My New Van

Hey so i finally did it bit the bullet and Bought myself a Van. Well not just any van its a camper van. Not just any camper van thou it a 1976 VW Sage Green Pop top camper van.

Its Awesome! To find it I enquired on eircooled.ie (a forum populated by experts who love to talk about all things air cooled and VW) about the ridiculous price of camper vans for sale in England. The lads there were brilliant and a few of them recommended Road cow an American with a connection to the club who is based in California. He was great he asked me what my experience with VWs was and if i was mechanically minded. He convinced me that I'd be better off with a pop top because at first i wanted a tintop because i liked them better but the practicality of the poptop won me over. At first he told me he knew of a bus for sale which is pictured here and that he could get it for a reasonable price. Its the Blue one pictured below.

I wasn't sure thou and as this one is an early bay it didn't have all the options such as a sink and cooker it may not have been suitable for the trip. Britt (Roadcow) the told me that he had the Sage green bus and that he could sort it out to how i wanted it and have it in Ireland for a very reasonable price. So i agreed on buying it and at the minute he is doing it up for me.

He is going to remove the front wheel carrier of the front (and get me a VW sign), he is going to to do up the engine and replace the injectors with carbs (apparently easier to service in Europe) he is going to replace all the door and window seals, he is going to replace the break lines and get the brakes working well, he is going to respray the entire bus top half white and bottom half sage green, he is going to replace the canvas in the pop top and he is going to get 5 new tires for it. I'm sure there is more but i can't thin now. This will be arriving in Ireland in December around the same time as me hopefully.