Our October meeting will take us around the area on the annual Color Cruise on October 8th or the 15th for the rain date. Meet at the Coal Valley Happy Joe’s, 320 W 1st Ave, Coal Valley. Gather in the West end of the parking lot between the Country Fair Mall and Happy Joe’s.


Best of the Bunch 2017 trophy winners

Jerry Robison – Lisle, IL ‘74 Yellow Thing
Gerry Odean – Davenport, IA ‘66 Blue Beetle
Kathy Myers – Colona, IL ‘74 Orange Beetle
Lenny & Karmen Wilkensen – Bettendorf, IA ‘67 Blue Bus
Tom & Shirley Kemp – Marion, IL ‘67 Black VW Pickup
Larry & Pat Gainer – Davenport, IA ‘73 Red Ghia
John Portzer – Galena, IL ‘71 White Camper Bus
Ryan Schulz – Bartlett, IL ‘68 Green Beetle
Gary Hanson – Clarendon Hills, IL ‘87 Beige Camper Bus
Doug Narczewski – Spring Valley, IL ‘66 T34 Blue Ghia
 




It was brought to my attention that this is
our very own Rex Newman’s 50th year
keeping vintage Volkswagen’s alive. I’m
sure a lot of you have taken advice on how
to work on your cars from Rex. Many of
you have had your engines serviced by Rex
that are still in your cars today. He had an
apprenticeship straight out of high school
working as a mechanic for Volkswagen.
And since 1967 he has been helping us
and countless others keep their vintage
Volkswagen’s alive and running. So on
behalf of myself, BiState VW club and the
overall Volkswagen community, we would
like to thank Rex for his service.