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Tour Bus

This 1970’s time-capsule is still on its journey around the globe, and is showing no signs of stopping.

The Snail

Undoubtedly one of the stars of the world’s biggest indoor VW event (the Jogja VW Festival in Indonesia) was this hand-built Camper. Paul Knight checks out the story behind this amazing creation.

Q Is For Quantity

That air-cooled Volkswagens were a resounding international success from the 1950s to the 1970s is a matter of record. But for the real records, a proper look at the quite astonishing quantities is called for

Wild Camping In Scotland

Proving you don’t need sun, sand or surf to get the most out of your Camper. Here’s a cool winters tale to inspire us all

Double The Fun

It seems crazy to some, but perfectly acceptable to others, but the owner of this patina Panel sold a full on show Bus to buy it. We totally get it though

Good To Go

What do you do when you can’t buy the crazy fast GTR you’ve set your heart on? Build a kick-ass Bus with a 2276cc EFI motor, that’s what

Blast​​​​​​​ From The Past

This big engined Deluxe was bought for a bargain price in days of old, but it’s comes a long way to end up looking like this.

​​​​​​​Earn Your Stripes

Fashion is a funny thing. If you hold onto anything for long enough it will become cool again. Even a brown Late Bay.

Readers' Rides

Your pride and joy is our delight to share, so here they are.

K Is For Karmann

Karmann was the company that made Volkswagens beautiful, along with decapitating and camping them up too. This is the story of how the Osnabrück firm became so associated with VW, before ultimately ending up as part of the family.

Link Pin Beam Conversion Bay

Our Westfalia is starting to take shape, but the most important thing still had to be sorted. We wanted our Bus low and driving nice, so the link pin conversion process began...

California Hotel

There have been hundreds of Camper conversions companies over the years, but only one has consistently produced top quality conversions worthy of being sold directly via VW dealerships. Let’s take a look at one.

Lifestyle Accessory

It’s been said that a brand is not a way of life, but try telling that to anyone who has allowed an old VW into theirs…

Are You Local?

You don’t have to go far to have a fab time in your Camper, as you’re about to see

Green For Go

When a customer tells a VW restoration firm they can do whatever they want/need to a Bus, it’s music to their ears. Johnson Autoworks didn’t need telling twice.

Readers' Rides

Your pride and joy is our delight to share, so here they are

High On Life

Tired of his slammed, big engined and perfectly painted Split, Luke Villiers discovered a stock height Bay was what he’d been really missing all along

The Golden Smile

Organised by the team behind the Essex VW Night, the Spooky Vee Dub Club and SX Dub Club. With more than 120 cars in attendance, this cruise not only brightened up a dull start to 2019 but also raised more than £1,500 for Farleigh Hospice.

Riding High Rolling Low

When this Bay’s owner passed away, a good friend stepped up to take it to the next level

Flat Four Hangout

A chilly morning at Bruntingthorpe airfield to warm your VW cockles

Shop Tour Retro Restoration

It wasn’t easy, but we finally pinned the ever busy Neil Mabbley down for a chat about what they do and how

Hey Mr. Postman

What you’re looking at here is a rare Type 147 Kleinlieferwagen, which translates as a small van (with a huge personality).

Turning Up The Heat

When the time came to buy a VW the entire family could fi t in, Rob Wigley found an ex-fi re Bus to restore. This one here

U Is For USA

America offered a huge market opportunity for Volkswagen. And it was one that the company enthusiastically seized. But success certainly didn’t come that easily at first

Battle of The Buses Bay V T25

Type 25s. You only buy one when you can’t afford a Bay or a Split. True or false? We know the answer, so let’s have a look at the arguments.

European Vacation

First off, do not attempt this trip if you are in a freshly-built vehicle with zero shakedown miles under your belt, unless of course you’re this lot!

Rusty's Gold

Goldman’s junk is another man’s daily driven go anywhere, do anything work truck. And it’s still working super-hard for a living

The Holy Trinity

When the time came to bid the patina farewell, Jim and Kelly Robinson decided to call upon the help of three trusted specialists

A Wize Move

China isn’t a place you would immediately associate with VW Buses and the import restrictions until now have been prohibitive at best. Apparently, people in China love Split Screen Buses though and VW specialists Morecambe and Wize appear to have found a way in through the red tape…

Goggle Box

What you’re looking at here, is more than just a cool, slammed Barndoor, it’s one the earliest Barndoors with a rear window on the planet