BUG-IN #3 2009 CHIMAY, BELGIUM

[66VWDKP1]

HELLO AGAIN,
……………. THEN WE WENT ON TO CHIMAY FOR THE EBI#3. FIRST WE MET A BUNCH OF NICE GUYS AND GALS AT “PATS SHOP”, (LIKE BERGS) FOR A BBQ.  WHILE THERE IN COMES RUSSELL RITCHEY DRIVING A GIANT ”SCANIA” CAR HAULER WITH 30’ AIRSTEAM TRAILING. HE DROVE FROM ABERDENE SCOTLAND THRU ENGLAND ON A FERRY ACROSS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL AND INTO BELGIUM (18 HOURS) GAS IS $9.00 A GALLON TOO! AND TO TOP IT ALL…. MY HEART STARTED POUNDING WHEN I SAW THE CARS ON TOP. UNDERDOG (EXACT REPLICA) BLUE OBSESSION, THE ORIGINAL STUTT BEE (SCHLEY BROS) LEE LEIGHTON’S RACER, AND THE EBI GASSER. ON TO EBI EVENT WE WENT. 3 GREAT DAYS OF RACING SWAPPING AND VIEWING CARS IN THE SHOW AREA. IT WAS HOT BUT GOOD WEATHER FOR RACING.  DYNO DON DID A FANTASTIC JOB MC’ING FOR THE ENGLISH SPEAKING CROWD AND DIMITRI (OF DKG VW CLUB IN BELGIUM) SPEAKING FOR THE FRENCH SPEAKING CROWD. KOBUS, MIKE AND THEIR TEAM DID A FANTASTIC JOB AT PUTTING ON THIS VERY BIG EVENT. MONICA (KOBUS’S GIRLFRIEND) WAS A BIG HIT AS “MISS EBI” WOW !!!! AGAIN THE EVENT ENDED WITH A BBQ AT THE CAL LOOK CASTLE FOR A SMALL GROUP OF 100 OR SO AND A GREAT END TO THE EVENT.
ONE OF THE  THRILLS I HAD WAS TO DRIVE IVAN McCUTHEON’S (EDITOR OF VOLKSWORLD MAGAZINE) RIGHT HAND DRIVE CAL LOOKER WITH 48’S SCREAMING, DOWN SOME LONELY ROADS IN THE BELGIAN FARMLAND WITH MY WIFE.  I ALSO GOT TO MEET AND HAVE A BBQ DINNER WITH THE CLUB ”DKG” OF BELGIUM. THIS WAS AWESOME. WHILE DRIVING DOWN A QUIET LITTLE FARMLAND ROAD TO MY HOTEL IN MACON, I PASSED BY A OLD BARN WITH A BUNCH OF VW’S PARKED OUT FRONT. I STOPPED AND BACKED UP TO TAKE A PICTURE AND I WAS FLOODED WITH GUYS FROM THE CLUB WANTING TO TALK ABOUT DER KLEINER PANZERS.  SO I SPENT THE EVENING WITH THEM TELLING STORIES OF SOCAL IN THE OLD DAYS. THEY/I WE HAD SO MUCH FUN THEY INVITED MY WIFE MY SON AND I BACK THE NEXT EVENING FOR DINNER.  WOW WHAT A TIME WE HAD.  A LOT OF TRANSLATING FROM ENGLISH TO FRENCH AND BACK TAKING PICTURES CHECKING OUT THEIR CARS……WHAT A GROUP OF GUYS, DOING THEIR BEST TO BE LIKE DKP OF OLD…. I/WE HOPE TO GO BACK IN 2 YEARS TO DO THIS ALL OVER AGAIN.
GLAD TO MEET ALL THE OTHER FINE PEOPLE DURING OUR TRIP, PETER HUYSMAN, FABIAN, MAGS FROM NORWAY, SYLVESTER (STRINGY) NICKLAUS WILMUS, GREG OF DKG AND ALL THE DKG CLUB MEMBERS.  AARON AND BYRON SCHLEY, CRIS COCKS DRIVING THE “ANIMAL CRACKERS” VINTAGE ORIGINAL BUG , KEITH SEUME DID SOME VERY NICE RUNS DOWN THE STRIP IN VARIOUS CARS AND DEANO KIRSTEN WAS THERE SNAPPING PICTURES OF EVERYTHING. HOPE I DIDN’T FORGET ANYBODY.
GREGG BUNCH DKP1 1966…………

[vwcab]

Hey Gregg,
Glad to read that you liked it overhere.It was nice to meet and talk to you.
I hope you and your family will come back to EBI#4 in 2011.See you than again 
Regards,and greetings from Belgium,
           Peter Huysmans

[Bermfingers]

It was a pleasure to loan you the '67 for the weekend, the expression on your face when you came back after your first blast was the best thing I've seen in a long time.
Ivan