The Waterford Pumpkinfest car show is held very late in the car show season. I try to attend if the weather cooperates, because the show has a large turnout with good variety of cars.
There are a number of vehicles from this year’s Pumpkinfest car show that I would like to post eventually. Because it is van week here at CC, here is a swarm of VW camper vans, seven of them in total!
Unfortunately, these are all the pictures I took of them. I had my kids in tow, and they didn’t find these especially interesting after the first two.
This is the only interior shot. Cozy!
However, I was just searching through some old photos on my PC and came across a set I shot from Waterford Pumpkinfest from back in 2002, including this picture of two more VW campers.
Interesting selection of campers. I had not realized there were that many variations. A girl I knew in college had a Westphalia camper with a roof that opened from the rear (I seem to recall), but it was a long time ago and I wasn’t paying that much attention to the van….
From ’68 thru ’72, the Westfalia fiberglass top hinged from the front, with a cargo area at the rear. From ’73 thru ’79, and following that all Vanagon-based Westfalias through 1991, the top hinged from the rear, with a cargo area at the front, over the cab.
I’ve owned a ’72 Westfalia, and ’82 AdventureWagen (Vanagon with permanent high-roof design entirely different from a Westfalia) that I drove to Alaska and back, and an ’87 Westfalia which I recently sold. I kind of miss all of them!
I love those Dormobile tops! Those are so awesome.
Never saw one that was sideways hinged and I’m trying to figure out the purpose of the small pop up, the green and white van with the small pop up with a luggage rack behind it.
I think it was so you could stand up to put your pants back on 🙂
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Hmmmmmmmm needs a tint job then. 😉
I own a 1960 Westfalia SO-23 camper that was first owned by a Lt. Colonel US Army, who used it in Europe while stationed there, then shipped it to the US. The original side tent and poles are still with the camper and it has a steel sunroof that flips open. You can stand to dress or use the sink. I will post some pics. It is the only vehicle I have ever owned that forces you to smile while driving. I installed air conditioning in the bus which enables me to enjoy it in Southeastern summers.
Looks like a great show! I love that burnt orange you can just see in the background in the first picture.