Holding their worth

By the tail end of the 1960s, you might have thought the market for camper conversions was already pretty crowded. There was Westfalia, of course, the original and Volkswagen’s own modifier-of-choice. But the UK had also seen a raft of homegrown companies spring up, in order to convert Transporters in Britain and thus save money on import duties. This resulted in the rise of firms like Dormobile, Devon, Canterbury Pitt, Moortown and Danbury; by the late-1960s, if you wanted a VW camper, your options were pretty open.

However, the choice doesn’t seem to have been quite large enough for one Richard Holdsworth and his wife, Heather. Richard had spent a number of years in Australia – where he’d met Heather – and on coming back to Blighty, the two decided to explore this much smaller landmass at the top of the globe by camper van. However, they couldn’t find any existing conversions that matched their price range, so