Enjoy we have a T25 and I always find something to mess about with on it. Great to drive and camp in 👍👍👍

Dog leg gearbox, so you are staring in second! by pushing the gear stick forwards. Yes they do seem wobbly into shifts, but it does get easier. Improves with good engine mounts. Enjoy, looks like a decent one.

I had a very similar van auto sleeper conversion like that. Only thing that uses to go wrong was the carbs would clog up but an easy spray with carb cleaner of a quick fix

the only thumbs down was the old owner upset about you laughing at the precious possessions left behind in the wardrobe :) Looking forward to watching your many adventures in Betsy

Awesome Van. Wasn’t expecting to see such a good one when you said it hadn’t moved for 5 years. Nice one.

Brilliant Nath, can’t wait to see you guys out in it, maybe you two could do a series like “Rory and paddy’s Great British Adventure” cheers for the video bud 👍🏻 ATB George

You have just gone right up on the coolmetre Nath 👍👍. My best mate has a T3 bluestar caravelle limited edition. He always sends me links of T3 syncro's hoping I'll buy one but i desperately need a new car first. Hopefully one day in the near future i will get a campervan. The Summit or Nothing tour bus sounds ideal 👌👌. I hope she brings you many happy memories mate. Please keep us all updated on the work or restorations you do bud. Atb Sconja 👍

Summit or Novan. Max and Paddy, road to Dartmoor 😂🤣😂 Love it. Well done chaps. Looking forward to more of your adventures. 🚐

We are so jealous!! Betsea is a beauty, although we would change her name to Dolly? Happy future adventures, can't wait to see where she takes you (home preferably to start) 😊😁👍👍

Check for rust behind the fridge and rear of front wheel arches, they're tough old vans but require an 'involed' approach to ownership. Good luck.

You do have 5 gears. 4 forward. 1 reverse. Loving the new vid boys. And I for one laff at the swearing. Just in case there are negative comments.

You got lucky. That hitop is great. It makes a warmer van in the cold because you won’t have a canvas tent letting air in. I picked an ‘83 Westfalia in California in March before the Covid was a thing here. Our Prez was ignoring it. It took a knits two weeks at my brothers’ to get an extra battery in, go up on and ditch the fridge and fix the interior lights and turn signals. Then I headed for home 2,000 miles away in Tennessee. I made it to KINGMAN, Arizona before it tossed its fan belt. I had a spare and it wasn’t hard to fit before getting into town. I found a shop that specialized in old VWs and spent two days an not a small bit of change getting the holes in the exhaust welded up, having the valves checked and new plugs and wires installed. From there through snow in Arizona and real drenchers in Kansas and Arkansas I made it home. The skylight leaks, the seatbelts won’t roll up and the kitchen box isn’t secured to the floor. All that will be fixed soon. Enjoy your van. They are great fun to drive if a bit slow.

It has 5 gears from a certain point of view.. 4 forward 1 reverse 😅 keep up the great content its helping me get through lockdown 👍

Coolant? Luxury! Had a T2 for many years with no such niceties. Yours looks very sound indeed and the engine positively purrs in comparison with my old one. Happy travels.

welcome to the club! They're amazing! The obvious upgrade for reliability is to place a Scooby engine in it, but I've still got my 2.1 WB in it as a recon and it's solid!!

Excellent....we have a high top one for nigh on twenty-five years, two engines and three kids later. Welcome to the club. Never ending money drain, but difficult to let go.....need to give her a name ; oops she has one. Cheers.

Well that was different but in a really good way . Can't wait to see you both having campervan adventures as well as all the usual Dartmoor stuff 👍👍

YES! we've got a T3, one of the best decisions we've ever made.

'We need to get friends then.' Trev cracks me up.

Boyz on tour, what could go wrong 😂😂😂

Good one Nath , we own a T4 camper. Van should hold its money or better..Tips.. get a full recovery plan .summer long drives go over nigh or early hours different drive once fully loaded ..... Enjoy ..... save your pocket money, ours needed a leisure battery this week, always something MOT out this week .

I had one of those. Great fun, really enjoyed it, but was expensive. I think now I would buy a newer VW and convert it.

for a 87/88 VW van it's not in bad shape, needs some TLC, had to laugh when Nath pulled the gas cap off don't think that how it should of happened, looking forward to your fixing up the van

Looking forward to seeing the M5 a bit busier again next year hopefully. Good luck with the van Nath!

