Thanks. Fantastic machines, can't believe they don't still make them. Saw one down at the lake where we live. Looked like a brand new vehicle and not at all dated. Going to be worth serious money one day.

Fantastic presentation - loved your Scotland tour too - a must see ! Keep up the great postings ! Thanks

Absolutely brilliant, very envious 😊 Hope you both have lots of great adventures.

Really enjoyed watching that. Enjoy your travels and wild camping. Cheers.

This is awesome Tim!! I've actually been hoping you would make this video. A lot of good work went into this I am sure. Man you guys are gonna have a grand time indeed. Many more adventures ahead I see. Good on ya

A new subscriber here, I just watched your amazing trip around the highlands, and now I'm watching your great van conversion :) Thanks for sharing your adventures.. all the best, Paul (from Leeds) :)

Tim, a brilliant job taking us through all the work to get your bongo ready for adventure. It must be pretty cool to know that it was your own work that made it into the wild beast it is today ;-) Love the seat reversal and the rock and roll bed, well hey :-) Great stuff :-)

Hi Tim, exciting conversion and a real team effort. So much is embedded and has to come out. But you did it and some more. Fantastic end result. All the best there to you and Mandy out and about. Mark.

Excellent! You guys are definitely handy with the tools. Nice to see your father offering technical assistance and the whole family lending a hand. The conversion turned out splendidly. You and Mandy are going to enjoy the Bongo even more than you have in the past. You really put a lot of thought into the conversion. I especially like the driver and passenger swivel seats. Genius. Your power supply is indeed brilliant. Can't wait to see some of your adventures! Take care, friend.

Impressive stuff. Thanks for sharing. Be safe and be lucky, Wol.

Great video, really interesting to see the conversion happen, keep showing us the van's exploits.

Looks like a good job well done, congratulations. Good luck with your adventures!

Hi Tim and Mandy you have done a great job of the conversion and good to see you have your own technical advisor your dad. I am going to get one of those quick releases for my camping stove bottle. i like the swivel seat just wish i could afford a Bongo so i could do my own conversion as your looks so good. Take care Gillian

Absolutely wonderful! Loved what you've done there. Something me and wife are considering for our Bongo, still needed as an mpv at the moment because of the kids but in good time :-) Great video and happy adventures, I look forward to more. Take care. Matt

Absolutely brilliant! Great video, great people Thanks for sharing this

That is a lovely conversion kit Tim, it looks like there is bags of room. Looking forward to seeing the van in some new adventures. ATB, Jeff

Very nicely done Tim and Mandy! Some of the bolts that were hard to remove might have had thread locker on them. It comes in different grades and manufactures use the highest strength grades on seats and seatbelt hold downs so they can't come loose. Beautifully done, and you can take great pride in knowing you did it yourself. Not only that but you know it's been done right. Hope you have many wonderful adventures! Safe travels, Ossie

Wow. Nice convertion. A good choice of van. Very reliable and fuel efficient. Here in Phillipines we have lots of these vans. Mostly diesel engines since diesel ia much cheaper here than Petrol. Thanks for sharing . Very helpfull

Wow Tim what a video! It must have been good as I didn't understand a word of the technical stuff. I envy you your practical skills and dare not let my wife see this because she will be expecting me to perform some mechanical magic on our neglected vehicle ( a Ford Focus!). Take care and happy camping in the van, it looks brilliant.

Lovely job there Tim.

we're getting ready for Scotland too this month. will look out for you and wave!

I love it!! the swivelling seat is a great idea and it looks so smart x

Excellent Tim!

That mazda bongo was my first campervan enjoyed it

amazing mate, great job done, and saved a fortune, well done , look forward to watching on, atb john

looks great Tim and mandy ready for your adventures in Scotland. . so wish I was handy to do a conversion will get one, one of these day. have an awesome time sinc sends his love :)

Thumbs up ! ....Great job Tim & Mandy ! .... ... ....ENJOY....THE SIMPLE LIFE

Enjoy mate looks great. I need one of these for our adventures 👍

awesome van mate thanks for sharing

nice finished job there...handy to have a joiner on the team haha, i like the way the bed works, shame its a bit narrow, but then again thats your choice so its not wrong, you got the vehicle how you want it and its nice to know that when you build something to your own design that no one else has the same, the gas spigot is available as a wall/surface mount which may help with the one handed bit you mentioned...all in all i like the look of it, cheers. dave

Jeeso Tim that is brilliant mate! A wee bit of imagination and look at what you get. Great stuff.

Pull, don't push, when trying to move bolts. Use WD40 first to lubricate, give it a couple of minutes and it'll all be easier. Stable door and bolted horse I know, but for future viewers . . . Thanks for sharing 😊

great Job Guys

great job. congratulations from Chile.

i love your concept!

Nice one Tim. Looks fantastic and hope you both get out to try it soon. Atb Ray.

Looks great, thanks for sharing.

Thankyou for sharing this.

Thank you for the great video, very helpful. I love how it all looks. I had a question how did you manage to fit the step onto additional floor build up?

You two have made a fantastic job of that bongo be proud, I'm looking for a bongo for my family to use as an over nighter, looked at the dubs but for the money compared to these it's a no brainer

Very informative .. and a brilliant job thanks for sharing..ATB John

Brilliant matey. May you guys have have many happy hours in it. :-)

Cracking job.

