{"id":93,"date":"2013-01-30T10:59:58","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T10:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vwcamperhire.com\/blog\/?p=93"},"modified":"2013-01-30T11:02:33","modified_gmt":"2013-01-30T11:02:33","slug":"celebrities-and-their-camper-vans-jamie-oliver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vwcamperhire.com\/blog\/celebrities-and-their-camper-vans-jamie-oliver\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrities and Their Camper Vans \u2013 Jamie Oliver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s pretty likely that by now you have seen Jamie Oliver\u2019s beautifully restored VW camper, and\u00a0gorgeous matching trailer. There\u2019s something about his nature that mean it was no surprise\u00a0when we first saw his beloved camper set touring rural Italy on his TV show. The engine is of\u00a0course Porsche, as are a number of other bits and pieces on the van.\u00a0The upgraded Porsche\u00a0engine is popular among Volkswagen camper owners giving the vans a little more \u2018umph\u2019 on the\u00a0road and when climbing hills.<\/p>\n<p>The story has it that the vehicle was once a scrappy mess, lovingly restored by VW specialist\u00a0Matt Keene of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.air-kraft.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.air-kraft.co.uk\/<\/a> in Cornwall, then spotted\u00a0by the TV chef who immediately asked if he could buy it. The van really is a superb example,\u00a0testament to the skills of Matt and his colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>Jamie\u2019s excursion gave yet more love from the public to the classic VW camper, and enquiries\u00a0for the vans, especially \u2018ones like Jamie\u2019s\u2019\u2020increased dramatically for a while after the show was\u00a0broadcast. Jamie sold the 23 window van at Brands Hatch for \u00a348,000 in 2007. Not bad at all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s pretty likely that by now you have seen Jamie Oliver\u2019s beautifully restored VW camper, and\u00a0gorgeous matching trailer. There\u2019s something<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vwcamperhire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vwcamperhire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vwcamperhire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vwcamperhire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vwcamperhire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vwcamperhire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96,"href":"https:\/\/www.vwcamperhire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93\/revisions\/96"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vwcamperhire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vwcamperhire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vwcamperhire.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}