Meet the team

HAILFRANK




I've been into VW's for a number of years. Back in 2010 I had the idea of starting a dedicated site for post 72 bays so I gave fish a call and here we are! TLB. Those original members will tell you that pressing IT buttons is not my strong point and we've had some laughs along the way, my proudest moment was turning the forum dark brown with black wording, hence v2 was born.
I'm proud that this is a well used site and i'd like to think it's something that all members can be proud of too.
Like real life not everyone gets on all of the time so if you're unlucky (or lucky) we have the occasional popcorn moment but on the whole it's still doing what it was set up to do, provide help and advice. Enjoy


Poptop2

I'm here to make coffee and clean up the mess the other mods make in the staff room.

Hi. I am Malc an Admin on TLB. I have been in to VW's since the mid 70's. I bought my first one way back in 1978 from my wife's dad. It was a 1971 Danbury conversion. Lou and I along with our terrier 'Lady' travelled far and wide in her, from the south shores of Italy to the lake district of England. Along the way we have made many good friends far and wide.



I joined the late bay back in 2010/11 after searching in vain for help with my bus resto. Rhubarb our bay, it turned out was not quite as solid as the ebay advert said, we needed help and TLB came to the rescue, in the way only TLB can, with fun and a spirit of bon ami. I have been indebted since and by being admin hope to repay in some small way my gratitude.



our current van which is being restored gradually by moi as a rolling resto








As a member of the team on TLB I hope to continue the good vibe and join in with all the banter. I am not keen on bad language, homophobia, racism or bullying on a forum and will moderate accordingly. I do like to see a healthy general discussion area as this in my mind is the heartbeat of a good forum. I will continue and encourage this.

My expertise in the aircooled is sufficient to help anyone get by, but my own personal passion is the different conversions to our buses and I have built up a bit of a knowledge of each conversion company. I am always willing to pass on any information I have, and also very happy to learn more.


Scrooge95

Ha! And they said I'd never be a prefect

I had a few different choices when I decided it was time for a mid-life-crisis, but none of the other options were so comfortable to sleep in, and so I ended up with 'the little 0range' that is Clem.



If you want an enthusiastic TLB chorus of 'Happy Birthday' on your special day, make sure it's on your profile details so I can see it on the events Calendar, and I'll do my 'birthday monitor' best to rouse the masses for you. Other than that, you'll find me lurking in the staff room, reading a copy of Record Collector, and eating all the biscuits.

 

MorkC68

I left I came back because I’m bloody great I am! And like pinky and the brain I’m an admin and plan to take over the world…..

^ and there we have it. Been on the forum since it first started way back in its very first rendition and I'm a great supporter in what the forum is about. I have owned two buses, Gusbus (2008 - 2022) and Major (2011 onwards) who is our keeper.

Me:


Our WestyRu, Major:


Baysearcher

Contrary to the belief of our beloved leader, I never asked or even considered being a moderator on here. In fact, I'm fairly sure I had a conversation with one of the long timers at TechEnders to that very end!
I can only assume that they finally decided a mod that "says it how he sees it" was going to be a bonus for the forum and the gauntlet was thrown down. It wasn't a quick decision as I wondered how some people would take it; and the saying "poacher turned game keeper" was mentioned several times....
I know there are people who desperately want to be moderators so it really wasn't an easy decision.

Anyway, I've had my bus for about 10 years now and its changed a fair bit since I bought it:

In 2006 it looked like this:



And was powered by this:



It now looks like this:



And is powered by this:




Hopefully the forum will continue to grow and I'll be watching the Sale ad sections to try and cut down on the number of crap adverts.

Cheers

 

Louey
I was quite surprised when I got asked to be a mod. I don't own a VW but my love for them never went away after owning the few that I have owned.
I was involved in the first few Techenders before TLB was born, and it was them that drew me to the forum when I returned to them in 2015.

Like many, I hate racism, homophophia and sexism. I'm not perfect, by far but I hope to be an extra pair of eyes to help reduce such issues here.

I also host a weekly radio show on Birmingham Hospital Radio that many of you tune into.

 

Merlincat

I'm here to be the sensible clever moderator and to have a place to put photos of all the lovely and quirky, mainly French, vans that I love.
I’ve had 3 T4’s, 1 T25 and 3 T2’s. I’ve loved them all.
My current van is a VW T2 Landmark which has fab stripeage and a shag pile carpet.






CollyP

You all know I am a lazy so-and-so; if you want to avoid my heavy handed modding, please do so in the am.

Also, I have an old vw green camper van - some of you may have met me!

 

FISH

Hi, I'm Fish AKA Doug and I have been into vws for most of my life.