Home from home, excellent job :)

I like it. I think you've done a great job. As long as you enjoy and it works for you then it works. I'm sure others would do things different and that is the great thing about doing the build yourself. It's what and how you want.

wow great ideo for a rolling home greetings Harry

Hi Tim and Mandy because of your camper van videos . made me want one so last week i bought a Vauxhall Vivaro i have bought the same kind of layout as you have done so if it looks like yours i will be happy . many thanks Kenny hope to see you around Fife Scotland

FANTASTIC JOB SUPERB LOVE IT REARLY MEEN THAT TOO BRILL.. AND GREAT TO SEE YOU BOTH A T B DAZ MAND..

nice design!!

You could make a base for the table so you could take it out and set it up outside. thanks for sharing. : )

Beautiful

Looks great Tim and Mandy, nice job. I've been looking at those New Dawn swivel seat conversions for a while, but couldn't work out if it utilized the existing seat or was a complete replacement, good to know now. Must say too this was a very well explained video especially of the electrical system, it can be bloody confusing trying to explain all that but you got it spot on. You are right about those single tube cabin lights, they aren't that great, if you can pick up the later model one with the u shaped tube they are much brighter and are an easy swap although they are around £45 second hand. I did the reverse and swapped my u shaped one for the single because my tube had blown and couldn't find just the bulb for sale anywhere and didn't wanna splash the cash for a whole light fitting when I only needed a bulb and could pick up the older model lamp with straight tube for around £12. Regret that now but I'm planning on using the original fitting and filling it with led strip lights as an experiment. Got the LED strip lights running under my high level cupboard as well as in all my cupboards and they work great. Anyway great vid, nice conversion and enjoy your travels. Atb Dave

I think those troublesome bolts are for seatbelts/seat fastening which are torqued up to the max on all vehicles

Thanks for the video, very informative. I noticed that you left the original interior panels in. Presumably the vehicle was insulated from new behind those panels. When it comes to attaching the cupboards to the vehicle, the bases can be attached to the wooden floor you installed but how did you secure the cupboards further up without drilling into the bodywork?

Well I think it looks great.

Good job people. Hey can I rent that van and bring it to Iceland? lol!! With 4x4 it is F1 road capable! When you pulled the bed out all the way I had to clap and smile!! Again, well done! capable f

How did you secure the kitchen units and where did you get them my friend? Love the van.

top camper nuff said

Brilliant :)

Interesting to know how much was spent for parts etc and where from? Duration would be useful too. Cheers

Great build and well thought of! Could I ask, what was the total cost of this build? Enjoy camping!

Looks the part , nice job , myself i'm a recent convert to the world of the Bongo . But I have a question to ask if you can help , was your conversion a DIY job or was it bought in kit form ? , if kit form can I ask where from . Appreciate your help , happy travels .

Hi Tim, thanks for the great videos. Just bought my first bongo and am preparing to do my own conversion over the winter. Your videos have been a great source of inspiration. Could I ask how you fixed the units to the side of the van and if you insulated the floor/sides of the van. Look forward to seeing some more videos from you and Mandy. Take care and enjoy your latest campervan

Good job...love the swivel seat.....any reason why you left the seat belts at the back in ?

awesome

I know this is now quite an old video but I wondered if you remember where you got the flat back side conversion furniture from?

Wonder if i can spruce my Bivi up the same way Lol. Great skills Tim :)

Hi Tim and Mandy, Great job you've done right there! May I ask, did you buy the furniture or did you build it yourself? Thank you!

Very nice! I presume with the size of the bed you take it in turns to sleep there!!! 😁👍👌🍺

Where did you get the kit from you installed or was it made for you

top job only trouble is the wife wants ours done now lol

Great watching vid looks so simple lol sure it was not!!!

At 12:56 you can see that the front passenger seat is turned 180 degrees. Can you tell me if in some video you can see in more detail the details of the seat reversal mechanism?

Nice conversion Tim, Where did you get the box on the back from ? looks as though it fits to your tow bar? Steve

halleluYAH great video ..

Hi, Can I ask what make of storage box you have on the back and where you got it from please? Thanks

Could you tell me Where do you buy the kit from and how much is it thanks.

good afternoon. good video, long look at your channel . I'm from Russia ,Siberia. could you show or draw a diagram of how to alter the seat left front in order to be able to rotate them. thank you in advance))

Where did you get the Rock n Roll bed frame from?

Can I ask what the fuel consumption is like? I really like the idea of the diesel 4x4. Thanks

hi.I have a Bongo for 5 years .it constantly modifications .the main problem is corrosion of metal.had a bad experience churned a wild animal elk. had auto restore for almost a year.

tim where did you get the wiring loom from

I love this build, looks fantastic, but I bet it cost a pretty penny, how much would you say in total?

Ps: do you know what the mazda bongo 4x4 is called here in the United States? Thank you.

Hello :) Can you tell me where did you buy the furniture?

yikes. spray some penetrating oil in there. tighten the bolt back. then loosen a bit, then tighten. Eventually they will come but you seem like the impatient type.

Where did you get the kitchen from?

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