Why stock makes me smile longer !

Why stock ?

Okay so here's a thought on stock as i am a fan of the original look of our lovely old motors

Some people add things to a standard late bay such as interiors , engines , wheels etc , they have their own well thought out reasons for doing so , sometime's it's power or comfort , sometime's it's reliability or economy , whatever it is it is usually very well thought out ( usually ) VW thought things out too believe it or not , they thought about handling comfort economy and power , they worked within their confine's of a under powered engine and limited understanding of safety testing at the time , with those things in mind they produced a superb iconic vehicle , it was reliable , comfortable , reasonably easy to handle and performed well for the day - result !

As we have now enjoyed 20+ years of better vehicle's we find driving a bay less responsive and might i say - a little more difficult , so we or some decide to upgrade to bigger and better , in essence we change our vans away from what VW produced , they become a different animal , not worse not even wrong but different , recently i had the pleasure of driving a scooby converted van and it was lovely - so no knocks from me , but -

i like stock , i like the feel and look of a stock vw camper , i am lucky i have a pretty standard westy continental and to my mind it is just right , i equally like bog standard , Devon's , Danbury's and most other conversions and i always smile when i see a unmolested interior complete with a nice og van - wheels , engine , running gear etc , it say's - cherished by someone - imo

My first van was a 71 Danbury i bought it in 78 and it was totally stock , it was better by a country mile than most other campers on the market at the time and petrol prices were not such a issue so we used it daily and for holidays - it was our life pre kids .

So - stock vw campers are my thing man , i love the stuff people do to improve bays , i like the workmanship and pure deteremination to make their van work for them , but i really do smile when i see a nice og westy or Devon , - they just make me smile from ear to ear !

 

What was the scooby bus like? Seriously considering doing mine but never even been in one!
Quick?

 

Yeah , it was very responsive and quick - probably quite a bit better on fuel too and the heating will be better - gawd , listen to me

 

Do you know if it was an EJ20 or an EJ25?
Really like the idea of a quick bus!

 

it was from a legacy - it was Baybirminghams done by fellows in Birmingham - top job too , pm him and ask he is well pleased

 

Ah, didn't know it was his! I've PM'd him earlier on so will hopefully find out soon enough!

 

Sorry i can't help much i don't know the different scooby engine numbers or sizes tbh

 

What van, the profi ?.

 

For me, I quite like the look of a slightly lowered bay, not too drastic but mild (enough to reduce the wheelarch gap slightly). When we bought Gusbus he was a bare, driveable shell (botched at that) & most of the interior parts had long gone, so he will be a custom bus to how I want him including sourcing a pair of the bullet indicators (a piller ones) from Italy, another item long robbed!
Major on the other hand has the original interior with gasburner alloys, the westy curtains have gone as they was past there best but, when the time comes, I will refurbish the interior back to how it was when new!
For me, I like all bays as they all have there own stamp & character to them!!