VW camper vans

[Accy cyclist]

I see about 4 around here being driven regularly. One is fluorescent green,one's fluoro orange,one's metallic purple and one is chrome silver . Disregarding the over value aspect of these vehicles they look absolutely !

 

[bianchi1]

I've got a T5 combi, not converted to a camper but has side windows and 5 seats etc.

It's getting on for 10 years old now and relatively high milage but I'm asked about once a month by strangers if I'm looking to sell. A few weeks ago I came out of my house in the morning to find a hand written note stuffed under the wiper offering to buy it!

New ones are so expensive and 2 hand sales are rare so they hold their value I guess.

 

[steveindenmark]

Its nostalgia. VW campers, beetles, Fiat 500s, minis. All tat, very cute, worth a fortune and no comparison to their modern counterparts.

 

[Brains]

I had a K reg (1972) one for about 5 years in the late 80's, I seem to remember I flogged it for the same price as I bought it, £400!

Very solid, top speed of 62mph, which meant on a 2,000 mile German autobahn trip in 1989 the only vehicles I could overtake were the East German Trabants that were flooding into West Germany at the time

 

[tyred]

If I had the cash I'd buy one, get as much use out of it possible and sell it on when I get bored. Buy sensibly in the first place you could do that without losing money as they will hold value.

 

[Cuchilo]

I just thought it would be a fun project ........ if it was £3-400

 

[MarkF]

The originals are totally gorgeous, a guy runs a rat one near me that looks about 3" off the floor.

It's like 2CV's, bubble cars and vintage scooters, or buying a house in Skipton, you've always wanted one but by the time you've got around to buying, demand had exceeded supply and the owners can ask whatever.

I wanted a 2CV when you could hardly give them away, now look at the prices. As for bubble cars it's like the Dutch tulip mania.

 

[Smudge]

The 'Run To The Sun' Newquay used to be a mecca for Vee Dubs every year. Living down here, i would often see a fair few broke down at the side of the road on the M5 or A30.

 

[Chris S]

I see about 4 around here being driven regularly. One is fluorescent green,one's fluoro orange,one's metallic purple and one is chrome silver ...

A pink one would be even camper

 

[fixedfixer]

I just thought it would be a fun project ........ if it was £3-400

There is someone doing one up on another forum....https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/gertie-the-73-vw-t2-bay-window.38835/ that will give you an idea of the 'fun'

 

[Accy cyclist]

A pink one would be even camper

Just seen one go past in Bianchi celeste!

 

[swee'pea99]

Must admit a massive residual affection for the things - I used to hitchhike a lot, and when you saw one coming, you'd think 'Yes!' - no other vehicle came close for prospects of a pickup.

 

[Cycleops]

There's guy on YouTube in the US called 2stroketurbo who has an interesting collection of two stroke cars and vans. This Subaru van is particularly cool;

View: https://youtu.be/k-9MJIuz1Ek

 

[oldwheels]

I had a type 2 van which I fitted out with furniture from my previous Commer. Admittedly I used it commercially for nearly 100,000 miles but tbh it was a pile of rubbish. Forever breaking down. Went through heat exchangers as well as cylinder heads cracking with new exhausts regularly and a new gearbox after I stopped the sliding door falling off. The gear linkage was a nightmare and I remember coming back from Wales overnight with a blown heat exchanger in October. Maximum speed was about 55 to 60 mph and fuel consumption was rubbish.Sounded nice tho’.

 

[screenman]

Had a good few of them and they made good profits, never had the desire to keep one.