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
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“Oh Sandy, Maybe Someday…” • ‘A friend of mine from ‘Dubs in LAW’ (Leigh & Wigan) had heard on the grapevine about two splitscreen buses stored in a barn up in Lancashire’.
News and Products • Offers and deals for you and your bus
Alternative summer days out • Suggestions for socially distanced countryside walks.
Back to the Future… In a Jürgens! • “We were looking for something with a little more room than the ’78 Bay which we’d owned for the previous 12 years”
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 • Part two: In the final instalment, we follow the Steering Specialists strip, overhaul and rebuild a pair of brake calipers from a Bay Window.
Dobry Djen Kaliningrad! • Visiting the Russian exclave last summer turned into the “Icing on the Baltic Travelling Cake”.
Dog Rough! • Robin and Lucy Grosvenor were married in the spring of 2015. They hired a split screen camper to be their wedding car & honeymoon transport, and changed their lives.
Campervan Heroes • Stuart and Helen spent a year travelling from Morocco to Iceland in their VW T3, writing about it each week on their blog at campervanmatters.com This is their top 10 list of ‘hero’ stuff to pack for a year on the road.
Brochure Line • In which we pay a visit to the Fontouto works in Italy in search of specials
The Barefoot Chef • It’s looking like we won’t be travelling very far at all, in the bus of lasting joy this year.
The Science and Art of Powder Coating • Perhaps without even realising, everyone has items around them which have been powder coated; patio furniture, bicycles, even fire extinguishers.
Buses By the Bridge XXIV • Buses By the Bridge weekend is something to look forward to all year long. When the snow is falling and you are missing the sunshine it is time to fly south, like a bird, and land in sunny Arizona.
Now For Something Completely Different. • A T6 specifically designed to achieve two very disparate tasks, so to paraphrase the inimitable Monty Python…
This month in the Workshop • It has been a very unusual month at the workshop with everything thrown into turmoil by the worldwide health crisis.
Holiday in the Sun • Why there’s never been a better time to take a staycation.
A New England, Devon • The previous owner traded this bus in against a Volvo, and it appears that the dealer had no idea what it was or what to do with it.
Dubs in Lockdown • Pretty much a full-on VW festival, but all via the internet. How much fun can you have at a show without leaving the comfort of your own home?
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The Only Split in Town • Classic Volkswagens buses have long held a fascination for Wez Cooper, but given their ever escalating cost, he wasn’t sure that he’d ever be able to afford one.
The Good Old Days?
Sitting on the Dock of the Bay… • Bus Life in Lockdown