camperfanatic

  As we pass the quarter milestone in the 21st Century, I pose the question, 'Are clubs still relevant in an age of social media, reels, YouTube and advancing Ai ' ? Once a familiar part of the UK classic vehicle scene, car clubs were a place where like-minded enthusiasts came together to share their knowledge, exchange spares, swap stories and ideas, hold regular meet-ups, weekend rally's and even continental road tours. Clubs have been around since the internal combustion engine was invented, but really came to prominence (in the UK at least) after WWII, hitting an all-time high for membership numbers as the 1960s and 70s passed. The 1980s and 90s saw a plethora of clubs emerge as owners sought to bring together enthusiastic owners of past cars from previous decades, aka, those no longer in production, and often referred to as 'classic'. These clubs were extremely successful in the pre-internet days, when the only information available about classic vehicles was o...

  Album cover vans... I thought it was about time that I combined my love of  music, with my passion for campervans, and light commercial vans in general. What better way to accomplish that, than taking a look at the various campervans and basic vans which have appeared on album covers over the years. As you might expect, it is the iconic VW marque which leads the way, appearing not only on 60s and 70s album covers, but is still very much in vogue with young musicians of the present. What follows are a sample of album covers which feature either a campervan or basic light commercial van....I'll add more as I discover them. Bob Dylan---Freewheelin So, what ranks as one of the most well known album covers featuring a van? For many it will be the 1963 album by Bob Dylan, 'Freewheelin', which has that famous picture of Bob and his then girlfriend, Suze Rotolo walking down the centre of the street (West 4th Street, New York), with the iconic splitscreen VW on one side. The photo...