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Rarely has there been such a straight line from one singular life event to VW ownership than that drawn by Ryan Lang and his family. The fact it should end up as this slick, custom machine is genuinely an added bonus. Ryan recalled the moment for us. “My partner, Nat and I decided to take the kids camping a few years back,” he begins. “So, we toddled off to Go Outdoors and spent a small fortune on a ton of camping gear including tents, stoves and chairs then headed off to Yorkshire.” He continues, “It was a disaster! It didn’t stop raining all weekend. My air bed deflated and we were all just cold, wet and miserable.” At this point, fate could wait no more. “On the Saturday evening someone pulled up on the pitch next to us in a T5 camper,” he says. “I

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