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Issue 144

When Stan Bruton finally paid off his mortgage about 3 years ago, he decided to look for a split-screen bus. Something that he’d fancied for a while.

- Dave Richards

Delightful Dormobile

We simply wanted a right-hand drive campervan that we could stand up in! Not an unreasonable goal to set, and when this appeared on the website of UK Sports Cars in Canterbury, it appeared to tick all of our boxes, so without further ado, we knew it was time and we went for it. I was actually working overseas when I saw it make its first appearance on the for sale section, so I contacted my wife Lesley and asked her to pop over and take a quick look! It’s a good two and a half hours each way from our house to Canterbury, and luckily she fell in love with the bus. And just as soon as I returned to the UK, we arranged to buy and collect it and drive it back home to Fareham.

“When we bought it, it was pretty much up together, there was no rust or rot as much work had clearly been done on the vehicle in the past, but since then we’ve done quite a bit of work to it.

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Volkswagen Camper and Commercial

Volkswagen Camper and Commercial

Lance & Lisa Beaver tell the story of their...‘Old School' Westfalia Bay

The history of our bus is varied. I heard that it used to belong to a soccer player who lived in it for a while, and a tale of a cross country trip that was taken in it. Since we’ve owned it, we have been to numerous car shows with our car club Kahiko Kula and enjoy that immensely, but taking it camping is our joy.

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4 mins

Issue 156

Volkswagen Camper and Commercial

Volkswagen Camper and Commercial

Messing About in Boats

“Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing — absolutely nothing — half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”

time to read

4 mins

Issue 156

Volkswagen Camper and Commercial

Hector A Cautionary Tale.

We’d wanted a splitscreen bus for years. And first got the bug, after hiring one for a holiday in Cornwall in 2009.

time to read

4 mins

Issue 156

Volkswagen Camper and Commercial

Ruby Red

Since the tender age of just 3, Joanne Dix has been into splitscreen Volkswagens.

time to read

4 mins

Issue 156

Volkswagen Camper and Commercial

Volkswagen Camper and Commercial

Playing with Fire

‘There we were, all just sitting around the campfire...’

time to read

3 mins

Issue 156

Volkswagen Camper and Commercial

Volkswagen Camper and Commercial

Four lads take on Le Mans

We’d had the Le Mans 24 hour race on our bucket list for a long, long time...

time to read

4 mins

Issue 156

Volkswagen Camper and Commercial

Volkswagen Camper and Commercial

Happy 70th Birthday, Miss Sofie!

This T1 Bulli from 1950 is the world’s oldest street-legal VW bus and is kept in VWCV’s Classic Vehicles collection in Hannover.

time to read

2 mins

Issue 156

Volkswagen Camper and Commercial

Volkswagen Camper and Commercial

Sitting on the Dock of the Bay…

Lockdown Projects.

time to read

2 mins

Issue 156

Volkswagen Camper and Commercial

Volkswagen Camper and Commercial

California Dreamin'

The beginning of our second week and we were being treated to a day out...

time to read

4 mins

Issue 156

Volkswagen Camper and Commercial

Volkswagen Camper and Commercial

Brochure Line - A 2.6 litre T3!

Taking a peep at a highly desirable VW Bus few of us will ever see in its ‘Exclusiv’ finery

time to read

2 mins

Issue 156

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