For a US spec vehicle there are a number of challenges to overcome in order to get a UK registration. Perhaps the biggest thing to realise is that in most US states there are no inspections for vehicles over a certain age – not even safety inspections, hence it is possible that although the bus was being driven on the road in the US that it will require some specific work to make it meet a UK MOT test. Read the rest of this entry »
Before the second world war Hitler wanted an inexpensive car for working man and so Ferdinand Porsche was enlisted to design such a car. In 1938 Volkswagenwerk GmbH was formed – the name ‘Volkswagen’ means ‘People’s car’ in Germany. However the Volkswagen factory was mainly involved in manufacturing military vehicles – Hitler secretly Read the rest of this entry »
This site has been built with projects in mind, and so to help navigate through the various articles each major project will have its own gravatar. Clicking on the gravatar – either in the post header or the projects box – will show all the articles related to that project. Cool huh?
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The start of a restoration of a 1967 VW bus – a Lotus white 13 window deluxe
67 13w – Camper restoration project begins
The first big VW bus project – an early 1967 deluxe bus, originally from San Francisco the bus was bought through thesamba.com and slowly over the course of several years transformed into a near show standard bus. Read the rest of this entry »
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How to use the gallery tags – TAGGED
Busandcamper has a very powerful tag feature in the gallery, using a similar approach to tags in wordpress blogs we have placed tags in the pictures with what is relevant in the them.
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This is the first bus we bought back in Oct 2002, bought through www.theSamba.com
Our first Bus – an SO-42
This is the first bus we bought back in October 2002, bought through theSamba.com, this bus came out of Kansas. Looking lovely in its velvet green L512 probably original paint, nice fresh white bumpers – US spec of course and of course the safari windows, Read the rest of this entry »
Moonie Split Window Buses
A selection of Volkswagens finest split window Buses at the Full Moon Bus Club meet high up in the Appalachian mountains USA.
Full moon Bus Club Baywindows
Bay windows and the Full Moon Bus Club go hand in hand - this is the vehicle of choice and here we present a selection of Bays at High Country Bus Festival
FMBC High Country T25s
Just off the Blue Ridge Parkway in NC is the Full Moon Bus Club campout - here we present the post Bay window era of VW Campervans
FMBC High Country ARTWORK
Every summer the Full Moon Bus Club get together high up in the Smoky mountains for a campout - presenting the unique artwork of this amazing club and event
West Coast Classics visit
Dropped in on Lenny Copps West Coast Classic shop in California for an informal look around
Bulli Brigade Meetings
Awesome vintage Bus meet in Florida every year - here are some highlights over the years and some fantastic Rat look Vans
DragBus Album
From start to finish - how we took a 66 Deluxe from a rough Bus to blasting down the Drag Strip
Farmington Fast Times Shows
North Carolina VW meeting, Drag racing and Volkswagen's twice a year, pics over the years
Charlotte Transporter Shows
Pictures from the many years of attending this growing North Carolina Bus only show
VW Camper 67 Bus finished
Several years in the making but here is the finished project - 67 Bus exterior
67 Bus gearbox brakes petrol tank
Fitting a reconditioned gearbox, restored petrol tank and going through the stock brakes
67 Bus underneath restoration
Now for the really messy job of cleaning, painting and detailing the underside, lots of scraping, degreaser, cleaning and then prime, and a coat of POR15 to those high impact areas
67 Bus interior retrim
Post paint visit to the trim shop for a brand new headliner and seat coverings
67 Bus sandblasted
So after the detail welding was complete the bus went off to be sand blasted - this is what we got back
67 Bus MOT
Time for an MOT, this was just before we left, then a life changing move whipped us to the North Carolina USA
67 Bus drivers rocker
Replacing the inner and outer is not for the nervous kind - its easy to mess this up and have a warped bus, this was a first for us so it took a while
67 Bus drivers wheelarch
Starting to repair the rusty stuff, this is the drivers wheelarch repair, bench model but applies to most buses, also some detail pictures of the passenger side
67 Bus arrival
As it arrived at Telford docks in the UK, driven home via an MOT station and thence to the house
Peppercorn
A really cool vintage VW show in Kent UK, some uber rare vehicles show here, this is actually from back in 2003
67 Bus purchase
An original early 1967 deluxe Camper bought in California through thesamba.com - this is an unusual or rare Lotus White L282, bench model with mostly original interior
VW Camper Westfalia 1966
A first VW Camper from back in the day, cool bus, check out the features. Its a fairly used SO-42 with some custom mods to the roof racks, and of course running safaris.
VW Action
Peterborough UK, some cool VW's at the show, Action is as much about the night life as the car show, this is from 2002