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5 Nation army
The British Rallycross Championship has kicked back into life with renewed vigour post-Covid and has electric technology in its sights
California Dreamin'
During my years of covering VW shows and events, especially in Europe, I have become good friends with several of the VW legends who travel over from California. So when the chance for a return visit arose last year Jen and I were packed in a flash!
Danbury Delight
Whilst still retaining many original features, this Danbury camper also successfully blends in a host of subtle custom touches and modifications
The Barefoot Chef
Camper Calling is one of the few occasions that I manage to meet up with Alan Hayward, my watercooled oppo from our sister magazine; VW Bus.
One Of A Kind
A 1979 air cooled T3 syncro? Mike Ghia tells us the story behind this one off creation.
The HonuBus
After developing a love for the ocean as a little girl spending time with her Grandfather in San Diego, plus having strong family ties to the Pacific Islands, Patrisha Wyatt channelled her aquatic affections into her bus restoration with perhaps unequalled intensity!
Body Dropped Bay
Uncommon double door model, original paint, patina and signwriting, slammed, Porsche Type 4 motor … what’s not to love here!
Gorgeous Gecko
Classic buses are a firm favourite for wedding transport, looking at this gorgeous Dormobile it’s easy to see why!
1955 Wolfsburg Bus
Built on 19th March 1955, this Microbus would have been amongst the first to roll off the production line and is the oldest post-Barndoor Bus in the UK.
In Search Of The Samba
In which we compile a collection of Sambas and dream of lottery wins and a purpose built garage.
Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay…
Normally, Spring is the time when those who have been busy building or refreshing buses through the winter get the chance to bring out their new creations.
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...
Two-stroke bloke!
CMM racer David Trueman on how he stumbled across two beautiful Suzuki race-replicas and the issues he encountered.
Milk Float Influence
Nicknamed Ernie, we discover this custom-created T5 pickup won’t be doing the early morning milk round any time soon
Good vibrations!
Our very own Beach Boy Ralph Ferrand checks out Gunson’s vibratory tumbler!
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
Workshop Kawasaki Z1000 valve clearances Take a seat…
A valve seat, to be precise! And hope that it’s not an incontinent one, as Ralph recently found with a Kawasaki Z1000A1.
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
Project Suzuki B120P Part 2 Oh BLOOP!
It’s part two of our Pip’s restoration of a Suzuki B120P – but things aren’t going quite as planned!
Top-end stuff!
With all the lockdown nonsense, it’s time for Allen to get on with the motor build of his splendid Kawasaki Super Six.
Tanks for the memory...
The overriding remit of pretty well everyone who reads CMM is, in my humble op, that we would rather spend a day-and-a-half creating a tool, bracket, tester, whatever, than go to the shop for a proprietary device that fills that particular void simply by buying a thing with a lump of hard-earned cash.
Enfield of dreams
Royal Enfield's 650 twins have been a roaring success since they reached dealers in the spring of 2019. So how can a classically-styled machine appeal to such a wide range of riders? John Nutting rode one to find out
Project Yamaha CS3C Part 10 Electric Avenue!
It’s mostly electrics this time along with a light dusting of transmission trauma.
Survival strategy
Why data and simulation are motorsport’s best friends