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Amaze-bouche • Boy, have we got some wild stuff to wet your whistles this month
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VOLKSWORLD SHOW ’26 • Email your news, thoughts, opinions and products to VolksWorld.ed@kelsey.co.uk
THE PROBLEM CHILD • 14 years, three paint jobs and countless false dawns have tested Paul Baker’s patience, loyalty and faith to the limit, but this long-running saga finally has the ending it deserves
SICK ’wagen • An original Type 27A ambulance from 1958, Grady Edwards’ custom Krank’ spent its working life in Switzerland, but now calls California home
AGAINST ALL REASON • Most people would walk away from a handful of mangled panels abandoned in a Swedish forest, but Kevin Van Put saw potential where others saw impossible
ON SAFARI • Erik Black and his ’64 Notchback have been on quite the journey together, and he’s only owned the car for a few months!
GOING deep • From ’80s show car to ’20s sublime car, this Oval is a prime example of take your time and do it right
GOLD Rush • Hot Wheels called its original gold beach buggy Sand Crab. It didn’t look as good as this, but it did provide the inspiration
Double Identity • What do you get if you cross a Manxter with a Manx? Mark Bucher’s big blue Schtroumpf, that’s what
Choose wisely • The classic air-cooled Beetle is as popular now as it’s always been, but how easy it is to still find a good one?
Tribute act • Bob’s back, this time with a fantasy Berlin Airlift ‘follow-me’ Split Window Beetle
STOP START TECHNOLOGY • Musings on long-term project syndrome