Higher Hire
When you are parents, you have regular jobs and an existing, successful,
mail order company, what else do you need in your life? Oh yes, a camper
van hire company, of course, Best Of Both Worlds
If you think you can’t camp in a Kombi or other van with a second row of
seats, then a RoadPod might just be the thing for you...

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...

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’s story of their eight-country Alpine summer adventure on the shore of Lake Como in Italy...

Purple Haze
Robin Holmes had always wanted a camper van, but he started his Dub life with a lilac Beetle some thirty years ago.

Warhorse
There may be a whole herd of horses under the bonnet, but it’s the horse on the bonnet that gives Mark Horrell’s T5.1 its identity.

Promoting The Product
A new series looking at the way VW promote their products in brochure form..

Diggin The Scene
For some people a T5 is just a work vehicle, for others it’s a daily driver. For the rest of us it can be a consuming and powerful expression of oneself.

Second Time Lucky
This is Go Explore Camper’s second T6 demo van in short succession; customers keep insisting they want to buy them!

Luxury Is Less
New columnist, Oli Grogan, joins us to share his unique slant on life, this month he’s pondering paint...

Small But Mighty
When we saw Martyn Hillman’s immaculate black Caddy in the show and shine at Dubtoberfest, we had to go and take a look. A little visit to Wales followed.

Beauty and the Beast
This highly polished grey T4 Swamper will brighten up any grey day. It’s great for both family adventures and the show scene.

White Lightning
This specialist recovery truck is called a Blitzlader in Germany, this translates as Lightning Loader. In the right hands it does this very successfully, even if it looks… unusual..

Making Your Mind Up
When looking for a van it pays to buy the best that you can find, no matter the model, it will help if you have an open mind.

Interior Design
When you design and fit house interiors for a living, it would be rude not to do the same for your Transporter.

Never Ending Story
Bought on impulse, changes to this rusty T4 take place more often than Katie Price changes her husband..

High Roller
We’ve seen a few dark wood and luxurious interiors, often in steampunk themed vans, but let us introduce you to dark-toned luxury, on a thoroughly up to date and contemporary scale.

Shop Tour
Anne has been to CJL Leisure to check out their purpose built action-sports vans.

Double Dutch
Mike and Clare take George the campervan abroad for the first time and make their maiden visit to The Netherlands, motor racing in Zandvoort no less..

Van So Low
Demo vans abound, some we feature, most we reject. This bus was built to demonstrate one product and one product alone, So Low coil-over suspension. We’ve wanted to feature it for a while and now we’ve finally got our van.

Chromodynamics
Chromodynamics describes what happens if you let Van Haven loose on a Chrome Yellow T6 Kombi. Also defined as a fantastically flexible and superbly accomplished cruiser, with bells on.

A Highland Fling
Steve travels to Pitlochry for the Highland Games, cabers were tossed, and flings were flung..

MERLIN MAGIC Caster Of Spells.

COOL CUSTARD Caravelle Cruiser.

Tartan Bus Primordial..

PURPLE BUZZ - Camping Chic.

CODE ORANGE - Biker’s Comfort.

Grape Expectations - Tremendous TSI..

The Proverbial Thumb
No matter where this Grape yellow van goes, it never fails to attract attention. It sticks out like the proverbial sore thumb, but in a good way, obviously.

Red Hot And Blue
When Chris Tuckwell bought his Night Blue bus, getting it converted was a bit of a mission, mostly due to two doors and a fridge.

Autoholic’s Kitchen
The Chef is cooking up something Autumn friendly this month..

Built Better
If you’ve been customising and improving cars since before you were
old enough to drive them, it should be no surprise to anybody when
your T5 receives some attention too, The Slamper
When they have time between working on customer’s vehicles,
the crew at Slambassador occasionally put out a build of their own,
they’re always both mental and amazing in equal measure...

A Severe Bout Of Islanditis: New Freelancer Mike Trippitt heads across the Solent in his VW T6 campervan ‘George’, thirty years after
first setting foot on the Isle of Wight and meets a cool Splitty… in a bar, Deva Dubs & Rods: VWs and Hot Rods go head-to-head in a battle for victory in a soggy arena in Shrewsbury...

The Old Man’s Truck: If you start a project with your Dad, finishing it is a priority no matter
what, even if the worst happens, Bongo Fury: If you tell people you’re interested in buying a campervan and they suggest the Bongo because it’s cheaper, you don’t need to be mad, but you can get furious...

Rise Of The Outcaster Once seen, never forgotten. This Rat-Steampunk-Mad Max inspired T4 takes
no prisoners and dares to be different, Urban Tiger If your silver T5 is seeming a little plain, then why not add some eye-catching graphics? Some that will mean you’ll never lose your bus in a car park ever again...

Between Love And Madness Richard Sparks has been in the motor trade for years it was inevitable that he’d find himself a Transporter at some point, but it took some work to make it this good, The Colour Purple Martin Parsons’ favourite colour is purple, although that’s only obvious when you open up the door on his immaculate T4...

