It’s been a long, drawn out, winter for us at Slam Sanctuary. So, we were fully stoked to finally arrive at Ultimate Dubs in Telford last weekend for the ‘show season’ opener. Hosted over a Saturday evening and all day Sunday, it’s a great chance for friends to catch-up after being busy with their normal lives… With the majority of people staying overnight, there’s plenty of time for social gatherings, whether it’s over cars, food, or beers – unless you’re too busy setting up and running a stand, like us, unfortunately! That’s because we’ve been sitting on the brand new Spring ’17 clothing collection for a couple of months waiting to drop it on you all at Ultimate Dubs. Well, it went down an absolute treat – we can’t thank everyone enough for almost clearing out the whole store. In fact, we’ve already had to restock a lot of items, which should be available through our online store in a few weeks time. We also supported our good friends at Distinct Detail Co. with debuting their new brand of boutique car care products on our booth – they’re definitely a company to watch!
This year we displayed Ben Rye’s ’57 Beetle (which we recently featured), Jack Royston’s incredible Type 3 Notchback, and of course, (with us being us) we had to have a BMW on the booth… in the form of Jack Williams’ E28, which was finished just a couple of days prior! I’ll let the photographs do the rest, sit back and enjoy…
Our Pop-up Store all set up and ready for the day
Jack Williams’ M52-swapped BMW E28 on Air Lift suspension & OZ Breyton’s
Ben Rye’s ’57 Volkswagen Oval Beetle on Air Lift suspension & custom 3pc smoothies
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(Click here to check out our feature on Ben’s Beetle)
Jack Royston’s ’71 Volkswagen Type 3 Notchback on Air Lift suspension & BBS E30’s
Richard Skinner’s ’83 Volkswagen Santana on Air Lift suspension & BBS RF’s
Parm Panesar’s BMW F80 M3 on Air Lift suspension & Rotiform LAS-R’s
Dwane Thompson’s Vauxhall Adam on Air Lift suspension & Rotiform RSE’s
Vick Nagi’s Mercedes-Benz W126 560SEL on Air Lift suspension & BBS E28’s
Mark Riccioni’s Mazda RX-7 on Rotiform LAS-R’s
Steve Fraser’s Audi S3 Saloon on Air Lift suspension & Rotiform ZRH’s
Dan Taylor’s BMW E46 M3 on Air Lift suspension & WORK Meister R’s
Jay McToldridge’s Datsun 260Z on Rotiform GTB’s
Ryan Stewart’s Alpina B10 3.3 Touring on Air Lift suspension & Rotiform RSE’s
(Click here to check out our feature on Ryan’s B10)
Becky Evans’ BMW E21 on Air Lift suspension & BBS RS’
Jason Zeigler’s VW Mk7 Golf R on Air Lift suspension & Rotiform LSR’s
Nicholas Pritchard’s Ford RS500 Cosworth on Compomotive TH1882’s
Kat Giles’ Audi Q3 on Air Lift suspension & Rotiform ROC’s
Max Lumb’s Porsche 944 S2 on Airdynamiks / Air Lift suspension & OZ Futura’s
Julian Loose’s Audi B7 RS4 Avant on Air Lift / AccuAir suspension & Ispiri FFR7/FFR8’s
Ben Chandler’s Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG on Rotiform SLC’s
Faye Collins’ Audi RS3 on HP Drivetech / AccuAir suspension & Rotiform YVR’s
Jack Hogg’s Audi A7 on HP Drivetech / AccuAir suspension & AG AGL24 SPEC3’s
Alex Begley’s BMW F80 M3 on Air Lift suspension & Fifteen52 Formula GT’s
Rachid Ait Moumad’s Audi B5 S4 Avant on Air Lift suspension & RAD48 VR’s
Jordan Warren’s Rocket Bunny Mazda RX-7 on AirREX / Air Lift suspension & WORK Meister R’s
Only Charged Dubs’ Audi C5 Allroad on Airdynamiks / AccuAir suspension & stepped-up OZ Futura’s
Alex Challinor’s Mk2 Audi TT on Air Lift suspension & BBS CH-R’s
Kristof Mombaerts’ Porsche 964 on KW suspension & Rotiform STR’s
David Paiva’s Audi B5 A4 on Air Lift suspension & BBS RS’
Black Sheep Belgium’s Porsche 964 on Air Lift suspension & Rotiform LHR’s
Rob Kelly’s Audi C7 A6 on Air Lift suspension & Rotiform OZT’s
Sean Robbins’ bagged Datsun 240Z with BMW M52 2.8l engine swap on Extreme Offset Wheels
Ben Braeckman’s Volkswagen Passat CC on Air Lift suspension & RAD48 LR 2.0’s
Corey Nolan’s BMW F32 435i on Air Lift / AccuAir suspension & Rotiform RSE’s
Jack Smith’s bagged Mk1 Golf on Fifteen52 Tarmac 348′s
Maarten’s Porsche 964 on KW V3 HLS suspension & Cargraphic Racing wheels
André Neudert’s Volkswagen Beetle on Air Lift suspension
Sam Curtis’ Mk2 Golf GTI on Air Lift suspension & custom-built BBS RA’s
Glenn Sweeck’s Audi Allroad on Air Lift / Accuair suspension & BBS RS2’s
Bradley Mckee’s bagged ’78 Volkswagen B1 Passat on BBS LM’s
Auto Finesse’s BMW F80 M3 on HP Drivetech / AccuAir suspension & ADV.1 wheels
Niall Fearon’s Volkswagen Mk3 Scirocco on Air Lift suspension & Rotiform OZT’s
Alistair Cox’s Porsche 996 GT3 on Airdynamiks / AccuAir suspension & BBS LM’s
Angus Munro’s Porsche 964 on Air Lift suspension & BBS Super-RS’
Liam Handley’s Volkswagen Mk2 Polo Coupe GT on BBS RS’
Toby Wilkinson’s Mk2 Audi TTS on StillStatic / H&R suspension & MB LV1’s
Alex Wright’s static BMW E36 328i Sport on ACS Type 1’s
(Click here to check out our feature on Alex’s E36)
Marc’s Volkswagen Mk4 Golf on Air Lift suspension & BBS RC300’s
Ian Kelly’s Audi SQ5 on Air Lift suspension & Rotiform wheels
James Munro’s Porsche 356 Speedster on Air Lift suspension
Yeah, yeah, I know… It didn’t seem like much of a ‘Dubs’ show, but let’s face it, that argument is getting old now. Times are changing, and there just aren’t as many people building Volkswagens anymore, or at least there aren’t many stand-out builds. Ultimate Dubs is much more of a trade exhibition these days, and if companies are building BMWs, Mercs, and Jap cars, then that’s what you’re going to see. We still did our best to showcase some of our favourite VAG examples, though – but we’re always going to photograph what captures our attention and what we feel is ‘cool’. We hope you all had a fantastic weekend if you attended, and you’ll be glad to hear that our next event will be entirely Volkswagen based, as we’re heading to The Volksworld Show on the 25/26th March!
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