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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 พ.ค. 2024
- Welcome back all,
In this video me and Lauren take a big leap and purchase our first vehicle from auction! We've been attending auctions regally for over a year now and we decided to purchase a car to complete the North Coast 500 in. We liked the look of estate cars because we could sleep in the back of them and save money on hotels. It was only when Lauren looked around this VW T4 that we both realised it would make the perfect NC500 vehicle!
I signed up and got a bidding card at WB & Sons in Newcastle, one thing led to another and I had just placed the winning bid on this Volkswagen T4. We then nervously embarked on the 250 mile trip back down south and the auction purchase didn't let us down.
Overall the T4 is in fair condition, with over 200,000 miles it's never going to be a show queen but we both believe with some tlc and money spent in the right places, we can turn this into our dream camper!
We have already been in contact with a few company regarding some exiting collaborations, I hope you all enjoy watching us transform this T4!
Contact me: mitch.boulton@outlook.com
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Great stuff!
If you go-ahead with plans on doing the NC500 I'd highly recommended doing it out of season, it's pretty commercial now but not as much out of season as the colder weather comes in, also! when it's colder you avoid the midges, I'm from Scotland and everyone always forgets the midges, in warmer weather they can drive you insane!!!!!
Best of Luck and Thanks again.
Thank you for the heads up, I’m quite aware the NC500 is very commercialised now! Hopefully we will tackle it in November/December time 👍🏻
Nip into grannie helias for a stay .lovely site ,lovely views,very clean .
Cant beat an old school V Dub diesel ,bodies rotted and the engines kept on going with the right oil and coolant ..
The engines certainly do keep going! 😎
Wheels look like land rover rims, you'll know when you take the wheels off and see an adapter plate.
Mitch, take the front wings off as they usually gather crap from the scuttle drain holes. There's a mod that involves a hose to drain the water straight out the bottom of the wing.
The 2.4 is very easy to turbo 😉
That’s a great shout, I’ve seen someone else on TH-cam take the wings off and do the modification! I’ll be sure to give that a go 😎
that van is a beaut, love the colour mate
Well done make sure you get Cambelt done
That’s on my list, along with a full service!
Love both your smiles
Great stuff. Love the way you're both smiling when you go out for a spin in it.
Looking forward to seeing the conversion.
Thank you! 😁
As a 2003 Beetle owner (Brian), I approve of this purchase, I’d love a Type 4 van. 🤙🏽🤙🏽
Thank you! We really love the t4!
@@Mk2Mitch Is the other van yours too ? The reg looked like “Rest Day”
Rear engine water cooled engines were built. I had a 1986 from 1989 to 2006..This was a campervan of course. The turbo diesel engine wore out at 100,000 miles and the replacement VEGE lasted about 75,000. I gave it up then the and sold it. Your vehicle is very old now and you will have a lot of work to do but you are young and keen and I wish you well. I had a high roof fitted which was a great advantage. Sheldon in those days
Yes yes Mitch! Awesome news you’ve bought a T4! Looks good dude, Had mine 3yrs now and absolutely love it. Been watching your uploads for ages now I love fords and all classics. Keep up the good work man your smashin it 🤙🤙🤙
Thank you pal! Is your T4 a camper?! 😁
@@Mk2Mitch yes mate full
U shape bed with a double hob, sink and fridge
that brings back memories when i had a vw camper van everything needed fixing but they was the days 1980s lol it shows you how old i am lol good luck in your future project.
Thank you! We are looking forward to starting the camper conversion 😎
Nice buy people😍👌🏻
Congrats Mitch, looks great - transporters become part of the family. I’m on my second one - love them so much ❤
Thank you mate! We are really enjoying the T4 already 😁
Yeah Man MDS Is an Old Scottish Reg Peebles Area
Really going to enjoy following this series guys! Just a tip though leaving your foot resting on your clutch pedal can fuck your release bearing in your clutch! The van looks like a keeper mate!
Cheers pal, I don’t ride the clutch. Just getting used to the van and I was doing slow gear changes!