Oh my word!! Get down that rabbit hole!! Looking forward to the adventures of the Camper Boys on tour!

Congrats on being a Veedub owner. Video had me stitches !! U and your friend are quite funny. Lmao I was. U posted that a year ago. I just happened Upon it.

I'm going from the isle of wight to Manchester Saturday... im picking up a t25 , scared but excited 😆

Another great idea for the future van channel, install a giant exhaust fan. You know, for when Nath, Mobly and Trev all spend the night in the van.

Soon be making your own Dartmoor Legend stories. The mystery of the deteriorating camper van and the two men inside who were never seen again.

Good luck, happy motoring 👍

Looking forward to future adventures in Nathan’s Ark.

Awesome guys .. looks great .. canna beat a camper for fun .. ours is called big Bertha .. luvitwedo.. cheers Chris & Sam

She's a beaut!

Congratulations Nath, welcome to the team Betsy👍🏻. Can’t wait to see a video of you all tucked up in there with the heating and the telly on while poor Trev is freezing his tits off in the tent outside🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Van tour or van tor?

YES!!!! Very excited to see hapless van converting added to the channel! Trev: ‘We need to get friends then’ Nath: ‘No’ 😂

Great purchase. 👌 I got a T25 back in 2008 and it was ultimately the van that got me into the great outdoors. 😁

Good effort on your purchase. Look forward to seeing your adventures 👍

That dolly Parton fiasco had me laughing so much I nearly died 🤣

Omg guys I’m soooo jealous, oh happy days you shall have. I’ve previously had two Vw campers one type 2 and the type 25 you’ve bought. Mine was a water cooled. I named him Elvis had him for many many years but my circumstances changed and could no longer keep him 😢. I’m am sure going to love these next videos as if I didn’t to start with. Once in your blood there’s no going back lol

My speedo does the same, sticks and bounces about 😂👍

We've got mobile accomodation, boys!!! I cannot wait to see what troubles we get into in 2021 with this bit of kit in our hands.

You guys are great....Nath wasn't comfortable under a tarp so everyone suggest a tent and inflatable sleep mat...but oh no Nath has to get a camping van.... don't worry about only having a four speed gearbox you will need four wheel drive a plenty of ground clearance to get it onto the top of High Willhays 😀😎😎😎. Can't wait to see what you do with your new project. Stay safe.

Really enjoyed this, thank you very much x

It might have 2 third gears, mine did, one noisy one quiet. Fun.

Omg...he killed Dolly! 🤣🤣🤣 Seriously though think she’s a beauty, love all her quirks already!

That was fun lol can’t wait to see the work on it 👊😎👊

Haha, excited to new summit or nothing can life. Will be interesting that for sure, another well put together video lads! 👍🏻

The mystery machine

Ha ha great vlog I'm sure once you go through the van it will be fine, hit the bug spray, oil, water, front disks and drums and sort out body work your be fine. From what you said your a hands on chap their is some VW transporter forums if you need them and yes that year was 4 gears but it's a flat 4 engine and is reliable but can overheat. What did you pay for it as I would easily have no issues with taking that van on as parts are cheap for it. It looks like from what you have shown a good old honest VW.

Love it/adventure ahoy .Love 2 see road trip 2 Scotland & snow timewise.Plenty of time to finnese the old lady later.

National lampoons vacation,Dartmouth edition!

Nice jc.

It's a Vanagon camper, have to subscribe. I don't normally like Hightops, but I like this one. "Close the door and nothing falls off".... i think the south african ones have 5 speeds, all the ones I have seen in person are 4. Yea, it feels like it needs a 5 gear...

I leave this under every video I watched, it helps the algorithm

Congratulations, some smashing travels ahead

Loads of laughs as usual with you two! Loved the subtlety of the Volkswagen t-shirt that Nath ‘just happened’ to be wearing. Camper vans are such fun. Seeing Nath drive brought back flashbacks of Need for Weed. Looking forward to seeing you guys out in the van having ‘experiences’. Loved the dialogue: Trev: ‘we need to get friends then’ Nath: ‘no’.

7:00 giving me vibes of that lovely old Escort van. Fabulous!

