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Unfortunately, not mine.

The Viva [which is very nice by the way]was also available as a plastic kit from Airfix.....and very nice to.....


I love that VW camper that is not yours....very nice..

mike wrote:Unfortunately, not mine.

Fortunately it's not mine either lol

nickjones wrote:

mike wrote:Unfortunately, not mine.

Fortunately it's not mine either lol

I'll second that!! Thank f**k it's not mine!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think it's nice, and while driving, you can use the motorheat for cooking and you also can reach anything, because it's short enough

Broughton wrote:I think it's nice, and while driving, you can use the motorheat for cooking and you also can reach anything, because it's short enough

I wonder what it's ENCAP rating is. I wouldn't like to crash that mother!!

Very nice and above all unusual that VW motorhome.
Now when posting my Vauxhall Viva a few days back I promised to show some of my old cars. As I am now in my sixties and started driving at 19 quite a few cars crossed my path.
I cannot find pictures of all my cars (yet), but I did find the pictures of all my motorhomes that I have had over the years, next to my everyday cars.
Attached is the first one, a Peugeot J7 of 1972, that I purchased in the late seventies as a van, and converted into a motorhome.
The hump on top is a wooden bit that I put together to accommodate a bed. The idea was to make it removable so that the car would fit my garage, but when finished it turned out to be so heavy, that it took a few men to lift it, so I had to fix it to the van to stay there forever. Instead I dug out the floor of the garage to fit the van inside. The things you do when you are young !
The plastic bags on the rear corner are to cover up some big dents, caused by a drunken driver that hit the van on the night before we were to go on holidays. I should have left it in the garage till morning, instead of parking it in front of the house.
The van served us well for a few years, before it had to make it's last journey to the scrapyard (French cars did tend to rust in these days).
It was time for the next motorhome. But that's another story.

Hans

kbean63 wrote:

There was a fella who would come to the local flea market once or twice a week in a red Ford van

Was it a Falcon Econoline like the one I posted?

Yep, it was super cool.

Man, I'd give my left nut for that VW camper. Every spring, in the town where I live, we have an "Art Car Parade". It's been growing steadily in popularity and some of the highlights are a wrought iron VW bug, an Isetta on stilts, a roadster made out of an old refrigerator and a Vespa scooter with twin sidecars. The VW camper would be a big hit.

I'll have to post some parade pics.

"Instead I dug out the floor of the garage to fit the van inside. The things you do when you are young !"



F**king brilliant..........Lets see the rest and more stories please.....