I have a T4 bud and me and my partner did the NC500 September 23 and loved it. Van was faultless. You’ll love it if you haven’t been already 😄
Hi mate, glad to hear your T4 went around the NC500 faultlessly, this gives me a lot more hope 😁 We are planning on doing it this year (2024) and probably wait for the weather to improve slightly 👍🏻
@@Mk2Mitch you’ll love it bud and doing it in a T4 gives you a good feeling. We’ve just booked again to go back at the start of may 😎 can’t wait
Looks really lovely and I am sure It will bring many happy memories for you and Lauren :)
Thank you 😎
A great choice there Lauren, loving the colour and in my opinion (I'm 53 mind) it has the best engine, a good all round plodder with no worries about turbos etc. I've driven my mate's 2.4 high top professional conversion camper and that goes more than well enough, does motorway speeds no problem and he's been all over in it such as the Lakes and it does hills no worries.
Thank you pal, that sounds great and like I said in the video we have done a few miles in the T4 with no issues yet 😎
Nice one, got the audio fixed as well! I've wanted one of these but in panel van form, for a long time, but my god they are pricey for a good one!! Even the same year as yours!
Yes I will get the radio working or just buy a new one! The T4’s do hold their value well 👍🏻
Great project - look forward to following your progress with the conversion, and seeing all the places you visit in it! 🌄☺
Thank you! We can’t wait to get started and out our touch on the van 😁
Congratulations you two, looks in great condition, you’re gonna have some fun in that 👍
Thank you! We hope to make it our dream camper 😎
@@Mk2Mitch I’m sure you will Mitch. 🤔 Banded steels, lowered? … then concentrate on the inside 😂👍
Excellent choice, sir.
Thank you!
That looks good. Looking forward to seeing the conversion and improvements over time , best wishes.
Thank you! 😎
Bloody good show all the best in your new venture
Thank you!
Mitch, You will never loose any money on that price, you bought the best of the Transporters the T4 Caravelle with the 2.4 Diesel Engine, Mileage is just average for the age, If you Give it a good Buffing will look much better.
Cheers mate! I’m looking forward to tidying up the bodywork 😁
Nice! Awesome buy! Exciting times! Reminds me of my first van purchase!❤
Thank you! We can’t wait to turn it into our dream campervan 😁
Awesome, looking forward to seeing how the VW comes along. Great purchase
Cheers mate 👍🏻
Very nice guys, you will have great fun 😘
Thank you! 👍🏻
Great buy good luck with it
Thank you!
All the best going forward with the van Mitch.
Cheers pal 😁
Yay nice one enjoy
Brilliant video enjoy your lovely campervan your lovely kids .
Thank you! 👍🏻
Brilliant. Pleased for you mate! 👍🙂
Thank you! 😁
niceeee !!! Team work makes the dream work 💫
Looking forward to seeing you and Lauren working on this new project Mitch, if you haven’t already take a look at Combe valley campers on TH-cam some really helpful videos on insulation, sound deadening and carpeting amongst so much more to do with VW campers. Hope you still find time to get some progress done on the more door!
Thank you pal, we have already checked out their videos and found them very useful! The escort is still getting some love, just tackling removing the old underseal which is taking a while! 😎
@@Mk2Mitch good to hear mate, every video you upload I keep hoping it’s escort content but loving the auction stuff you are doing so all good, I know that feeling with my Sierra and escort, watched a video the other week and the lad used a multitool with a scraper blade in and made it look so easy, I used a wire knot wheel when I did mine.
