VW Camper & Bus

It’s passed!

Owner info

Name: Ian Cushway

Job: Editor

Fleet: 2006 T5 Multivan, Polo 1.0 TSi, Passat B6

Work this month: Getting my 1985 Westfalia Club Joker road legal

I It was the call I’d fantasised about. “Yep, it got through, you’re all ready to roll.” Mechanic Kenny having gone through everything as best he could had taken my ’85 Bus for the French equivalent of its MoT and had been given the thumbs up. “What, really, no way!” I replied excitedly, mentally working out the logistics of how soon I could go and collect it.

So, the very next morning I was being handed the keys and a fresh ‘Controle Technique’. Needless to say, it started first turn of the key and amidst a cloud of smoke

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