So I thought i'd share the pics of our new T5 that arrived on Tuesday.
As someone who is new to the whole T5 conversion world ( I had a 1969 VW beetle when I was 17 and then a VW golf driver until I was in my early 20's) i've fully immersed myself in this forum and purchased £40 plus of T5 magazines over the last 4 months , spent way too many hours pouring over adverts on various auction sites and van selling sites, until finally I found the following.
T5.1 Panel Van, registered late september 2011, T28 102 with tailgate. One owner, full VW service history & 55k on the clock. Delivered £12500 including VAT. After looking at pricing etc I'm fairly happy with the final sale value.
I could have continued looking for ever but there was always something that was missing or the price was ridiculous. The main things I wanted was a base panel van with tailgate as I didn't want to redo others peoples work it seamed the best place to start.
I'd have liked the electric pack but I can fit electric windows and the AC isn't a huge loss.
So it starts here.
The first issue I had was to redesign the drive as the turning circle is much greater than our other vehicles and I didn't want to reverse out onto the main road so this week I've been mainly digging wet mud and repositioning wooden sleepers to create a usable drive.
I've ordered two sets of sliders and rear windows thanks to VEEDUB TRANSPORTERS , Tailgate out of stock but I've got enough to get on with.
Rear parking sensors on route also and 2 x Silent Coat 2mm Bulk Packs arrived for sound deadening.
So the journey begins, I will try and post pics as and when things get done but I hope you enjoy reading my post as I have with many others on this great forum. Just to note I am a novice at this and will no doubt ask many questions so please go steady on me if I ask questions that have been asked a thousand times before.
thanks
Scott
As someone who is new to the whole T5 conversion world ( I had a 1969 VW beetle when I was 17 and then a VW golf driver until I was in my early 20's) i've fully immersed myself in this forum and purchased £40 plus of T5 magazines over the last 4 months , spent way too many hours pouring over adverts on various auction sites and van selling sites, until finally I found the following.
T5.1 Panel Van, registered late september 2011, T28 102 with tailgate. One owner, full VW service history & 55k on the clock. Delivered £12500 including VAT. After looking at pricing etc I'm fairly happy with the final sale value.
I could have continued looking for ever but there was always something that was missing or the price was ridiculous. The main things I wanted was a base panel van with tailgate as I didn't want to redo others peoples work it seamed the best place to start.
I'd have liked the electric pack but I can fit electric windows and the AC isn't a huge loss.
So it starts here.
The first issue I had was to redesign the drive as the turning circle is much greater than our other vehicles and I didn't want to reverse out onto the main road so this week I've been mainly digging wet mud and repositioning wooden sleepers to create a usable drive.
I've ordered two sets of sliders and rear windows thanks to VEEDUB TRANSPORTERS , Tailgate out of stock but I've got enough to get on with.
Rear parking sensors on route also and 2 x Silent Coat 2mm Bulk Packs arrived for sound deadening.
So the journey begins, I will try and post pics as and when things get done but I hope you enjoy reading my post as I have with many others on this great forum. Just to note I am a novice at this and will no doubt ask many questions so please go steady on me if I ask questions that have been asked a thousand times before.
thanks
Scott