Big and bold

Sam Newbold, Nottinghamshire

It’s not often we see a T5 sporting its original front end these days, particularly one as nicely executed with a Euro-style flavour as the Caravelle front end on Sam Newbold’s 2008 specimen. Sam’s story starts out like many others – builder turned VW enthusiast almost by accident. Over to you Sam. I bought my 2.5-litre TDi T5 Van to use as a works vehicle for my building business a few years ago now. The only problem was – and it’s a problem I reckon many of your readers will sympathise with – as I became more involved in the world of Vans, it soon became clear that this one would be retired from active duty a lot sooner than most other work hacks. The Van was initially lowered using…

You're reading a preview of

VWt (Digital) - 1 Issue, Issue 71

DiscountMags is a licensed distributor (not a publisher) of the above content and Publication through Zinio LLC. Accordingly, we have no editorial control over the Publications. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including those made in Publications offered on our website, are those of the respective author(s) or publisher(s) and not of DiscountMags. DiscountMags does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness, or usefulness of all or any portion of any publication or any services or offers made by third parties, nor will we be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information contained in any Publication, or your use of services offered, or your acceptance of any offers made through the Service or the Publications. For content removal requests, please contact Zinio.