£600 VW Camper T25, Unknown Millage, Interior or Engine...How Bad Can it be?

[@amunarjoh]

It`s such a joy to see it beeing welded up, in stead of quick and cheap bodged up. Keep up the good work, and you will earn yourself a faithful follower..

[@cashmachinecars]

Thank you! Hopefully further down the line I'll get all the rust spots sorted and make a mint low mileage van! 👌

[@michaeldebrou7793]

You are super "hands on" and talented. You're no nonsense filming approach is very refreshing in this sea of slow drawn out fellow KZbinrs who make painfully slow progress and don't just get to work!! Thanks and keep doing it your way. 👍

[@cashmachinecars]

Thank you Michael I really appreciate that, should be some good cars to come! 🤞

[@davetherave4328]

it's a camper classic ...keep it

[@bren70ssss94]

Well worth keeping :)

[@kina0606]

shout out to brits having the motivation to go out on rainy and wet days and wrench!

[@cashmachinecars]

Haha would really appreciate decent workshop tho 🤣

[@craigcarter3256]

We have no choice on Misery Island! 💦

[@bortsimons7457]

Awesome. Even these rusty ones usually go for way over 5000 quid. Great find

[@danwilliams6776]

Wow, no messing around, straight in there!

[@andresgonzalezcerda7635]

So much fun to restore it. Keep it!! It’s not a car, it’s a faith maker. ( that everything will be perfect some day)

[@busbits]

Too good to be true! Lucky find! I hope you will keep it.

[@cashmachinecars]

I got very lucky I think! Thank you I will try my best to keep it 👌

[@martinfludder7319]

Nice van ,looks like an autohomes conversion. That interior is in amazing condition.

[@cashmachinecars]

Thanks Martin 🙏 yes I think you are right is it a komet?

[@dungbetel]

Great bargain! Impressed with the work you're doing. Can't wait to see it on the road.

[@cashmachinecars]

Thank you! You and me both! 🤞

[@ukbeeps]

Awesome buy 👍

[@MapleMarmite]

That’s an awesome buy! Nice job on the tidying up. Yeah, I hate rusty exhaust work. Mufflers and pipes are one thing but once you get up around the manifolds it can be a nightmare. If you can get that MOT’d and serviced and do a brake inspection/service, I’d hit the road with it. If I can camp in the winter here in Canada, you can do it there in England, even if you don’t venture out of the Sussex/Kent area it will still be fun. Good luck - looking forward to the next one. 👍🏻

[@cashmachinecars]

Thank you yes I'm very much looking forward to using it!! I had a really nice one around 3 years ago but I had you sell it for the deposit on my first house! Ironically I'm just about to move house again... I really hope I can keep hold of this one! 🤞

[@johndavison5016]

Just wanted to say how much I’m loving your honest no edge normal style. Don’t get ‘influenced’ by others and keep it real. Really like the this camper project. Looks like a great van at a bargain price. The mini series was great too Looking forward to. The next video

[@johnshaw4140]

good buy well done

[@cashmachinecars]

Thanks John 🙏

[@passenger5829]

Great skills. Very enjoyable

[@cashmachinecars]

Thank you

[@getaswordactual8766]

Great video Harry, you obviously have some good skills to do this work yourself. Just subscribed, looking forward to the next T25 video

[@cashmachinecars]

Thanks I appreciate that! 🙏 Shouldn't be too long till the next update 🤞

[@Justcars1001]

I really like this one man band style , looks like your channel is doing well 👍 looking forward to this

[@AJW2004]

Love the camper! Hope you manage to restore and enjoy it before moving it on

[@cashmachinecars]

I hope so too! Thanks 🙏

[@james3418]

great project absolute bargain

[@rhiantaylor3446]

Thanks for sharing. Love T25s and this could be worth £8-10k to the right buyer when you finish. Pity its a wasser boxer but you can;t have everything.

[@olik136]

I am glad I have a watercooled one- the air-cooled ones are just a bit too weak and the diesel engines make it feel a lot like a tractor

[@lukas0846]

That's a very cool car and I'm glad you've rescued it! Also glad you removed those hideous stickers, don't forget the ones in the interior 😉

[@cashmachinecars]

Thank you! Yes can't wait to remove that one on the dashboard!! 👌

[@kevincheatle2485]

Fantastic video vw camper looks great keep up the good work

[@Carlos.G]

Great buy. Had many T25’s in my time

[@cashmachinecars]

Thanks Carlos! They are great vans! 👌

[@vollkrassmann858]

Enjoy the work and the fun in the future with this camper....

[@ZHmotors8]

Bargain. Love these vans as have one myself. Great to see them being saved 🤙🏽

[@4RingsRetro]

I've had a couple of these. Last one I sold for £6,000! You have a really good, complete one there for pocket money! Those seams always rust on these. Good find. Good luck with it.

