Now For Something Completely Different.

A T6 specifically designed to achieve two very disparate tasks, so to paraphrase the inimitable Monty Python...

- DAVE RICHARDS

Technically, this bus started life as a 2018 VW T6 edition 150 PS. I appreciate that we’ve all seen working Volkswagen panel vans which have a mattress chucked in at the weekends... And indeed, owner Daniel Lewes still fondly remembers spending just such a weekend with his wife Laura at Santa Pod soon after buying his T6 just before he sent it away to be modified.

This however, is a Platinum Extreme conversion from Platinum Skyline Wales. In reality, this makes it a proper working vehicle, (the back door is actually sign-written) which can double up as a very comfortable campervan.

“I wanted the VW to be used as a practical, yet refined vehicle, as well as just being my daily workhorse”. There’s a clever, split rear folding bulkhead which allows the bus to convert easily.

On the one hand, with the bulkhead folded down, it’s a day-van with under-bed storage and the ability to provide spacious sleeping for two adults. On the other, the bulkhead opens into the upright position to create something more akin to a crew cab which separates the driver and passenger compartment from the tools, chemicals and working equipment in the very back.