VW Camper & Bus

A LOWLY PREDICAMENT

I know opinions are just that but personally I can’t get my head around why someone would sand down and redo a factory paint Bus. That said, I’m sure there are other people out there who hated seeing the original paint Delta green ’70 chopped up and body dropped previously.

The thing is, the VW scene is so diverse and with so many opinions contained within, you’re never going to please everyone. Indeed, I think the thing that most blows my mind is when people buy a vehicle that's ‘done’ and well known, then blow it apart and change everything. I can’t see why you’d want to pay top dollar for something nice and then throw another chunk of change at it to make it your own. Why not just start with something cheaper?

At the time that T2D built this Bus from a rust-free original paint import, I was still

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