VWT Lifestyle

VW Camper & Bus magazine is the number one worldwide magazine dedicated to the iconic VW Camper. It contains everything any Bus fan would ever need to know including news and products, entertaining and knowledgeable history features to a useful step-by-step ‘How To' section. The magazine also includes a variety of readers' content from inspirational road trips and stories to features on everyday Camper Vans. It covers vehicles dating way back to the initial launch in 1950 up to the present and the very latest Camper available on the road today.

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LATEST STUFF

Happy as Larry • Andy and Jan Wheeler didn’t let the fact it didn’t have an interior or roof canvas, and had suffered a flat when they saw it, put them off buying this Bay

Work... and all play • When your Bay truck serves as a work tool you’ve got the best of both worlds, says Dan Elmer

ONLY TETLEY WILL DO • When your Bus becomes known as Tetley due to the amount of rust holes, you know you’re in trouble until your friends and fellow club members come to the rescue

Just Joshing • A head full of fresh ideas, the ability to learn new skills and a dad that was willing to roll up his sleeves and get stuck in resulted in Josh Chadwick ending up with a usable Camper his family can enjoy for many years to come

Totally INSANE! • Ditching the camping kit for this fully-equipped T6.1 proved a good move for outdoor fanatic Jamie Douglas

Two’s company • For a lot of T4 owners, buying and building a T6 would be the pinnacle of VW van ownership. Not for Tim Bletcher though, the T4 you see here is the keeper, with the T6 being just a sideline...

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Family Van • With help from his future son-in-law, Kevin Burns transformed this once forlorn looking ’66 Split into the sweet, Subaru-powered camper you see before you

Morocco or BUST! • Badger Reynolds introduces ‘Hermione’, the ’66 Splittie that saved his life – twice – and tells of the events that inspired him to write a book about his adventures

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Hire thinking • As a lifelong friend of Heritage directors Paul and Barney, it’s no surprise Ed Tomlinson has an interest in Volkswagens. His first camper conversion project was this Citrus themed former RAC T5 – but that was just the start of it...

BADDEST BUS ADVENTURES

Panel perfect • Regular contributor Peter Simpson shows how he fitted a Newton Commercial door panel kit to give his T25 Van more of a comfy camper feel inside

First night nerves • Ian does a few jobs on his T25 before setting off on his first night away

First timer tips

What’s in the Box? • Born out of So Cal culture during the 1970s, the Brubaker Box was a futuristic reinterpretation of the Type 2, albeit using the Type 1 as its basis. There were plans for 400 a month to be built, but ultimately, less than a tenth of that number were ever created

Feel the power • Former Safer Motoring editor Robin Wager remembers a test of one of the first 2.0-litre Eurovette Bay Window Buses