Real Honest Vanlife Talk
Recorded August 2024 It’s exciting, it’s electrifying as I’m working on the sprinter build to see if I can get it down before the October deadline. An idiot vs electrics in this video #vanbuild
If anyone has any information regarding what the Watchguard 3000 actually does, PLEASE get in touch. Im desperate to work out what it does, should I keep it or try to decommission it.
It’s been an epic battle to try and get the bulkhead out of the van, many hours of blood, sweat, tears and non alcholic drinks. Yet here we are inching ever forward to working on the van build.
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Let’s be honest — the DVLA’s checklist for turning your van into a ‘motor caravan’ feels like it was scribbled out during a lunch break in the ’90s and somehow became gospel. The obsession with stickers and side windows? It’s like they made it up as they went along. Still, if you want that shiny logbook update, here’s what you’re up against:
Read moreIn this Mercedes Sprinter camper conversion, I clean and prep the floor, scrub away grime, and check for rust — practical, unglamorous progress with lessons learned along the way.
Read moreA cold, wet breath fogs the inside of the windscreen and the little fan heater hums like it’s trying to blow up a hot air balloon with a paper straw. It’s zero degrees in here and the heat isn’t touching the sides. Morale is similar. So today’s heroic act is not a fancy fit-out or a miraculous time-lapse; it’s me, in a woolly hat, admitting the van build has been glacial for six months and choosing to tell the truth anyway.
I’ve lifted the floor, I’ve put in two windows, and I’ve got one of those windows sitting a bit too low with a lesson baked in. The point of this project, right now, is to get back into the rhythm of sharing—story first, sawdust second. If you came for hardcore build porn, fair warning: this is the bit where we make tea, pick our way through mess, and line up the next sensible step. Unsexy. Necessary.
Read moreGetting down and dirty in this video with the Mercedes sprinter van build, although it’s more of a van destruction as I take on the nemesis, the battery guard 3000.
Every van build has to start somewhere. Without a clue, tools, guidance or a care in the world, I start my first ever solo van build with my Ex British Gas Cadent Mercedes Sprinter 313.
Alright, let’s get into it. This is the beginning of my journey converting a Mercedes Transporter into a fully functional home on wheels. For those with an ex-British Gas van, you’ll appreciate the rugged base these vehicles provide for a conversion. Here’s a look at what the first day entails.