Volkswagen Camper and Commercial Magazine - Issue 151

In this issue

Diary of a Dormobile
A remarkably original 1976 Dormobile D4/6 is only surpassed by the mountain of documentation and history that accompanies it.

Panel Van Project
Having been stored in a barn for several years, this 1981 Panel Van proved to be the perfect project for transformation into a cosy modern camper.

Brochure Line
A Glimpse of the Canadiana: Lurking amongst Pick-ups, Delivery Vans and Station Wagons, VW Canada dropped in its homespun Camper...

Double the Fun

The Double Cab Pick Up truck joined VW’s own range of factory models in November 1958, after VW had seen the success of the double cab conversions made by Binz from 1953.

4 mins

Diary of a Dormobile

Here’s a Dormobile so original that a guided tour is tempting, but even more fascinating is the paper trail that accompanies ‘Heinrich’ the D4/6. Enter at this point the owner from new until just a few years ago.

5 mins

Camper Mail

Your chance to share a pic, story, a tip or even a grouse!

1 min

Back in Black

Whilst most people convert a bus into a camper, Dave O’Brien has taken a very different route, opting for a custom interior for his T5.1 based on a Caravelle.

4 mins

VWT2OC Virtual Coffee Morning

Virtual Coffee Morning brings people together

1 min

A Whistle Stop Tour of Europe.

Having had to leave our Bay outside Cologne due to emission zones, we took opportunity to spend the night in a hotel, catching the train to the city centre the next morning which takes you right to the Dom - the magnificent gothic cathedral that like our own St. Pauls’ stood proud amongst the burning city during the darkest days of the WW2 bombings.

5 mins

Panel Van Project

Andrew Matthews used to spend much of his leisure time racing stock cars at weekends, but when he hung up his race suit and crash helmet in 2013, his wife Natasha suggested he needed a project to keep him amused.

5 mins

This Month In The Workshop

The month started off well and we are going to play with our newly painted barndoor samba now that we have decided the route we are going to go with the paint work.

5 mins

Back to the Beginnings A trip to Wolfsburg

Having previously visited Wolfsburg back in 2015, then again in 2017, we loved the place and the people so much that last year Susy and I went back again, this time for three weeks!

5 mins

Great British Camp Out for NHS staff, April 4th

A virtual, stay-at-home show for charity - of course we had to be ‘there’ to report on the action.

2 mins

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Volkswagen Camper and Commercial Magazine Description:

The original and best magazine for those who live their life with a VW Bus, whatever its generation.
Volkswagen Camper and Commercial was established in 2000, the same year that marked the Fiftieth Anniversary of the launch of the VW Transporter, with the strapline “For those who live their life with a van,” which soon became “Home Is Where You Park It.”
The magazine is rooted in grassroots ownership and as well as featuring and celebrating the VW bus, in all its forms, the magazine caters for all things bus related including maintenance, restoration, new products, campsite recommendations, Travel Stories, archive and promotional materials and show reports.