VW Bus T4&5+

This is the only magazine dedicated to the late model VW buses from the T4 and T5 on. The magazine acknowledges the evolution of the VW bus and spotlights where this symbol of freedom and adventure has now arrived: the T4 and T5 - taking their rightful place in the family of VW models and carrying on the tradition of quality and innovation that is the ever iconic VW Bus.

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VW Bus T4&5+

Show News • New Year Update

Rugs For Convertors • Showroom Venture

Is This You? • Ecowagon Looking To Recruit

Wolfrace Rimmage • New In Their Luxury Range

Magazine Update • A few changes

Bucket List Bucket • Detailer’s Delight

Bucket Buddy • Auto Finesse Tool Storage

GTI Style • New From Just Kampers

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THAT’S A WRAP! • “I have always wanted to own a Split-Screen Samba, but I have never had the money to get either a decent one, or even one that was slowly rusting away’, so says Alan MacDonald-Brown

TILLY’S TRAVELS • After another good night’s sleep in Tilly, we pointed her towards the most northerly, and quite possibly the windiest point of Britain; Dunnet head

NEVER LOOK BACK! • Michael Harris and his partner Donna had always wanted a VW bus, but they didn’t think that they could afford one

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AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT • In which the Microstar turns a few heads for both the right and wrong reasons

DIY SOS T4 EDITION • Steve Barge set out to prove you can build a really cool T4 on a budget, and that’s exactly what he’s done

BETTER A LITTLE LATE THAN NEVER • Camper Mart 2021 may have been a bit later in the year than normal, but it was still a roaring success

OLD AL’S ALMANAC • As tradition dictates, when the new year dawns, I get to present you with ‘Old Al’s Almanac’, my prediction for the year ahead. Sadly, for various reasons, my crystal ball is predicting a year of shortages ahead, Brexit, Covid related supply chain issues, general government and corporate incompetencies, slick marketing and possible interference from aliens…

VW BUS T4&5+

DUBS AT THE CASTLE 2021 • The VW scene storms Caldicot Castle once again

ONCE BITTEN, TWICE CONVERTED • Once you’ve converted your van it’s finished, right? Except that is, when you’ve decided you need to use it to showcase your new business

THE GREEN MACHINE • ‘We’re definitely not buying a T4!’ My wife Nicky told me during an internet search for a VW camper. We’d started looking in August, but the prices of T5s were truly astonishing

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AGAINST THE ODDS • Alan Marcon believes his T5 is the perfect weapon for being both environmentally friendly and the fastest bus around the Nürburgring. We find out how and why

HERITAGE BUS DEFINING THE SAMBA • It’s 1959 and Austrian taxi-driver Fritz Perka wants what today we would call a Caravelle Limousine or Executive to transport his passengers in luxury

READY, OFFSET, GO! • Hopefully this will be one of the last times we have to say this in any event report, but the Offset Show was one that was meant to happen in 2020, but it was postponed for Covid reasons and eventually went ahead in October last year

THE ULTIMATE CAMPERVAN ESPRESSO • Is it actually possible to make an espresso in a van without a Barista and a huge lump of chrome plated Italian machinery? Grant Wyness thinks so!

GOING OVERLAND – BIG TIME • When Mick Heaton took the family T5 off for another show & shine leaving wife Heva in a cold draughty awning, she decided enough was enough – time for a Crafter!

MAN, VAN, AND A LOCKDOWN PLAN • Back at Ecowagon for more pampering, Grant’s van gets the biggest...