Dave Barlow bought his first T5 back in 2005 and he instantly fell in love with it. Initially it was his work vehicle, that was until he decided to convert it, for the first time... The conversion went pretty well, with Dave managing to let a convertor complete the majority of the work, but he couldn’t help but do a few bits and pieces himself.
Some years later, when Dave met his now wife, Claire, they undertook some escapes and getaways that only a camper van can provide. They were a welcome relief to their busy working lives and led them to give their camper a complete revamp, this meant ripping it all out and doing it all again. This time he completed all the work himself, as the workmanship they had received previously, wasn’t exactly what they had been told to expect. At the time Dave was an air conditioning engineer, a trade he’d been in since completing his apprenticeship, while Claire was working for their local council dealing with all things IT. Dave is pretty skilful with his hands and can build just about anything Claire can think of around their home. He completed the second conversion of his T5 on the driveway, with the advice of some friends and the help of James at Custom Campers, who installed the elevating roof.
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The Evolution of Van
To mark 100 issues of VWBus, David takes a look back at how updating the humble ‘Box on Wheels’ has gone from concept to reality
Wild Times
Perhaps a sign of the wild times we’re in and a telling sign of how fast we’re adapting to the ‘new normal’. I decide to take a U-turn and zoom out on how things looked as that ‘new normal’ was taking hold, along with how that’s effecting our little sector
Story's Story
With The Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden under our belts and barely two weeks on the road, we were heading to the ultimate van life destination; Norway…
Karmann-Go
When you own ‘The fastest motorhome in the world’,getting to the campsite on time shouldn’t be a problem
Gran Tourettesmo
This is a very cool and interesting project, but the question is,is this the ultimate eBay build?
CBBA
If there was such a thing as Cool Bus Builders Anonymous, then each meet in Leicestershire would start with the words. “Hello, my name’s Andy Stretton and I can’t stop building seriously cool buses.”
Honey I Shrunk My Bus
When Grant Gwyn walked into a VW dealership to buy a Viper green Caddy, little did he know his future was about to be very orange...
Milk Float Influence
Nicknamed Ernie, we discover this custom-created T5 pickup won’t be doing the early morning milk round any time soon
Impossible Solved
A while back we brought you a basic sketch of a proposed project, it was both wild and eminently practical. Well it’s finished now and already in service as a daily driver for a very special lad
An Alpine Summer
In the concluding instalment we pick up Richard and Jackie Pickles’ story of their eight-country Alpine summer adventure on the shore of Lake Como in Italy