Volkswagen Camper & Commercial – May 2019

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love the way unstaged
period photographs
capture and preserve
a moment in time,
as in this month’s Welcome image
taken at the Wolfsburg factory gates
in 1951. I’m unsure if it’s the end
of a shift, or a convoy heading off
to showcase or even road test the
vehicles, but just check out that line
of new bugs and barndoor buses. I
just love the little incidental details

• the guy in the foreground’s leather
  flying helmet, jacket and briefcase,
  the children watching intently, or
  the gateman’s bike casually propped
  by the office door.
  Custom styling is a recurrent
  theme across our features buses this
  month, from combining classic stock
  looks and subtle modern upgrades
  to something a bit more radical,
  as in our T5 Swamper with its
  Raptor Bed Liner painted bumpers,
  roof, grille and wing mirrors, and
  Tuff Torque wheels. Lovers of
  preserving an original unrestored
  look will simply adore our 1962
  Microbus with a stance to scare
  any ground-hugging weed, coupled
  with original paint and patina. This
  was originally used as a shuttle bus
  by Cactus Jack’s Casino in Nevada
  and the sun-bleached signwriting
  is still just visible; one novel feature
  installed for the Casino, and still in
  working order, was a roof mounted
  swivelling spotlight. Very cool.
  Staying in the sunny US, check
  out the stunning Montana Red
  and Cloud White 1969 Microbus;
  combining classic stock looks,
  period custom styling and upgraded
  engine and running gear, this bus

Enjoy your bus;

drive your bus

Cover

Eric Arnold

Centre Poster

Simon Cooke

Contributors:

Steve Leatham,

Dave Richards,

Richard Copping,

Rob Hawkins,

Andy Morgan,

Mike Clements,

Simon Cooke,

Ben Hosking,

Eric Arnold,

Ollie Dyer & Gez

Ensine, Theo

Mosman, Pamela

Peters, Hubert

Rechmann,

Martin Friend

I

just oozes with charm and character.

More shiny paint can be found on

our 1967 Australian Kombi with

its eye-catching Sulphur Yellow

and Candy White paint bringing a

smile to the faces of all who see it.

Scotland is the home of our 1971 Bay

• formerly a Danbury Camper now
  resplendent in Kawasaki Green and
  Ford Frozen White and fitted with
  a modern interior. Our final feature,
  an Autohomes T3 Kamper pop top,
  takes a much more subtle route;
  over ten years of ownership this
  T3 has been given a South African
  style facelift, Westy roof, Nightfire
  Red metallic repaint, and a modern
  interior but still retains its classic
  looks.
  It’s still March as I write this, but
  by the time you read it the show
  season will be well under way,
  with Dubs at the Mill, Bus Types,
  and Dubs in Wonderland already
  having gone, and I am really looking

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forward to Stanford Hall and the

SSVC weekend and getting out and

about again. Though it will not be

the same without Meg our Collie

who died (peacefully of old age)

recently and who loved being in

the bus.

Also this month we join the UK

cruise to Ninove, meander through

Devon and Cornwall and visit a very

wet and windy OCTO - the sun does

not always shine in California then!

Wherever your bus takes you this

coming year – Happy Trails.

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