Camperjam is a VW Festival which is held in Weston Park, Weston-under-lizard, Shropshire. Weston Park is a 17th century country home set in over 1000 acres of parkland and woodlands. I think Camperjam must be in the top 10 of VW events to go to in the UK, and this years show was attended by over 30,000 visitors throughout the 3 day weekend. I had arranged to go with some friends from the House of Dub VW Club, who travelled up on the Friday but due to a health problem I had go up on the Saturday morning.
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| On the entrance to Camperjam the Marshall's have to check your tickets, but they are very efficient and the queue moved quick quickly. The variety of vehicles at Camperjam was immense and no matter what sort of VW you like, it will be there. |
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| I arrived on the Saturday morning and the House of Dub crew had made camp with all the buses in a circle and erected the awnings in the middle. Zoe, Alden and Jake just relaxing in the scorching morning sun. |
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| This was the first outing for my new Khyam driveaway compact 200 awning. This is an ideal size for a single person or even a couple and it gives you so much more living space. |
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| This late split screen high top panel van was brought to the show as a 'work in progress' and I was impressed with what they have done so far. This could be a future show winner if they continue at the same high standard of work. |
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| Just a few of the 'early bay' line up. I did like the blue single cab pick up in the foreground. maybe one year I'll enter my early bay in the line up.? |
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| A really nice looking early split with full length roof rack. Small details like the off white stripe, chrome bumpers and the small chrome spots make this bus stand out. |
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| Walking through one of the many camping area's I spotted this pink and white fast back parked up next to the olive green late bay with pop top. |
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| How shiny is the paint on this green and white split screen. Stock height and painted steel wheels add to the overall look. |
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| An early barn door split screen, very nice but have you noticed the exhausts exiting through the bumper? I didn't find out what motor this bus was running, so I'm not sure if this is a cosmetic design or for a specific reason due the engine. |
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| Trailers are readily available made from a bay window,but this one is home made, and not a bad job with colour matched paint to the owners bus. |
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| This late split screen caught my eye, not only because it has a full length roof rack and a single yellow spot light, but because of the semi polished aluminium sun visor. |
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| A RAT looking crew cab split screen pick up trying to find some shade. |
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| This '79 automatic Passat CL was riding on hydraulic suspension and amazing wire wheels. |
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| Stock height buses may be making a come- back and this one will be at the front of the queue. |
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| More variety of vehicles, this time a low red square back and a white over baby blue early split. |
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| I do like this photo, look at the reflection in paint work, how straight is this bus? not a ripple to be seen anywhere. |
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| Really bright day glow orange beach buggy. This photo does not really show just how bright this actually was. |
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| In the 'For Sale' area I spotted what looked like a totally original late bay, well OK, I'm not sure if the chrome spare wheel cover was standard, but apart from that.. |
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| This 11 window split screen was gorgeous. Such a nice colour, very clean with polished bright work. |
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| The immaculate standard continued into the interior. |
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| Another vehicle in the 'For Sale' area was this white over dark green splitty. It was really clean, and probably worth the £18,000 asking price. |
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| Not quite sure about this T5, the owner had covered every inch in what looks like astro turf, (fake grass) The number plate surround, the grill, wheels and side step were all painted in fake wood effect. |
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| The quarter light was also painted wood effect. |
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| Another very straight bus was this white over red 11 window. Again look at the reflection, not a ripple in sight. |
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| On the other end of the shiny scale, but equally as nice in my eyes, was this very RAT looking split panel van. The patina look just adds to it's charm. |
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| How low can you go.. this pop top split screen was very low, but looked lovely. |
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| Split screens, whether a bus or a panel van with a cyclopes light on, gets my vote. I just love them. |
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| Another RAT looking splitty, with an after- market (I think) mesh sun visor and sign written on the cab doors. |
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| On the other side of this RAT split was this really nice air brushed portrait of a woman. |
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| The Syncro area was full of go-anywhere VW's. These must be great fun taking them off somewhere where it muddy and has some steep hill's. |
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| I like the look of the orange panel van. I think there was an off road course somewhere on the site that the Syncro's could use. |
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| I do like these high top split screens, they just look so cool. |
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| Remember the other very straight buses, well this early bay, puts the other two to shame. The body work is so straight, look at the panels on the cab door and below the side windows. |
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| An unusual trailer choice on the late bay. The rear half of a beetle with matching paint and colour coded wheels. |
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| This white over mint green pop top late bay had nothing in particular to make it stand out, but just the overall look made it stand out. |
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