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Against all odds, Dale Bufton has managed to create a magazine-worthy ride. His strong desire to modify his van has been met with resistance at almost every turn. It has come in many forms, not just from the 2005 T5 itself! Lesser beings may have quit before now, but Dale’s persistence has paid off. Is he mad? Is he stubborn? Is he simply a guy who knows what he wants and gets after it? We’re just here to talk about campers, we’ll let you decide the rest!

There’s a familiar beginning to this particular story. Man buys van for work. Man has a penchant for modified cars. Man does one thing to van, and it gets out of hand. We can see one or two of you nodding at the back. Game respecting game.

“I genuinely wasn’t thinking about modifying it when I bought it,” pleads Dale as if we are judge and jury as opposed to

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