Best move ever Mitch, it's perfect for your camping lifestyle. Can't wait to follow the build. Top man.👍👍 From S.A
Thank you mate! We are looking forward to starting the build 😁
Great buy Mitch.👌
Thank you! 👍🏻
Get in there
Love it. I'm looking to get one of these myself, but a lwb. I'm going to do what your doing here buying from an auction so I subscribe and get notifications for your channel. GREAT JOB PEOPLE
Thank you for subscribing and best of luck buying your van! 😎
Just love your videos, you are both so enthusiastic and it’s a joy to see. Good luck with the T4 and I look forward to keeping up with the progress of it 😍
Thank you! We can’t wait to get started with the camper conversion 😁
@@Mk2Mitch 😍
Looking forward to seeing the conversion
Thank you, the conversion is well underway and another video to come shortly 👍🏻
Good purchase, very nice. Keep Sparco staying well it’s not in bad condition work in progress soon. Easy van to convert into a truck into a camper so it’s good I would’ve done that as well😅😅😅
Thank you! Hopefully the back will be transformed very soon 😁
Nice purchase guys look forward to awesome adventures ..now for a name for the van
Name reveal in the next video 😁
Awesome purchase bruva hope u both enjoy ur van👍👍👍👍
Thank you pal 👍🏻
Nice buy, enjoy
Thank you 😎
That's really nice mitch good on you mate so much scope to be able to put your own mark on it and those old diesel engines if maintained well will go forever can't wait to see the progress off this
Thank you pal, we are looking forward to transforming the back of the T4 😁
Well done to you both. ⭐️. Will enjoy the vids of you making it a mota home. Oh and my 1st an last auction purchase was a 1963 Daimler Dart SP250 👍⭐️👍. Was a great memory one you’ll have with the van
All the best
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Thank you! Sounds like a great first auction purchase 😎
That looks really nice Mitch good buy mate 👍 Good luck with the camper conversion!
Cheers Nick! We can’t wait to get started 👌🏻
Quality mate can’t wait to see what you do with it👍
Thank you pal 👍🏻
Nice one mitch, u got a good buy there! Vw,s will go on for ever, as long as there looked after! Camper vans are all the craze you've deffo got a good one to start with and cant wait to see the end result 👏
Best of luck with the journey 👍
Thank you! We are really looking forward to building our dream camper 😁
Looks great Mitch nice colour.. and great seeing you together in the van.. awesome channel dude. 😊😊👍👍🥇Pete
Thank you Pete! 👍🏻
It's a great buy for the money with the welding done. The t4 are bad around the front suspension area and rear arches so you hit lucky kinda jealous
Thank you! We are quite happy with the condition, just needs some paint and tidying up in places 👍🏻
@@Mk2Mitch on under 3k buy on t4 that's amazing really. You got a good base.
"and now for something different", didn't see that coming, but not complaining !
100 times better than kipping in a damp, windswept tent...
03:30 , in the 90's, i had the joy of changing an exhaust manifold on a t3 pickup, this had a diesel lump under the floor at the back, nasty job, probably been easier dropping the engine out, but that was a rear engine water cooled lump... [audi?]
keep up the good work
I know it’s a oddball but we think this will benefit ourselves in the future 😁 wow that doesn’t sound like the easiest of jobs…!
Congratulations 🎉😊
Love it! Well done mate, you guys did really well.
I had a 2007 VW 7 seater Multivan (I think an Aussie naming) for years and loved it.
I’m from Norfolk originally and have been in Oz since 1995, and love your auction videos, takes me right back to my old hot hatch days!!
Keep up the good work mate 👌👌👌
Thank you! Glad we are entertaining you down in Oz 😎
Nice one mitch, cheeky purchase that is mate, i do luv a T4. And receipts for welding which is a bonus. Hope you're well enjoy.🤙🏾👊🏾✌🏾
Cheers Matt, I’m now a dubber! 🤣 All good here mate, hope you and the family are all well too!
You can buy a ready made rocknroll bed to fix in.
Love the video keep up the good work and enjoy your van ,I have had 2 , FYI change the top ball joints for heavy deity ones just for pice of mind , if they go it can be real bad not an expensive job ..
