Learning how to drive can be relatively easy but finding someone to teach you is often the major obstacle. Parents and friends are usually the ones showing new drivers the rules of the road but this can lead to short cuts and bad behavior masked by helpful tips and advice. Driving is a serious endeavor and such short cuts can lead to accidents. A far better alternative than that empty parking lot with a nervous parent or guardian in the passenger seat is a driving instructor.

This article examines the various methods by which a car driver can reduce fuel consumption by providing a comprehensive list of fuel efficiency tips.  It is by no means exhaustive and readers are encouraged to add there own tips by commenting on this article at www.classcampers.com. Help save your money whist doing your bit for the environment.

All models apart from additions at bottom of page

Overall Length 4420mm
Overall Width 1765mm
Wheelbase 2400mm

Front track 1386mm

Rear track 1439mm


Pick up -Single cab is 4470 length
Large bed is 1980 width
Standard is 1765 width

The price for this service is 25 euros which you have to pay ?cash with order", please. Our terms of payment are cash or via Visa/Mastercard - card number and expiry date.

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VW Bay Window vans used two different rim sizes.

1968-70 have 5 bolts with a 205-6mm distance between adjacent holes and are called wide-5s (US).

71-79 buses had disck brakes and have normal looking wheels with a 5x112 bolt pattern. The rims are 5 1/2" wide  and the offset is ET39. We cant find out at the moment what ET stands for but it represents the distance in millimeters  from the centerline of the rim to the back of the bolt face.

The firing order is 1-4-3-2. Looking at the engine from the rear (through the engine compartment).

3 1
4 2

These numbers are written on the tinware by the sparkplug holes of the Type 4 engine. The firing order is also written on the tinware above the ignition coil, and on the Type I engine it's stamped on the alternator stand. You will hopfully see (if your tinware isnt to rusty), the word Zundfolge which is German for "firing order".

There is nothing more upsetting than getting an unexpected dent or ding in your cherished Volkswagen Camper or bus. Whether the dent originated from a error on your behalf or from a rouge driver whilst you are getting your weekly shopping, they can ruin the pristine lines of your VW Bus.

There are several reasons why you may be concerned about rust spots on your car. If you are going to try to sell it, any appearance of surface rust will drive down the re-sale price considerably. If you plan on keeping the car for a long time, then you want one that looks nice and that won't be falling apart around itself.

Servicing your VW Bay Window bus can see like a bit of chore in the excitement of the new spring season all ready upon us.  Often there seems too much to do in terms of Volkswagen Camper meets, events and the inevitable road tips that are planned for the summer, to think about getting ones hands dirty, serving your cherished Volkswagon(seo) bus.

Class Campers helps to makes owning your Volkswagen Camper a greener experience by suggesting some small changes to the way you use your VW Bus.

Being greener is becoming a way of life; it’s one of those issues that whether you like it or hate it, it isn’t going to go away.  There are many ways that a driver can become a greener motorist and there are many ways why it makes sense to try.  Not least, to save money!

Volkswagen and Google are working together to develop a revolutionary new navigation system.

Together with the graphics card manufacturer nVidia, a revolutionary new navigation system is being developed in Volkswagen's Electronics Research Laboratory (ERL) in Palo Alto, California. This new system uses data from Google Earth to generate 3-dimensional images of the route. Moreover, the navigation system can gather online data to provide the driver with important real-time information, for example about the traffic situation or weather.

There is an old adage that if you go back-packing you should only take the absolute minimum amount of possessions that you think is possible, lay everything on the floor and then half it! Well we are not sure at Class Campers that this applies to taking a trip in a VW Camper but there are lessens to be learnt from this.

So you are planning to buy your dream Volkswagen Bay Window Camper but you don’t know where to start! Well, Class Campers can hopefully point you in the right direction with our guide to buying a bus.

This article was originally posted on the BBC website and can be found here A Brief History of the VW Type II Bus

The birth of the VW Type II (Type I being the Beetle) arose after World War II when the British found themselves running the VW factory in Wolfsburg Germany. Ben Pon, a Dutch VW importer, saw the motorised trolleys built using stripped down Beetle chassis and running gear taking parts around the vast factory in 1947. He sketched a design for a beetle-based van, which looked rather like a box on wheels, after he was inspired by these rudimentary but ingenious vehicles. Heinz Nordhoff took on this idea a year later when he took over as chief executive of Volkswagen and the first VW van was launched at the Geneva Motor Show in November 1949.