{"id":134650,"date":"2015-05-20T02:13:12","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T09:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bangshift.com\/?p=134650"},"modified":"2015-06-23T06:28:25","modified_gmt":"2015-06-23T13:28:25","slug":"show-coverage-2015-bay-area-vw-club-poker-run-one-awesome-texas-vw-gathering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangshift.com\/general-news\/event-coverage\/show-coverage-2015-bay-area-vw-club-poker-run-one-awesome-texas-vw-gathering\/","title":{"rendered":"Show Coverage: 2015 Bay Area VW Club Poker Run – One Awesome Texas VW Gathering!"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Photos by Charles Wickam) –\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>The old saw is that “everything is bigger in Texas” and our own Charles Wickam lived up to that adage last weekend when he managed to attend multiple car shows and a land speed racing event! We’re opening up the man’s salvo of Lonestar state coverage with images from the 2015 Bay Area VW Club Poker Run. This was a BIG gathering of VW enthusiasts in all manner of vehicles from Things to squareback wagons, Beetles galore, and buses for days. Volkswagen changed the automotive landscape in the United States in a way no one thought they could and in the process of doing so, they cemented themselves as a cultural icon…or a counter cultural icon depending on your view.<\/p>\n

The innovative advertising campaigns of the 1960s got people interested in the cars and an entire culture sprung up around them that exists right up to the present day. Events like this one happen all over the country and they are not small affairs. The simple construction of the cars, especially the Beetle make them easy to repair and the massive aftermarket that still exists means that there’s plenty of parts available for people to restore of fix their stuff.<\/p>\n

This was one heck of a show and it happened right in Wickam’s backyard! If you are a VW fan, you can’t miss these photos –<\/p>\n

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