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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.
WELCOME
VW Bus T4&5+
BUSBRIEF • The latest news and products from around the world
READER WIN COMPETITION
SHOW CALENDAR • We go to print long before the magazine hits the shelves, the situation can be very different between us writing this and you reading it. Please check carefully on any events you might want to attend. Calendar sourced from vwshows.com We’ll see you out there!
GO GO GADGET CAMPERVAN • Tired of seeing the same conversions done over and over again, Justin from Chesterfield based Go Campervans decided it was time for a change!
CAMPERMART 2023 THROUGH THE EYES OF VDUBRADIO • The first show on the calendar for the VDubRadio roadshow and it never disappoints! We always look forward to making our way to the Telford International Centre every year and this year we knew it would be a special one!
CHIEF EXECUTIVE • There are luxury Caravelles and there are extra-special buses, but here’s one that beats them all wheels down, with its palatial splendour, yet worryingly we nearly missed it, thanks to drawn blinds
DER MULTIVAN TOPSTAR • Here’s a special that herald’s a new age of eye-catching print. Come to think of it, the single paint and upholstery offering is strikingly revolutionary too.
PRIME NUMBER FOUR • With a twenty year history, this transformed T4 is finally in the prime of its life
'ALLO 'ALLO, FRANCAIS AMIS! • After less than twenty-four hours in Switzerland and two weeks surviving high season in Italy, driving back into France felt wonderfully familiar and welcoming
VISITING THE DOCS VANDOC CONVERSIONS • Originally specialising in fitting windows, VanDoc Conversions now offers so much more.
WALES – A TALE OF TWO HALVES • I am a man with a rough plan and sometimes that’s all you need. My partner Lucy would disagree, however in this instance, it worked for the better
DOWN TO THE WIRE • In 2019 Richard Bingham and Mark Beasley started a new business venture which they called BadaBing Campers
YPTA CO MNEMONICS RULE • YouTube is great because you can always find something that appeals to you directly, and when that includes VW Transporters and camping out in them… Well, that’s a winning formula
DON’T MAN MAKE TRUCKS? • Yes, and as part of the VAG group their TGE is identical to the Volkswagen Crafter in almost every respect except for one. MAN has worldwide service centres that are open 24 hours!
REVIEWING THE FLEET TONKS GETS SOME MORE TLC • Some issues ago I told the well-heard tale of how someone with a VW Transporter can't help but make modifications.
THE FIRST CADDY? • There’s an example at VW’s museum in Wolfsburg and occasionally one is to be seen at a show, but what may have been the first Caddy has withered into obscurity.
THE DRAGON DOKA • Unique is a much overused word, but in the case of Paul Sweeney’s Doka it’s fully justified. Here, owner Paul Sweeney, tells the full story of a three year, full on customisation project
CAMPFIRE VAMPIRE • Campers flock to Whitby Abbey in record numbers for the biggest Gothic Halloween weekend to date.
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KEBABS • This month’s culinary question comes from Matt Roulstone who has owned a T5 for some time, but is new to the associated festival scene. He asks:
RESIST THE RISE? •...
