Car Show Classics: Aircooled Winterfest – Autotron January 2016 (Part One)

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Many enthusiasts and owners of air cooled Volkswagens (Karmann Ghia included) and Porsches from the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany showed up at the Aircooled Winterfest, held on January 9 and 10 at the Autotron. The weather conditions were ideal for both visitors and those who arrived in their own air cooled classics. Let’s take a walk along all those colorful original, restored and modified classic VeeDubs and Porsches.

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1963 Volkswagen Beetle 1200.

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1961 Volkswagen T1 bus, 1.6 liter engine.

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From 1969 onwards Volkswagen’s Type 3 (introduced in 1961) looked like this. Pictured a 1970 Volkswagen 1600 Variant.

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A Variant is Volkswagen-language for a wagon. Almost half of all Types 3 built was a wagon.

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A very rare and fully restored 1974 Volkswagen SP2, a 1972-1976 Brazilian Volkswagen model.

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1972 Volkswagen Beetle, in the outfit of the ANWB Wegenwacht, the Dutch roadside assistance.

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1978 Volkswagen T2 camper.

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A part of its interior.

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Splendid 1961 Volkswagen T1 single cab pickup in a nice shade of dark brown.

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Volkswagen’s Type 4 was built from 1968 to 1974, above a 1969 Volkswagen 411 4-door. After the 1972 facelift and update the model was renamed to Volkswagen 412.

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1977 Volkswagen T2 single cab pickup with the 1.6 liter engine.

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Of course Herby just has to be present at an event like this !

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1967 Volkswagen T1 camper, 1.6 liter engine.

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How cozy !

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1954 Volkswagen T1 single cab pickup, 1.2 liter engine.

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1991 Porsche 911 Carrera 2 (964 series).

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A thing called Volkswagen Type 181, this one is from 1972.

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Volkswagen T1 pickup carrying a Formula Vee single seat race car.

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1970 Volkswagen 1600.

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Volkswagen Fridolin, officially called Typ 147 Kleinlieferwagen. It was built for the German postal service, between 1964 and 1973.

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1974 Volkswagen T2 bus.

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1971 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Type 14 convertible.

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1963 Volkswagen T1 double cab pickup in an immaculate condition.

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1968 Porsche 912. The 912 was introduced in 1965, it was a more basic (thus cheaper) 911 Urmodell with a 90 hp 4-cylinder 1.6 liter engine.

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1982 Porsche 911 (G-Model).

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1970 Volkswagen 411.

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Volkswagen Type 181, it arrived just in time from Germany for a picture.

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1976 Volkswagen T2 double cab pickup.

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Classic Beetles as far as you can see.

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Really neat, this 1969 Volkswagen Beetle pickup.

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1975 Volkswagen T2 bus.

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1.8 liter engine in the back.

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1970 Volkswagen 1600 Variant.

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The 6-cylinder engine in a 1990 Porsche 911 (964-series).

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1972 Volkswagen 1600 sedan.

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1975 Volkswagen Beetle pickup.

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A 1966 beauty, 1.5 liter engine.

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Clearly not a member of the German air cooled family, but a pleasant surprise anyway: a 1959 500 cc BSA M33.

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Used by the Dutch roadside assistance. All the tools needed are in the sidecar.

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I just noticed this specialty when I walked back to the parking lot: a 1973 Citroën SM.

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And this beast, a 1953 Krupp, is in front of the entrance/exit of the Autotron’s main building. You can’t miss it…