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ADVENTURE TIME
TIGER-2-ASIA: PART 10 – FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
Asia is finally behind the Tigerbus, as it heads into Europe via Siberia and Mother Russia… but there’s a few thousand miles to go before the trip is done!
ATLANTIC ADVENTURES: PART 5 – BACK TO BLIGHTY
David and the boys, conclude their German tour, enjoying family barbeques and and an accidental trip to a Dusseldorf gay bar before the ferry trip home!
SHOW SCENE
THE DTA ‘RUN TO BRUM’
Matthew Pinker heads over to Birmingham in his Early Bay, RustyCake, to join the air-cooled ranks at one of the coolest closers of last season at the DTA meet!
VIVA ROSS VEGAS
Like T4 and 5s? Then picture a large campsite in Hereford, stacked with late VW buses as far as you can see… plus a few older cousins for good measure.
FREDDY FILES - CRUISE TO NINOVE
Dave and Fi join the third annual UK Cruise to Ninove in Belgium as they hit the old-skool V-dub party that is the one and only; Freddy Files!
IN GENERAL
THINGS AND STUFF
More news, competitions and cool products to tempt you with for you or your dub… oh and this month you can win Rothfink stuff you lucky people!
2015 SHOW LISTINGS
The show season just gets better and better – we check out what’s on the menu for the 2015 season, conveniently split into UK shows and Euro adventures.
SUBSCRIBE
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SHOPPERS DIRECTORY
Find a VWV stockist near you; plus a handy at-a-glance guide, to see who’s who in the useful galaxy of VW Vibe advertisers.
CLASSIFIEDS
Plenty of people are thinking about a new VW toy or a camper van at this time of year; so sell your gear or find your new spring project here.
NEXT ISSUE TEASER
Really can’t wait to see what we’ve got brewing for the next serving of VWV? Oh, go on then… turn here and a have a cheeky peek!
THE RIDES
DESTINATION DEATH STAR
The Imperial Alliance has a secret new tactical vehicle; we meet six of the Empire’s finest and one very cool Star Wars themed T4 Troop Transporter. P.S: Don’t forget to check out our little Star Wars movie at: www.vwvibe.com
VOODOO DOOYOO?
Paint shop owners seldom get time for their own cars, but when professionals do get to build their own rides, the results are pure black magic… as this Caddy proves!
CHAMPAGN SUPERNOVA
At 16, Craig Lindfield-Butler bought a Beetle; at 17, he hit Newquay to become a surfboard shaper – and to this day, he’s still very much into both disciplines!
THE WIZARD OF O.Z
Jeff Blunt, from the Midlands, owns about the most immaculately detailed T3 Westy we’ve seen yet… oh and it’s running crazy cool 11” wide O.Z back wheels!
FIFTY SHADES OF BEIGE
Every so often a dub story comes along that’s absolute fith… actually this brilliantly buffed, buff coloured bus is a super clean T5… it is an ex cleaning co’ van mind!
CULTURE CORNER
CLUB SCENE: THE CLUB THAT’S NOT A CLUB
Ade Morton explores the philosophy of the informal unnamed VW ‘club’. Confused? Hey… whoever said the V-dub scene made sense anyway?!
VW VIBE MEETS: ROTHFINK INDUSTRIES
We hook up with a pair of masked dub lovin’ criminals from South Wales – So who the flip are Rothfink anyway… and what exactly do they do?
STAY REGULAR
THE A&R MAN: HERE COME THE GIRLS
Del has another delve in the cassette stash in the bottomless glovebox of his T3 camper (think Mary Poppin’s carpet bag) – this month the ladies have the mic!
THE TAILGATE GOURMET: PASTA AGLIO OLIO
Real cooking is hard right? Pasta is boring right? Wrong and wrong – Grant shows us how you can do a lot with little and add a bit of Latin fl air to your camping fayre!
