VW interiors…

You’ve no doubt concluded that I had a lot of fun shooting VW photos this morning…and you, of course, are correct.

Steve, TK, and I were almost the very first ones at the Irwindale track this morning…we were there at least an hour before sunup and it was cold.   It was foggy, too, which is something we live with here in So Cal this time of year…we call it the marine layer (I guess because the fog comes in from the Pacific Ocean).  

The VWs started arriving not too long after we did, and as soon as we had enough light I started snapping photos.   Like I said in the last post, this next set shows some of the interiors…and folks, these VW dudes and dudettes are seriously into their Bugs.   You’ll see…check out these restorations (and in one case, an intact rat job…)…

One nice thing about that early morning marine layer….we had nice, even lighting.   It’s the best possible weather for capturing cool images, and most of these were with my trusty Nikon 28mm lens.  

Here’s the interior of a really nice convertible Bug…

That one above is just awesome.

Here’s another cool one…

The next photo shows the rat job I mentioned.   This one is going for a well-worn patina look, and I think the owner succeeded.   The steering wheel and the seats look new, but everything else appears to be original…

And in case you were wondering, here’s the Bug the above interior resides in…

I like it.   You can see the fog behind the Beetle…and it actually had lifted quite a bit by the time I shot this photo.

Oh, here’s another cool one…this is the interior of the VW carrying that Pee Wee Herman toy you see below.   You can also see this VW behind the guys with the rusty bicycle in our last blog entry…

Folks, this is very cool stuff.   It was almost like being in an American Pickers episode.

Here’s the interior in a VW-powered James Dean Porsche replica car.  It’s just like the one TK shot for our blog a day or two ago.   Very cool stuff…

And our last interior shot…this Bug was parked right across from the CSC/Pro-One Booth, and it was gorgeous.   Bright colors really make these Beetles come alive, and the interior on this one was spectacular…

There was just so much cool stuff out there today it was hard to select what was most exciting (that’s why I’m bombarding you good folks with multiple blogs on the day’s photo ops). I have a few more coming…one on engines, one on the cars, one on miscellaneous goodies for sale at the swap meet, one on VW vans, and one on the VW dragsters. I sure hope you like VWs, because I have a lot of cool stuff to share with you.  You can be sure I’ll include some goodies on our favorite motorcycle, too…but for the next day or so, stand by for more good VW stuff!