Calling VW camper van owners

[monkeytennis]

Attention all bug nuts and V dubbers in and around SE22!

Like to learn more about how to maintain your ride? Basics like changing oil, fuel lines, checking electrics giving you a head (and wallet) ache?

I'm looking for support to kick off our own classic VW club in SE22 - a look about and there are clearly enough beautiful buses to justify it. Let us give it shape, form and reason - plus a killer logo and name.

If we got an interested regular group and to get the ball rolling, say we all contribute ?5 each per meet, we could buy in or interest a skilled mechanic to lead a 'how-to' guide each month over the quieter months to help us understand these lovely vehicles a little more. Venue to be decided - maybe Dulwich Park/Peckham Rye perhaps?

Then when spring and summer comes round, well....

Look forward to any feedback/support/ideas.

[computedshorty]

Hi.

If you want to start your own classic VW club in SE22 there are considerations to keep to. Your members will be local and you must hold your meeting in a free place, your local pub or a members home, most of the members will have a great deal of knowledge to share.

I have belonged to a Classic Car Club for many years, they had outings to places of interest and Sunday lunch meetings in country Pubs.

You need a point of contact and a name.

You will find that these Club Members are not people that use a computer a lot, as time is dedicates to their vehicle, so will not use a website if made for them.

Picture of my 1927 Austin Seven added.

[TheArtfulDogger]

Mr cs

not every classic car owner shuns technology, because trust me there is a wealth of knowledge on the web wide world thingy

interesting idea monkey tennis, but cs is right, why pay for knowledge of classics that members will have amongst them already.

[computedshorty]

Hi. Monkey.

Have you had any feed back?

From expereince I have found that very few members are willing to be part of any Committee or be party of the organising of events, this all takes precious time that could be devoted to their vehicle.

Most of the organisation would have to be done by you.

The problem is to get the first few membes, another is to hold their interest and keep them as members.

Things that you need to think about doing is; to print off a Newsletter that you can give to potential members.

Somebody that might make the Newsletter for you might take on making one Bi Monthly, once the club is formed.

A list of members tools that can be borrowed by members, a member musts keep a record of who borrowed the tools.

As the tool list grows there might be a person who will help you use them.

Members will be expert on Pannel beating, Welding Paint spraying, and Mechanics.

There is also the list of suppliers of that evasive spare part, at the right price.

Should you have a website, any supplier that has a small mention on it will get you and members a discount on your purchase from them .

This will take you a great deal of time, are you prepared to devote time to give to it?

[ibilly99]

Hired a VW camper for 2005 Glasto which was a washout - worse thing I have ever driven - floaty steering,crummy brakes and an oversteer with my mate in the passenger seat shouting instructions all the time and fearing death at every corner and oncoming traffic. Stalled and wouldn't start when we had to leave on the Monday and grinning idiots waving to you from fellow vdubs when passing on the road. Hate them really hate them won't be joining your Nazi people's wagon smug fest I'm afraid.

[katie1997]

Ibilly99 - duh this thread is for VW owners not wannabe owners.

I bet it was your crummy driving that had everyone fearing death rather than anything to do with the van. The 'grinning idiots' 'waving' at you were likely thinking "oh no here we go, yet another couple of ageing ex-clubbers having a mid-life crisis and wearing tie-dyed t-shirts listening to badly dated shite techno/trance on their way to the mudfest for some debauchery before returning to their mundane corporate roles the following week".

Consider your application refused.

[KidKruger]

won't have a bad word said against beloved VW wagons.

had a Type 2 for 10 years, best vehicle ever IMO, drive it, sleep in it, cook in it, pop the roof up and you can all dance in it. Perfect hotel if you can park it near the venue.

Got the 'Idiots Guide' book, by that guy from California, like a 20yr old book, told me (and my mates) how to do all jobs to keep combi alive. you learn to live with the niggles, like getting under the wagon and smacking the solenoid with a mallet when it causes a stall and what are the best thermals for driving around in winter !

Saved-up and did a full bodywork replacement and re-spray in Rover 1962 British racing green with cream top, magic.

When tuned well it'd do 85mph out of it down a very steep hill, though it shook like ferk and you shat yerself.

ahh, that was good - I feel better now.

[ibilly99]

I'm no wannbee owner just heavily scarred by the worst driving experience of my life and when sharing the experience with the van owning nuts at Glasto got the remark back with a knowing chuckle - aye (insert name of year model and nut type along with voltage of the alternator and say webbies or some such jargon) it's a bit floaty that one. WTF could have nutted him if it were not for the loving kindness nature of the sacred land.

[TheArtfulDogger]

how is the hunt for club members going ?

[computedshorty]

My oppinion is that the member who posted this Message although being a member for 10 months only ever posted just this one message, as no message has been posted by him since it was posted two weeks ago, could it be possible that he will not look here again for another 10 months?

Perhaps he is hoping that some other person is willing to do the donkey work.

[TheArtfulDogger]

interesting point cs

or maybe he/she is just trying to find who owns campervan in the area as the one and only post didn't show their van but an image from Brighton breeze !

hmm... I am now suspicious

hopefully monkeytennis will put my mind at rest by responding !

[monkeytennis]

Thanks for the feedback all. Some helpful input. From the responses thus far, it seems this isn't the place to attract interest for this, if indeed it is of interest!

Never mind. Will keep trying ? best wishes all.

[Captain Scarlet]

Not bad for for a old Car comming from Nazi Germany from 1936[Vw beetle]

plenty of VW clubs in Uk and London.Just google.

[jodieannhughes]

Hi. Have been looking for a club for a while n the south London area. Know of all the bigger ones but don't know if you have started one or know of any others. Thanks