Retro VW Camper Van Adverts

Everyone loves the humble VW Camper Van from hippies to surfers and everyone else. It’s hard to believe that back when they first came out they were a bit odd for most people, especially in America where the big old station wagon as the king of multi seat transport. I mean they are now one of the most successful and well known used vans on the market with a dedicated scene that is probably bigger than any other single car or van in the world.

This led to a big advertising campaign by Volkswagen as they tried to crack the US and other countries, with their new range of small cars and bus like vans and campers. There is a big group on Flickr just for collecting VW adverts and in there I found some of these absolute gems.

How many beans are in the box?

Why won't your wife let you buy this wagon?

What are you staring at? Haven't you ever seen a station wagon before?

There's no place like car

Next time you go camping take the bus

Some Volkswagen owners look down on other Volkswagen owners

If the world looked like this...

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