Apparently, it's a Danbury Conversion being imported to the UK:

http://www.off-grid.net/2004/09/17/vw-camper-alive-in-the-uk/

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Pete
'79 Westy "Aardvark"
'87 Westy "Joe's Van"
WWW. Busesbythebeach.com

On 3/4/08, Peter T. Owsianowski <pnoceanwesty@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> If you check back on the blog, there is a detailed explanation that the
> bus Mr. Townsend has is a Brazilian model he he bought in the UK.
>
> Too bad we can't get them here.
>
> --
> Pete
> '79 Westy "Aardvark"
> '87 Westy "Joe's Van"
> WWW. Busesbythebeach.com <http://busesbythebeach.com/>
>
>
>  On 3/3/08, Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> >
> > It's simple, the author doesn't know what he's talking about.
> >
> > And why would he say 're-introduced' as if they were withdrawn from our
> > market for a while ?
> >
> >
> >
> > 'making stuff up' as you say.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> > Of
> > BJ Feddish
> > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 7:23 AM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: Interesting Article About Pete Townsend's Bus
> >
> >
> >
> > My guess was that they are referring to the Vanagon which was introduced
> > in
> >
> > England in 1979. If it's not that then it's the usual media making stuff
> > up.
> >
> >
> >
> > Bryan
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> > Of
> >
> > Jeff Lincoln
> >
> > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 10:11 AM
> >
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >
> > Subject: Re: Interesting Article About Pete Townsend's Bus
> >
> >
> >
> > I'm a bit confused by this statement at the bottom of the article
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > *"P.S. The automotively minded will recall that the VW camper/minibus
> > was
> >
> > reintroduced in the United States around 1979, but it was a bust, mainly
> >
> > because it was so underpowered."*
> >
> > I'm not disputing that it's under powered but the rest cannot be an
> > accurate
> >
> > fact can it?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> > '90 Carat (Grover)
> >
> > '86 (We call this one Parts)
> >
> > '85 GL (Preparing to move to a new Home)
> >
> > '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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