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The Demon Dweebs : Club HistoryGrant (Stig) had been into the newly emerging UK aircooled VW scene of the late 80's attending early BugJam events at Santa-Pod around 1988, and by the early 1990's he had hooked up with Russ and Austin and the seeds of the club sown. In true Demon Dweebs style, the name 'Demon Dweebs' was borrowed from a sticker spotted in someone else's car, and the Demon Dweebs stick-man/mascot adapted from a design on a T-shirt that Grant picked up while on holiday in Cypress, and the club and the original logo were officially born.Grant admits that the early years are a bit hazy these days, but the club grew and many new members came and went, and some time around 1994/95 the club won the rust and prime at Beetle Bash (an honor that was to be repeated by current member Pete (Mo) with his Type 3 Notch Back at Brighton Breeze 2002). For the rest of the 90's BugJam, and Big Bang at Santa Pod Drag Strip were regularly attended, resulting in the idea at Big Bang 2000 by Jeff (Bobb-Dobbs), Grant (Stig) and Gareth (SlackGareth) for a club race car. A year of mad activity saw some amazing acts of generosity within the UK VW scene and the 'ProjectCa$hback' drag car had its public debut at Brighton Breeze 2001, and first drag strip run at BugJam 2001. Ca$hback was run for 2 seasons, resulting in a best 1/4mile time of 15ish seconds. The full Ca$hback story can be found on Ca$hback's own website: www.projectcashback.go.to Ca$hBack was regularly featured in the now deceased Total VW magazine, and full articles can be found in the Sept 2000, Nov 2000, Dec 2000, Xmas 2000 issues, as well as Jeff's (Bobb Dobbs) beetle in Sept 99, and Stu's lowrider T25 in Oct 2000. By the end of 2002 Grant (Stig) had ceased to be a full-time member of the Dweebs, having started up a lowrider hydraulics company in Brighton, called Lowlife Hydraulics, check out thier website: www.lowlifeuk.com. This led to some disagreements within the club about the future of Ca$hback, resulting in Ca$hback being passed onto the CheshAir VW club, and a number of club members drifting away and developing new interests. But the club has bounced back again and over the last few years shown an excellent turn out for the monthly meets, shows all year round and a bunch of random tomfoolery in and around Brighton. Current active members can been found on the members page, and as many past members as could be remembered are listed below. If you are a Dweeb Veteran maybe you have some photos of your VW, early club meets, or the club at shows attended, please get in touch.dweebs@demondweebs.co.uk , or use our forum, or even better come along to a club meet... "...Once a Dweeb always a Dweeb!" Back to the Ol Skool with the Dweeb Veterans: Austin / Russ / Anton / Jeff (Bobb Dobbs) / Gareth (SlackGareth) / Neil Scotty (Lowrider) / Wes / Jon (Bumhole) / Craig / Clive / Darren / Rob / Mark Fish Mark Barn / Scot / Sheryl / Susi / Scot / Mark & Tess / Tim & Emma / Andy |
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