The big announcement this year is our special guests from Italy, Luigi Segre (namesake of the head of Ghia during the 50s) and Antonio Pellegrino (President of the Karmann Ghia Club Italia). They will both be present at the Treffen in Oxnard on August 7th, and the Airhead / KGPR open house and barbeque the day before.
They will be bringing many original documents and pictures from Carozzoria Ghia, highlighting the concept and development in the early 50′s of the VW Karmann Ghia! This is an amazing opportunity, as much of this collection has never been publicly displayed. All Karmann Ghia owners are invited out to break the old record of 72 Ghias at one Treffen– what better way to welcome our guests?!!
Their visit will also bring the North American debut of a special perpetual Karmann Ghia trophy; the Sartorelli/Segre Elegance Cup, going to the best Karmann Ghia Continue reading →
The climax of last years cruise was our 11th annual VW car show, where 22 trophies were awarded in 12 classes. This year, we’re giving out 39 trophies in 19 classes, plus 10 more “Best Of” awards! ENTRY IS 100% FREE!!! No parking fee, no registration fee, and NO SWAP SPACE FEE!
All we ask is that you please bring a suggested donation of 2 canned food items per person for our annual food drive to benefit the local Ventura Food Bank. Thats it! Thanks!
Vendor space is also available– call 805-650-2045 to make a vendor space reservation.
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2010 Treffen #12 Classes:
TYPE 1
Early 1949-53 SD 1+2
Mid 1954-67 SD 1+2 Continue reading →
Dozens of Vintage VWs will be making a stop at Bill’s VW Repair in Eureka for The 12th Annual KG/AHP Treffen Vintage VW Hwy 1 Cruise on Tuesday, August 3rd between 11:00 and noon. We will be showing off the classic cars and then Bill and the local Humbug Club will lead us to Women’s Federation Grove for a potluck BB. Everyone is invited to come down and join the fun. Or, if you have a rear engine VW, join the cruise for a few blocks or a few days!
Bill Taylor, (Bugdoc) owner of Bill’s VW Repair is co-founder and Vice President of the Humbug VW Club. He began repairing old VW’s in an old barn back in 1973 and is going stronger than ever today! HUMBUGS VW Club is for the Volkswagen enthusiast, offering social events, technical support, cruises, campouts, parts swap. newsletter and much, much more. Meetings are on the second Sunday of each month at 10:00 am. Current meetings are at the Moose Lodge, 4328 Campton Road, Eureka. Continue reading →
New product for August 2009! 1987-91 Vanagon Wheel Caps. (Repost)
We weren’t 100% satisfied with the replacement caps we were getting from an Original Equipment supplier, so we made our own. Take a close look below… can you tell which is which? (Click on the comments link for the answer!)
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BIG WEDNESDAY 2009 – San Onofre, CA
The annual “Big Wednedsay – Skip Work & Surf ” vintage VW event was Aug 12th, 2009. Turn out was fantastic– over 60 VWs, dominated by the bus crowd, attended the surf contest/VW get together dreamed up by Rich Kimball (The Bug-In, Drag Days, Vintage Treffen, and formerly The VW Classic link here), and sponsored each year by Airhead Parts. Continue reading →
Saturday August 8th 2009.
The Treffen 11 Volkswagen show, being held in Channel Islands Harbor for the first time, was just as advertised…. 
Blue skies, cool Pacific breezes and plenty of vintage VWs on the grass at water’s edge, making this August day truly the coolest.
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Entry #6 for Cruise date: Friday August 7th 2009.
Left the wine country from our stay in the Buellton/Solvang area and came across these outraged estranged ostracized Ostriches (actually they seemed rather mellow but my spell check came up with all these adjectives when I was trying to figure out how to spell the big birds name). Continue reading →
VWs in Heaven
Entry #5.
Thursday August 6th 2009.
8:30 am start from the Ramada (with a mild post tequila ache in the sides of my head). Picked up a few more cruisers that morning and headed south for 17 mile drive through Pebble Beach / Monterey. On the way we drove through Cannery Row (made famous by John Steinbeck)
got some nice photos and headed south down Hwy 1 for Big Sur where more beautiful photos were taken.
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Well, I met the Treffeneers at the Oregon border, and as shown in the blog, we all made a stop at the “Ship Ashore” resort…. why is it called the “Ship Ashore” well, cause it’s a ship, and it’s…. ashore.
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Entry #4.
Wednesday August 5th 2009
Woke up in Gualala to find that Ken and his wife made it back! (around 3am). Bill (at Bill’s VW) had found the problem was a broken cross shaft that took out the throw-out bearing that took out the pressure plate. (Don’t buy inferior brands!). Eric, the owner at Gualala Surf Inn went out of his way to start baking scones and making waffles early to accommodate our schedule. He also printed out updated itineraries and delivered them sorted and stapled during our morning meeting.
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