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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2020
- Hello!
We are Katja, Björn and Balthazar. This video is a tour of our van Beelzebus, a Mercedes-Benz 508D from 1984, that we filmed in northern Norway 2 months ago. It is our first TH-cam video and we hope you guys like it.
You may know us from our Instagram account @Beelzebus. Here's a short story for those of you who don't know us:
It took us about one and a half year to renovate and sell our house, quit our jobs, make all our affairs in order and about 6 full months of that time we spent restoring Beelzebus. We hit the road in July 2019. There are still some things that we are planning to change/ build that we'll be sharing with you here. But after many months of hard work we felt that we needed some time to recuperate so once it was possible to move in into our van we started living in it full-time.
Now when we are finally feeling well-rested we'll be making many more videos about our build, life on the road, our furry companion Balthazar and also we are planning to start one more restoration project that we'll be sharing here and on our Instagram.
Many people asked us where we ordered our LED lights and sunvisor from.
Most of the lights we ordered from www.ljusgiganten.se and the sun visor from www.cornett.de. The underglow LED loop was ordered from www.crazyride.se. Just let us know if you have any more questions.
⌨ English subs are available and Swedish (svensk undertext) are available in this video. To activate a translation, click the “CC” button along the bottom of the TH-cam video player and select the desired language. Press "auto-translate". Then you'll have to click the button again to toggle on the translated captions. And it's done!😊
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BEELZEBUS Mercedes 508D DIY convertion VAN TOUR
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These guys had to choose between indoor shower and their dog, and chose the dog. Instant like.
The choice was obvious 😂😂😂 thanks!
Completely agree. That's what made me subscribe.
Same here. Talked about the dog in the beginning and incorporated the dog and it’s space in the build
@@gregorytripp4052 Thanks!😃
Why the dog cannot slepp inside the shower? (asks the German engineer)
a little late to this tour but this is truly one of the most unique conversions imo (& i’ve seen countless) and the exterior was absolutely stunning
Thank you so so much for you kind words. This really means a lot! We felt like we had to take so many very fast decisions when we were building the interior, so we still sometimes wonder if we could have made some things different. But all in all, since Balthazar's comfort was our priority, we couldn't have done that much different back then anyway. By the way, later on we've added an underfloor shower under Balthazar's bed. We demonstrate it in our Winter Wonderland video, if you'd like to see it. :)
I'm living in a 508D from '79. That was my best Idea - Greetings from Germany 🙂☮✌🕉
Awesome! Ours too😉😃
I love you guys... Baltazar is happy in heaven playing with all God's dogs and watching for you. All the love
Thank you so much! We really hope that we will meet Balthazar one day again! 🤗
These trucks have made history.
Ha ha yes they have =)
One of the best builds I’ve seen so far. Very well thought through. It’s very cosy yet spacious 😊
Thank you!! 😊 glad you like it! 😀
Awww...Balthazar is so sweet 😍😀
Thanks! ha ha yes he is sometimes 😉😉
The 508D has one of if not the best chassis and engine ever built these things are now very sought after , europe prices recently rocketed
We totally agree! Then we´re lucky =)
Nice van looks like you designed it round the dog my kind of people happy traveling 🐕🐶👍👌
Thanks! yeah we kinda did 😅 he requires some space 😅 do you also travel with a companion? happy travels! 👌
I really loved the way you give importance to your dog in your van , usually I don’t see it from van builders
Thank you! well he is very important to us 😉 so we want him to enjoy our travels as much as we do! 😃😃👌👍
😂Hahahahaha, I laughed a lot at the end of the video, Balthazar dropping his drool on Björn, hahaha, and Katja can't contain her laughter.
They have done an incredible design job, I loved it!!
Long life and happiness for the three adventurers on their paths.
Greetings from Montevideo, Uruguay 🌎
It is so heartwarming that you think about the comfort of your dog👍❤️
We always do 😁 hope everyone else does as well 😁 thanks!
@@Beelzebus Yes, I also think of their comfort and needs before mine❤️Love my dogs soooo much!
Kindred souls, lovers of gentle giants. Balthazar, your Irish Wolfhound (right?) looks great. He needs his own videos. I grew up with Great Danes, Dingus was 190, and Strider was 160. Lapdogs! Great build BTW, the doggy table is genius.
