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10 Photos of VW Kombis that will make you miss the 70s
The Plaid Zebra May 2, 2017

BY: SAMANTHA TAPP What decade do you miss the most? It would probably depend on the culture of each decade. What musicians would you want to see play, what fashion would you want to rock or what part …

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10 VW buses that will inspire you to ditch your day job and hit the road
The Plaid Zebra April 25, 2017

BY: SAMANTHA TAPP It’s a tale as old as time: your 9-5 job isn’t everything you’d always imagined, your daily routine has become boring rather than comfortable and you find yourself …

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10 iconic hippie vans (photos)
The Plaid Zebra April 15, 2017

BY: SAMANTHA TAPP The Volkswagen Type 2, otherwise known as a microbus or camper, or known even more fondly as a hippie van, has been around since the 1950s. Since its introduction to the world it has…

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VW camper for sale: What to look for when buying
The Plaid Zebra April 11, 2017

BY: SAMANTHA TAPP VW camper vans have been a staple in both past and present culture. It used to just be car enthusiasts who lusted after these vehicles to buy to restore the vintage vehicle to its or…

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The evolution of van-life from the VW Transporter to the electric vans of the future
The Plaid Zebra December 30, 2016

In the last decade or so, we’ve seen an increase of people turning towards the van-life. Things have shifted and, for millennials especially, the value of experiences has taken precedence over t…

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Couple built their own solar electric VW bus and travels the west coast with their kids
The Plaid Zebra December 15, 2016

BY: JESSICA BEUKER  Brett Belan has always been passionate about clean energy. He gained an interest in building power plants as early as high school, and his passion has only developed and grown from…

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How this couple travelled to 50 countries and five continents on $8 a day in their VW van
The Plaid Zebra February 6, 2016

BY: ALEX BROWN Their story is familiar to anyone with itchy feet to travel, or those who are feeling the weight of the office grind bearing down on them and are looking for a way out. Hailing from Pol…

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This company will find your perfect adventure-mobile, customize it and deliver it to you
The Plaid Zebra December 4, 2015

BY: ROB HOFFMAN Under the canopy of night, beneath the smeared light of the Milky Way and facing the red mountains of the south, a silver van sits alone in the vast desert landscape. The inside of the…

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This couple has spent 5 years and 80,000 glorious miles circling Europe in a VW camper van
The Plaid Zebra November 8, 2015

BY: ROB HOFFMAN Lauren Smith and Calum Creasey have spent the past five years circling Europe in sporadic bursts and watching the diverse landscape evolve from behind the windshield of their 1996 VW T…

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This couple builds a Portland tiny-home, lives for free and endlessly travels in a VW bus
The Plaid Zebra November 2, 2015

BY: ROB HOFFMAN As Bryan and Jen peeled back the layers of their life, auctioned off their unnecessaries, bowed out of the 9-5 clockwork and unloaded the weight of their mortgage, it was as if they we…

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Here are the 11 sexiest customized VW camper vans ever to grace road-life
The Plaid Zebra October 20, 2015

There is hardly any vehicle on earth with more rugged sex appeal than the classic VW camper-van. Putting aside Volkswagen’s recent emissions scandal, the classic design that so many hippies once flock…

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Volkswagen just re-released everyone’s favourite hippy-van…but now it’s electric.
The Plaid Zebra September 16, 2015

BY: ROB HOFFMAN Rumours have begun to circulate about the re-emergence of the iconic VW hippy-van, a beloved road-trip staple and unparalleled adventure machine. Board member, Dr. Heinz-Jakob Neusser …

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New family travels America in a 1971 VW bus to strengthen their bond through adventure (Video)
The Plaid Zebra June 7, 2015

In March of 2013, Lars and Katrin Schneider, along with their 8-month-old son, Fietje, bought a 1971 VW Westfalia Van, and took off across the country, traversing multiple state and national parks inc…

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