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| This lovely Ratty 11 window bus belongs to Ken, who along with James organised this meet. Ken's bus nicknamed the church bus as it used to ferry people to the church in a previous life in California. |
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| This really is a RAT looking bus that looks great, the low stance is thanks to a 'Rustbox' 4.5" beam and Ken describes his cool ride as 'Low and slow'. |
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| The owner of this lovely beast is Graham. The '67 split screen panel van is running a 3.2 Porsche Carrera motor with a 5 speed gearbox. The rear beam is also from a Porsche. |
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| To help stop this van it has Porsche 911 discs on all four corners and twin 8" remote servo dual circuit brakes.The engine pushes out around 230 BHP and I can confirm it sounds awesome. |
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| The inside of Graham's bus is a little sparse, but when you have a Porsche motor tucked under the engine lid, it doesn't really matter! |
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| A nice Stella Artois bottle opener on Graham's van, I'm not sure why but I liked this ! |
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| Alistair owns this cool 1978 Westfalia that was imported from California back in 2005. This is Alistair's first Volkswagen and I think he's made a good choice for his first bus. |
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| The bus has had a back to metal respray, and Alistair has a few minor modifications planned that include lowering the bus a little and adding some alloy wheels, but that is about it. |
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| This 1958 LHD ex- Swiss Army radio bus is the pride and joy of James and has featured many times on my blog, and it's easy to see why. The bus had a bare metal respray about 5 years ago, and it was painted in that lovely anniversary Ducati red paint, with hand painted Ducati decals on the doors. |
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| This bus is not all show and no go, it has a big 1776cc engine with electronic ignition, external oil filter, deep sump and genuine Webber 44 carbs. It also has Porsche 944 disc brakes at each corner. |
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| The bespoke leather interior features a rock and roll bed, cupboard storage, full electrics and a microfibre headliner. |
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| This lovely 1978 Westfalia Champagne edition is owned by Rob. The lowered stance is thanks to a 'French Slammer' beam with adjustable spring plates. |
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| Those lovely wheels, which suit the bus so well are 17" Zender Stars. The motor is a pretty much stock 2.0 litre with twin Webber carbs and a 123 ignition. |
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| A close up of Rob's Zender Star wheels, these really are nice wheels that suited Rob's Westy. |
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| I'm not sure who this character was that was stuck to Rob's side window but it caught my eye! |
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| Julie's lovely 1978 Sage green (I think) Westfalia Berlin was super clean. Julie has had the bus for about a year after seeing it at the Volksworld show. The bus is a U.S. import with a 2 litre type 4 engine and an automatic gearbox. |
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| Future plans for the bus include replacing the heat exchangers and maybe upgrading the old U.S. electrics. Julie and her partner use the bus for camping as much as possible and as Julie says, 'there's nothing better than finding a site, having a bottle of prosecco and just relaxing, its my idea of heaven', I totally agree Julie ! |
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| My 1969 velvet green microbus all washed and polished. I recently refurbished my 3 bow roof- rack, as I don't have a lot of room to store it, I keep it on the bus all year round. |
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| I am so glad I chose the velvet green colour as I think it suits the bus. The deluxe trim is a newish addition from Just Kampers which just breaks up the green nicely. |
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| Robin wanted a walk through van and bought this 1965 van off E-bay without seeing it, and although it needed more work than Robin wanted he was happy as it was so original and even had a full set of 5 wheels! |
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| The bus had the standard usual lower repairs and then was stripped and painted and detailed with the 'Brumos Racing' decals. The van has an adjustable beam, drop spindles, beetle IRS and box with a 1600cc twin port engine. |
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| (from left to right) Julie's 1978 Westfalia Berlin, my 1969 microbus and Robin's 1965 walk- through split screen van. |
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| (from left to right) Ken's 1964 Split, Graham's 1967 panel van, Alistair's 1978 Westfalia, Jame's 1958 ex Army split and Rob's 1978 Westfalia Champagne bay. |
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| The 'Duke' does have a Champagne lifestyle ! |
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| (from left to right) Ken's 1964 11 window split, Graham's Porsche powered panel van and Alistair's 1978 Westy. |
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| This very sorry looking bus with its dull faded paint was probably my favourite bus at the meet. The bus was riding nice and high, and talking to the buses owner, David, he was saying its going to raised a little more with big off road tyres in the near future. |
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| The reason for the height increase is that David is planning a short European trip followed by a trip into the Artic circle and wild camping in Sweden and Norway where he is going to need some extra ground clearance and grip on those snowy uneven Scandinavian forest roads. |
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| David paid just £6000 ($8500 approx) for this bus that actually requires very little work. I did ask if he was installing a heater for the Artic trip but David was confident he wouldn't need one... that would have been the first thing I would have had installed! Anyway Good luck David, hope all goes well with your trip. |
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| This stunning 1967 finished in titan red and pearl white belongs to Brett who has owned this lovely bus since 1997, although it didn't look anywhere as nice as this when he acquired it. It used to be blue with polished Empi 5 spoke wheels. The bus underwent a full restoration between 2013 / 2016. |
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| The refurbished interior is a bespoke Devon style set up and finished to the highest standard. |
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| The engine is a 1600cc unit with twin Webber 34 carbs and mated to a Vintage Speed exhaust. It has a Red9 front suspension (something I'm thinking about for my bus) and an IRS. The wheels are original Porsche Fuchs items. So that was part one of the Wolfsburg Bus Crew's 1st meet up at Jacks Hill Cafe. Next week will be the second instalment where you can see more bay window and split screen buses a T25 Komet and not forgetting 'Archie' the biggest and cutest puppy so don't forget to come back next Saturday. |
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