Travel Well! ✌🖖
YES! Hurray for big dogs! and small 😉 Thank you we have a little vids of him maby we should do an episode about him? we have thought of it 😃 Thanks it was and it really works well and it was super simple to make just three hinges and a little plywood 😀👌🤘
one of the best old vehicles from mercedes
Thanks! 😄
@@Beelzebus you are welcome
I LOVE LOVE LOVE your beautiful dog!!! I have a 145 lb Mastiff. It’s inspiring to see a van can accommodate a large canine. Your van is amazing
Thank you so much! Nice Mastiffs are beautiful dogs! 👌 Yeah its a bit tight but were usually outside adventuring for the most part 😉👍
Thanks for the tour, greetings from Macau 🇲🇴
Our pleasure! Thanks for watching! 😃
Best van ever, looks beautiful.
Thank you! 😃
I can tell they REALLY love heir doggy! Great people, everything after that was just ok, the RV is excellent!
Thanks! yes we sure do! 😍👍😃
Amazing color in the outside, with those lights just wow, love your van guys!
Thank you! 😃
Seriously this is my FAVORITE of all builds! I love your guys esthetic I love your design choices, love your editing and music as well. I just love love love this! Hats off to you, congratulations on a phenomenal build.
Thank you so much!! 🥳 So glad that you like it 😃🙏
that is one nice van! and Balthazar is adorable!
Thank you Linda!
You guys are awesome… We love your van! Safe travels x
Thank you! You too! safe travels
The best Van I've ever seen !
Thank you!
A genius design! I'm guessing we can't get this van in the US? It's perfect. It truly feels to me like a tiny house on wheels. Lots of storage, windows to bring in the light, large seating area that turns into a bed, aesthetically pleasing inside and out, and a large area for your dog and his bowls. Love it.
Thank you so much! Guess you could import one from Germany maybe? Its great we love how good it turned out after all the work we put in to it 😀 Thank you!
@@Beelzebus if not Germany you can try Argentina, Brasil or Perù probably will be cheaper
@@andresgoyzueta74 True there´s probably lots out there!
I was thinking the same thing! It’s not available in the US but would be perfect.
Inside and out,.. beautiful. Plus that wood interior 👌⭐
Thank you! we really wanted some wood influences in the van, and we also think it turned out great for a first build 🤗
I...Just...Love...This...Build!!! I was told that lights underneath the van/bus help to keep out rodents!
Best wishes & happy traveling to all THREE of you!
Thank you! You too! 😄
Absolutely amazing. Lovely retro bus and very well configured. Thank you for sharing. I love the solar install too. Best wishes for all your future journeys.❤
Thanks, you too!
All i can say is wow!!! love it. great set up.
Thank you! 😃
Nice people, well spoken, excellent work (elec/design/woodwork/metal work/videography), and great woof. We had a similarly sized dog, who chased several burglars out of our house about 35 years ago when we were on holiday, and one of them was so petrified that he ran right through a concrete panel wall. That broken panel wall had a policeman sitting on a chair next to it when we came back, and if I didnt see it, talk to the policeman, and see our proud of himself dog, I would never believe it. The replacement panels are visible on google earth even today, and if this wasnt the internet with many trolls, I'd print the address here. His name was Scruffy. He was eventually poisoned by future burglars and fell into our swimming pool and drowned, weak through poison as he was. It was beyond heartbreaking. Another reason I am fond of animal people and mostly despise the rest. Great work Beezlebus.
Thank you so much! Hope you rewarded him with some tasty treats after being such a good boy! 😉👍
Thats very sad to hear 😭
Thank you for the support!
@@Beelzebus indeed, Scruffy was given treats. Its a sad story indeed, but I'll always remember his courage and bravery. Great dog.
Amazing bus and great people. Thanks for the bus tour. Keep driving and drive safe. Cheers 🌹
Thank you! We will be driving allot 😉👍 safe travels to you to 👍😁
GREAT GREAT GREAT :) You are our big inspiration!
Thank you 🤗🥳🤗
Really,really nice build guys. Love the way you have finished off inside. Your dog is also super cool !
