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IN THIS ISSUE...
The Committee 4
Club Page 5
2015 Day of VW 6
Club Event Calendar 7
2016 Bug-In 8
Editor’s Spot 9
Club Merchandise 10
NEW Merchandise 11
August Club Run 12
Annual General Meeting
13
York - July Cruise 14
Karmann Ghia 60th 18
Volkswagen News 27
Volkswagen Motorsport 35
60years 1955-2015
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Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month at John Hughes Volkswagen in Victoria Park, starting at 6:30pm. Committee meetings are open to all members and invited guests.
NEW MEMBERSHIPS AND BIRTHDAYS
Kingsley Viney
Nathan Whitehead
Stuart Saggers
John Ilett
We have 208 Members
August 26
Welcome to our new members...Welcome to our new members...
Alex Shepherd
Andrew Scogings
Annalea Peart
Atreyh Colella
Ben Verbunt
Chloe Lewin
Chloe Sage
Claire Wallis
Corinna Drabble
Dean Stockwell
Emily Jones
Ewgan Vande Nadort
Faith Neretlis
Franzine Karamfiles
Gary Lester
Heather Neretlis
Isla Jones
Jason Parker
Jasper Murphy
Jessica Abbott
Justin McPherson
Kaitlyn McSwain
Kelsie Smith
Lesley McPherson
Lia Verbunt
Lochie Vanoosten
Luka Brix
Lynn Taylor
Marianne Suarez
Mark Shepherd
Megan Stoney
Miranda Lawrence
Mishele Farrell
Nicholas Gibson
Paris Cuder
Revely Gardiner
Richard Hines
Robin Bailey
Sonia Brooks
Stevie Power
Suzanne McKenzie
Tony Beaumont
Happy Birthday for August...Happy Birthday for August...
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14th MARCH 2016
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Agenda Outline 10:00am;
Complete the attendance book
Meeting Open 10:30am:
The meeting will be opened and
chaired by the President.
Present:
As per the attendance book.
Apologies:
Secretary to be advised and they
are to be announced at the
meeting.
Welcome to Visitors:
Visitors are welcome, Secretary
to be advised.
Minutes of previous AGM:
Copies will be made available by
the Secretary for acceptance by
the meeting.
Business arising from Minutes
of previous AGM:
Any business listed in the
Minutes of the previous AGM to
be tabled (action noted).
Correspondence:
Will be acknowledged by the Sec-
retary with anything specific for
the AGM to be highlighted.
Motions on Notice:
Secretary to be advised, to be
placed before the AGM.
Reports:
Committee members will submit
reports to the meeting, making
copies available to the Secretary.
The Treasurer:
Shall present a summary and re-
port of the accounts for 2014/15,
showing clearly the nett surplus
or deficit and the financial posi-
tion of the club.
They will make copies of the Fi-
nancial Statement available to
attending members and a copy
for the Secretary.
They will present a ‘forecast’
budget for the 2015/16 financial
year and make a submission to
the meeting on the membership
subscription fee for the financial
year following the AGM
(2015/16).
General Business:
The meeting shall pass by resolu-
tion; (a) the subscription fee for
the year following the AGM
(2015/16); and (b) the form of
the Membership Card.
Announcements will be made for
any Member of the Year; any
new Lifetime Membership/s and
the Membership Early Renewal
Payment Competition Winner.
Members can submit nominations
for the Member of the Year and/
or any Lifetime Membership/s to
the Secretary before the AGM
(includes explanation of whys
and wherefores)
Other General Business -
Please advise the Secretary of
any matters that wish to be dis-
cussed...if possible before the
AGM...if not then at the start of
the AGM.
Election of Management
Committee:
All committee positions become
vacant at the AGM. The club's
committee for the next year will
be voted in.
Financial Members can nominate
for any committee position in the
Club, and obviously we need
nominations for any position that
is currently vacant or becoming
vacant.
The Secretary is to be advised of
any committee member/s not
renominating and of any nomina-
tions for committee positions.
Committee members are re-
quired to attend all Committee
Meetings and undertake all their
positions' duties for the club. If
you have any query about a posi-
tion's role in the club you can
contact any committee member
for information. There is also in-
formation in the Constitution.
