Like sleeping beauty this old girl has been woken up.

Ben from www.thinkoutsidegardens.com.au bought himself a panelvan to use and promote his business with, this was the beginning of something special, sadly, now we're finished. Let me show you around.

 "The Clapped out Kombi Pleasure Dome"

"Daz and Loz's 62 Panel".

Quaint logo impression                                                         Aint love grand.

Guy own's "Sydney Split Screens" a service for that big day. This is another one for his collection.

Check out his new one, its here to be repaired back to steel so it too can look as sweet as this one.

Read On.

With the initials plastered on the front Van-winkle seemed the obvious nick name for this ole bus that was last registered 25 years ago nearly to the day.

Aarons 15 window sweetheart.

Yes, thats day light you can see through the right hand cargo wall, you know the old saying, one mans treasure.

Split panels are more popular than those trendy sunnies that are tinted (just), but don't do anything practical. A panel van on the other hand is both trendy, cool, and very practical. So much so, we've got one too, to keep up with the Jones'. This ones's from Jason, a customer in New Zealand.

Doing it the right way Why does it take a long time? Why isn't it grind off and weld in? What's wrong with repro-sections? Why don't they fit? Aren't buses made from one slab of German metal? A little tale to show the experience and craft needed to tackle the repair of a bus properly. For those about to tackle holes and rust ... we salute you.

Back to the future - 1965 Crew Cab Jason McCombie ... with a name like that there really is only one choice of ride. Jason has been through a few rough years back is now the proud owner, once again of his 65 crew cab.

Barry Thompsons 55. How sweet it is.

My name is Daniel Simpson, this is my bus from over here in New Zealand. It’s my first bus and I’ve had it for about 2 1/2 years now.

Deano's 67 Panel Van - it's green, very green

Every Doctor I know drives an Audi, or a BMW, a Volvo, maybe a Honda, a Benz or maybe a Volkswagen, and if its a VW, then its a Passat or at very least a Golf VR6.... but this is the first Doc Ive come accross with a BUS....... yeah a split... a sweet split too.. check it out.

This is nice.

Damien owns and operates "The Monster Garage" here in Penrith, doing air ride suspension on just about anything that has wheels. Damo has quite a collection of cars including quite a few Vee Dubs. This is just one of them.

One owner, fancy owning a car for forty years............ Meet Helmut.

A 60 model camper, how sweet is this.

Herman is owned by a young lady call Catherine. This is not the norm for us, usually is a a bloke who owns the splitter we are restoring, but not this time round.

Not such a flattering photo of herman, but after all its just the beginning of a new chapter.

Kias Kombi, rat 58 split.

Many years back Nathan scored himself a 65 splitter, now its 2006 this is the end result.