Thank you! 😀
Love the video guys, nice to see you here too!!!
Thanks! Thank you nice to see you to 😀
Bus is fantastic and dog awesome !!All the best guys
Thank you! 😀
Beautiful van and beautiful family. I love the ingenuity and that you incorporated your dog into the build. And the interior design is awesome. I love the wood paneling and the dark colors. The artwork on the van is also amazing. All in all it’s a beautiful van. Hello from 🇺🇸
Love this one! Very inspirational design :) I never thought of it but i really love the red underground lightning!
Thank you! yeah they are great 👌
Beautiful bus! Love the paint.
Thank you! 👍
Thank you for the tour!!
Thank you for watching! 😀
Fantastic paint job. Love the image on your van. Well done.
Thank you! 😀👍
What a great van, looks really comfortable and spacious. Well thought out.
Thank you Adrian! 🤗👍
I too have a 508 from 1982. Owned it for 19 years and it is the love of my life (dont tell the other half I said that).
Greeting from the UK...xXx
Haha we won't! 🤫😁😁 19 years is a long time! I am sure you took a very good care of it! 😃 Greetings to you from Sweden!
Best van I've ever seen!
Thank you for your kind words 🤗
Cool van. I'm impressed. Thank for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Det här är bra!
I've just come across this, this van life looks amazing. Deff going to check out your other vids.
Tackar! Awsome! 👍👍👍
So glad you are on TH-cam. Great tour video! The ending was hilarious 😂 Bjorn is a star! Look at all those views 🤩🤩
Ha ha ha Thank you! 😃
Close to the theme of my bus.
I love this thing
Nice =) Thank you!
hi guys,
good work, chic bus, i love your style!
have fun and enjoy the time on your travels!
Greetings from Germany
Hi!
Thanks! we will 😃👍
That Mercedes van is fantastic. I am a fan.
Thanks!😀
Sending love to your family from India ❤️
Thank you! 🙏
Love you guys and that dog !!! Beautiful build
Thank you! so much 👍
Wow! Really nice build. I've never seen a Mercedes 508D before...very beautiful. Safe travels with Balthazar. Subscribed!
Thank you! yeah we also liked it thats why we choose it, thank you for youre support 😀
very nice bus, well done. stunning scenery. not they sandy coast of spain or portugal in beautiful sunny conditions, we have seen that a thousand times. this is van life, even in cold weather an snowy roads. like it
Thank you! It´s super beautiful place 😀 ha ha ha yeah seems all van dwellers go south 😂 but at least they get solar energy there 😅 we had some trouble up north since the sun dosen´t rise above the horizon at winter 😂 a tiny miscalculation on our part 😂😅😅
So much better than a Sprinter. Amazing build.
ha ha Thank you! 😉👍
Absolutely love this build the exterior is sick love the underglow lighting in fact there is nothing I would change on the outside and I would of only altered the inside to suit my needs. And the best part is those engines will just keep going forever. The worst thing about these vans in the UK is RUST!! they all seem to suffer from it bad.
Stay safe guys and enjoy your travels 😎✌
Thank you! we did put allot of work getting rid of the rust on Beelzebus too 😅
Yes the engines are said to be Mercedes 1 miljon mile engine 👍👌
Safe travels to you too 🤘
very nice build. love the way you plan for Balthazar. safe travels
Wonderfull Van and a such a great Video. The last scene is so funny...we like !
Thank you so much! Balthazar is a funny guy 👍😂
Awesome van 😎. The best one I've ever seen! Thank you for making this video 📸 :)
Glad you liked it! Thank you! 😀
Fantastic build, the outside paint is great
Happy travels
Thanks! Happy travels! 😀
That’s is such a nice van love this video ❤️
Thanks! 😀
Sounds like the entire van is build with the dog in mind. Fantastic job guys.
Yes that´s correct we build it on the basis that Balthazar would have it comfortable as well 🤗 Thank you!
Really awesome project, just love it!
Good luck guys
Thank you so much! You too!
Cool, well done, good luck to you and Katja!
Thank you! 😃
Awesome. Love this model.
Thanks!
