Another banging intro bro!!! Vans come a long way from the first van tour, you want to be proud of yourself well done pall

Thank you for showing us your home, it is so lovely! 💕 You are so blessed to be able to build it yourself, the electrical parts and all the stuff actually.... I struggle with finding a person to help me build my ideas for my tiny van..... It is great to know how to do it, kinda saves money and headaches! 😀 Beautiful little home, congrats! 👍💪

This is fucking epic! And that garage blew my mind hahah love it👌🏻

Awesome, loved this! long over due been following the vids for ages and even though i knew most of the upgrades you had done, put in to one vid really puts it into perspective, alot of time and hard work well done!

One of the coolest van i ever seen!

this reminds me of vans I saw before youtube...without the influence of popular designs. I love that it's completely built to your needs. I also really like the added security features.

This is different than any build I've seen. I appreciate that. Very nice.

Love the van tour mate...hes definitely changed a bit! Enjoying the dailys! 🤙

Was literally thinking wonder if I could get my adventure bike in that sorta space read my mind haha

Well this is one of the most unique vans i´ve ever seen!

Of all the setups I've seen lately, this is by far the coolest

Thanks for the tour. Very well designed for 1 person!! Wish you all the best!!!!

The fanny hatch and the deck up top is total game changer. What a great idea. That's going into the plan.

Great intro Ash, "The Beast" looks cool. If i was younger and single I would definitely do van life.👍

@susanadam6094

4 жыл бұрын

Mike your never too old I moved in my van just before my 54th birthday been in it 17 months now love it ❤️

You did great job, it looks sarp from outside and so cozy inside, superb van!

Everything about it is so gorgeous!! Congratulations

Agree great intro! Wow Ash really enjoyed this video. So impressed with your expertise at making stuff! The cab is very cool....jealous of the mirror (soz maybe a bit girlie there). Love the log burner....all looks great 👍

Great job!! I love it one day I'll have my own.

it's very cool, hello to you from cold Siberia 👌

@LostInEurope

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Wish I was somewhere with snow right now...

@Belki23

4 жыл бұрын

Lost In Europe we have a lot of snow, it’s very cold -40 c -50 c I shoot a video, come in I will be glad

We'll done on your brilliant van. And for £8 thousand it looks very impressive. Because I have been watching your channel and it's fantastic. So keep up the good work.

Hi Ash,Thanks for sharing 👍🌞 I've recently started watching your clips 👍💕 quite enjoyable.

Wow what a Tardis of a van it must way tons 👍

Absolutely Awesome! - I am close to pulling the trigger for a Iveco Daily III 2.8 85HP L3H2, which is close to finish, with an imporant amount of tech already installed - kitchen, water, hot water, battery, some furniture. You gave me some nice inspirations for the finish build. I already planned to install a wood burner, also for cooking, as I want to use the van mostly for winter season. Great work, I love it!

Man that is excellent love everything about it

One of the sweetest van‘s i ever saw and the first one with ps4 system!!! Great build!! That was always one of my concerns about van life... like im a gamer 🤷‍♂️

@LostInEurope

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I actually used to have a full gaming pc in in here! Would not reccomend in cold countries though 🤣👍🏻(fried psu)

Great little vid, that guitar could warp when the fires on! I think I must have done 8 k ish on mine but I like tech! Cheers😎

What a nice humble chap

Thanks. Great video, Great home as well

Jesus! I was following your van vids when you only had a few videos up way back, and the van was white with a table, (sadly not been able to keep up), but I do dip in now and again :) even then I said this has to be one of the best vans out there, (as I would have it) Now, there really is no denying it! I hope you dont mind if I poach several ideas off you for my build, hopefully see you on the road one day Ash! And thanks for all the inspiration! 🤘

great job!

Very nice build and great layout! Excellent presentation and narration, subscribed!

Your van looks so comfy! 🤩

hey gd to see you back bud hope your ok x

Great vid. Can you tell me more about your cameras. I am after 360 vision and looking for options.

Love the way you have the cab set up

Man, you're broke my world. T4 is like baby's car. It's amazing!

Ur van is awesome and inspirational bro well done

This is a good layout esp for one person

Brilliant!!

Brilliant

Whaaou ! Magnifique !

Cool van bro, a need to get a van a start my build. 😁👍

Awesome !!😊👍🏻

Amazing Van, great video :))))

Yeyyy i love wood burner....

