Founded back in 2000 VW Camper and Commercial is the original VW Bus magazine out there. Written by approachable, passionate bus owners, it has an established reputation for quality writing, drawing on a wide knowledge base, and for bringing together some of the best and most inspiring buses from around the world.
Welcome • The original and best VW bus magazine since 2000
It’s A Family Affair • Bought in 1989, Vicky the Moonraker faithfully served the Parrett family until, in 1996, it reached the point of needing so much work it simply sat on the driveway. Fast forwards to 2012 when son Graeme decided to advance his dad’s plans to restore it when he retired and so the two of them set to work …
News and Products • Offers and deals for you and your bus
Upcoming shows • More information about a couple of upcoming events.
SHOW DIARY • THE MONTHS AHEAD
Scooby Doo • Scott Lemon has been into VWs since restoring a Baja Bug with his dad at the age of 14. He says, “Since then there has always been a scrap VW in my life to be working on, but this is my first Split Bus and I wanted to rebuild a classic VW bus that was fit for modern road conditions.”
Bus Doctor • Got a problem or a query?
Camper Mail • Your chance to share a pic, story, a tip or even a grouse!
How To Respray a Bus • A professional paint job on a Bus usually involves a huge amount of time and a four-figure sum of money. We outline some of the ways to help trim the costs.
Not quite an Endless Summer • Summer seemed to have ended just in time for the Endless Summer VW Show!
Adorable Atlantic • Despite being what he calls, “relatively new to the VW bus scene,” over the past six years Adrian Smith has totted up a total of seven T3’s, four of which have been Westfalia Atlantics. This one however is the jewel in the crown …
Surf’s Up! • With this being the fifth running of the Dubs In The Valley Show the theme was Five-O, as in Hawaii, although they also held a Christmas Party on the Friday night, like you do!
The Barefoot Chef • It’s March, the bus is still off the road for the winter…
Touring in a Club Joker - Part 2 • Faced with the Schengen Agreement rule that made it illegal for us to stay longer than 90 days in certain European countries, we headed back to the U.K. to wait out our imposed exile.
Adventure Before Dementia • With retirement beckoning, Mark and Pat Elwell, who had always been campers/caravanners, decided the time was right for the freedom to travel and explore offered by a VW Camper …
Behind the scenes: Dub Tricks • Living in what some would describe as God’s Own Country - Dub Tricks have been serving the needs of Yorkshire’s VW owners for over 10 years.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles • Ok, so there weren’t actually any trains at the Cotswold Airport Revival Festival, but you could pretty much find everything else!
This month in the Workshop • How cold has it got to be before we stop having fun in the workshop? Well this week was pushing the boundaries of what we can class as enjoyable and the heater was fuelled up and running flat out.
Unfallkommando In Action • A trawl through my archives turned up these period photographs published originally in Flotter Transport, VW’s in house publication for dealerships.
Copycat Camper • Here’s the tale behind a long-term, one owner, California based US bred Camper that arrived in the UK, received a cosmetic tidy up and was promptly attributed to a ‘different’ conversion company.
Brochure Line Dial S for Sun • Taking a look at the California based Sundial offering of the early Bay era
Twenty-One Today!
Anyone for Coffee? • Here’s the story of a Neptune Blue rust bucket, complete with a tatty...