In the Beginning..

Several years ago we were holidaying in Cornwall in our "big" caravan when a couple turned up on site in a VW Camper. My wife made the fatal error of saying "it could be fun to have one of those when the kids have grown up" to a classic car nut that was a dangerous statement to make, the appropriate magazines were bought, and 3 months later we bought a slightly frayed orange & white 1972 Westy in the car park at Vanfest. In my defence it did have 12 months MOT.
We enjoyed it for the next 12 months with only minor work carried out before it went in for the start of a rolling restoration.
Well that was the idea anyway! Things sort of snowballed and it emerged from Pirate VW fully restored and painted in very fetching BMW mini liquid yellow and VW Pastel white, at VAST expense
Christened Mr Happy  it has been lovingly cared for since then by Simon and the team at Absolute VW in Castle Donington and pottered around in by us both for picnics and camping.
It is seen below in full picnic mode last year

Anyway having seen a Camper pulling a matching Puck last year, I began to get itchy fingers again as I hadn't bought anything for some time, so I started to do some home work..........