Archive for the ‘Split Screen’ Category
For the first Readers Ride of 2010 I have something a bit different for you and something we have not featured here on the VW Camper Van Blog before. Feast (no pun intended) your eyes on Brian Bussell’s very rare 1964 Volkswagen Splitscreen Australian Container Van.
Soon to be father of two, Brian, has managed to combine his love for Volkswagen Vans with his skill as a chef to come up with a great new business venture which is going down a storm at many of the VW shows. Brian was kind enough to send over some photos of his Split Screen so I will hand over to Brian to tell us more about this amazing van: (more…)
Tags: Container Van, Readers Rides, Split Screen, VW Catering
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Back in December, I asked you to vote for your favourite van featured on the VW Camper Van Blog throughout 2009. We had a wide range of different vans to choose between from Split Screens and Bay Window Single Cabs right through to Type 25 Campers and T4’s.
Well… the votes have been official counted and verified and I am pleased (and not surprised) to announce that the winner of the VW Camper Van Blog Readers Ride of the Year 2009 is… (drum roll), Bob’s 1967 21 Window Split Screen Microbus which was featured back in August.
Coming in a close 2nd was Amy’s 1969 Low Light Early Bay Window Camper Van from September and in 3rd place was the unusual 1979 VW Type II Bay Window Camper Van owned by Orville which was featured in November. (more…)
Tags: Bay Window, Early Bay, Pickup, Readers Rides
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We have had a wide variety of vans submitted in to the Readers Rides section throughout 2009 from pristine Split Screen Vans through to stunning T4’s with a whole load of T25 Work Vans, Bay Window Pickups and Custom Built Camper Vans in between. So I thought it was about time to figure out just which one is the best.
We have had photos of 16 VW Vans sent in during the last 12 months, each of them unique and loved dearly by their owners, but which one deserves the crown of the VW Camper Van Blog ‘Readers Ride of the Year 2009′?
The nominees for Readers Ride of the Year 2009 are shown below. Once you have had a good look through them, you can cast your vote at the bottom of this article. The winner will be announced on the 31st January 2010. (more…)
Tags: Bay Window, Early Bay, Pickup, Readers Rides, Split Screen, T25, T4, Type 2
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I recently got chatting to a VW Van enthusiast I met on Facebook called Martha. She started telling me about an amazing project she and her friends were working on. The project was simply to build the world’s largest VW Van.
The idea was conceived after returning from Burning Man 2008, an event that brings together artists, hippies, and cool people of all backgrounds from around the world to celebrate life. Martha explains, ‘Each year artists create “mutant” vehicles that can be driven during the annual Burning Man event. Kirk Strawn, Rob Larson and their families attended Burning Man in 2008 and witnessed first hand the unbelievable creativity unleashed by the mutant vehicle artists and wondered what they could build to take to the event in 2009′.
Tags: Singlecab, Split Screen
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As graphic designers, both Lu and I are particularly passionate about retro and vintage artwork. Team this up with our love for VW Camper Vans and you get some of our favourite adverts ever created!
I have been scouring the web to find some of the best examples of retro Volkswagen adverts and thought I would share with your my favourites.
These retro VW adverts are clean, simple and each one sends a clear message to their audience. The sense of continuity is spot on and their word play and copy really does set the standard (if you can put up with the sexism!).
Tags: Adverts, Bay Window, Split Screen
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This weeks Readers Rides comes from Bob Cropsey who has been restoring vintage VW Vans for a number of years from his home in New Jersey, USA. I am sure the photos show just how much experience Bob has with classic VW’s, but in case you were questioning his credentials he has even written a book about his passion and the work he undertakes. For more information about his book, entitled ‘Volkswagen: History to Hobby’ check out his website at www.jerseyclassic.com.
Many of the VW’s Bob has restored have been featured in magazines and on covers of books. Bob has been kind enough to send in some photos of his outstanding 1967 21 Window Split Screen Microbus (which has recently been featured in the May edition of Hot VW Magazine), so sit back and enjoy this truly stunning van. (more…)
Tags: Microbus, Readers Rides, Singlecab, Split Screen
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I have recently set up a VW Camper Van Blog Flickr Group for people to add photos of their own VW vans or photos of cool VW Vans they have seen at shows or out and about.
A number of people have been contributing their photos to the group so I thought I would start showing them off here on the blog.
This is the first in a series of posts featuring the best photos that have been submitted to the Flickr Group. This first post focuses on where it all began… the Split Screen. There is some really nice photography here and some awesome split screen vans.
Tags: Flickr, Split Screen
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I was going through my iPhoto library the other day and could not believe how many shots I had of random VW Camper Vans. It seems every time I see one I have take a photo of it (those of you who follow the VW Camper Van Blog on Twitter will know this as I often tweet the photos straight from my phone).
As I have so many photos I have set up a VW Camper Van Blog Flickr account so please feel free to take a look and follow me on Flickr. I have also set up a VW Camper Van Blog Flickr Group for anyone who wants to upload there own photos of VW Vans.
Anyway, I thought I would go through all the photos I have and post some of them here. Some are from the various shows I attended last year and others have just been shot on the roadside. Oh, and I have thrown in a couple of shots of my own van for good measure!
Tags: Bay Window, Flickr, Split Screen, T25, VW Shows
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This weeks guest post comes from Sum Doood, a regular reader of the VW Camper Van Blog and a member of the VW Camper Van Blog Facebook Group. In this article, Sum Doood tells of his lifelong dealings with VW Camper Vans:
In 1959 at the age of three somewhere in Gloucestershire I was introduced to my first VW, a Kombi in which the family took holidays in wildest Wales and highland Scotland. I remember sleeping over the engine and waking to dodge the overnight condensation dripping onto my ex-WD sleeping bag.
We progressed to a comparatively sophisticated Devon Caravette and in 1966 moved to Wales where, with our hip-displaced Labrador puppy, we lived for three very wet autumn months in an old, crudely converted and totally immobile Bedford bus, what some might call a non-starter home. Perhaps for adults it represented too much camping because shortly afterwards the Caravette was sold.
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Tags: Split Screen, T25, T4
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Whether it’s for inspiration for your own VW Van or just for fun, looking at other photos of VW Camper Vans and Buses is sometimes addictive. It’s great going through the ’show us yours’ sections on the forums and seeing what other people have done with their vans.
One of the best places to find images of VW Camper Vans is Flickr. Flickr is an online photo sharing site which allows the user to upload images to groups or to create their own groups. If you ever want to search for an image of something, it can normally be found on Flickr.
Recently, I started searching through the many VW Camper Van related image galleries that can be found on Flickr and here I share with you the best ones I have found:
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Tags: Bay Window, Flickr, Split Screen, T25, T4, T5
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