price imaginable on a Vintage Speed exhaust on the bus... which still more or less doubles the value of the entire van And the ice cream van had loads left at the end of the day so the kids got the largest ice cream cone ever

One massive negative is that every year there's been an unofficial swap meet in the car park where it's been perfectly acceptable for people to turn up with a load of chod and flog it from their van or whatever. This year the marshals were going around stopping people from doing this and even chucking them out if they persisted. Volksworld PLC protecting their universal rights to swap meets... so long as you pay for a pitch? Personally I understand public liability, profitability, cost of running shows etc but despise seeing corporate ownership and commercialisation of any scene and I thought the VW scene of all of them was beyond that


Anyway, on the positive side it was lovely to see some awesome cars and funny to see HoTWire in his mild-mannered janitor guise as an undercover geography teacher Can't believe I somehow missed seeing that BraziloGhia though

[BellyBuilder]

Mar 25, 2019 9:08:31 GMT luckyseven said:

One massive negative is that every year there's been an unofficial swap meet in the car park where it's been perfectly acceptable for people to turn up with a load of chod and flog it from their van or whatever. This year the marshals were going around stopping people from doing this and even chucking them out if they persisted. Volksworld PLC protecting their universal rights to swap meets... so long as you pay for a pitch? Personally I understand public liability, profitability, cost of running shows etc but despise seeing corporate ownership and commercialisation of any scene and I thought the VW scene of all of them was beyond that

Just like the Slough Swap Meet the car park trading has been culled because of council regulations, nothing to do with the actual show itself. A guy I know who car park traded there for the previous 20 years got knowledge before last years show that there was going to be a clamp down and that's exactly what started happening.

They should just allow the car park traders a space in the outside arena, charge them say £20 and let them get on with it. Unless a major change happens next year there may not be a year after.

[discostew38]

Done this show the last two years so thought we'd give it a miss this year (gets a bit samey) done the NEC instead
It's a good show (if you like VW's) but I'll probably give it a miss for the next two years before going again just because of the same cars

[samta22]

Nice video David. Show looks very quiet indeed though compared to previous years. It used to be that you could hardly move both inside and out for people/cars, there used to be a band outside too which always added to the atmosphere.

I've not been for a few years as it was getting a little samey and after the mrs sold her bug it wasn't quite the same. Restoration show trumps it now for me on so many levels but if you're into your VWs and that scene it's still one of the better VW shows to go to.