’62 SO33 Westfalia, Tim Jones
Approximately four and a half years ago, Tim Jones was surfing the ’net, found himself on the Volkszone website, and spotted an SO33 Westfalia for sale in Ohio, USA. After exchanging a good many emails with the vendor (he reckons around 60!), Tim bit the bullet, wired some money and organised the shipping of the Split, initially from Ohio to Baltimore and then on to England. It arrived at Southampton docks around six weeks later and was transported back to Tim’s Northamptonshire home. Back then, it was in reasonably rough condition, but required no welding repairs, so Tim set about a sympathetic restoration, working on a pretty tight budget. He completed most of the work himself, but entrusted the paintwork to John at Old Skool…