VolksWorld

VolksWorld is Britain's best-selling magazine dedicated to the whole air-cooled VW scene and a must-buy for all fans of the legendary vehicles, particularly the iconic Beetle. VolksWorld takes pride in going to extraordinary lengths to bring its readers the most outstanding and fascinating features packed full of the very best photography and information that cannot be found anywhere else.

Culture club(s) • Knighty on the beautiful synergy between the three VW clubs that shared the Robins Building this year

VolksWorld

STARTER MOTOR • Email your news, thoughts, opinions and products to VolksWorld.ed@kelsey.co.uk

WILD STYLE • Some VWs come and go, others hang around, shaped by changing desires and accumulated experience. After 25 years’ ownership, David Rey’s ’78 Bay has made a dramatic comeback

Locals only • Many of you will be familiar with California’s Economotors VW dealership, and its ties to EMPI, but Jeff Dodd goes deeper than most

BLUE blooded • Omar Gallardo’s ’68 is a rolling testament to a lifetime in the air-cooled VW world, and his take on the most enduring of all modified VW styles

Working class hero • Original, honest and a life spent doing exactly what it was built for, Len Pierloot’s Split Double Cab is a time capsule that still earns its keep to this day

THE VOLKSWORLD SHOW 2026 • The sun shone on The VolksWorld Show this year, and the grounds were packed out with more air-cooled VWs than ever before. It really was an event to be remembered

Trick & treat • Wayne Callahan bought this ’68 Beetle new. 50 years later, he decided to have it restored to stock, but then Type One Restorations got involved…

AMERICAN DREAM • Bought whilst living abroad, Adam Young’s Texas dream turned into a British nightmare, but Absolute VW saved the day

Razor sharp • The theme for this year’s Freddy Files was ‘The Razor Reunion’, but there was more to this meeting than an impressive line up of Type 34s

Light hearted • Bob’s in fantasy land again this month, transforming a 1950’s Distler Split into a 1938 ad’ ’Wagen

THE SOCIAL NETWORK • Bucking the midlife friendship trend