THE MCQUEEN EFFECT

It can be pretty hard to build something standout in this wonderful scene of ours; there are so many people from diverse walks of life in the VW scene, all with their own creative take on life; this is the reason why it’s hard to come up with something truly original. Let’s face it, is any idea ever truly original nowadays? We all build cars with a certain set of influences in mind as a virtual mood board when we set out to build and Paul Merrit from Hippo Campers in Andover is no different.

Being that building campers is his business and adding that to the fact that he’s not a fan of building lowered campers, he had to think outside the box to build something that would work and work well without the usual requisite slam job. “I’d toyed with building a replica race-look van with the Silk Cut or JPS livery from