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Vintage VW buses take over the entire Huntington Beach Pier

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  • Dozens of vintage VW vans line one side of the Huntington Beach pier Saturday morning as the Kowabunga Van Klan of Huntington Beach Car Show featured a colorful array of 110 vintage VW buses lined up all along the pier from Duke’s to Ruby’s
    in Huntington Beach on Saturday, April 27, 2019. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)

  • A Minion and a hula dancer peer out of the pop up windshield of a classic VW van as the Kowabunga Van Klan of Huntington Beach Car Show featured a colorful array of 110 vintage VW buses lined up all along the pier from Duke’s to Ruby’s in Huntington Beach on Saturday, April 27, 2019. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)

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  • One of more than 60 VW vans allowed to park on the Huntington Beach Pier Saturday as the Kowabunga Van Klan of Huntington Beach Car Show featured a colorful array of 110 vintage VW buses lined up all along the pier from Duke’s to Ruby’s in Huntington Beach on Saturday, April 27, 2019. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)

  • A man peers in the driver side window of a restored 1964 21-window micro bus as the Kowabunga Van Klan of Huntington Beach Car Show featured a colorful array of 110 vintage VW buses lined up all along the pier from Duke’s to Ruby’s in Huntington Beach on Saturday, April 27, 2019. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)

  • VW vans in all conditions, from freshly restored to in real need of restoration, were all lined up as the Kowabunga Van Klan of Huntington Beach Car Show featured a colorful array of 110 vintage VW buses lined up all along the pier from Duke’s to Ruby’s
    in Huntington Beach on Saturday, April 27, 2019. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)

  • Mario Coffman, Long Beach, relaxes and reads a book on the pier next to his 1966 13 window deluxe van as the Kowabunga Van Klan of Huntington Beach Car Show featured a colorful array of 110 vintage VW buses lined up all along the pier from Duke’s to Ruby’s in Huntington Beach on Saturday, April 27, 2019. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)

  • A very rare right-hand drive 1960 Westfalia camper van was one of the VW vans on display as the Kowabunga Van Klan of Huntington Beach Car Show featured a colorful array of 110 vintage VW buses lined up all along the pier from Duke’s to Ruby’s
    in Huntington Beach on Saturday, April 27, 2019. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)

  • A 1967 Double Cab with folding side gates and a canvas top was a special draw for Lacey Garcia and her son Sawyer Garcia, 5, as the Kowabunga Van Klan of Huntington Beach Car Show featured a colorful array of 110 vintage VW buses lined up all along the pier from Duke’s to Ruby’s in Huntington Beach on Saturday, April 27, 2019. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)

  • People look inside one of the many VW vans parked along the side of the Huntington Beach pier Saturday as the Kowabunga Van Klan of Huntington Beach Car Show featured a colorful array of 110 vintage VW buses lined up all along the pier from Duke’s to Ruby’s in Huntington Beach on Saturday, April 27, 2019. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)

  • Alan and Penny Harsen, Hacienda Heights, relax in the back of their 1966 Delux Van as the Kowabunga Van Klan of Huntington Beach Car Show featured a colorful array of 110 vintage VW buses lined up all along the pier from Duke’s to Ruby’s in Huntington Beach on Saturday, April 27, 2019. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)

  • Joy, the Labrador Retriever watches people pass by her ownerÕs fire engine red 1963 Type 2 Pickup as the Kowabunga Van Klan of Huntington Beach Car Show featured a colorful array of 110 vintage VW buses lined up all along the pier from Duke’s to Ruby’s in Huntington Beach on Saturday, April 27, 2019. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)

  • A couple looks at a mid-1960Õs Double Cab VW in the parking lot of the Huntington Beach pier as the Kowabunga Van Klan of Huntington Beach Car Show featured a colorful array of 110 vintage VW buses lined up all along the pier from Duke’s to Ruby’s
    in Huntington Beach on Saturday, April 27, 2019. (Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)

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Car shows don’t get much more colorful than this one. Nor, usually, are their settings quite so primo.

More than 100 vintage VW buses stretched from the foot of the Huntington Beach Pier all the way to Ruby’s Diner on Saturday, April 27.

Hosted by the Kowabunga Van Klan, the sight-to-see captivated thousands of beachgoers and VW enthusiasts.