Looking forward to sharing a lot of interesting stuff with you all! Thanks for watching!

Lovely work!! Actually, I was thinking of getting myself a podcast van and then stumbled on your video. I am based in Lagos, Nigeria

Incredible Matt! I love this new channel and look forward to seeing this podcasting van in full action brother!

Nga mihi e hoa- Greetings From Aotearoa New Zealand- Best of luck in the new channel. All your fans are with you ❤

@thevanlife

Жыл бұрын

appreciate it Taane!

Love you man

Hey Matt! Im on a similar quest. Spent 3 years building out, and modifying a van whilst slaving away full time. Saved up quit my job, and now i run a mobile online shop thanks to the help of Starlink. Now i spend my days hiking, mtb riding, and work when I feel like it. This is my time now :)

@thevanlife

Жыл бұрын

wow.. thats awesome... it took 3 years? yea... time flys...

163rd Subscriber!

@thevanlife

Жыл бұрын

cool Dale! thanks

Awesome introduction video Matt! Nice little recap of your journey so far, and it's only onwards and upwards from here!

@thevanlife

Жыл бұрын

thanks brother.

great vid

@thevanlife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

We love it! Hope all is well!

@thevanlife

Жыл бұрын

great thanks!

Nice best of luck 😊

Can’t wait to see your adventure ❤

@thevanlife

Жыл бұрын

me too!

Interesting😮

Sweet setup cant wait to see the studio

@thevanlife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Brother... can't wait to start putting it together!

Hope you can make it to one of the Overland Expos. If so PLEASE stop by the 27North Booth. Say hi. We would love to chat and brainstorm with you. Our owner and his wife are from Ukraine and I spent 13 years traveling the world windsurfing , I think we would have a blast sharing stories. Peace

This is so well done Matt. The shots, the edit; I fully understand what it took to make this and I applaud it 👏

@thevanlife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I’m trying to make this channel a bit of a step above.

I can’t wait to start this myself

just found this channel. I hope it is still active. :)

Hey Matt January 9th moving to Nha Trang to retire. I spent November “scouting” and went to few places you have been….. Sapa ,Ha Long Bay, Hanoi, Vung Tau, HCMC and lots of places in between! I chose Nha Trang, and I would never have contemplated moving away from Australia…. So thank you for getting me out of my comfort zone.

@thevanlife

Жыл бұрын

thats Awesome Rob! you are going to love it!

I started following you for the reef tank, stayed for the travel and will follow you in the van. You’ve actually added a few places to visit to my list.

@thevanlife

Жыл бұрын

That’s awesome. I was thinking of working in reeftank content when I get the van finished and start traveling again

Great to see the start of a new channel. Hope the rest of your build out goes well. I know it was fun working with you in PDX.

@thevanlife

Жыл бұрын

Hey Ted! thanks brother! I just hope I can bring your designs to life... thats all... do them justice.

Love it!

Looking forward to the content.

Hello Matt, what a nice way to start this channel... I'm a big fan of Van Life Travels and you actually have the model that I'm looking into to initiate my work and travel phase! So I will definitely be following closely on your build progress. I wish you the best experience possible and looking forward in learning from your perspective! Cheers from Montreal, Canada!

Finally! I’ve been waiting for you to start this channel. I will be retiring to a van this year. So I will be watching closely on how you build up the van. Also looking forward to your travels.

@thevanlife

Жыл бұрын

great! cant wait to continue this journey with ya. maybe you can pick up a few tips.

@VanlilfewithDaleandBailey

Жыл бұрын

@@thevanlife would have joined sooner if I knew what the channel name was.

Just finished your intro video I'm in the process of building a Studio Van for my winstant company, just found your channel. Love your Editing style dude, your an inspiration. Going to plough on through your videos now and learn some stuff ❤

Very cool its going to be fun to watch

@thevanlife

Жыл бұрын

i sure hope so... ;)

Awesome intro video Matt! ❤

Very good looking Van. I love your channel objective. I think I have the same 2020 Transit 350 HD AWD dually van with the internal build about 96% finished. Do you have AWD? Other than the racking and solar I haven’t done anything to the exterior. Can you provide some details on your rims, tires, and suspension up-grades? The AWD and dually configuration complicates doing upgrades on a Transit and not as much info is available. Thanks for your help!

Hey Matt. I met you at overland expo west as I was starting my KZread channel. Been watching jayoe for a bit. You had mentioned doing the van life. Glad to see it. Safe travels brother

@thevanlife

Жыл бұрын

Pleasure to have you here. Working on the next video now.

@Jmwsk8sno

Жыл бұрын

@@thevanlife Look forward to it.

Should be very interesting channel ❤

I won't be able to get one this new, it'd be over 70k miles 2015-17 models for me. But this van looks great & im excited to start my build soon. Super inspiring seeing essentially what I have planned for the outside. Looking forward to seeing what you're gonna do from here.

@thevanlife

Жыл бұрын

the interior is in for the first time.. its looks amazing!

How has the actual van been? How many turbos have you had and how many transmission problems?

Looking forward to your future adventures via Van and trike in the USA! Will you use the van overseas after this?

@thevanlife

Жыл бұрын

I plan too... it would be best to transport it to Africa.. but there needs to be a good success on this and some more income or good sponsors to help me.

Did you get a good aftermarket car alarm system? If so, what?

Great looking van! Are you running a wheel spacer in the rear with your Method 901's? I'm planning to mount those on my 2017 Ford Transit dually and probably will go with a 225/75/R16 tire.

@thevanlife

Жыл бұрын

the rims space themselves.. they are pretty hefty. Here is my video of them being mounted... kzread.info/dash/bejne/c2tlxdmef82Tnrw.html

What was that castle in the Czech Republic?

What do you use to edit/produce your videos and what camera set up do you have

@thevanlife

Жыл бұрын

for these i use a Sony 6600 with a 16mm lens... and i edit everything with Premiere Pro

#229

Did you get passenger plates or commercial plates?

@thevanlife

Жыл бұрын

Passenger Plates..... Do people get Commercial? what would be the reason?

@NYCMDP

Жыл бұрын

@@thevanlife it seems like if you are over 10,000lbs gvwr, don’t have a rear window, don’t have a rear seat or fridge, they require commercial? Atleast in NY.

@thevanlife

Жыл бұрын

@@NYCMDP good to know.. thanks.. i have a rear window and eventually the fridge... ill have to weigh the rig when its all fleshed out.

Dont care about china or your bikes, your title says van conversion and there wasnt much of that.

@thevanlife

Жыл бұрын

well... its just the introduction... more van stuff here on out.

this video was you talking about the van was hoping to see the van.

Look forward to seeing your build progress , I think it's going to be awesome ! We've been driving a class B Sprinter for 9 years and I'm ready for building my own now that I know what I feel is important to us for our travels !

Sorry to say it but the Van looked way way better the first day you got it,,, before you ruined it like this... and good luck travelling with that thing anywere outside the US.. its gonna be interesting!