My Grandparent's old viking

Hi all,
I'm a London based kiwi with a love of air cooled buses.
We currently own a 66 split and we have previously owned an prototype bay dormobile, which was a fantastic bus.

The reason I've registered on here is because I thought I'd try and track down the current owner of my grandparents old bus. I had a search of the rego, VUU 510M, and the bus is MOT'd and taxed up to May which means its still being used.
They were originally from Wales (please, no sheep jokes) and moved out to NZ (please, no sheep jokes) after the war. Still having family in the UK meant they visited regularly and it was on one of these journeys they bought a 1974 Late bay with a viking conversion. I have no idea what year it was that they went on this trip, but judging by the condition of the bus, I do wonder if they were the first owners.

I only have a few pics, but I know how we all love to learn about any history of our vehicles.

If anyone recognises the bus or knows the owner please let them know about the post.

Cheers
Will





Carew castle - Pembrokeshire

 

lovely pictures...

 

Good luck - nice socks ....

 

i see he was getting in the antipodean way with the knee socks
great pics

no help at all eh

 

Good luck with the search, its a great site to spread the word.

 

Pay £5 to DVLA and you can get this history for the bus probably including current owner

 

Don't undervalue your contribution, @volkswombat... That's great fashion help for anyone thinking of travelling to the Antipidean! I'll know what to pack next time! ;-)

 

You'll look like a geography teacher from the 1970s

 

I quite like the sycronised sitting in the bottom pic! Good luck I do hope you find it!

 

only if you are the registered keeper

 

welcome btw.

 

Fantastic pictures ,cheers

 

You've gotta love faded 70s Kodachrome pictures, good luck and welcome.

 

Keep us informed and if u manage to get some new pics

 

Good luck with the search. Some fab photos there! I'm sure the present owners would enjoy seeing them as well!

 

Good luck with your search. Great pics. My bus was originally owned by a kiwi. I paid dvla to find out the info on the previous owners. It was original registered in a village by Cambridge. I did a quick search. Emailed a parish magazine. The editor could remember the couple and my van! Power this internet! Great place nz!

 

I had a Kiwi van too, it was exported there new, travelled around in for two years, then shipped back to the UK. They must have loved it! Not your one though.

 

Was your dormobile br0wnwith a go faster stripe?

 

That's right, had to sell it to buy a house.
This isn't Matt who owned the Laundry panel?