This reminded me of Overkill's Danger Boat from the The Tick 😆

Absolutely great stuff dude!

THE BEAST🚙🚙❤

Great van. Very inspirational.

Living the dream

Banging van mate

Well done, looks good

its crazy how much our vans evolve over time , and when you sum up how much we spend i bet you could add on another 1k or 2k for stupid things you forget like tech added cables lights and brackets it all adds up , and continues to add up . im looking for a bigger van now for another build myself

The garage is surprising!

Fair play mate love the van. Been in my very crafter 19 months now love off grid life especially now furling a house is outrageously expensive. The government will find a way of taxing us soon. Tossers

Legend

AWESOME VAN MAN. LOOKS QUITE COSY INSIDE

Looks the nuts mate, not ridiculous

Awesome

A drawback with having the solar panels in series is that if one of them would be shaded it will limit the other solar panel. (Shaded panels will act like resistors) Might be worth taking in consideration if it ever becomes an issue.

@LillaHusVanlife

4 жыл бұрын

The plus side of series, Kim, is that the panels start charging the batteries earlier in the day and until later in the evening, due to the higher voltages it puts out for low light conditions, triggering the charge cycle. Everything converts back to the same amp and volts, through your MPPT, but the longer charge times, mean you'll get more charge into your batteries per day, assuming you park away from direct shade, of course.

I've got a LWB 2.3 litre 2004 Iveco Daily, registered as a camper van that will soon be up for sale... I'm getting another much newer van... for me, it isn't worth spending any more money on doing it up... but you're right... it is an absolute beast of a van. Even the 2.3 has got some guts in it...

@tehdreamer

2 жыл бұрын

Cuz rust?

Nice vid bud. This ones gonna blow up I think. How far you’ve come from the chewing gum days 👍 the amount of improvements you’ve made are racking up to be an impressive list already

@LostInEurope

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers man, you wouldn't recognise it from the first tour video I did now 😅

Yea that intro was sick! :)

Heyy I was just wondering about your wifi box and what it is exactly and where I can buy the same one?

EPIC build Ash we have these at work one has been hit so many times the body is almost ROUND! But as its an airport wagon no one cares BUT they still keep going, these are built like Abrahams main battle tanks! Was toying with an Iveco or Sprinter as they are much bigger than the LWB sprinter! But.....a bloke at work was flogging a ‘Trainspotter’ for pennies so.....i grabbed it....🤷🏼‍♂️ BLIMEY your ‘start panel’ is like a Boeing 777 mate, do you do ‘pre flight checks?😧🤔Love the camera set up initially my heap was a ‘stealth camper’ but as i add more its getting a bit obvious and i want to bang some windows in . Those cameras would have helped as people come up at night to see whats worth nicking! 😂😂👍🏻 Proper job mate👏🏻

Sick intro buddy 🤘🏻👌👊🏻

great vid

Hi follow you guys since the start. Love it. I am in the process of doing my 2.8 inveco lwb /xhr can you let me know where you got the clear front indicator lences. Cheers

@LostInEurope

4 жыл бұрын

They were just off ebay dude, cost around £20👍🏻

Top video ash ‘ the beast looks cool as f##k buddy 🤟👊🚚

Nice set up , Hi From Sunny Florida !

Mate this is a quality van 👍🏻

@LostInEurope

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers dude 👊🏻

Cool 👍👍👍

Can you fit an MX bike in the garage? nice van one of the best I seen yet, very big and that cabin looks like a military cockpit with all them switches lol.

@LostInEurope

4 жыл бұрын

I've actually had a ktm 250 in there but we had to drop the bars and ratchet the forks down. Cheers dude 👊🏻

New channel intro? That would be amazing as a intro.

Can you explain how the security system works? Cheers!

Nice build

Hi. Please would you explain your roof aerials for phone and that, as I need something like that for my Europe travels Please explain those door locks again as I think I need those as well Wish you well

