{"id":98,"date":"2013-07-03T18:28:28","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T18:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.vwcamperguide.com\/?p=98"},"modified":"2013-10-21T13:11:26","modified_gmt":"2013-10-21T13:11:26","slug":"1988-vw-t25-t3-westfalia-joker-poptop-camper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.vwcamperguide.com\/?p=98","title":{"rendered":"1988 VW T25 \/ T3 Westfalia Joker Poptop Camper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The next camper I bought was a VW T3 Westfalia Joker poptop camper 1.6 TD.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately by the time I had driven from Germany to the UK the water level warning\u00a0lamp was flashing. 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