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| This 1954 barndoor split screen bus was bought by the Coca-Cola Co. in Austria in the August of 1954 and was used to deliver coca-cola bottles to retailers. |
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| Sometime in the 1960's the bus was sold on and the coca cola logos were painted over in grey. The bus was used for some time for gymnasts to get to and from events, and then sold on again this time to a garage who used it to move parts. |
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| The interior is pretty much as it would have been, with the exception of the bed. |
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| At the end of it's life the bus was sent to the scrap yard, where it sat for around 20 years before being rescued in 2002. The grey paint was removed to reveal the bright red and yellow coca cola paint. This is believed to the only remaining coca cola barn door in existence. |
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| This lovely clean 1968 microbus was in the 'For Sale' area and I thought it looked gorgeous. It's a Californian import and has had a new coat of dove blue ( I think) paint. |
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| The stock look of this lovely bus was the thing that drew my attention, from the ride height to the stock wheels with OG hubcaps. |
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| The interior of the microbus was also very original, and finished to a very high standard and looked amazing. |
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| CamperMart is about a 50/50 mix of air cooled and water cooled vehicles, and this amazingly low T4 caught my eye.. this must have had some air ride suspension to sit this low..? |
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| Another low vehicle was this T25 Doka. I didn't find out much about this awesome looking truck, but suffice to say, it did look so cool. |
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| This super bright lime green high top split screen took centre stage in the main hall. I didn't find out anything about this awesome looking van, but suffice to say although it wasn't finished it did have so much that was already completed. |
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| That amazing colour paint looked to be complete and adorned every panel on the van. The seats also looked to be finished in quilted vinyl / cloth. |
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| Like I said, I couldn't find out much about this van so I have no idea about the side opening panel.? |
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| The very detailed and painted motor was in the van and the sound deadening felt is being applied. This van has so much potential, and I can't wait to see it at a show somewhere soon. |
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| This 1989 T25 panel van looked great with its custom paint job from graffiti artist Luke. This van has been wax oiled from new and has never had any welding done. This daily driver has the 1.9D engine, which although it's slow, it will always get you to where you are going... eventually! |
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| The gorgeous 1967 SO42 Westfalia caught my eye as it's the same colour as my '69 microbus but that is where the similarity stopped. I did like the narrow front beam with the chrome Empi 5 spoke wheels. |
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| The Westfalia interior of the cab had been fully restored to a very high standard. |
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| The same applied to the rear of the bus that had a complete and original interior. |
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| The bus was imported from Utah back in 2010 and the stock (ish) engine is mated to a 'freeway flyer gearbox' which I assume has higher ratios for higher speed cruising? |
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| This bus has been lowered and has a Creative Engineering' steering rack with CSP disc brakes. |
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| This 1991 bright orange Type 3 Syncro was easily in my top 3 of vehicles at the show. I really love the syncro and this one was the ultra rare 16" version. Most syncro's had 14" wheels but around 2000 were built with the 16" wheels as well as other upgrades. |
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| The 16" syncro came with longer rear trailling arms with upgraded brakes all round. They also had bigger rear drive shafts, a lower final drive ratios and rear diff lock as standard. This bus really could go anywhere! |
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| This stunning 1970 early bay was imported from Maryland, U.S.A. where it has undergone many modifications including being lowered by a huge 12" and with air ride suspension on the front. |
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| The perfectly straight body was painted in a lovely coat of Reseda green and white. Eagle eyed readers will have noticed the colour coded trailer hitch which is coupled to... |
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| ... a matching 1960 Condor caravan. This really was a lovely retro caravan that was finished to the same high standard as the early bay. |
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| Those lovely shaped windows and the roof lights really do add some style. |
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| This slammed 1969 early bay looked as though it was sat on the ground!. I noticed the front had some alloy wheel tubs fitted to allow the front wheels to sit higher into the cab, and I assume the rear had a similar set up. |
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| The famous Mooneyes logo looked to be hand painted and looked great. |
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| You can see just how low this gorgeous bus sat in this photo. I did like those faded retro stripes down the sides. |
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| This lovely cream split screen really was perfectly straight and so clean. I think this bus belongs to a company offering a camper van for weddings, which will be why, it is immaculate. |
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| This really is a pretty looking bus. The choice of wheels was a good choice. I have the same, or they are very similar to my Porsche 356 rims. |
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| This awesome looking 1997 T4 swamper was just how I'd like my T4 to look. (one day!) The lovely high stance with those 16" caravelle rims with the chunky MT tyres give this bus the go- anywhere look. |
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| The bull bar, the twin roof racks, and the bat boy bonnet all added to this buses fantastic look. |
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| I spotted this 1968 savanna beige early bay, and made a bee line straight over to it. The reason being that awesome awning, which the owner told me was an original Westfalia item..? |
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| I have been thinking about making something similar for my microbus. I've never seen one of these before but was quite impressed with the overall design and look. |
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| The '68 Westfalia bay had these lovely banded steel wheels, and the shiny domed hubcap gave off a lovely reflection of a '66 splitty. (below) |
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| This immaculate 1966 11 window split screen bus was so nice. The two tone grey and white paint was a subtle mix of colours which looked great together. |
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| The 'Mooneye Speedmaster' wheels looked good against the body colours. This immaculate bus is the result of a restoration that took place as the bus had sat in a desert of around 40 years. So that was the Campermart VW show for 2018. Like I mentioned, it isn't the biggest show of the season, but after a long cold winter it's nice to get out and see some lovely buses, as well as grabbing some pre season bargains from the traders at the show. Next weeks blog review is all about Dubfreeze VW show so be sure to come back next Saturday. |
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