Love ur channel ❤️ great vid

Nice van base, well done Nath.😁

I take it you've discovered the Oli pipe has an extension bit you pull out , so you can fill it without a drinking bottle? 😊

Hey, well I used to own one of those, mine was an 88, high roof too. They either had a 4 speed box or a 5 speed dogleg box, I had a 5 speed. 1st was where 3rd normally is and vise versa, same with 2nd and 4th, took a bit of getting used to! Anyway, hopefully you haven't got too many probs hiding away in there, I did think the front end looked pretty good though, mine had some rust around the grill and stuff. The bonus is they are pretty simple to work on. Good luck

Didgeridoo. Wet myself. Oh Joy, great adventures coming up.

It's Pilky pretending to be Nath, very good impression. Cuddly duck, result!

Looking forward to seeing your adventures in betsea! I have also recently brought a t6 with 5 whole gears 😂

I was checking this one out on autotrader a couple of weeks ago. Good old betsea. Enjoy the restoration 👍

I can provide you with some details of large car parks in the St Helens area where you can wait for the AA on your way to the lakes next summer 😂

Trev did say something interesting was coming to the channel today, he was correct. But Nath, don't you have to go uphill to get onto Dartmoor? Might be a struggle. Oh, oh, just had a brilliant idea. Maybe create a separate youtube channel about restoring and fixing the van. Then do collaborative videos when you use it together with Trev. Genius or madness?

Go shaggy & scooby in the mystery machine 😂

Atleast there's knaff all traffic 😁👍

"What a sweet haul right!?" 😆

It has 5 gears.... 4 forward and 1 reverse. lol. You can buy a bush kit for the gear selector cheap and easy to change. A good choice of bus. Its the last good and easy to fix machine.

Summit Or Nothing "Vanlife" This should be fun lol Welcome to #vanlife world. Get those wallets at the ready LOL Love My RV now Ive refitted/refurbed ATB Stephen

Verry nice bus! Forget about the 5 speed box. end gearing on the 4 speed is about the same, the 5 speeds boxes are not overdrive boxes, so nothting is lost......

For 5th gear you lift the carpet matt footwell area and run like feck

Scooby-doo comes to mind 😬

S O S Did our two superheroes make it back to Gotham or they been picked up by the Feds....Bit of a cliff hanger there Nath,,, keeps us hanging...

Congratulations on the van! Looks in decent nick body wise (must be the Dolly Parton influence). We got a T5 earlier this year and haven't regretted it for a minute. Tents and tarps are staying though 😁 When is the first adventure planned?

Anything to avoid a tarp or tent ⛺ 🤣

You need to check out Chad ‘living the van life’

Nice van Nath :) my friends have a T25 aswell (Sarahandthebearadventures), where abouts in cornwall do you live?? Im right on the SWCP at Freathy :)

Money pit, but they are lovely.

Couldn’t be that it has a dog leg gearbox so it feels like it has four gears and push down for reverse. And first is all way to left and back ?

Where is the tow rope for the private area you can corden it of on the hard shoulder get the vodka out wave down a couple Russian slow down you don't get covid from 5th gear it's only if you remain in 4th taking it round Europe is dodgy even in photograph format very dodgy but bring that music with you where ever you go it's good to play when you break down 2nd gear

Ha actually in pretty good shape for an 88... Now if you have to overnight in a car park you can actually lay down... You will no doubt get that project underway...Do change the name Nath.. Betsea just does not seem to fit the Summit or Nothing theme...LOL

If it is 5 speed 1st is a dog leg gear.

5 gears did you forget about reverse

PS I expect mine to explode any minute but it doesn't

Laugh, Trev “ we need to get friends”, Nath ....... Foot note at least your 4 forward gears appear to engage, result. Check also for tin worm in the foot well department. Great adventure, will you “Summit or nothing” after scaling the top of your van?

Be sure to join us at club8090.co.uk/ and on Facebook! Loads of useful info and helpful folks who have gone through what you are going to... Are you sure you aren't thinking 1st gear is actually 2nd gear ? 1st is in a strange place on these vans...

Who's getting top bunk

Hi, I am in Finland and I want to join you, but where can I buy such a car? Thank you

@vwinsanity if you REALLY like VWs

the stereo is probably knackered from the previous owner repeatedly punching it trying to change gear......

Is this a 1.6 aircooled ct +

Subaru legacey 2.2 conversion ! you'll get 85 - 90 mph out of the old girl .. watch out Nath the pimping gets addictive and costly 🤣🤣

Posh dogging now bud?