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    NO DROPGATE

    Mar 18, 2022 5 minutes
    Words Mark Walker
    Photography
    Andrew Thompson

    One of the biggest advantages of the VW pickup, when it was launched way back in 1952, was the dropgates on three sides, enabling easy loading. This was fine and dandy up until the launch of the T4 models when VW employed a chassis cab design, which isn’t the most aesthetically pleasing. Some people value aesthetics more than practicality – enter the no dropgate T5.

    Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying James Norris from Flame Campers is the first to carry out this kind of conversion; a couple of people have seen the need for a pickup with a rear body that matches the front body profiles and made it happen. I’m pretty sure that James is the first to employ a side-hinged rear gate though and it’s because he was worried about how

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