Happy Campers – West Coast Bays
As usual, it looks as though we will have a bunch of happy campers at the December 4th Pomona Swap Meet & Classic Car Show. One large group will be happily camping, showing their vehicles and sharing stories and information in the Volkswagen show/sale section. They are the West Coast Bays and they are our Featured Car Club at the December 4th Swap Meet. Many members are regular shoppers and/or vendors at the Pomona Swap Meet, but we are privileged to have them out as a group showing their vehicles.

West Coast Bays is a group of VW enthusiasts interested in the 1968 through 1979 Volkswagen Bus, known in the VW hobby as the Bay Window. After feeling the Bay Window had kind of been neglected by the rest of the VW bus world, with so many clubs out there specifically only allowing the “Splitty” bus in (1967 and earlier), the father-son tandem of Rich and Andy Kimball thought it was about time to have a club for “the other guy”. And so the West Coast Bays was formed. The club, with now over 50 members, is centered in Southern California, but includes members from all over the world, which is impressive for a club formed just four months ago.

The purpose of the club is to unite Bay Window owners and enthusiasts, informing them of up-coming Bay Window related activities, as well as parts sources and service providers. The club website, Baywindowbus.org, has a calendar of events, a place for club member photos, a “swap meet” to sell your Bay Window stuff, and a forum to discuss Bay Window topics.

Stop by the VW show/sale section on December 4th to see some cool campers and even cooler accessories. You may not see a Bay Window display like this again anytime soon.
If you would like to sign up for the club, you can click here to print out the registration form. Fill it out and mail or fax it into their offices with your payment. It’s that easy!

-Matt Zarzana