Dr. Feelgood was at the Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds this weekend, but minus the marijuana and live music.

The event was the annual Mo-Kan Volkswagen Club’s Bug Blitz/Bus Blast 2004, and Dr. Feelgood wasn’t a British band — it was a neon-green, stretched-out dune buggy with a German engine.

Hundreds of Volkswagen enthusiasts descended upon the fairgrounds Saturday for the free two-day event, which continues today.

Some came in “carabuses” — the portable home version of a caravan — for camping, while most of the 101 owners who entered the show polished every crevice of their vehicles with an eye on the best-in-show trophy.

There were Beetles, new, old, and new versions of old models; there were buses, regular, truck-style and pop-top Westfalia campers. There were models from all the eras, all the way back to a 1944 Beetle from World War II.

Woodstock may not have had this many Volkswagens.

Dave Bach, owner of Das Autohaus, a Volkswagen repair shop in East Lawrence, wouldn’t know. His first Volkswagen, a 1964 Beetle, broke down in Indianapolis on the drive from St. Louis to Woodstock in 1969. Now he has a 2000 Beetle, a 2004 convertible Beetle, a restored 1970 Beetle and a camper. There are more, but he can’t remember them all.

“Pretty much if I’m not doing customers’ cars, I’m working on my own,” he said, laughing.

Some displayed their cars without much fanfare. One 1957 Beetle rolled in and displayed its seat springs and more rust spots than body paint.

John Linthicun, Kansas City, Mo., is reflected in his 1970 Volkswagen hardtop camper van during the Mo-Kan Volkswagen Club's Bug Blitz/Bus Blast 2004. The Saturday event at the Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds was the first show Linthicun had entered.

Across the park in the campgrounds, a transient community of about 30 campers lounged under shaded extensions jutted from their vehicles’ sliding doors. Dee and Glen Hadley, members of the Omaha Buskatiers, brought their 1978 Westfalia camper.

Anyone who owns a VW camper knows the rules, Glen Hadley said:

1) On the road, flash the peace sign to fellow Volkswagen drivers; 2) Bring a tool kit to make sure everyone can leave at the end of the session; 3) Bring tunes; and 4) Bring portable toilets.

“Bus people are real fun,” Glen Hadley said.

The show was co-sponsored by the Northeast Association of Transport Owners, which has several chapters in Missouri, and the Buskatiers. Organizers sponsored a raffle to benefit the Lawrence Humane Society and Retired Greyhounds as Pets.

Last year, the raffle raised more than $1,000 for Women’s Transitional Care Services.