Where there are multiple nomi-
nations for the one committee
position, a vote of attending fi-
nancial members will decide who
is successful.
Every financial member personal-
ly present at the AGM is entitled
to vote for each position to be
elected and voting is by secret
ballot.
The person receiving the most
votes for a committee position
shall be elected to that commit-
tee position. The elected commit-
tee member shall hold that posi-
tion until the next Annual Gen-
eral Meeting or (if sooner) until
their committee membership oth-
erwise terminates.
12:30pm
Scheduled close of AGM
2015 Annual General Meeting2015 Annual General Meeting Sunday 20th September… Fraser Park, East Victoria PkSunday 20th September… Fraser Park, East Victoria Pk
All details of the AGM, the Committee and the club rules can
be found in the VW Club Constitution...a copy is available on
the website at…
http://vwclubwa.com/constitution
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YORK CRUISE & CAMP 2015
With threatening skies then warm
sunshine we all met at the Mund-
aring Hotel. Once we were all
there we started our cruise to
York. It is a great road with lots of
lovely natural bush, picturesque
farmland and winding roads.
All arriving in historically beautiful
York we made our way to the cara-
van park to set up for the night,
circle your wagens-style, and with
the marquees up we braced our-
selves for a cold but loads of fun
night.
I think there were 24 cars with
some new members travelling from
afar to join in on the fun. The piz-
zas went down a treat and so did
the alcohol. The marquees and the
gas heaters that were brought with
us kept us all nice and warm or
maybe that was the
fun company.
We were very lucky
with the weather; it
was cold but no rain.
In the morning the
park was very foggy
and a few heads
might have been as
well. We all packed
up and made our
way into town for
the York Vintage Car
Show.
As usual the
Volkswagens looked
fantastic all lined up
in one place and
represented almost all the different
types and ages. The club received
lots of praise from the organisers.
We all had a relaxing day strolling
around York town, looking at all
the other vintage vehicles and
chatting in the sun.
Until the next cruise, happy dub-
bing everyone…
Jo Mill
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Volkswagen
Karmann Ghia
The Volkswagen Karmann Ghia is a
sports car marketed in 2+2 coupe
(1955–1974) and convertible
(1957–1974) body styles by
Volkswagen. The Karmann Ghia
combined the chassis and mechan-
icals of the Type 1 (Beetle) with
styling by Luigi Segre of the Italian
carrozzeria Ghia and hand-built
bodywork by the German coach-
builder Karmann.
The Karmann Ghia was internally
designated the Type 14. In 1961,
Volkswagen introduced the Type
34, a variant based on the newly
introduced Type 3 platform and
featuring angular bodywork.
Production doubled soon after its
introduction, becoming the car
most imported into the U.S. More
than 445,000 Karmann Ghias
were produced in Germany over
the car's production life, not in-
cluding the Type 34 variant. Kar-
mann Brazil produced 41,600 cars
locally for South America between
1962 and 1975.
American industrial designer Wal-
ter Dorwin Teague included the
Karmann Ghia in his list of the
world's most beautifully designed
products.
The Type 14 debuted at the Octo-
ber 1953 Paris Auto Show as a
styling concept created for Ghia by
Luigi Segre.
In the early 1950s, Volkswagen
was producing its economy car, the
Type 1 (Beetle). With an increase
in post-war standards of living, ex-
ecutives at Volkswagen proposed
adding a halo car to its model
range, contracting with German
coachbuilder Karmann for its man-
ufacture. Karmann in turn con-
tracted the Italian firm Ghia, who
adapted styling themes previously
explored for Chrysler and Stu-
debaker to a Beetle floorpan wid-
ened by 12 in (300 mm). Virgil
Exner claimed that the design was
his, based on the 1953 Chrysler
D'Elegance.
In contrast to the Beetle's machine
-welded body with bolt-on fenders,
the Karmann Ghia's body panels
were butt-welded, hand-shaped,
and smoothed with English pewter
in a time-consuming process com-
mensurate with higher-end manu-
facturers, resulting in the Karmann
Ghia's higher price.
