When Damian Normile began looking for his own Kombi to cruise around in, he was strongly advised by good friend Steve O'Ryan to search for a Bay Window with the 2 litre combination. Damian's childhood was shaped by the skate and surf culture of the 70s, which naturally encompassed Kombi vans, and so his initial leaning was away from Steve's advice and towards an early model Split. When a one owner Splitter narrowly slipped through his grasp, followed by a long list of potential duds (50 in all), Damian finally heeded Steve's advice and switched the search to a 2 litre Bay camper. His change of allegiance was immediately rewarded and he came across a 1973 Bay Camper for sale in Casino. As luck would have it, the owner and said camper were on holiday at Mermaid Beach on the Gold Coast, just around the corner from where Damian lived!

    

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