Thank you for the advice, always appreciated! 👍🏻
Congratulations guys 😊
Thank you pal! 😁
Awesome video, Mitch welcome to the vee dub family xx
Thank you! 😎
Enjoyed your video, looks good for the money ,look forward to seeing more
Thank you! We are exited to get started 😁
Yeah nice motor should be great fun to drive around the
Country, l was born in Herts
( Barnet) , now living down
under Melbourne, Australia
🙄😮😮😮😮😮😮😁😁
It would be a great project! Oh wow, I sometimes work around Barnet, Enfield area 👍🏻
Congratulations Mitch on your purchase,them seats in the back are they the same size as the drivers seat if so there’s a saving for you ,look forward to seeing up dates 👍👍
Thank you pal! Unfortunately they aren’t the same and the fabric from the seats at the rear is all joined together so unfortunately we can’t repair the front seat using that material!
Looks nice. Well done 😎
Thank you! 😎
Well 👍✅ and good work ethic
Thank you! 👍🏻
Good on you guys. What a nice couple. Like your auction vids. I bought a jag xk8 unseen. Disaster. Go to an auction and see the car!
Thank you pal! Oh no that’s gutting, I’d always recommend viewing the car at auction 😬
Nice one, will make a good van 👍
Thank you!
Nice buy guys thats a solid workhorse😊
Thank you!
@@Mk2Mitch get lots of holidays in!
Club 8's were special editions. I had one the same colour (Caribbean Teal). They had painted bumpers, alloys, electric windows etc. They were available in green, white or yellow as far as I remember (been a while since I had mine).
That’s some very interesting information, thank you for sharing 😎
I Hope, you make more videos about this T5...
😊
Bruno from France
We will be making more videos! 😎
I said it would be oddball 🤣 Van Life! 😎 looks a cool thing to be fair, be ideal for car shows next year too 👍
Yes a big oddball 🤣 Yes, can’t wait to rock up to shows and auctions the night before and kip in the van!
I owned one just the same as yours except mine had been for carrying wheel chairs with a mid mounted lift and I loved it.
I know have a autosleeper motorhome on a 2.5 turbocharged t4. The 5 cylinder makes them sound really good.
Sounds cool, 2.5 turbo must go well! Yes I really like the sound of our 5 cylinder 😁
You are now officially a vdubber well done! You can't beat it. Love the vw next to it! Beautiful 😊
Thank you pal! The VW next to it is my parents camper 👍🏻
@@Mk2Mitch it's a lovely Vdub and the blue matchs yours
Cool van and colour
Cheers John!
decent price :)
Love it dad helps at the end lol
Oh yes, he couldn’t resist 🤣
Your both going to have some good times in the VW when you have got it the way you want it. As for the NC500, i have done that, make sure you have time as the scenery is stunning and the other decision is which way are you going to do it, clockwise or anti-clockwise. I went anti-clockwise from Inverness as the left hand side is the more scenic drive on the way back down 😁
Thank you! That’s interesting to hear what way round you did the NC500, we are yet to decide 😎
Nice man - good on you both - what a lovely couple you are :)
Thank you mate!
T3 is the first combination that is water cooled that has the motor in the back
That’s why I said the T4 is the first front mounted, water cooled engine 👍🏻 Before the T4 there wasn’t any front mounted water cooled engines.
Hey Mitch
My brother came and done some electrical work at yours and said about what you do. I just wanted to say hi and as a long time car guy if you ever need anything my workshop is just up the road in nasty at the paddock. Stu
Hi Stu, yes I remember him saying you were just down the road! I’ll have to pop over one day, if you’ve got Facebook drop me a request it’s Mitch Boulton 👍🏻
Take the egr valve of and give it a clean .
I had one for work years ago they are good hardy vans.
I’ll be doing that, thank you for the advice!
I've got to say that tour of Scotland sounds brilliant.
🎉Congratulations on your new baby 😂well van 😂, but you have shocked 😮me i thought you had got lovely Lauren her mini 😢but think you have done the right move with all the traveling and so on you do so well done enjoy 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Haha cheers mate! I think Lauren wanted this over a mini at the moment! But we will get her one soon 😎
Honestly mate over the moon for you both and with your trips away and so on best option have a great weekend take care ❤
Looks a great buy, i bought one a few months back which is converted to a camper cost a fair bit more than yours and i have had to spend a bit on, they are good vans.