The design and prototype were
well received by Volkswagen exec-
utives, and in August 1955 the first
Type 14 was manufactured in Os-
nabrück, Germany. Public reaction
to the Type 14 exceeded expecta-
tions, and more than 10,000 were
sold in the first year.
The Type 14 was marketed as a
practical and stylish 2+2 rather
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than as a true sports car. As they
shared engines, the Type 14's en-
gine displacement grew concur-
rently with the Type 1 (Beetle),
ultimately arriving at a displace-
ment of 1584 cc, producing 60 hp
(45 kW).
In August 1957, Volkswagen intro-
duced a convertible version of the
Karmann Ghia. Exterior changes in
1961 included wider and finned
front grilles, taller and more round-
ed rear taillights and headlights
relocated to a higher position –
with previous models and their
lower headlight placement called
lowlights. The Italian designer Ser-
gio Sartorelli, designer of Type 34,
oversaw the various restylings of
Type 14.
In 1970, larger taillights integrated
the reversing lights and larger
wrap-around turn signals. Still
larger and wider taillights in-
creased side visibility. In 1972,
large square-section bumpers re-
placed the smooth round originals.
For the USA model only, 1973
modifications mandated by the Na-
tional Highway Traffic Safety Ad-
ministration (NHTSA) included en-
ergy-absorbing bumpers. A car-
peted package shelf replaced the
rear seat.
In late 1974 the car was supersed-
ed by the Porsche 914 and the
Golf/Rabbit based Scirocco.
Type 34
Karmann
Ghia
In September 1961, Volkswagen
introduced the VW 1500 Karmann
Ghia, or Type 34, based on its new
Type 3 platform, featuring
Volkswagen's new flat 1500cc en-
gine design, and styling by Italian
engineer Sergio Sartorelli. Due to
model confusion with the Type 14
1500 introduced in 1967, the Type
34 was known variously as the
"Der Große Karmann" ("the big
Karmann") in Germany, "Razor
Edge Ghia" in the United Kingdom,
or "European Ghia" (or "Type 3
Ghia" among enthusiasts) in the
United States. Today the name
Type 34 is recognized as the
worldwide naming convention.
The second automobile model in
the world to have this option, an
electrically operated sliding steel
sunroof was optional in 1962. The
styling offered more interior and
cargo room than the original Kar-
mann Ghia. It featured an electric
clock, three luggage spaces, built-
in fog lights, round tail lights, up-
per and lower dash pads, door
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pads, and long padded armrests. It
was the fastest production VW
model of its day.
Until it was replaced by the VW-
Porsche 914, it was the most ex-
pensive and luxurious passenger
car VW manufactured in the
1960s – back then a Type 34 cost
as much as two basic Beetles in
many markets. The comparatively
high price meant it never generat-
ed high demand, and only 42,505
(plus 17 prototype convertibles)
were built over the car's entire
production life between 1962 and
1969 (roughly 5,000 a year). To-
day, the Type 34 is considered a
semi-rare collectible with values
ranging from US$25,000 (nice
original or restored) to $8,000
(driving project) to $3,000 (non-
driving parts car). Values in Europe
are the highest; an unrestored
original Pearl White 1962 Coupe
sold for US$34,000 in Germany in
late 2010.
Although the Type 34 was availa-
ble in most countries, it was not
offered officially in the U.S. – VW's
largest and most important export
market – another reason for its low
sales numbers. Many still made
their way to the USA (most via
Canada), and the USA has the
largest number of known Type 34s
left in the world (400 of the total
1,500 to 2,000 or so remain-
ing[14]).
Like its Type 14 brother, the Type
34 was styled by the Italian design
studio Ghia. There are some simi-
lar styling influences, but the Type
14 Ghia looks very different from
the Type 34. The chassis is also a
major difference between the cars
and the bumpers remain the same;
the Type 14 shares its chassis with
a Beetle, whereas the Type 34
body is mounted on the Type 3
chassis and drive train (the same
as in a 1500/1600 Notchback, Var-
iant (Squareback) and Fastback) –
all distinguished by the standard
1500 pancake engine that allowed
a front and rear boot. The Type 34
is mechanically the same as other
Type 3s. All bodywork, interior,
glass, bumpers, and most of the
lenses are unique to the Type 34.
