From spotting an orange 1972 Beetle to running the VW Cabriolet Club
It was 1974, and Ray Clayton was driving down the Old Kent Road in his Cortina 1600GT when something bright orange caught his eye. Until then, he’d never given Volkswagen…
Victor’s passion for rare yellow VW GT Beetle
Victor Tomlin vividly remembers the day he bought his GT Beetle, which was rare back in 1975 and is even more so now. He was driving a “terrible” Jensen-Healey sports…
John and Mary’s magical mystery tours in a '75 Devon Eurovette
John and Mary have never been into the VW ‘scene’. Their ‘75 Devon Eurovette and ‘70 Beetle are clearly not show cars, the evidence of a combined 300,000 or so…
1974 VW Bay Window Westfalia camper a life-changer for Gary
Growing up in Barking, Gary Costello was naturally drawn to Fords, the local hero built nearby at Dagenham. They were the aspiration of many an east London teenager, and he…
Award-winning VW Karmann Ghia changed Elliot's life
A Karmann Ghia parked outside a bar in Blackheath changed Elliot Booth-Adams’ life forever. It was 2004, and he’d just got engaged to his now-wife Heidi when they spotted the…
Simon’s VW LT31 camper credo: “Go big or go home”
When Simon Evans was looking to buy a VW camper, he kept thinking about a birthday holiday in Cornwall in a rented bay window. “I realised that once you’ve made…
The pleasure and pain of owning an old VW Karmann Ghia and '66 camper import
There are two sides to owning a classic Volkswagen, and Mark Sheppard has seen plenty of both. On the one hand, there’s the camaraderie, laughs, partying and, of course, a…
The 1960 VW EZ Sundial split screen camper that brought Hem and Karen together
The Whitenoise festival is a special place for Hem and Karen. They met here, somewhere in this field in Norfolk, in 2012, and return each year – barring Covid interruptions…
Brian and family’s deep love for rare VW Beetles
It’s the summer of 1978, and 17-year-old Brian Lowe has just passed his driving test and is looking around for his first car. All his mates are buying things like…
From a Westfalia bay camper to a 1971 Beetle: Kerry’s VW “hobby gone mad”
Kerry Jackson’s love of air-cooled VWs didn’t start until 2015 but, boy, has he made up for lost time… The 61-year-old, who blames his wife Alison for kick-starting his latent…
