Drop Dead Bed

Utility vehicles are rarely cool. Fact. Given half a chance most pickups tend to favour the role of knocked about, shagged out builder’s hack, copies of the Daily Star and Maccie D’s wrappers strewn across the dash. Not here though. Here Lee Porter from JC Vans in Weymouth (remember his red T6 camper – VWt issue 50?) doesn’t search the door pockets for Rizlas amidst a sea of old plaster and concrete dust every time he delves deep. Nope, this particular Dropside has been treated to a comprehensive makeover ever since he took possession of it in January 2019. “It wasn’t hanging when we got it. It had been treated rather well in fact having spent time with a London based builder from new. They had even restricted it to 56mph,” Lee told us pragmatically. The previous owners