THE MCQUEEN EFFECT

With the release of the 1971 film Le Mans, the Gulf oil company became synonymous with the legendary Steve McQueen, the Porsche 917K and that famous Gulf racing suit. Porsches can often be seen sporting the livery, but a T5.1 camper with added beaten up racecar effects? We find out more...

Words Mark Walker

It can be pretty hard to build something standout in this wonderful scene of ours; there are so many people from diverse walks of life in the VW scene, all with their own creative take on life; this is the reason why it’s hard to come up with something truly original. Let’s face it, is any idea ever truly original nowadays? We all build cars with a certain set of influences in mind as a virtual mood board when we set out to build and Paul Merrit from Hippo Campers in Andover is no different. Being that building campers is his business and adding that to the fact that he’s not a fan of building lowered campers, he had to think outside the box to build something that would work…

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