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  • Rowan & Marlou
    The proud owners of our '78 classic camper with license plate 00-UM-38
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    All the details of the bus you probably just met

Current status:

SAFE AND DRY AT HOME. DORDRECHT, NL

The Story

It all began with my first car in '06. A VW Beetle '73, which hasn't been driving over more then 18 years. After the restoration i used the beetle for a couple of years as daily driver and made several trips across Europe over the next 12 years.

Over the time, the wish for a camper became larger, we used the beetle only for vacations anymore and the benefits of more space en luxury became more and more welcome.
Sooner then expected, In august 2020 we found our bus.

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VACATION 2024

The first time with 2 kids underneath 1.5 year. A vacation close to home in Central France

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VACATION 2023

With the arrival of our first child, we planned a short (2 weeks) trip to Liguria Italy to experience the vacation life with the little one. To transport the extra bike trailer for our family bike trips we bought a matching Westfalia Essen trailer. Within a couple of days we arrived at our first destination Finale Legure and, after a couple of days, we drove further to Cinque Terre.

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VACATION 2022

Short after the last holiday we went to Croatia. A road-trip trough Austria, Solvenia, Italy, along the coast of Croatia until Markaska and back inland crossing Bosnia and Herzegovina. 4200KM in 2 weeks with several national parks, beaches and city's.

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VACATION 2022

In the first part of the 2022 holiday season, we went to the French coast for a week. Via Gent to Dunkirk and from there along the coast down until Boulogne sur Mer. From there we pulled inland through the Opale nature reserve. We ended the holiday with the 'Rumes 26th international VW Meeting' near Lille but just over the border in Belgium.

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VACATION 2021

The trip in the end of June 2021 was our first trip with the camper. With main activity's of road-biking and (different types of) climbing we crossed Austria, the Italian Dolomites and Swiss in almost 3 weeks. We passed famous passes like Passo san Gothardo and did the Sella Ronda both by car and bike.

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RESTORATION P2

Late 2020 the van was sold and after some short testing trips the second major restauration was started. The overall technical state was OK but cosmetically improvement and a total strip to reveal hidden rust where essential. Therefore the van got restored in the winter of 2020-2021.

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RESTORATION P1

After a aborted trip to the middle east in 2010 this car was used as a 'donor van' for parts. The previous owner saved it by letting it technically restore and used it for several vacations until 2020.

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Before the Bus

12 years

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LOGBOOK

Odometer

KM/L Average fuel consumption

Upgrades

Trips made so far

Features

See al the details about our van here!

Pop-top bus camper

'78 Original Dutch

Westfalia Interior

Air Cooled

Engine

Mexican Type 1 Boxer
AS 1600DP 50PK / 37KW

Speed

Cruise speed: 80-100 km/h

Fuel

Petrol E98
max 5% bio-ethanol

Gearbox

CU 29 04 6
4-Gears

Wheels

14" basic
Rear wheel drive (RWD)

Two tone

Marinoyellow/White (since 2021)
white: L90E
Yellow: Jaune van Gogh 341

Interior

Original Westfalia camper with pop top, customised Offenbach interior with Berlin kitchen. Cold water, heater, led lights, and a full equipped kitchen with remote cooking pit.

Capicity

Total of 5 seats. One bench and two front seats. 5 places to sleep (2 beds and a hammock).

Extra load

FIAMMA bike carrier with place for two race bikes, extra luggage sack at the top front. Spare wheel placed on the front bumper

K&N Airfilter

Front disk brakes

Red Koni Special-D
Soft preset

VICTRON 110Ah GEL
218Wh Solar

Central Door lock

BOREMAN Beams
BIG

Parking Sensors