September 13th Bug Swarm IX at Rusty Wallis VW

What a great Show. We had over 100 cars and tons' of vendors plus a huge Swap meet. Best show in a long time! Weather threatened rain all day but it never did. Nice cloudy cool day. Perfect weather.

Friday we met the Air cooled club at Kellers drive in and had about 20 cars there.

 

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BUG SWARM IX SHOW RESULTS

BEST OF SHOW-Jennifer Terry, Midwest City, OK, 1957 Beetle.

AIRCOOLED CONVERTIBLE BEETLE & GHIA-1st place Kevin & Stephanie Smith, New Braunfels, TX, 1970 Beetle, 2nd place Paula Ballew, Campbell, TX, 1963 Beetle, 3rd place Elaine Nelson, Seminole, OK, 1967 Beetle.

BEETLE ’67 & EARLIER-1st place Paula Shick-Heath, Richardson, TX, 1966 Beetle, 2nd place, Oscar Polk, Longview, TX, 1966 Beetle, 3rd place, Mark Pester, Fort Worth, TX 1959 Beetle.

BEETLE ’68 & LATER-1ST place Jennifer Bontrager, Fort Worth, TX, 1974 Beetle, 2nd place Terry Webb, Houston, TX, 1972 Beetle, 3rd place Chris & Valerie Peacock, Pilot Point, TX.

CUSTOM BEETLE ALL YEARS-1ST place, Ron Quinnie, Midwest City, OK, 1970 Beetle, 2nd place, Tommy Wood, Perryton, TX, 1969 Beetle, 3rd place, Dale Shick-Heath, Richardson, TX, 1959 Beetle.

GHIA ALL CUSTOM & STOCK-1ST place, Mark French, Sache, TX, 1964 Ghia, 2nd place, Karl Kindt, Grand Prairie, TX, 1971 Ghia, 3rd place, Vito Jamenez, Dallas, TX, 1958 Ghia.

BUS ’67 & EARLIER-1st place, Sammie Smith, Nacogdoches, TX, 1965 Bus, 2nd place, Wayne Carlisle, Garland, TX, 1967 Bus, 3rd place, Fred McDonald, Lewisville, TX 1967 Bus.

BUS ’68 & LATER, 1st place, Claudia & Dennis Holbrook, Fort Worth, TX, 1975 Bus, 2nd place, LeRoy Ludecke, Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, 1993 Euro-Van.

BUS CUSTOM ALL YEARS, 1st place, Mike Everette, Arlington, TX 1963 Deluxe Bus, 2nd place, Jack Wenk, Grand Prairie, TX, 1971 Double Cab, 3rd place, Paul Smith, Morgan Point Resort, TX, 1961 Single Cab.

TYPE 3, 4, & THING-1st place, Jeff Squire, Frisco, TX, 1973 Thing, 2nd place, Rusty Herring, Fort Worth, TX, 1974 Thing, 3rd place, Robb Axelrod, Dallas, TX, 1973 Type 3.

WATERCOOLED STOCK-1st place, Lila McCright, Luther, TX, 1984 Scirrocco, 2nd place, Brain Bergman, Fort Worth, TX, 2003 Golf.

WATERCOOLED CUSTOM-1st place, Richard Briston, Arlington, TX, 2003 Golf GTI, 2nd place, Adrian Martin, Allen, TX, 2003 Golf GTI, 3rd place, Joe Garay, Fort Worth, TX, 1996 Golf GTI.

WATERCOOLED CONVERTIBLE INCLUDING NEW BEETLE- 1st place, Stephen Dumas, Irving, TX, 2003 New Beetle, 2nd place, Dave Forbes, Richardson, TX, 2003 New Beetle, 3rd place, Richard Thackerson, Terrell, TX, 2003 New Beetle.

NEW BEETLE STOCK-1ST place, Tanya Taylor, Mesquite, TX, 2001 New Beetle, 2nd place, Noelle McCutcheon, Arlington, TX, 2003 New Beetle, 3rd place, Bob Pearce, Arlington, TX, HONORABLE MENTION; Ray Lawrence, Irving, TX, 2001 New Beetle & Janie Carpenter, Fort Worth, TX, 2000 New Beetle, Self-disqualified as judges for this class. Thanks!

NEW BEETLE CUSTOM-1st place, Paul Iozzio, Derby, KS, 2001 New Beetle, 2nd place, Carolyn Fleet, Irving, TX, 2002 New Beetle, 3rd place, Tina Ferrill, Ponca City, OK, 1999 New Beetle.

OFFROAD (BAJA, DUNE BUGGY, & SANDRAIL)- 1ST place, Troy Brown, Garland, TX Sandrail, 2nd place, Dana Warren, Shawnee, OK, Dune Buggy, 3rd place, Jimmy & Donna Davis, Grand Saline, TX, Meyers Manx.

FUN AWARDS

BIGGEST DENT-Mike Leonard, Oklahoma City, OK, 1967 Bus.

MOST PRIMER-Parrish McElaine, 1963 Single Cab.

MOST DECALS/BUMPER STICKERS- Parrish McElaine, 1963 Single Cab.

ROAD WARRIOR-John Willis, Garland, TX, 1970 Beetle.

WORST PAINT- Mike Leonard, Oklahoma City, OK, 1967 Bus.

FARTHEST DISTANCE TRAVELED-LeRoy Ludecke, Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, 1993 Euro-Van, 1682 miles.

OLDEST VOLKSWAGEN- John Diechman, Lewisville, TX, 1947 Beetle.

UGLIEST VOLKSWAGEN- John Diechman, Lewisville, TX, 1947 Beetle.

Special thanks goes out to our tee shirt advertisers and door prize suppliers Rusty Wallis Volkswagen, Garland, TX, Automotive Machine & Supply, Fort Worth, TX, The Bug Stop, Arlington, TX, V-Dub Folks, Irving TX, Qualitat Foreign Car Repair, Grand Prairie, TX, Aero-N-Engineering Heating & Air conditioning, Irving, TX, Nettle’s German Car Clinic, Grand Prairie, TX, Black Gold, Arlington, TX, Action T-Shirts and Collectibles, Richardson, TX, Rich’s VW Toys, Terrell, TX, J & J Volkswagen Restoration & Repair, Trenton, TX, Color Express Paintless Dent Repair, Garland, TX, Rocky Mountain Motorworks, The Real Source, SCAT, and Sewfine.

Also thanks to all our volunteers that helped make this show possible. Webpage has pictures thanks to Bob Pearce!