- VW
Bus Custom Handbook - Looking for new and exciting ways
to customize your VW? Get fantastic coverage of the VW Bus
from the first Type 2 Transporter of 1949, to the air-cooled
models of 1982, in this detailed and informative work on Volkswagen
rebuilding and modifying. Offers advice on wise buying and
successful restoration, cutomizing and tuning.
- Traveling
With the VW Bus and Camper - Introduced in the 1950s,
the VW bus was designed to be multifunctional. Since then,
it has come to symbolize fun, freedom, and adventure. VW bus
owners fully incorporate their vehicles into their lives:
Some treat them as an extension of their home, while others
undertake epic journeys in them, across desert and sea, and
through Europe, Asia, and Africa. Some strap surfboards to
the roof and head for the nearest beach, while others soup
up the engines and take them drag racing in California. All
will spend hours restoring and customizing them and even more
time talking about them with fellow bus owners. Traveling
with the VW Bus and Camper is a tribute to this passion, to
the owners who have lavished time, effort, and inspiration
on their campers, and, of course, to the VW bus itself. This
book traces the cult of the camper, from family errands to
vacation home to design icon. Above all else, the campervan
is living history and readers will find chapters dedicated
to travel narratives detailing road trips from England to
Afghanistan and back, ad campaigns that sell the VW bus lifestyle,
and weddings and other family events that feature buses in
their ceremonies. Obsession or addiction? See for yourself.
- Demon
Bugs: VW Customs and Cruisers - This book provides a fantastic
overview of customized Bugs. It shows us the scene from which
the demon bug emerged, and then focuses on specific styles,
from the mild to the wild. Cruisers and dragsters, sleepers
and monsters--all are captured by Stephan Szantai’s
unmatched photography. And accompanying these remarkable
pictures is the how and why of each car’s build.
Painted, re-equipped, modified to taste, these are the
Bugs of a generation’s dreams, a most humble vehicle
suddenly and magnificently transformed.
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