Twice as nice

During the VW Bus’s Split Screen era, a variety of companies handled camper conversions, with Germany’s Westfalia being the most popular of the bunch. The US had Riviera, Sportsmobile and many more, while the UK embraced models produced by Devon, Dormobile and the likes. Some crafty outdoor enthusiasts took it upon themselves to build home-brew campers based on Kombis and even Deluxe Microbuses as well, a tradition that continues to this day.

We may state the obvious by saying that Volkswagen trucks don’t lend themselves ideally to camping, though their large bed will certainly prove handy to transport all sorts of gear! Joe Alexander, who owns the ’63 Double Cab unveiled in these pages, came up with a solution to this conundrum: simply attaching a period-correct trailer to the back. Not any trailer, mind,