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Den had always wanted to body drop an early Bay Window but was unsuccessful in convincing any of his customers that was what they wanted, so when the opportunity presented itself for him to do it to a 1970 bus he could use himself, he didn’t hesitate. It had been bought as a running project but it needed a lot of work to make it road legal, the original conversion had been done in Australia and it had been bought by a backpacker who wanted to explore down under, he loved the experience so much that before his return to the UK he put his purchase into a container and shipped it across the world. Upon its arrival to UK shores the bus was used for one camping trip but was then put to one side for one reason or another, it was left for six years before Denis spotted it on Facebook Marketplace and went to see it. Of course, he wasn’t put off by the amount of metalwork work required, as he had seen the potential already, and so the deal was done and the Bay was added to the growing collection of Slambassador vehicles.
This story is from the Issue 145 edition of Volkswagen Camper and Commercial.
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