Hi everyone!! I'm Joolz and I'm the proud owner of Colin, the 1974 (not quite tax exempt!) bay. I've owned him for about 7 years. He was originally built for the UK market as a micro bus but converted around 10 years ago into a camper. At the same time, the then owner (whose name was Colin which is where the van's name comes from) undertook a £25,000 bare metal resto. Unfortunately he had a hard life after that and the three years before I got him took their toll. Since owning him myself he's had a completely new engine that was built in my kitchen, the underside has been stripped back, repaired in places and re-undersealed, interior ripped out and replaced, bit home made but I like it and a respray. I don't have children, I've got my campervan and I love him!!
Hi Jammy, unfortunately Colin isn't quite tax exempt, he's 4 months too new lol! I think the DVLA are rolling it on each year now though so hopefully next January he'll be exempt. I only put 6 months tax on this year so I don't pay more than I need to........ Hopefully!!!!!
Thanks dog, good to be here at last! No idea what happened last time I tried to register but hey ho, here now!
I'm so sad but i was dead chuffed when the tax disc this year was blue and white so the last ever one will match the van lol!!
Anyone who has a campervan (or veedub blood as I'm pretty sure I was born with lol) is a person with great taste! Anyone called Colin is clearly also awesome