THE HISTORIC VW

Christmas Special Edition 2010

Contents

Page:

9

A Busy Day in Mannheim

16

Blast from The Past

18

VW Festival at Harewood House

20

The Historic Volkswagen Club Annual General Meeting

28

The Story of KGP 9070

37

VW Northwest 2010

40

Beetle Drive 2010

43

Club Workshop - Gearshift Mechanism

46

Events Diary 2011

47

The Historic Volkswagen Club Committee

Front Cover:

This famous dual-tone blue 1947 Beetle attended the special gathering of Historic Volkswagens that assembled at the R.E.M.E museum at Aborfield, in Reading, to celebrate the unveiling of a memorial dedicated to the late Major Ivan Hirst, who died ten years ago (Photograph taken by Rod Sleigh)