Rusty Lee from the eponymous Rock and Roll bed manufacturer, helped source this bus as he knew that Adam Edmonds was on the look out for an early Westfalia. He managed to find & import this from California where it had been involved in a side impact accident.
“The damage to the side was severe, but other than that it was in amazing dry condition, and just looked like it had been sat for a while. It had a lovely sunburnt look from the Californian sun so that pretty much sold it for me. I have owned the bus for 6 years now, and I have only just finished it!
“My first job was to repair the accident damage, which meant putting a new middle panel and dog leg in. I had never really welded when I purchased the bus, so it was always going to be a steep learning curve for me to get it done. As my imagination and skill set increased, it soon turned into much more than originally planned. I managed to repair the rear quarter panel and luckily the door hadn’t been touched. Once that was done, I knew that I wanted to go low, but then I decided that I wanted it really low whilst still usable. After much research, I chose an Aire Valley front beam with a Rayvern Hydraulic setup.
“To my consternation I found that it wasn’t quite as simple as just fitting the kit. It was pretty much a process of constant trial and error with endless adjustment of the suspension geometry and clearances until I had made it as usable as possible.
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Lance & Lisa Beaver tell the story of their...‘Old School' Westfalia Bay
The history of our bus is varied. I heard that it used to belong to a soccer player who lived in it for a while, and a tale of a cross country trip that was taken in it. Since we’ve owned it, we have been to numerous car shows with our car club Kahiko Kula and enjoy that immensely, but taking it camping is our joy.
Messing About in Boats
“Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing — absolutely nothing — half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”
Hector A Cautionary Tale.
We’d wanted a splitscreen bus for years. And first got the bug, after hiring one for a holiday in Cornwall in 2009.
Ruby Red
Since the tender age of just 3, Joanne Dix has been into splitscreen Volkswagens.
Playing with Fire
‘There we were, all just sitting around the campfire...’
Four lads take on Le Mans
We’d had the Le Mans 24 hour race on our bucket list for a long, long time...
Happy 70th Birthday, Miss Sofie!
This T1 Bulli from 1950 is the world’s oldest street-legal VW bus and is kept in VWCV’s Classic Vehicles collection in Hannover.
Sitting on the Dock of the Bay…
Lockdown Projects.
California Dreamin'
The beginning of our second week and we were being treated to a day out...
Brochure Line - A 2.6 litre T3!
Taking a peep at a highly desirable VW Bus few of us will ever see in its ‘Exclusiv’ finery
