Kicking the year off Dubsta attended the fantastic Campermart 2022 show with a display totalling 7 vehicles indoors. Campermart 2022 is organised and sponsored by VW Bus Magazine and consists of the indoor display and trader areas and a large outdoor area for visitor parking and Show & Shine.
Steve field who’s on YouTube as T6 Project captured and edited this movie of the show and chose our Nick’s bus as his back drop for narrative.
There were tons of stunning vehicles to feast your eyes on and here are some of our favourites and some other pics that were either caught by us or our friend @wellchuffedmedia (Instagram tag).
All VWs are welcome! Classic, modern, car, van, whatever your VW is we’d love to welcome you.
Food
Full on buffet from a brand that is passionate about food. Some of the best pizza you can try with plenty of other italian delicacies too.
Venue
Tried and tested venue has hosted tons of shows from supercars to classics to modified, they’ve done it all. You could even book a room and stay over the night before.
Petrolheadonism.club
Local hotelier, petrolhead and lamborghini aficionado Ciro Ciampi who owns Petrolheadonism is by his own admission a dubber at heart. We’ve been talking about putting a date in the diary for some time and now with great pride we can give you the date and the link to book your spot.
This isn’t your typical meet. Ciro’s been doing this kind of thing for a long time now and has his hand in many of the larger automotive events regionally and nationally. Remember Gas Monkey at Knebworth? Remember Tucked at Shuttleworth? Stanced at Duxford? All the supercar events at Finedon? Ciro is behind all of them. It’s totally fair to say he’s done all the trial and error and has a formula that really works.
A little taster of one of the petrolheadonism events from last year.
Chandrin is a Volkswagen Nerd. He was born in 1303S! Not only that he’s an Automotive Development Engineer with over 20 years knowledge and experience gained from working with OEMs and developing devious personal projects of his own. He’s there to tickle Dubsta’s creative zones to optimise creativity in a robust manner!
Role
The Oracle
Vehicle(s)
Polo TDI SE
Polo BlueMotion
Mk2 Golf GTI 16V
Mk3 Golf GTI 16V
Mk6 Golf GTI Edition 35
Mk7 Golf GTI Clubsport S
Mk8 Golf GTI Clubsport 45
What’s he all about?
What’s your ultimate Volkswagen to own?
A Veyron let’s not kid ourselves, it is a Volkswagen in all but name. Technological ‘Tour de Force’ that upstaged all the specialist Supercar manufacturers. Let it be known the maker of the humble Beetle did this and then some! Conceived in the core boardroom of Wolfsburg and born free on the sacred tarmac of Ehra-Lessian!
To you what makes a build?
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. This is very emotive to the individual. However, I like builds that demonstrate credibility, continuity, functionality and form. Not just for show. You should be able to live with the build and robustly so.
What Inspires you?
Well-engineered products whatever they are. They must function reliably it’s the reason I became an engineer.
Why are you involved in Dubsta?
I met Ryan through the love and passion for Volkswagens. He introduced me to Dubsta brand and I absolutely love it.
What’s Dubsta about for you?
It’s the human side to the Dubsta cars. The people behind them and their feelings and emotions that were the driving force for their vehicles to become Dubsta icons.
Having not planned to attend any shows this season, a last minute plan came together and we had 4 vehicles displaying at Campermart 2021. Thank you for having us VW Bus Magazine!
Ryan’s role is broad and varied. He’s the man behind Dubsta. From designing the original logo and building the website, to being behind the social media accounts, he’s built the Dubsta brand from scratch and even designed and fitted the original retro stripes Dubsta is famous for.
Marketing, Sales, Design, Quality, Construction, Fit outs, Maintenance and day to day running of the business all sit under Ryan’s role.
With so many to choose from? Jeez. I think the ultimate is the brazilian built SP2. The lines of that thing are just exquisite and some of the renders of wide body ones that have been floating about make an already beautiful thing very very desirable. There’s so many others I’d like to own as well though.
To you, what makes a build?
For me, it begins with wheels and stance. That old thing of making it look fast when it’s stood still has always worked for me. Serious rims, ideally staggered make me smile. I like low with a slight rake, not low low necessarily. Mine are always regularly used so I need practicality as well as stance. Of course I’m willing to test the boundaries though.
What inspires you?
There’s a question. I’m inspired by so many things. I like details, I like subtlety, I like discretion I guess I’m inspired by style. It’s not what’s done, it’s how it’s done. So to answer the original question, I’m inspired by designers, artists, film, photography, nature, human interaction, communication. I can’t answer this one with one thing, the answer is everything.
Why are you involved in Dubsta?
Basically, I love creating stuff and tinkering with motors. Dubsta gives me all that and I get to meet nice people along the way.
What’s Dubsta about for you?
Ok, for me, Dubsta is about cool rides and decent people. It’s more than that too, it’s about genuinely being decent, decent to other people, decent to the environment, just decent.
One of the first things I wanted in my van aside from the essentials…bikes, coffee machine…was cooking facilities.
I started off using my old toy trunk from when I was a kid (another story) and an old camping twin stove we’d used a few times before.
It was functional but not quite what I wanted…
I was lucky in that my lashing points had been left in place when the new floor went in. With the help of a friend who could weld, we designed up some very simple brackets to simply bolt in. To these we attached some heavy duty sliders and a framed drawer to hold the trunk.
Bingo! slide out kitchen!
Thing was, this trunk deserved better treatment (project in pipeline) and I bought an old metal tool trunk off Facebook. I’ll be honest, it stunk of death…. Like something had been buried in it….
Two weeks airing later and smell resolved. A good clean down and disinfect and a pre-grubsta structure was taking form. False shelf, essentials parked underneath, what could go wrong? Nothing… but… it wasn’t good enough. I couldn’t get to the things under the cooker while I was using it.
Started researching mechanisms and movement.
Who knew what was available? Start simple I thought!
It was time to do this properly. Off to the sandblasters the box went. Bought a new cadac grill as the old one really had seen better days too.
Acquired in April 2021, this one came in as a dirty work van with zero mods. Fairly high on miles for its age but very straight, FSH and highline spec. It sat waiting for some love for a little while before we set about it. Here’s an intro to what’s been done so far.
While the world came to a standstill during 2020, at Dubsta we’ve been busy getting our ducks in line ready to roll out our offerings to you lovely people.
Dubsta is a fairly new brand in the market. The concept itself was only created in July 2019. The following is steadily growing and it’s been great getting to know you guys. The words of encouragement you give and the simple things like liking our posts is really encouraging and very much appreciated. Thank you!
When Dubsta was first created it was said from the off that the brand had to be different, had to stand out, had to remain cool. So far that’s been successful and the aim is to continue on that basis.
As a brand, Dubsta hasn’t made any money so far. There’s been a load of stickers dished out and some of you good people have bought some merchandise for which I’m very grateful. It’s been more important to build up awareness of the brand than financial gain. The next step is Dubsta TV!
Dubsta TV
Earlier than originally planned, the Dubsta Youtube Channel is about to get busy.
Here’s where Dubsta began. I had my eye on my neighbour’s van since we moved in. Wasn’t much to look at but I’d always wanted a transporter and I wanted to build one myself. It took me about 6 months to do the deal from first conversation. I’m glad I stuck with it!
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