It's that same thing all the time with these magazines.  Look at "insert
owner's name here"car!  Hardly any do-it yourself cars, because they are
not up to the over the top level of the professionally done cars.  A
vanagon shows up about every 5 years in these mags.

I saw one article on a old splittie that was screaming how the
restoration was done in only 5 months.  After reading the article, all
the owner did was take the chrome and trim off and have it refinished.
The story was how it went from shop to shop, getting the body, interior ,
engine and trans done by the "experts" in each field. then the van came
home and the owner put the trim and taillights on.

Fine  way to go, nice fihished project, but don't expect me the me amazed
at the effort.

We need a "Messin' About in Boats" mag about VW's!

John