Really nice build - If I ever get around to building my dream van, I'll be stealing a ton of ideas from you! If you don't mind, I have a few questions: Have you insulated the garage in any way, or insulated the backdoors? Do you own all of the tools you've used to build everything? Do you regret not being able to sit up in bed? How does the wifi amplifier work? Is it free, public wifis you connect to or is it your own signal? Have you ever worried about your van's extremities (chimney, KZread-handle on the side of the car) tattling on you? I mean, I absolutely love your wood burner, but it is not very common for a car to have a chimney. Is stealthiness important to you? And the most important one of all: I read you're a professional photographer; how did you gain the expertise/confidence to build and/or implement the various things in the van (e.g. all of the carpentry, the kitchen, the whole electrical system...). I have watched a whole lot of videos on van - dwelling/life/conversion just like you did you. But when I start thinking, really thinking, about converting a van, I get kind of unsure about whether I'll be able to do it. Did you really just throw yourself into it and just figured it out along the way :-)? If so, how did you correct your mistakes (if you ever made any). Bit of a daft question, but I think it'd be a comfort to know how to un-screw myself in case of bad handyman-ship. Beforehand, thank you very much for the videos. You're a great screen-companion, and you inspire me to live the same kind of life. Great big cheers from Denmark - Asbjørn

Lovely video Ash! Van looks so different and so ace! Be using the odd idea here and there as I adore your van! Hopefully see you at a meet this year! :)

Great van. I've got the Votronic b2b and the amps monitor up at the dash too, which is great. Curious how many amps charge you get when the batteries are low? I'm coming up for 2.5 years- mostly in the Highlands. Thanks for the vids.

@LostInEurope

4 жыл бұрын

It's a great bit of kit. Will put between 60 and 70 amps in on bulk

Oh. ! Please what cameras you got on roof and what lights you got on roof. More lighting equals safety

if you can help with choosing the brand of paint you painted the van with, I'm currently refinishing the same van, it's a little rusty so I'd have to paint it to make it look a little nicer, thanks in advance.

Think there could be a tiny wet room with the casette toilet in the place where the wood burner is, and then you could fit the wood burner where the toilet is rn. Non the less, this is a pretty awesome build!

@LostInEurope

4 жыл бұрын

There was a wet room there before, I just ripped it out! 🤣 rarely used the shower

@unghiialtfel

4 жыл бұрын

@@LostInEurope oh, makes sense then 😅✌

Your van looks sick .I'm going to make like yours but I can't decide between your van or a mercedes sprinter .

Hi mate, did you junk out the the on board genny, love the way you have changed the beast over the last year.

@LostInEurope

4 жыл бұрын

Yea man I've took it out, still got it but will probably sell it

Great job! How heavy did you end up? could you still make below 3,5t?

Awesome, what material is on the ceiling and walls

The bed/sofa area is just awesome. What is the size of the sleeping area? Just thinking about that solution in my van, and planning now. Thanks!

@LostInEurope

Жыл бұрын

It's about 10cm narrower than a standard double bed 😊

Super👍

Cracking looking van mate, thanks for letting us take the tour. Entertaining and interesting. You attending CQ this year, ?

@LostInEurope

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers dude 👍🏻 I am indeed!

wish id waited a bit longer and bought a stealth camper rather than my fiat ducato 1991 old motorhome, its ok but attracts too much attention, because i may be homeless sometime and that's one of the reasons why i bought it,campsites may be closed again because of this covid situation; its very difficult to find anywhere to get a few hours sleep without it attracting so much attention, i like my van but its had 15 owners so that puts people off from buying ,even though its a good camper,love yours it's absolutely ideal😀👍

Does the insulated foil on your windows stop them condensating?

Top rig man! You sound like a service man, you would of been a good one! Is that 8000 including the van it self?

Nice van and video mate! I'm bored as shit of highly polished, ott builds that folk are doing now. I can see the utility of yours 👍🏻 Take care out there 👌🏻

Fantastic...bedroom,bathroom, kitchen,living room and garage...where's the conservatory..

@LostInEurope

4 жыл бұрын

In the cab 😉👍🏻

It looks like you use the diesel heater as your primary source of heat so what makes the wood heater a "game changer". Also, what did you do about the firewood bringing in insects into the van, particularly ones that could damage the wood used in your renovations. Have you tried using the diesel heater on waste vegetable oil or on biodiesel made from waste vegetable oil? I appreciate that a wood heater benefits from free fuel particularly at campsites that provide firewood but if you could get free fuel from restaurants for your diesel hearse, wouldn't that be a "game changer"?

Excellent, am making a build myself and the van is IVECO. Really good vans

are those R15 tires? seems like R16 variants of those tires will need lift but they have r15 with load capacity suitable for 3.5t vans and by the looks of it you are using r15 with no lift

Allo from Quebec, question! Can you speak louder !,your van is amazing 4 me it look heavy with all your gears do have problems to climb hills ? Stay safe bro .🚐😎

I want this so badly! How do you even start D: