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GETAWAY DRIVER

A love of Buses came early to 47-year-old Dean Bunclark, owner of a renewable energy company from Rotherham. "I had a ’66 Bus when I was 18, but then life, marriage and buying houses happened and it was sold, along with the ’67 Beetle I owned at the time, too.

“But when I had a family, I thought it would be a great way to create memories, so on a family holiday to Cornwall with my then wife and young kids, we hired one to see if it would work.” Needless to say, it did, and so the quest began to buy one of their own. The search didn't take them far.

"A friend of mine, Simon, had this Samba sat in his garage nearby, so once a month I'd drop in to see if he'd agree to sell the Bus to me, which finally he did," remembers Dean. A deal was done and the Bus changed hands but, as a lasting memento we presume, Simon insisted on keeping hold of the

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