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VW Camper & Commercial 66
  • Doubling Up - 1965 Double Cab
    Michael Jeffs and his partner, from Balsall Common in the midlands, love camping in their 1971 Bay window bus. But they fancied something else too, something different to take along to VW shows…
  • Shasta Snow Trip: Highway 50 - Part 1
    This year I had the opportunity to fulfil a long held dream and take part in the epic Shasta Snow Trip; that mad gathering of trailblazing Split-screen buses in northern California, which I’d been following since we acquired our beat up old kombi...
  • Get Shorty - Type 2 TranShorter
    Adrian and Jeremy Pearce of South Gloucestershire know a thing or two about VWs. The brothers own and run the family business, Autumn Brooke Garage in the village of Winterbourne. They also own what has become somewhat of a local celebrity – meet...
  • Cream of the Crop - 1970 Danbury Camper
    Like so many of us, Jason Grant, from Fareham in Hants, knew it was ‘the one’ when he found his new bus – after going to view it he says, “I loved the old girl as soon as I saw her. I wanted a lifestyle change and thought that this was the perfect...
  • Well Worth the Wait - 1962 Panel Van
    Martin Ashfield from Ottery St Mary, in Devon has been interested in VW buses for a long time, ever since childhood in fact. When most people finally do acquire their first bus, they normally get one that’s pretty much ready to go…  not Martin!
  • Labour of Love - 1973 Bay Window Kombi
    Chris & Gemma Wheel from Swansea, do like a nice VW. They are also the rightfully proud owners of the stunning 1973 Bay window Kombi Devon conversion you see here. But as the couple know only too well, loving a VW often means lots of work…
  • Moody Blue - 2000 T4 Transporter
    For David Roddis of Nottingham, building, owning and using a VW bus is much more than just a pastime; a bus is part of the family…
  • Accessorise! 66
    You may have read about some of my accessory collection in last month’s issue — I have been collecting ’30s-’70s car accessories for nearly 30 years and I now have 10,000 of them…
  • Show Preview: Vantastival 2013
    A mere hop across the Irish Sea will get you to some proper VW partying at a unique event that can only be described as a fantastic van festival… or to put it another way, welcome to Vantastival!
  • Camper Mart 2013 Report
    With the show season begining to warm up properly now there are whispers of spring returning, it’s time to look back at the event that kick-started the year, Camper Mart… and what a start to the year it was.
  • Awnathology Part 1
    There isn’t much information about for awnings; surprising considering the coverage other areas of campervan ownership get. Over the coming articles, I aim to put this right, starting with Devon and their associations with the camping cloth trade....
  • Brochure Line - 66: VW Krankenwagen
    In an age when our Health Service and alleged cuts are a political hot potato, it’s reassuring to know that Nordhoff’s Volkswagen were consistent in their production of ambulances and brochures to match.
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VW Camper & Commercial 65
  • Drag Deluxe - 1965 Deluxe Microbus
    Adding something special in the engine bay became Chris Byron’s obsession after buying this ’65 van, so don’t misinterpret those rat-style looks, there’s a sting in the tail that should guarantee very fast times when this drag bus hits the quarter-...
  • Big Window Boy - 1992 Caravelle Carat
    Whilst production of the T3 ceased in 1990 (apart from the LLE Special Editions), the South African plant at Uitenhage continued producing an upgraded T3 model until 2002. Introduced in 1991 one distinctive feature of the restyle was the fitting of...
  • VW Homage to Catalonia
    When we took the tough decision to sell our beloved T3 and buy a T5, we always hoped that it would help us travel that bit further. At the end of 2011 we got an invite to one of our best friend’s weddings near Mollerusa in Catalonia, and when our T3...
  • A Westfalian Safare - 1968 Safare Camper
    Back in issue 63 we brought you the story of a family who flew over to Canada to buy a very special bus, then travelled down the coast from Vancouver to Los Angeles in it before shipping it home! This issue we tell the story of that unique bus – a...