The Wilhelm Karmann factory as-
sembly line which assembled the
Type 34 also produced the VW-
Porsche 914 (known as Porsche
914 in the USA), the Type 34's re-
placement.
Karmann
Ghia TC As an alternative to the Type 34
Karmann-Ghia coupé, which
Volkswagen had introduced to Eu-
rope in 1961, Karmann-Ghia do
Brasil looked to Ghia in Turin for a
reworked version of the Type 14 at
the end of the 1960s. At the time
Ghia employed Giorgetto Giugiaro,
the famous Italian designer and he
was set to work on the new Brazili-
an Karmann Ghia. The result was
the Volkswagen Karmann Ghia TC
(Touring Coupé), internally known
as the Type 145, which was intro-
duced in 1970.
This was a roomy 2+2 coupe with
a modern and comfortable interior.
Underneath, it was similar to the
Type 14, although the platform of
the Volkswagen Variant was used
rather than that of the Volkswagen
Beetle. The main difference was
the engine: the Type 145 TC was
fitted with the 1584 cc flat-four air-
cooled boxer unit from the Type 3
instead of the 1192 cc unit of the
Type 14. The car had 65 hp
(48 kW) @ 4600 rpm and a top
speed of 86 mph
(138 km/h), compared to
the 34 hp (25 kW) and
72 mph (116 km/h) of the
Type 14.
18,119 TC models were
produced during its produc-
tion run from 1970 until
1976. It was offered only in
South America and was not
exported off the continent.
There is a prototype that is
part of the factory museum
collection of Karmann in
Osnabrück, Germany.
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60years 1955-2015
...it all started with the prototype of the Karmann Ghia of 1953
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Volkswagen
Australia
announces Wolfsburg
Edition Golf
R models Highly-anticipated, first-ever Golf R
Wagon to be offered in limited
numbers as Wolfsburg Edition
model
Golf R hatch Wolfsburg Edition also
offered in limited numbers concur-
rently with the existing Golf R
model
Named after the home of
Volkswagen, Wolfsburg Edition Golf
R models offer exclusive features
and enhanced specification over
standard Golf R
Volkswagen Australia is pleased to
announce the impending arrival of
the limited run Wolfsburg Edition
Golf R models, which also introduc-
es the hotly anticipated Golf R
Wagon, available solely in Wolfs-
burg Edition specification.
The Wolfsburg name is as synony-
mous with Volkswagen as the very
first Beetle that was produced in
the German town these special
edition models are named after.
Wolfsburg is the home of
Volkswagen’s global operations,
and the iconic ‘wolf and castle’
emblem that adorns the Golf R
and Golf R Wagon Wolfsburg Edi-
tion cars is a tribute to the ances-
tral roots of the Volkswagen brand.
Adding a unique, higher specifica-
tion over the standard Golf R
hatch, the Golf R and Golf R Wagon
Wolfsburg Edition models include a
number of key distinguishing fea-
tures. Key specification highlights
include:
Choice of three exterior colours
including the exclusive Oryx
White Pearl
Carbon Nappa leather appointed
upholstery with individually heat-
ed front seats
Black Pretoria 19” alloy wheels
(4)
Black door mirror covers
Black roof rails (Wagon)
Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC)
Front Assist with City Emergency
Brake (City EB)
Proactive occupant protection
system
Blind Spot Monitor with rear traf-
fic alert
Wolfsburg crest badge
The comprehensive equipment
package adds a retail price premi-
um of just $1,750 to the Golf R se-
ries model, arriving at a recom-
mended retail price of $56,990. At
$58,990, the Golf R Wagon Wolfs-
burg Edition carries a $2,000 wag-
on premium.
With such a high level of standard
specification, the only option avail-
able is a panoramic electric glass
sunroof, at RRP $1,850.
Both models offer excellent value
and unparalleled exclusivity; espe-
cially in the case of the Golf R
Wagon, which is currently only
available in limited numbers as the
Wolfsburg Edition for Australian
customers.
Both of these limited-run models
will feature the outstanding perfor-
mance credentials of the Golf R’s
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