24 Carat Camper – 1990 VW Vanagon USA
This 1990 Vanagon is a well loved, well cared for and well used family camper. Owner Ruben Garcia Perez was actually looking for a VW Jetta back in 2008 when he bought it – not a T3 Volkswagen camper...
View ArticleLifting The Lid on Barndoor Chronology – Part 2
Part 1 (in Issue 6 of Kombi Life) detailed the important dates and events in Type 2 history from the famous sketch made by Ben Pon in April 1947 to the launch of the VW Transporter by Heinz Nordhoff to...
View ArticleLove My Bus – Readers’ Rides
This issue we welcome Retro Classic Clothing as a sponsor of our Love My Bus readers’ rides feature. Their sponsorship sees the featured vehicle owner receive a FREE t-shirt of their choice from the...
View ArticleSmithy’s Western Surfari – Part 3
In Issue 5 we began what must be a dream trip for all VW camper owners with Darren & Lee Perryman; a five month getaway to explore the beaches of the west coast of Australia in their VW Bay Window....
View ArticleDeliver Us a Double Cab – 1971 Pick-up USA
Jason Boyd’s 1971 Volkswagen double cab Pick-up certainly catches your eye painted in this fresh vibrant green colour. It’s a beauty; a lowlight model, mostly unrestored, slightly modified and with...
View ArticleVW California Conversions
The introduction of the Volkswagen California in the summer of 1988 has led to the production of around 80,000 such VW camping and leisure vehicles to date. Of special significance is the recent...
View ArticleDer VW Transporter – The SO34 and SO35 Westfalia Campers
The SO34 and SO35 models were produced by Westfalia through the 1960s as the successor to the introductory SO23 model (detailed in Issue 6). They are commonly referred to as the “flip-seat” models...
View ArticleProject 23 – 1958 Samba USA
Just look at this stunner of a Samba, our main cover car for Issue 7. It belongs to Jr Cruz, a self-confessed “flipper” who only discovered the joy of Volkswagens a few years back in 2010 when he...
View ArticleInside Kombi Life VW Magazine Issue 7
VW buses from the ’50s to present day are celebrated in style in this superb issue. There’s a stunner of a Samba from 1958, immaculately rebuilt over a period of about two and a half years, a Bay...
View ArticleKombi Star Signs – Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces
We continue our lighthearted look at the Kombi characteristics that might shine through in your VW bus depending on when it was “born”. Issue 8 contemplates the characteristics you might notice in a...
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