  • Custom Classic - 1967 Custom Camper
    When a restoration is done properly, it lasts. The camper featured here was restored back in 2004, yet the paint and body look as fresh as if just done. The external styling, stance and interior are much more recent however…
  • Simply Stock - 1969 Holdsworth Camper
    While Devon and Westfalia were the big players in the camping conversion Premier League, the Champion’s League had a host of smaller companies offering distinctively designed alternatives. One such was Holdsworth; you don’t see many about nowadays...
  • An Adventure With Bilbo - 1998 Bilbo Celeste
    Bilbo Campers has come a long way since it started converting Dutch ex-army and police buses in the back streets of Amsterdam in the mid-70s! Finding a demand and a readily available source of cheap solid base models, husband and wife team David and...
  • The Final Fling 2012
    Now in its sixth year, The Final Fling is one of the very last VW club events of the season, and attracted a fine line-up of around 150 vehicles over the weekend.
  • Barndoor Bonanza! O.C.T.O. Classic Weekend 2012
    Arguably the most anticipated Volkswagen show of the year was the 2012 June or Classic weekend O.C.T.O. meet. The goal: to have the largest known count of Barndoor buses on record at one show… drum roll please… and the survey says, 58! Yes, that is...
  • How To - 65: Remove a Spare Wheel Well
    Gain extra space for sleeping and more room for a leisure battery by removing a spare wheel well in the rear of your van.
  • Bonaween 2012 - A new event from the Busfest Team
    Our first Bonaween camp went very well indeed (a lot better than we could have possibly hoped for) as we had almost perfect weather (apart from it being wet, windy, and cold!) for the most important times during the weekend.
  • Accessorise!
    I have always loved plastic of all kinds. When I was a kid I used to collect bits of Bakelite around my grandmother’s house. I don’t know why and I didn’t know what it was at the time, but I loved it — and she had LOTS of it!
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VW Camper & Commercial 64
  • Shifting Hemispheres - 1972 T2 Bay Window
    “Our first venture into VWs came when we rented a bus from Tourtoise Tours in Northern Ireland for a long weekend. We loved it so much we bought the bus you see here the following week!”
  • VW Festival 2012 - Harewood House, Leeds
    2012 was a terrible year for events up and down the country, due to the adverse and unpredictable weather conditions.
  • On the Button! - 1962 T2 Split Screen
    Dan Button has been in the VW scene for a few years now, and his whole family are addicted to the lifestyle! He’s owned a few Beetles in the past, but after spending a weekend in a friend’s hightop back at Vanfest 2007, and with a...
  • Beach Hut Bus - 1972 T2 Bay Window
    Meet Mark Dean. He says; “when you go to the beach and see all the beach huts lined up, all the pretty colours, I love that. But what really appeals to me is the idea of being able to travel, adventure, and take your home with you.” Introducing, The...
  • Who Needs a Ferrari..? - 1963 T2 Split Kombi
    “My friends thought I was mad for buying an old battered split screen, but what do they know...”
  • Atlantic Adventure - 1990 Westfalia Atlantic
    Imagine the scene; it’s Boxing Day 2011 and the Raymond Family of Lancaster are enjoying a quiet comedown after the Christmas festivities, then a phone call comes through to the house with the now immortal words, “I think we’ve found your bus”…
  • The Genius of Design - 2012 T5.1 Transporter T30
    This bus has several unique design features, the man behind it tore up the standard campervan template and drew his own. The results is stylish, surprising and pleasing in equal measure, all touched with a tinge of genius.
  • There & Back again: A Volkswagen Tale
    It all started during a nightshift off-shore while browsing EarlyBay.com. I came across an advert for a 1969 high-top in patina Montana Red… just one minor detail though… this cool-looking bus was in Canada!
  • Cider, Music & a Freedom Microlite
    Last October was dominated for us by two things, caravans and apples! We’d spent countless hours scouring the web and the country for a second-hand Freedom Microlite caravan to support our growing family, as well as scratching around trying to lay...
  • A New Year, A New Name - Syncrospares to Coast VW
    Syncrospares is a well known name to most people in the Volkswagen T3 world — especially for the rare 4x4 syncro variant.
  • MoT Updates 2013
    The MoT has been updated and includes several changes that may affect older buses. We highlight some of the important points.
  • The Barefoot Chef 64 - A Good Toasted Sandwich
    How to be a chic camper without being poncey.
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