Sounds great, could you send me some pictures of yours to either my Facebook or Instagram page? We are looking for some inspiration! 👍🏻
didnt show us underneath, i assume you've checked? good thing about these is parts are still available + they are easily modified.
Yes I checked underneath, it’s not the worst I’ve seen! I’ll get some clips of the underside for the next video 👍🏻
Nice one. Can't show this video to my wife though, she wants to do the same thing one day 😅😅
Get one! 😉
Those VW Caravelle's run forever! looks like a good deal you found there!
They certainly do! 😎
nice video Mitch just remember in the motor trade they always say never buy a car reg that starts with a s as its from
Scotland and usually rotten as a pair underneath hence it cost the last owner £2000 in welding
I see that’s interesting! I’ve always been told to avoid seaside cars too, guess you live a learn 😆
If you’re camping, split doors may help at the back
We like the idea of the tailgate for now as once open it provides extra shade/protection 😎
A nice addition to the fleet 👍👍
Get yourself some fibreglass stepladders and bin those alli ones mate - they're death traps!! 🤣
Haha I agree, nearly fell off them a few times 🤣
nice purchase , I hope this don't distract you too much from getting on with the mk2 🙃
I’m still cracking on with the escort! This is just a little side project 😆
Hi mitch been watching your channel for a while, always been in to classic fords all my life but last year I sold my sierra cosworth estate F20YBT and ordered a brand new t6.1 volkswagan transporter swamper 204 dsg highline lwb kombi camper from van haven. In just over a year I have covered 20,000 miles .and in that time I have been to Scotland twice Wales, France Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany twice. 3 weekend's of every month we are away with the van . Really looking forward to seeing what adventures you both get up you in your new t4 🤟
wow that sounds brilliant, just what me and Lauren want to do! Start to travel and go into Europe 😁
What a cool motor. Would have liked to see the auction but it was spur of the moment. Nice one for filming what you did. Did Lauren enjoy the drive in the fiesta van back home?
Unfortunately it was a spur of the moment decision, next time we buy from auction we will record us walking around the vehicle and the whole auction process! Yes Lauren enjoyed driving the little Mk4 fiesta van 😎
Should of Brought a MK1 Vito Mitch, the T4 and Mk1 Vito are made on the same Chassis. The Vito has Gearstick on the Dash like Modern Vans rather than on the floor like the T4. The Mercedes Has a better Engine and Gearbox Being the OM611 Engine, Getrag Gearbox. the Mercedes is good for a Million Miles Mitch.
Very interesting, can’t say I looked at vito’s but they sound good from what you’ve said 👍🏻
I see you at the ohsoretro show.
Yes I was there! 👍🏻
I seen that the lst time it was up ,I could not believe they did not buy it ,You got a bargin there
I’m very happy with the price we paid!
Good work dude. VW can bite, but I’m sure you can cope with anything 🙏
We will try our best 😁
What a great video well done to the both of you 👍🏻looking forward to seeing the camper conversion mate , how’s the escort coming along by the way ?
Thank you pal! Escort is still getting some love, I’m taking the underseal off but it’s a slow and monotonous task. Should be done within the next few weeks and a video of the end result! Then I can’t FINALLY get my engine in 😁
Mitch can you remember what the read Subaru sold for i the auction . if you want to give the van a ride out to essex ive got
some METRO 6R4 parts if you want then ?
Hello mate, you can check out all the sold for prices on WB & Sons website 👍🏻 unfortunately I don’t think I’d have much use for metro parts at the moment but maybe stick them on eBay?
Love the sound of 5 cylinder diesel engine.
It does sound great 😎
Nice start for you and Lauren cool van how’s the mk2 coming on?
Thank you! I’m still removing the underseal on the Mk2 escort but should be done in a few weeks and a video to show the end result! Then I can finally get my engine in 😁
Nice video bro cheers
Welcome pal!