Automotive
VW Bus T4&5+
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
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Issue 100
VW Bus T4&5+
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
2 min |
Issue 100
VW Bus T4&5+
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…
8 min |
Issue 100
VW Bus T4&5+
Karmann-Go
When you own ‘The fastest motorhome in the world’,getting to the campsite on time shouldn’t be a problem
6 min |
Issue 100
VW Bus T4&5+
Gran Tourettesmo
This is a very cool and interesting project, but the question is,is this the ultimate eBay build?
6 min |
Issue 100
VW Bus T4&5+
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.”
5 min |
Issue 100
VW Bus T4&5+
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...
6 min |
Issue 100
VW Bus T4&5+
Milk Float Influence
Nicknamed Ernie, we discover this custom-created T5 pickup won’t be doing the early morning milk round any time soon
8 min |
Issue 100
VW Bus T4&5+
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
6 min |
Issue 100
VW Bus T4&5+
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
5 min |
Issue 100
VW Bus T4&5+
Story's Story
With six-month work sabbaticals approved, a thirst for travel and their beloved T5 on the drive ready and waiting, David and Annemarie Story knew that the summer of 2019 would be one to remember
6 min |
Issue 99
VW Bus T4&5+
Our Bed's Electric
This demo Crafter is built on the longest and tallest model that VW make and it’s packed with an A-Z of goodies including an electric bed
5 min |
Issue 99
VW Bus T4&5+
Mongolia or Bust
This month Ian and Juliet are entering Mongolia for the first time, whilst planning their exit strategy and battling Russian bureaucracy
6 min |
Issue 99
VW Bus T4&5+
Fruity T6
It’s a Blackberry-flavoured T6 with everything thrown in—including a kitchen sink
5 min |
Issue 99
VW Bus T4&5+
Purple Haze
Robin Holmes had always wanted a camper van, but he started his Dub life with a lilac Beetle
6 min |
Issue 99
VW Bus T4&5+
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
5 min |
Issue 99
VW Bus T4&5+
Family Life
Behind the scenes of Transporter Life and T4Life, there are several members of the Stowe family, who all seem to have developed their own specialist skills
4 min |
Issue 99
VW Bus T4&5+
Busy Bees
If you want something done, they say the best people to ask are busy ones, that is most certainly the case here
5 min |
Issue 99
VW Bus T4&5+
Chasing Classic Cars
Bicester Heritage and their Sunday Scrambles have become a mecca for classic car owners. One sunny Sunday last year I joined them
6 min |
Issue 99
VW Bus T4&5+
An Alpine Summer
One couple’s eight-country summer adventure, covering more than 3400 miles, seeking out the best of what Alpine Europe has to offer in their T6 Campervan “Nelson”
4 min |
Issue 99
VW Bus T4&5+
The Red Baron
Baron von Richthofen may have been the inspiration for the name of this T4, but could you have made a cuppa in the back of a Fokker DR.1 Triplane?
5 min |
Issue 98
VW Bus T4&5+
Outlaw Six
When you first find the Transporter scene and the Dubs Outlaws group in particular, then you need a van that works for you, if it looks the part too then that’s an added bonus
5 min |
Issue 98
VW Bus T4&5+
Teahupo'o VW Campers
If you’re looking for a van in which to live your dreams, then why not choose one that has been designed and developed over thirty years?
3 min |
Issue 98
VW Bus T4&5+
Second Time Lucky?
This is Go Explore Camper’s second T6 demo van in short succession; customers keep insisting they want to buy them!
4 min |
Issue 98
VW Bus T4&5+
Me, My Van, And I
Keith Dockar, contacted us a while back, he sent us a few images of his van asking if we’d be interested in featuring his bus? We liked the pictures so much, that we asked him to do the shoot himself. Then, to cap it all off he sent the words in too. We have a feeling this isn’t the last time he’ll make an appearance in the magazine. Take it away Keith…
3 min |
Issue 98
VW Bus T4&5+
Mongolia or Bust
In this, the third instalment, Ian and Juliet contemplate the vastness of Russia whilst passing through Siberia, Mongolia is now in sight
5 min |
Issue 98
VW Bus T4&5+
The Driftwood Artisan
In the latest of our series of features where we go behind the curtain of some of our favourite businesses in the VW scene, we bring you The Driftwood Artisan
4 min |
Issue 98
VW Bus T4&5+
Long Haul Traveller
A multiple T5 and then T6 owner, Ed Jukes is now really feeling the love for his larger GT680 Crafter, despite the odd glitch
4 min |
Issue 98
VW Bus T4&5+
Diggin' The Scene
For some people a T5 is just a work vehicle, for others it’s just a daily driver. For the rest of us it can be an all-consuming and powerful expression of oneself
3 min |
Issue 98
VW Bus T4&5+
A Winter Adventure
The iconic North Coast 500 is an ever-present on many bucket lists. In this, the second instalment, Richard and Jackie Pickles complete their trip
4 min |