Globe trotter

Fred Joly has got a problem, but it’s a problem a lot of VolksWorld readers would I’m sure dearly love to have

Words: Mark Walker

THE COLLECTORS - FRED JOLY There are so many cool offshoots of the VW scene that there’s enough to keep most people interested for a lifetime. Some, however, choose to explore a particular niche within the scene, and that one rabbit hole is enough to keep their interest alive for decades. For Fred Joly from France, it’s original EMPI parts, and memorabilia surrounding the early days of California Look. And boy, has he gone deep down that rabbit hole! Fred’s VW journey began, like many in France, at the Super VW Nationals in Jablines. There, in 1992, he bought his first Beetle and, five years later, purchased his first genuine EMPI part for it. The GTV steering wheel came from an old friend of VolksWorld, Kobus Cantraine in Belgium, and…

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VolksWorld (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2024

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