Passion is a much stronger concept than logic, and the world is all the better for it. That’s why you’re reading Camper&Bus rather than, say, Qashqais On Finance. And when Duncan Thorpe decided that a Split Screen Bus would be the ideal vehicle to restore and enjoy many years of family fun with, it didn’t matter that he wasn’t all that big on restoration and didn’t have any kids yet – these were just minor wrinkles in the overarching game plan.
A 44-year old electrical engineer, Duncan’s been around engineering his whole life, and Volkswagens have always been a key element of his work/life balance. The daily is a T6.1 Kombi, and he’s owned a ’66 Herbie Beetle since 2005.
“After attending shows with Herbie for many years, I started seeing more and more Buses,” he recalls, “and around 2011 I began to think that I’d like a Split Screen as a restoration project… although I’d never attempted to take on such a large project in the past, let alone having anywhere to do it. And of course the money was a bit of an issue.”
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