This weeks Readers Rides comes from Amy from Kendal in Cumbria who shows us her1969 Low Light Early Bay Window Camper Van named ‘Dolly’.
Amy loves her van so much she has decided to share it with the world by hiring it out for camping holidays in the Lake District or Yorkshire Dales. For more information regarding hiring Dolly, please visit their website.
About the van
Dolly is a 1969 early bay, type 2 Volkswagen camper van. She has a reconditioned engine so she goes a bit quicker than when she left the factory. Read the rest of this entry »
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Well, it is that time of year where the VW Bus and Camper shows seems to be coming one after another. A few weeks ago I posted some photos from the Dubs at the Beach event in Paignton and those of you that follow me on Twitter will have seen some more show photos tweeted whilst I attended the Cornwall VW Jamboree 2009 last Sunday.
I have never been to this event, which is held at the Stithians Agricultural Show near Redruth and unfortunately due to the rather bad weather combined with a tight schedule I can’t say I had too long to sit back and enjoy the atmosphere!
Nevertheless, there were some truly inspirational VW Vans on show so I thought I would show you some of the photos we shot whilst at the event. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted in VW Shows and Events
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!).
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Posted in Bay Window, Split Screen
I recently started a series of blog articles showcasing the best VW Camper Van and Bus photos from the VW Camper Van Blog Flickr Group. In the first post I featured the best Split Screens from the flickr group and in this follow up article I will show some of the best Bay Window Van images that have been added by the readers of the VW Blog.
The Flickr group is really taking off now with over 400 images of VW Vans so if you haven’t added your van yet, please do so now!!
The next article (which will be published in a couple of weeks) will feature the best Type 25 Vans from the group, so get your T25 on now to be in with a chance of being featured on the blog.
So here they are, the best VW Bay Window Vans… Read the rest of this entry »
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Anyone following me on Twitter will know that over the weekend I was tweeting plenty of photos of VW camper vans. This is because I am lucky enough to have a very good Volkswagen Camper Van and Bus Show held right on my doorstep. I first stumbled upon the Dubs at the Beach show in it’s first year in 2005. Back then we had just returned from a 6 month trip around the world (a lot of which was done in a camper van - see here, here and here) and we had decided we wanted a VW Van.
We were just heading out the door one Sunday afternoon in August to view a Bay Window van in Truro. Don’t get me wrong, this was certainly not a show model but we just wanted to start getting some ideas as to what we wanted. As we were getting in the car we had a call from a friend of ours saying ‘you know you were looking for a Volkswagen Camper Van? Well get down the seafront now as there is loads of them here!!’ Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted in VW Shows and Events
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. Read the rest of this entry »
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This weeks guest blog post comes from Jed, a long time VW Camper Van enthusiast from the States who tells us how, after a long time, he finally got the chance to own his own.
One day I was walking through a junkyard with my father looking for front-end parts for his bug, I came across this green VW camper bus.
“Dad,” I yelled over, “is this one of those VW bus.”
“Yes,” he replied, “Don’t play with it and get over here!”
I just could not help myself. One little look could not hurt, and then it happened I was hooked and had to have a VW bus. I did not feel the full pull of this desire until months after seeing that green bus, but all VW buses started looking good from that point forward. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted in Bay Window
The VW Camper Van Blog has teamed up with the good guys at GiftLab.co.uk to offer our readers the chance to win a Custom VW Camper van Desk Tidy!
This pop out camper van allows you to build your own camper, personalise it and then find a job for it. The Custom Camper is perfect for anyone who’s a fan of travelling in style. To build your own camper simply open it up, make a few simple folds and there you have it - your very own 3D custom camper to hold your pens. This is where the fun begins… you can pimp your ride using the enclosed sticker sheets. The good thing about this one is it won’t break down!
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Posted in VW Camper Accessories, VW Camper Van News
This weeks Readers Rides comes from Jim Cox who runs the cool gift ideas company, giftlab.co.uk. Jim is lucky enough to own 2 Volkswagen T25 Vans, both of them very well restored. Jim was kind enough to send in some photos of his VW Vans for us to see:
Van 1
Model: Type 25 (T25)
Location: London
Color: Nissan Figaro Lapis grey
Engine: Reconditioned 1900 waterboxer engine
Wheels: Audi S4 18″ wheels (later changed to porsche teledials), 45mm drop Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted in Readers Rides, T25
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.
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Posted in Split Screen
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