How to buy a VW Campervan (apparently) Part 1
It all started one sunny day in June, with the boss saying "Edd, we need an old style Volkswagen T2 "Split Bay" Campervan", this is not something that my fragile, inexperienced ears had ever heard before. So being a novice to all things automobile, not to mention Volkswagen campervan'obile, I set to work on the research.
My first task, was to see whether you could have power steering fitted to said campervan without comprimising the drive, you could not...apparently. My second task was to decide on brand new import or old school van that had been done up. This was the trickiest decision, but after much deliberation we decided on old school, this was down to what everyone I had talked to called "character". Character apparently is a very important thing when it comes to buying a Volkswagen campervan, due to the fact you have "conversations" with your vehicle and name it things like "Daisy", "Mildred" and "Ermintrude" (personally I thought these were names of cows). Anyway I digress, having spent weeks and I mean WEEKS looking for a T2 Splitty (which is what us experts, as I was by now, call them) I stumbled upon an old Motorola Van that was deep purple and had a beautifully remade engine, no rust and windscreen windows that opened out (my personal favourite part of the van). I immediately e-mailed the boss suggesting possibly that this was the van for us, I liked it because it was kitted out with huge speakers and t.v's and dvd's galore. I awaited the reply with baited breath and excitement....
An hour later I had a reply; "Dear Edd, I love it, brilliant, the only problem is, I don't like the fact its kitted out with huge speakers, t.v's and dvd's galore. Look again." DAMN.
Back to the drawing board. I spent hours more looking online and stumbled upon a lovely little website called http://www.vwcampercrazy.co.uk/, here I found two beautiful looking vans. The first one, was a purple coloured Splitty, which looked a great deal, but it didn't have a "rock and roll" bed which was one of the requirments of our van. The second Van I found I fell in love with straight away. It was light blue, had a rebuilt engine, the rust had been completely treated and the all important rock and roll bed was fitted...YAY!
I got the phone number of the guy that was selling, a lovely guy who lived in Bristol called Jeremy and rang him. "Hello is that Jeremy", I asked "Yes" he so eloquently replied, I knew we were going to be friends from the off. "Can I please come and have a look at your van that you have for sale?", "yes" once again came the reply, I was liking him more and more. So we arranged that I would come down with my car enthusiast friend Nick, look the van over, take it for a test drive and if all was well put an offer in for the almighty beast.....to be continued
My first task, was to see whether you could have power steering fitted to said campervan without comprimising the drive, you could not...apparently. My second task was to decide on brand new import or old school van that had been done up. This was the trickiest decision, but after much deliberation we decided on old school, this was down to what everyone I had talked to called "character". Character apparently is a very important thing when it comes to buying a Volkswagen campervan, due to the fact you have "conversations" with your vehicle and name it things like "Daisy", "Mildred" and "Ermintrude" (personally I thought these were names of cows). Anyway I digress, having spent weeks and I mean WEEKS looking for a T2 Splitty (which is what us experts, as I was by now, call them) I stumbled upon an old Motorola Van that was deep purple and had a beautifully remade engine, no rust and windscreen windows that opened out (my personal favourite part of the van). I immediately e-mailed the boss suggesting possibly that this was the van for us, I liked it because it was kitted out with huge speakers and t.v's and dvd's galore. I awaited the reply with baited breath and excitement....
An hour later I had a reply; "Dear Edd, I love it, brilliant, the only problem is, I don't like the fact its kitted out with huge speakers, t.v's and dvd's galore. Look again." DAMN.
Back to the drawing board. I spent hours more looking online and stumbled upon a lovely little website called http://www.vwcampercrazy.co.uk/, here I found two beautiful looking vans. The first one, was a purple coloured Splitty, which looked a great deal, but it didn't have a "rock and roll" bed which was one of the requirments of our van. The second Van I found I fell in love with straight away. It was light blue, had a rebuilt engine, the rust had been completely treated and the all important rock and roll bed was fitted...YAY!
I got the phone number of the guy that was selling, a lovely guy who lived in Bristol called Jeremy and rang him. "Hello is that Jeremy", I asked "Yes" he so eloquently replied, I knew we were going to be friends from the off. "Can I please come and have a look at your van that you have for sale?", "yes" once again came the reply, I was liking him more and more. So we arranged that I would come down with my car enthusiast friend Nick, look the van over, take it for a test drive and if all was well put an offer in for the almighty beast.....to be continued
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