palomino spotting

Tom's been spotting palominos hiding in the background of photos of inferior campers! Like here

headless

Gemma has sent in pictures of her purple palomino.





Meanwhile, on the fabulous tat bazaar that is ebay, someone has beheaded a Palomino and is selling the roof! I suppose if you wanted to convert an inferior van to a Palomino, this would be an excellent starting point.

Polly's prize progress

Kate and Guy have been doing up their camper Polly.



As you can see, they're keeping an eye on the ebay camper with the hope of getting some original curtains, but with her custom cushion, and by the look of it, a great deal of cleaning, Polly's showing some great progress. So much so that her and her friends at demon dubs won the best group show and shine prize at dubstock over the weekend.



Well done Polly!

Palominos in the summer

The slightly shabby Palomino that went unsold on ebay a few months back is for sale again, by someone else. They make the rather dubious claim that "the interior is still in pretty much original condition". If you want to see how ludicrous this is, take a look. But if you're desperate for a Palomino, there's a buy it now of five grand.

Meanwhile, at Glastonbury, where I terribly failed to meet up with Adrian and Clare, Pippa was spotting Palominos in the camper field.

Pippa wins a prize

Pippa has won a letter of the month prize from Camper and Bus magazine. It's a polishing kit, so it sounds more like punishment to me.

Polly the T25 Palomino

Kate and Guy have bought the T25 Palomino, built in 1982, recently seen on ebay. Here she is.




Unlike the T2 Palomino, the T25 appears to come with a bar in the roof, holding the sides out. Kate and Guy have used this to support a kid's bed, as their model came without the bunks.

Palomino Sales watch

This week, while I was distracted by the sun and uncovering my Palomino after the winter to consider how to fix his brakes, someone got a T25 Palomino off ebay for £2000 - a steal in anyone's book.

But if you're still looking for a Palomino, there's this slightly shabby example on ebay - it has some palomino features, but I'm not sure if it's not one of the sister vans, or whether it's been altered over the years. And if you're going to Glastonbury, it's practically there already.

Or there's Dominic's pristine example, available for £8495 - see his advert on dubs4sale. It is a bit orange though. See more pictures here

If anyone has any other pictures they'd like to share, email me at the address below, and I'll post them here.

Fame at last

Pippa's camper has been featuring in the press recently.

Read her reply to the article below

Thanks to Tom, our Belgian member, for emailing in the scans. (My scanner is still playing up)

A palomino in Belgium!

So spring is raising its head (well, I saw a daffodil), so it's time to pull off the winter covers and think about MOTs. And what better way to start with a new discovery - Tom writes from Belgium...

I'm from Belgium and after 3 years of driving a vw camper(79)with a boat-roof,i now know it's a Palomino camper!
I always thought the sticker on the back"palomino"was of a bar or a pub....and i removed it:(
Let's have a palomino meeting!!!!

And here are some pictures, including evidence of the sticker removal, and an impressive amount of stuff.