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Excellent, 131000 is nothing if it’s been well maintained. 👍🏻

Excellent. Great to hear it. Personally I like the 2.5, good commercial engine with plenty of power. We have one here at the moment with 242k miles and it’s a lovely van.

Funnily enough I am ex RAC myself!! I’d say they are pretty good and well looked after as each van has an allocated driver, the servicing and repairs were always done on time. The nice thing about the ex RAC vans is they are all T32 with tailgate. And all 140/150 bhp and 6 speed gearbox. If you’re lucky you may even find a silver one which would have been VW dedicated or prestige contract. They obviously had a lot of gear in the back including tools and a fold away trailer. There may be some holes in the roof where light bars were fitted, dash board may have a couple of holes where phone and table holders were mounted. A generally sound purchase.

Absolutely. I’d include that in the overall condition of the vehicle. Like I said mileage is just an indicator but not to be taken literally. We have a van here at the moment with 242k miles and it drives really lovely. Much better than some that that have only 50k. I think most vans that are clean and tidy tend to have more fastidious owners which then look after the engine servicing. These are owners that were in it for the long term rather than the trade guys swapping vans with no specific owner and getting new ones after three years.

Not sure where you got your data but you’re incorrect. A quick google search reveals in 2023 had 193.5 dry days and 171.5 days where at least 1mm of rain fell but out of those days it did rain there still would have been some opportunity to be outside and dry. Realistically we’ve never been stopped from cooking outside. From Cornwall to Scotland we’ve always had opportunities to cook outside. Last December we cooked outside nearly every day of our Scottish trip. If the weather did stop us I would rather go out to dinner than make the van stink. Each to their own though and thats why every van is individually built for each owner to their own spec.

We’ve done it with one removable seat and it works pretty well. A double I’m not sure as it would block the cupboards, heavy to move and no access to the rear unless you climb over it. For me it just wouldn’t work efficiently enough. If you do manage it I’d be interested to hear how it works for you. Good luck with finding your van and your camper build. 👍🏻

@dcdtransporters thanks for the info, I'd be seeing if it would do 2 singles as would give ulitimate flexibility for when i wasn'tusing it for camping. Don't have a van yet, but of all the builds, I like your flexible u shape setup, so if I do get one, I'll definitely be in touch. Thanks for the info 👍🏻

That’s the idea!!

There’s no legal requirement as they are not travelling seats. Also it’s highly recommended not to use seat belts on side facing seats as it can cause spinal injuries in a severe stop or crash. If you want seat belts you need to use a traditional seat bed design not a U-shape.

Okay thank you for the response 👌🏽

How much was it to do this layout?

@@the_fearless_explorer1213 thanks. The skirts are from Van-X. They do them for T5’s onwards.

@@dcdtransporters i can't seem to find then are they just all black

@@the_fearless_explorer1213 yes. They do a limited range of pre painted or you can paint them yourself.

@@kateopie3112 it’s a Skyline Aurora. With the canvas in burgundy.

SWB

True. I’m not sure I’d do it again. But it does complete the full swamper look I think.

The T6.1 covers are different and you’ll need the foams to make the cover snug. EBay often comes up with genuine foams cheap otherwise it’s vw. The 6.1 foam does fit on a T5 frame.

The T6.1 covers are different and you’ll need the foams to make the cover snug. EBay often comes up with genuine foams cheap otherwise it’s vw. Depending on the covers you bought you should only need the back rest foam but the lower one would probably benefit from being replace due to age. The 6.1 foam does fit on a T5 frame. Most lower foams are the same with exception of the caravelle and California. These got a deeper base foam

Wow !! 😂😂

Thanks, the egr is safely stored in the cupboard. In honesty though we’ve not noticed any difference and it was pretty clean when it was removed.

@@Trebordor yes. Although the egr was pretty clean.

Inspired by the best 😊

@@darthsarcastus1064 fantastic 👍🏻

That’s great to hear. 😊 Share some pictures of your build when your finished 👍 Thanks for watching

Thanks, get in touch with us via email and let us know what van make and model you have and we can give you a quote. dcdtransporters@icloud.com Or fill out the contact us form on our website.

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That’s great going. These engines are commercial designed engines for vans and higher mileage. Unlike the modern variants which are a car derived engine

If you wanted this layout I’d recommend you had a LWB van. That way you’d have a bed that was over 6ft in length. They end up with approximately 1900mm of usable space. The SWB van is always going to be a compromise of bed length vs how much the units protrude into the door opening.

@@Springer5 thanks for the kind words. Yes we live forever hopeful that the weather will be kind enough so we can cook outside!! Always a risk in the uk!! But that said I have the same set up in my van and I have a small portable cooker which I can use inside for a brew first thing without having to go outside. If the weather is that bad normally I’ll go and find somewhere else to eat and let them do the cooking and washing up! The porta potti drawer is a game changer for those 3am wake up calls so you don’t need to trek across the campsite. 😃

@dcdtransporters Yes. It's almost worth getting the urge at 3am just for the joy of using that drawer. 😀

Yes. Absolutely 👍🏻 😊

@@michaelburke5942 get in touch directly and we can give you a quote

@@NigelL0304 thank you 🙏🏻