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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. (more…)

Tags: Bay Window, Restoration, Westfalia
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This weeks Readers Rides comes from Lauren, a keen photographer from Jersey who shows us her recently restored 1975 Volkswagen Bay Window Microbus:

Name: Sweet P

Model: Volkswagen Type 2 / Bay Window

Year: 1975

Conversion: N/A (Originally an Army Bus from Amsterdam)

Colour: Pea Green / White

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Tags: Bay Window, Readers Rides, Restoration
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