A VW fanatic has turned himself into a "walking billboard"

for the cult car-maker - with camper vans and Beetles tattooed over his back and arms.

Chris Redford, 28, is so obsessed with the German car-maker, he even plans to name his first daughter, due next month, Victoria Willow - to give her the iconic initials.

He has spent about £3,000 on the tattoos.

Shopkeeper Chris, of Eastbourne, said: "When I was about 16, a couple of my friends bought Beetles and I just fell in love with them.

"Now they're a major part of my life.

"They have such a unique and charming personality.

"If you look at the front of an old Beetle, it looks like a face - the bumper's the mouth, the lights are the eyes and the bonnet's the nose.

"Not only that, but there's such amazing scope for customisation.

You can tweak and modify virtually any aspect of them.

Amazing "I get parts imported from all over the world to make my cars unique. They're just amazing vehicles."

Chris bought his first VW - a Beetle - in 1997 for £2,500. A year later he sold it and upgraded to a 1600cc model, and the following year bought a Golf.

He now owns a new Beetle and a customised air-cooled camper, of the sort made popular in the 1960s.

Chris said: "I have never driven anything but a VW, and I never would.

"The only thing I would consider is a Porsche, because of the firm's very strong ties to VW - but even then, I would have to own every VW model on the market first."

He added: "We're looking forward to the birth of our daughter.

"I'll be an easygoing dad. I won't mind if she has boyfriends or gets into trouble at school - but she'd better not come home driving a Mini or a Citroen."

Chris and wife Serena are moving house soon - and Chris plans to get the famous VW logo emblazoned across his new driveway in black bricks. Only one brand of car will be allowed on the drive, of course.

He is also planning more tattoos - including a new logo revealed recently by VW in Germany - and a pair of VW-branded wasps on his bottom.

His current collection of tattoos includes the number plates of all the VWs he has owned set in hearts, and the front of a giant winged Beetle between his shoulder blades.

He is now keen to get the back of the vehicle tattooed across his chest.

Serena said: "He really is obsessed."

Volkswagen fans are notoriously loyal, with tens of thousands turning up for regular meetings across the country each month.

A celebration of the VW camper van's 60th anniversary attracted 71,000 visitors to Hanover in Germany last year.

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