19th Annual Volkswagen Family Reunion Car Show
Please join us on Saturday, June 15th 2024, for the 19th Annual Volkswagen Family Reunion! Once again it will be held at the Dimond Center Mall at 10am until 3pm, awards to be given at 3pm. Come see the cars and meet some nice folks!
Midnight Sun Street Rod Association Thursday Night Cruise
A summertime tradition! Join the MSSRA on Thursday nights at 6pm, they start at the former Sears Mall parking lot and end up at different locations. Check their website for updates.
Facebook
AACVWs is on Facebook
Become a fan and let everyone know where the air-cooled crowd hangs out.
Also if you’re on FACEBOOK, look into the Volkswagen Preservation Society of Alaska, great, active public forum to stay connected with all VW heads, locally and beyond!
The Classic Volkswagen That Rules the Anchorage Car Scene
Bill Crawford’s 1960 VW Karmann Ghia convertible has been turning heads in Alaska for nearly 40 years.
Article on The Wall Street Journal. Click here to read!
Past Events
2021 VW Family Reunion
Our 16th Annual Volkswagen Family Reunion on June 19th, 2021 at the Dimond Center Mall was a great time for all. We had some incredible cars on display, awards for VW, Audi, Porsche, and best “beater”, and door prizes available throughout the day.
VDubs at The Pub
Our first movie event was held at the Bear Tooth Theatre Pub, May 31st 2014, with live musical entertainment by AACVW’s very own Jared Woods, and featuring the movie “The Bus” by Damon Ristau. Everyone had a great time and enjoyed some great food and drink.
If you have any photos you’d like to add to our online album please send them to info@arcticaircooledvws.com or jeff@arcticaircooledvws.com.
AACVWS In the Media
- Greg Wilkinson’s RHD “Aussie in Alaska” (Clayton) makes the cover of Via West magazine!
- AACVWS gets published in VolksWorld magazine!
- AACVWS gets published in Dunebuggies & Hot VWs magazine!
- Kevin Arseneau’s awesome Bus restoration makes the cover of Dunebuggies & Hot VWs magazine!
Mike Brown is organizing a new chapter of the AACVW…the AORVWs (Arctic Off-Road VWs) for all you off-road enthusiasts. The AORVWs will be planning off-road and camping trips throughout the summer…so watch for announcements.
R.I.P., Wayne Johnson
It is with a heavy heart to let all know that on 10/21/2021, local legend, guru, master mechanic, and so much more to so many of us – Wayne Johnson of Johnson’s VW Repair – passed away. Please keep his family in your thoughts, and please share a memory on our Facebook page. Here’s to you, Wayne, and all the VWs that live on in your name.
Gone, but never forgotten…
We are sad to learn of the passing of a club member and friend, Ted Beilman. If you didn’t have the pleasure of knowing Ted, you can read about him here: Beilman: “A True Home Town Man”.