Got an Oval let me know, Be nice to know how many there are in the UK!
Start with mine, thats 1.
Jayday
Posted by: Adoo - 11 April 2005 21:36:15
Mine = 2
Posted by: craggle - 19 April 2005 18:50:27
Me so thats 3.
Posted by: Marvin - 26 April 2005 17:27:51
Me - Thats 4
Posted by: druid - 18 May 2005 19:46:23
Mine makes five
Posted by: craggle - 11 August 2005 19:18:08
five wow i better look after mine a bit better then.
Posted by: Bert53 - 23 August 2005 18:24:29
I've got two so that makes 7 and means that six-o-one wasn't dreaming and could have seen six!!! :lol:
Posted by: six-o-one - 23 August 2005 18:48:55
Hi John (Bert53),
Do you know Rob (pre67vw)?
he's from Cambridge too!
:shock:
Posted by: Bert53 - 23 August 2005 18:57:51
Hi,
No I don't know him, or at least I don't think I do! and I've only just noticed that he's from Cambridge.
Further to this string of messages, I've also got a friend who's got an oval so that'll make 8.
Got to go now, catch you soon.
Cheers,
John
Nice Heb by the way!
Posted by: six-o-one - 23 August 2005 19:38:29
That's almost enough to hold a UK vintage VW show! :wink:
Posted by: pre67vw - 23 August 2005 23:08:37
[quote]No I don't know him, or at least I don't think I do! and I've only just noticed that he's from Cambridge.
[/quote]
I'm over in Great Staughton:
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Posted by: Bert53 - 24 August 2005 15:36:44
Hi Rob,
I'm in Ely so that's the other side of Cambridgeshire from you. It's very flat here in the Fens, nothing to strain a 30hp engine. :D
John
Posted by: six-o-one - 24 August 2005 15:49:29
Hi Bert53,
Have you got any pictures of your ovals you can post, I would be interested in seeing them.
Most seem to be lowered and have far more than 30hp!
:shock:
Posted by: Bert53 - 24 August 2005 16:37:16
Hi Malc,
I'll see what I can do with regards to posting some photos. I've two ovals, a Dec '53 which is the one in the thumbnail and a Nov '54. The '53 has the original 30hp engine, the '54 has a tired old 1300. Neither have made it to any shows this year, a case of no MOT's, using my girlfriends bay camper or being on holiday when all the best shows were on....very annoying! Still there's always next year :D
Posted by: OVAL_POB - 28 August 2005 05:45:49
ive got 1
Posted by: Lint - 28 August 2005 22:38:36
me too
Posted by: gipf - 18 February 2006 13:05:49
[quote="jaythebayday"]Got an Oval let me know, Be nice to know how many there are in the UK!
Start with mine, thats 1.
Jayday[/quote]i,ve got one as well! :D
Posted by: 49barndoor - 23 August 2006 16:36:56
I know of 3 rhd ovals in Aberdeen 2x54 and my 55 there must be hundreds of them out there :wink:
Posted by: six-o-one - 23 August 2006 17:09:00
True, there are lots around, but I miss most of them because they're lowered and I see straight over the top of them! :wink:
Posted by: samghia - 12 September 2006 21:17:25
I got one lost count now.
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Regards Sam
Posted by: samghia - 12 September 2006 21:19:41
I got one lost count now.
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Regards Sam
Posted by: chris.james - 04 October 2006 21:30:47
:D one more now
Posted by: Denz - 16 December 2006 19:01:03
I got one! :wink:
Posted by: early_air - 05 February 2007 18:16:33
i have 4 now and had another 5 last year so that makes????? quite a few more... :lol:
Posted by: dp - 19 February 2007 12:37:26
[quote="early_air"]and had another 5 last year so that makes????? quite a few more... :lol: [/quote]
Sure that wasn't 4 and a half??? :lol:
Posted by: Chris - 19 February 2007 20:21:29
[quote="early_air"]i have 4 now and had another 5 last year so that makes????? quite a few more... :lol: [/quote]
How many of the 4 are on the road ? The reason I ask is that a friend and I were talking about why you never see a lot of early stuff at shows, except Stanford Hall ofcourse. My excuse is that mine's still in a hundred bits in my garage. :oops: However, this allows me to drive my mate's split to shows as he's got two of them :roll: and we take the both. :lol:
We were just talking on the way to Dubfreeze about what you'd have to do to get more of the vintage owners to take their cars to shows ?
Posted by: pre67vw - 19 February 2007 20:46:34
[quote="SDV"]
We were just talking on the way to Dubfreeze about what you'd have to do to get more of the vintage owners to take their cars to shows ?[/quote]
You'd have to change the type of show... :wink:
Posted by: Chris - 20 February 2007 12:22:26
All joking aside tho' Rob. (Dubfreeze isn't really a show). What do you have to do to get cars to shows ? Take the Historic VW Club for example, they're the ofiicial historic club of the country and even their show doesn't attract the majority of the split / oval owners that there are in this country. :?
The only show to get a good turn out is Stanford Hall, where last years turn out was fantastic (Thanks to K.V. for that). So where are all the cars the rest of the year ?
Hopefully they will all come out of the woodwork for Lavenhume, but what about the shows before then ? :(
Just think that if more vintage cars turn up at shows it will have a domino effect and encourage more owners will bring their cars out to play.
Anyway, that's enough from me, I've got to get back to work...... :wink:
Posted by: pre67vw - 20 February 2007 13:21:57
OK, for the serious answer...
In the UK, most of the shows are so called 'new wave' shows that cater for the non-vintage side of the hobby - either drag racing, or big party tents with music and disco etc. The cost of entry to these shows is usually considerable in order to cover the costs of these 'attractions'. A lot of times these shows attract some trouble during the evenings - just read about peoples experiences of bug jam, cars vandalised, stuff stolen, nuisance neighbours getting drunk and loud till the early hours etc etc.
My experience is that vintage enthusiasts are either older or more settled (with the occasional exception) and these types of shows have little or no appeal.
If you look at Stanford Hall, its a nice setting - there's no big music event, no racing - its like the shows were in t' old days, a nice laid back day out, hence vintage people turn out. Same with Camberg, and Hessisch.
Why doesn't the historic VW show have a better turn out? That I'm a bit more puzzled about, It was getting pretty good when it was at Caughton Court, then it moved and died.
Posted by: 356boy - 24 February 2007 08:44:11
i used to have one :cry:
Posted by: 356boy - 24 February 2007 08:44:18
i used to have one :cry: does that count
Posted by: 54oval - 05 April 2007 17:51:04
I got 1 and know of another which hasnt seen day light for 8 years
Posted by: bigdubber - 06 June 2007 00:40:28
i got one . last seen the light of day back in 65 :shock:
Posted by: mmayson - 14 June 2007 22:12:55
I've sort of got one. The back window isn't oval though.
Posted by: Ovalbug - 15 June 2007 09:57:38
I've got one :wink: .
Posted by: 356boy - 20 July 2007 20:51:02
lets see the pictures of them then :lol:
Posted by: samghia - 23 July 2007 15:41:17
Here,s mine at Camberg.
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Posted by: 356boy - 23 July 2007 17:51:09
more pics,
i'd show mine but its not for this site :twisted:
Posted by: lou cypher - 23 July 2007 19:31:01
[quote="356boy"]
i'd show mine but its not for this site :twisted: [/quote]
I'll show mine if you show yours! :twisted:
