Welcome
@Pete24.
We were in your position not that long ago.. had gone from owning a Caterham, to a Porsche and now the
best vehicle i have ever owned! A T5.1!
I simply love it. Especially now the suspension and paint correction have been done.
We found a good spec base van - For us that meant heated seats, low mileage, T32, had to have twin sliders (due to where we park it on our drive) and a tailgate. Then we used VANWORX to part convert, I think i could have done most if not all of it, but i wanted to get on a use it. We then got the
Amdro kit. We have never looked back. The money keeps leaking from my bank, new stereo (apple car play was a requirement), new suspension, paint correction, decals, oh and some nice head lights from
@Transporter HQ , now we need cushions... and soon an all round alloy wheel refurb.
Our base van was £18k, for a highline highline T5.1 with 55k miles and a years VW warranty (approve used). We spent about 5k converting it
(details here), then another 3 or 4 on "other" items (suspension, decals stereo, Amdro, head lights etc).
We now have a van we use ALL the time - impromtu fish and chip run last night... cup of tea in a layby in the cotswolds. Wife and kids love it.
We have been to various parks whilst in lockdown, and let the kids ride their bikes - when you have a VW camper, a hot cup of tea is never far away.
I guess what i am trying to say is get the base van right, everything else can be customised as part of the journey and its a nice journey... Similar to tinkering with a K-series Caterham Super Sport R
Good luck, i hope you find what your looking for.
Its brilliant when it all comes together