Beast From The (North) East Take some Lamborghini orange, air-ride suspension, some hydro-dipping and a one-off interior, mix it all together and what do you have? “The  Beast”,Exploring Not Touring Harriet and Dan are heading back towards Perth and
meet a Quokka or two...

Aiming (Mid) High
When you’ve overdone the downsizing, from an LT to a SWB T5, what do
you do? Buy an LWB mid high top T5.1, that’s what!, Busman’s Holiday
Thanks to some hard work this T5 conversion was carefully researched and
planned, then well executed to achieve this award-winning result...

Scrapper’s Delight If you’re converting a van yourself and your budget is tight, then thinking outside the box can be a great idea and using reclaimed materials is almost
mandatory, Snakebite When a Transporter is too big for your work requirements, but you still want something with a bit of bite, then a stunning, Viper green Caddy is just the ticket, Exploring Not Touring Harriet and Dan are having trouble with the wildlife as they head to the North West Cape in Australia...

Unintentional Camper
When the vehicle you’ve bought for work just doesn’t stand up to the
conditions, it has to be replaced. But, what do you do with it? A camper
conversion obviously, Team Xtreme
Successful companies evolve and change with the times, for Xtreme
Van that has meant a new direction and a new address to keep up with
demand...

Long Time Coming When you spend your entire life working hard to support your family, retirement should bring something special and for David Bostock that meant a very special T4, Dub Force As a self-confessed former Boy Racer, Ian Butterworth was as surprised as
anyone when his attentions changed from his show car to the vehicle he
used to tow it...

Pine And Dandy Dan Ingram and Harriet Carpenter are a couple with many talents: photographers, bloggers, travel junkies, upholsterers, plumbers, electricians and of course, carpenters. They should probably convert vans for a living, Big Shot This trophy-winning Swamped and Steampunk’d Crafter is a
welcome addition to the VW show scene, Where The Wheels Go Hélène is on the final leg of her
European jaunt, living in her van whilst training for and competing in International Ironman competitions...

Tommy The Turtle It takes a certain something to make you change direction, especially if that something isn’t a particularly fast thing, Arrested Development Take a white T5, add a dollop of imagination and what you end up with is one of the most arresting Transporters seen in recent times...

Chip Off The Old Block When your Dad owns a garage that specialises in working on T4s and T5s, it’s no surprise that you end up working with him and sharing the same passion, Hire Purpose When you run a successful conversion company and you want to show your customers what you can do, then why not have a fully converted van about to demonstrate that?, Trigg This is a shining example of VW ownership, with all manner of ups and downs...

Home From Home When you run a business, you strive for success. When success comes you don’t sit about, you evolve. Pete Staniforth from Vanshades shows his latest evolution, Syncronicity Andrew Abbot has had the VW vibe pulsing through his veins for a long time. It’s something that his wife and two beautiful daughters will probably never understand, Six Sensed Modified from day one, this stunning T6 owned by Andy Stretton at Transporter HQ just doesn’t seem to stop evolving...

Father And Son: Not everyone is lucky enough to be able to include their son’s input in their van build, but then again not everyone gets into VWs by chance, Guinness Is Good For You Steve Collis, the van’s owner is known to like the odd Guinness, there’s even a fridge dedicated to the black stuff in his Transporter...

What Was It?
Wozavan began life in February 2017 after Warren Biddulph
decided that he needed to readdress his work life balance. This T5
shows just what he can do, Swamped Doka
A truly unique build capable of tackling whatever is thrown at it, come
rain, snow or shine...

Top Dog Becoming the owner of a dog called Amy changed the lives of Adam and Trisha Bedford. Ultimately it started the ball rolling, that led to them buying a brand spanking new T6, Luxtorpeda This ultra-cool pickup may not be as unusual as the Polish train known as the Luxtorpeda, but it does attract a similar amount of attention and originates from the same country...

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This is the only magazine dedicated to the late model VW buses from the T4 and T5 on. The magazine acknowledges the evolution of the VW bus and spotlights where this symbol of freedom and adventure has now arrived: the T4 and T5 - taking their rightful place in the family of VW models and carrying on the tradition of quality and innovation that is the ever iconic VW Bus.
The ownership and fan base of the T4 and nowadays also the T5 has grown in recent years from a handful of these models turning up and hiding in the day visitors’ car park at the occasional VW show, to now dominating the Show n Shine paddocks throughout the season.
With affordable or good condition vintage VW buses becoming increasingly rare, the late model, front engine variants have stepped up to become the ideal solution that neatly combines the fun of owning an authentic VW bus with the practicalities of a modern vehicle.
These models also make the ideal canvas for all sorts of creative modifications with some owners being happy to clip on a shiny new set of wheel trims whilst others go the full one off custom route – versatility is the theme.

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