Balthazar!!!! 💜 Great van! Nice people 😉 safe trips 👌
Thank you! Safe travels to you also👍😁
*You make me dream* howwwww beautyfull is your tiny road home!
Best regards from la France in Europe
Thank you so much! 😃😃
Sweeeeeeeeet van build! 👍 Bravo 👏!
Thanks!🤘
Love your van build. Your dog rocks!
Thank you so much 😍😀
looks very good, it's an awesome conversion. enjoy it
Thank you! 😀
Good solutions, funny details, thanks 💗 🍀 🙂
Thank you! Cheers!
Subscribed simply because of the attention they pay to their dog. The van owners turned out to be awesome as well, bonus.
Thank you so much for the support! 👍😀
Fuck yeah, Van life and Metal ... love it!
Thanks!🤘
Simplemente hermosa, los felicito.
Thank you!
Nice van. Great location. HUGE dog!
Nice of you to have made the design considering its needs. Safe travel.
Thank you! yes he´s so big that we had to otherwise he would not have it as comfortable as us 😀👍
Great van, thanks for sharing!
Thanks!
SUPER video and the super BUS !! 💯
Thanks! =)
Beautiful!!
Thank you!
Really awesome job! Love it!
Thank you!
Awesome bus very well put together, greetings from Palm coast fl U.S.A as a kid in South America in nazca Perù I remember seeing that type of buses use for tourists for a company called Vista tours nothing but Mercedes-Benz in their fleet
Thank you very much! glad you enjoyed it! Aha cool we had no idea they were used as tourist busses there. They used them as school busses and transportation mostly here in Europe. 🤗
Love the build, looks awesome and spacious. I love the Amon Amarth bedding. \m/
Thank you! Ha ha ha yes 🤘🤘🤘
Awesome Build, ...May You Have Great Adventures
Thank you! we are going to 😉
Such a gorgeous van!!
Thank you!
One of the best looking vans I’ve seen. And your dog is awesome. New sub.
Thank you! and thanks for the support! 👍😀
Fantastic! So beautiful van! And so beautiful Lofoten 😉
Thank you! Yes Lofoten is beautiful! we will soon release a new video about Lofoten 😉😉
What a great van! Love everything about it! The dog is amazing! Metal on 🤘
Thank you! Glad you like it! Rock on! 🤘🤘
Very nice Van with sympatic owners and a sweety dog :) I wish you a nice trip!
Thank you! 😃
Complimenti, costruito molto bene e bello esteticamente, bravi 🔝
Thanks!
That’s looks really cosy
Thanks! yes it feels super cosy 😉😀
Stupendo il vostro camper
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Thank you so much! 🤗
Very cool. Love your van!
Thank you! :)
I converted a similar size van back in the mid '70's, a Hanomag. It got 22 mpg, diesel of course. Mine is the only Hog I've ever seen in the USA, I have no idea how it ended up over here. We lived in it full time for two years, it was a great rig. Now I live on 40 acres, and have a dog that weighs 10 pounds, kind of the opposite of your dog's situation!
Coolers! the Hanomag F20 or the truck version?22 mpg is less than Beelzebus takes 👍 we are around 0.38 gallons per 10km.
Who knows how it got there? We have heard that sometimes people from the early Dakar competitions brought vehicles with them home maybe that´s a possibility? ha ha ha yeah! wish Balthazar was 10 pounds! then it would be WAY more practical 😂😂
Very nice and clean work ! Good in every detail that it should..
Thank you! Cheers! 😃
That's an awesome van I love the big mercs 👍✌
Thank you! we love them to they're great! 👌😉
Really love this conversion. A big big for my everyday use, but would love to build one similar.
Thanks Steve! It handles really well for being so big 👌👍 you should 😉
@@Beelzebus thanks.
Love it 😍
Thanks!
Awesome van guys! Congrats!
Thanks!
Love the irish wulfhound and the Saab seats :)
Thank you! 😀😉
Great video & great van, well thought out ✨👍
Thank you! 😃
Awesome set up guys!!
Thanks!
That dog is huge! Really great built, congratulations. But yeah the table is really small.
ha ha yes he is 😉 thank you! yeah thats why we are planning to upgrade it 😉