Happy 60th… or is it? No, I’m not quite there yet, but my classic VW camper might have reached the grand old age of sixty. Might have? Technically it’s one year older than that… so is it lying about its age or what? When I first got the classic VW bus, I unlocked its m-code … Read more
Looking a little worse Working under the bus, I was admiring just how solid the original metal was, and what amazing condition the original paint was like in the wheel arches. Things could have been a whole lot worse when you start cleaning and stripping things back. However, one of the guys at Resto Classics … Read more
For me, you can’t really beat the look of a genuine age faded, battered, original paint ‘survivor’ bus! 🙂 Mine had the original paint combination of L472 (Beige Grey) over the bottom half of L53 (Sealing Wax Red) and I just loved its Californian aged look of authenticity, it makes me smile every time I see it! 🙂 It’s interesting seeing the faded and … Read more
Original underneath Underneath the key structure of the bus is amazingly clean and solid (one of the primary reasons I bought it in the first place!), so this will be the first thing I want to make sure is preserved and protected. Protection from the elements Living on the south coast of the UK is … Read more
Despite the fact that I’m getting used to people’s look of surprise when they realise that this is a genuinely solid, running, driving bus, I’m happy that it does still have various little bits and pieces to do that keep me busy and allow me to indulge in my vintage VW passion! To me the buses authenticity, … Read more
Paint codes It’s great to be back on the road again with my ‘new’ vintage VW bus, and with spring slowly turning to summer, there are lots to look forward to in regards of getting stuck into working on my new bus! The two buses could not have been more different! My previous Canterbury Pitt … Read more
Exciting times ahead as I ventured out on a grey, blustery and rainy day and headed off to the train station to get myself a one way ticket out to a small village in Kent. Not the most inspiring or auspicious start to a day, but this was the day I was finally going to … Read more
Well, after a lot of looking around and soul-searching as to what I wanted to do next, it looks like a new chapter in the vdubxs adventure is about to begin! After trawling high and low all over the world on various forums, strangely enough, my dream bus happened to turn up pretty locally to me again, … Read more