Our Citroen HY bus has been in the family for over 15 years. Every year we overhaul/restore a part of the bus. The condition of the bus is now very healthy.
We go away with it almost every year. The kids love it.

I've always had a love for vintage cars. Designs are not hindered too much by the wind tunnel and therefore have their own identity. In addition, the technique is relatively simple. As a technician, it is therefore possible to do a lot in-house.
Every year I spend 2 weeks improving the bus.
Safety and reliability first. Then the coach and interior. For example, it has had a new gearbox and brake overhaul, a lot of welding has been done, new doors and a total paint job.
But it must be kept up, because the rust devil never sleeps.
Of course there is always something to improve…

All my life I have traveled with camper vans. My parents' first bus was THE Volkswagen T1 with split screen, barndoors, flipseat and Westfalia interior. It was a 'normal' bus back then. Too rusty - to the scrapyard. Eternal pity; if only we had kept him.
After that, a number of buses were built. A Fiat 238, a Bedford, a Mercedes 308.
I now know what I like in a bus. But that's not all of course...