Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #26022 in Books
• Published on: 2008-08-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

About the Author
Mark Paxton acquired his first VW Bus, a split screen van, nearly 30 years ago, followed by a Bay and then a few Beetles. A period without owning any of VW's iconic flat fours whilst running a garage dedicated to more Gallic motors was compensated for by a steady flow of friends' Buses to work on, which eased the pain. A move into classic car and motorcycle journalism was followed by the chance to write this book and intimately reacquaint himself with the innermost workings of the Bay Window Transporter.

Customer Reviews

An excellent book

I wish I had this book a year ago. As an relative amateur I have completed many repairs to my bus and have had to do things the hard way and work out how to repair the bus consulting blogs online or asking people at vw shows for ideas.
This book fills in the blanks between the haynes manual and the body panel spares catalogues. It is not a step by step manual but the pictures beautifully illustrate how a total rust box can be turned into a solid bus with a bit of time and effort.
It has certainly given me confidence that all the repairs I have done so far are up to standard. Also that my bus will be finished one day.
Repairing the bus still remains a challenging project and will require a lot of storage space, time, tools and effort. Loss of finger nails and prints will inevitably occur.
The book also lists dimensions of door frames etc.
An excellent book.!!

crazy people for crazy bus
Hi, this message is for all people, like me, love to work on own baywindow bus.
this book is a fantastic guide for the rastauration of bus (1968-79) with a lot of photos of two mechanics that dismantled and rebuilt a bus. There are many advises for buy and conserve a bus. For me it has been very useful.