Back To The Start

If you’ve been following the VW scene since ’87-ish and/or recall issue 1 of VolksWorld, this car will need no introduction. However, for the benefit of those that may not recognise this particular rad ride, allow us to introduce Europe’s (first) most beautiful VW….

- Paul Knight

As a teenager I simply couldn’t get enough VW input, especially the pastel painted, ‘new wave’ kind I’d seen on the pages of Custom Car (courtesy of a certain Mr Seume). VW Trends and Hot VWs mags had the USA scene covered and I was always stoked to find out what was happening Stateside. However, you have to remember that back in the mid-to-late ’80s there was no internet so the only way this VW-mad schoolboy could keep track of the fast-developing UK VW scene was via a few captions or show pics on the pages of CC or Street Machine. Of course, I was desperate to check out the new Run to the Sun event, and word of a new show organised by Brett Hawksbee had filtered through by the spring of ’87 – that’s right, the first Bug Jam gathering at Santa Pod Raceway. And then, it happened – Keith Seume launched a new Link House title by the name of VolksWorld and the timing was, quite simply, perfect. Like so many other fans ‘of a certain age’, that £1.50 magazine changed my life. I wouldn’t like to estimate just how many times I read every word in the launch issue of VolksWorld but I can tell you that the pages literally fell apart in the end (and yes, I later purchased a pristine copy…)Europe’s Most Beautiful VW