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i agree about the price, i saw one for £6000, and you couldnt see the metal for the rust!

the last nice one i saw and i mean really nice was £12,000!

gem

my commer on the other hand was £360 + 1 pack of golden virginia tobacco and a pack of green rizla's.



and it was an MOT'd runner !

deviant :

buy my porsche, the engine'll go straight in your van !

zimm wrote:deviant :

buy my porsche, the engine'll go straight in your van !

ha, yeah right, "straight in". I've seen some nice Porsche conversions done, but invariably at great expense.

I have toyed with either trying to make the VW VR6 motor fit, or converting it to diesel with a 1.9TDI motor, but it's a lot of money either way.

no, it will, its a 2 litre audi block , same as yours but with a porsche cylinder head and k-jetronic injection.

porsche 924 innit

zimm wrote:from jan 05 to may 06 ... yup

A canvas tent is probably warmer than that van!? I spose all that snow actually insulated you, otherwise you would have surely expired.

zimm wrote:no, it will, its a 2 litre audi block , same as yours but with a porsche cylinder head and k-jetronic injection.

nope. original engine is a flat-4 unit. The diesels (as standard 1.6ltr) were IL4's put in at about a 50deg angle - the block was then reused right up to the 1.9TDI in the Golf, so you can make one of those fit with the special sump and oil pickup off the 1.6.

crushedlizard wrote:

zimm wrote:from jan 05 to may 06 ... yup

A canvas tent is probably warmer than that van!? I spose all that snow actually insulated you, otherwise you would have surely expired.

actually, it isnt.. i know someone who tried to do a ski season in a tent.. they spent a lot of time in other people's vans, then got one of their own and installed a wood-burner !


with a 2kw catalytic propane heater, (and twin ring cooker as a booster) plus 30-60mm of solid insulation on the floor/walls/ceiling and the windows blanked with foil bubblewrap stuff, along with a partition between the cab and living space it was easy to keep near 20' in the van even when it dropped to -30'C outside, most of the time its only -15'C and to be honest .. with the low humidity, thats not that cold.

deviant wrote:

zimm wrote:no, it will, its a 2 litre audi block , same as yours but with a porsche cylinder head and k-jetronic injection.

nope. original engine is a flat-4 unit. The diesels (as standard 1.6ltr) were IL4's put in at about a 50deg angle - the block was then reused right up to the 1.9TDI in the Golf, so you can make one of those fit with the special sump and oil pickup off the 1.6.

i thought the T25 was an LT ? .. and i know the audi lump used in the 924 was used in the LT range

T25 - Flat 4 motor in the back



LT - Inline motor under the front seats, and much bigger

gotcha !

cant get a van any cooler than this...



gem

Some proper travilers on here then! Im saving up at the moment for a 12 month trip around OZ backpacking! Im starting to think maybe go some where in asia as i wont have to save quite as much, thus getting out of my job faster! WIN WIN!!

i really fancy buying an old VW camper van to do up... would be cool. sprayin it, doin the inside up, best thing is you wouldnt actually loose money on it either as long as your mods were tasteful.

superman wrote:i really fancy buying an old VW camper van to do up... would be cool. sprayin it, doin the inside up, best thing is you wouldnt actually lose money on it either as long as your mods were tasteful.

Oh but you would.

If you are serious, then do it for the love of it, but don't expect to get back what you spent.