[@cashmachinecars]

Thank you! £6000 is good 👍 they have definitely dropped in price in the last few months I'm not sure why!

[@4RingsRetro]

@@cashmachinecars Yours seems to have a body kit, which I think is rare? Also, both of mine had rot in the same places you mentioned. I will advise you to check thoroughly the inner/rear arches where the wishbone mount meets the chassis. There is a grommet that never gets taken out, and they rot inside out. I drilled the sills to let about 500ml of water out of mine. That tailgate looks mint, and you've even got the original insulation on the engine cover! Keep it and enjoy it for that money!!!

[@DDLovett]

​@@cashmachinecarscampers were being sold for silly money when covid meant no foreign package holidays. We sold our three year old caravan for nearly what we bought it for new. Now folk want to go back to their guaranteed sunshine holidays abroad they are getting rid of the campers they bought back then. Some poor folk are losing a fortune now prices have gone back to normal. There is so many campers for sale, it's a buyers market again.

[@robertngreen6]

You really are onto a winner with this! I have subscribed now! Thinking about getting a T25, so this is all really interesting 👍

[@talltom1129]

Watching from the States,and I'm super jealous!

[@cashmachinecars]

Thanks Tom! I'm definitely jealous of some of the cars you guys have out there 👌

[@talltom1129]

@@cashmachinecars just don't be jealous of the rust,I'm in Michigan where we salt our roads in winter.

[@zenzen9131]

You're a great worker mate :)

[@pauldeary]

Brilliant young man. Who doesn’t love a WV. Please keep this one.

[@cashmachinecars]

Thanks Paul I'll do my best to keep it! 👍

[@vanlifenomad]

Superb buy, lots of graft but will be worth it. Well done

[@cashmachinecars]

Thank you🙏

[@paulomalley2]

Very talented - nice watching someone take such care with real skill - new sub here 🎉

[@cashmachinecars]

Thank you much appreciated 🙏

[@TheoriginalSpaceboy]

You did Bleddy well there!!

[@markmurphy9280]

I had one of these, they are great!

[@kevinvincent4323]

Awesome Score!

[@kwoody1986]

Awesome campervan and what a bargain. I'm eventually going to buy one in the middle of saving for one. I like how you got straight into sorting it out. Definitely keep it only will go up in value. 🤘🤘

[@cashmachinecars]

Thank you! You should get one! If you have somewhere to store one indoors they do prefer it, as the rust definitely does get to them, thanks 🙏

[@jeangenie68]

Got to love Copart. "We don't know if it's got an interior as we can't get in it". Well. Sherlock. Look through the windows !!!😂

[@cashmachinecars]

Haha I know! I could just about see that there was something going on inside from the photos 🤣

[@nealart]

£600! What a score.

[@barryamos4920]

Well done,keep it and enjoy. I had a 2.0 petrol one with the Holdsworth Villa conversion,loved the drive of it and it didn’t hang about,very quite and always felt planted on the road except on a windy day

[@cashmachinecars]

Thanks Barry, nice! I've always the hightops must be a bit of a handful in the wind haha 😂

[@tmaz3654]

Clever boy cant waIt to see results....

[@cashmachinecars]

Thank you

[@markpirateuk]

Very good score, plenty of profit in this one, sell it in April for top money!

[@cashmachinecars]

Good idea!! 👌

[@Joesrustbuckets]

👌Nice buy,

[@cashmachinecars]

Thank you

[@p--n]

Perhaps invest in some bulldog bdx and an induction heater for those difficult studs.

[@cashmachinecars]

I would love an induction coil heater! Bet there pretty pricey aren't they?

[@LizzyFerretOfficial]

Well what a treat! Really enjoyed this (but then I’m partial to a Transporter of any vintage so happy days!) you’ve got yourself a right bargain there, tbh with a SS exhaust and all the work you’ll have done to it by the end I’d keep it 👌

[@cashmachinecars]

Thank you!! Definitely want to try and keep it. With the exhaust off I can get a good look at the underside of the engine and it's really clean, definitely worth holding on to I think 👍

[@torquesteer2657]

Great skills!

[@Watchstudo]

Great job!!

[@Howard71]

Have a look under that Sliding door cover !

[@DaveJudd]

Fortune favours the brave ! Normally they've dissolve at that age.

[@derbyjohn972]

Proper nice little bus there mate. Hope to see at some VW festivals next year 😂

[@cashmachinecars]

Thanks! Yes that would be great! fingers crossed 🤞

[@vdubwise]

Looks like an Autohomes Kamper. The Autohomes Komet has a high top. I have a Komet and the interior is identical to yours, I’m a bit jealous of the condition of your seats under those covers!

[@cashmachinecars]

AHH I thought it was an autohomes but the only ones I could find only where the komets with the high tops. I still need to test everything in the interior not sure if that fridge is going to work 🤣

[@vdubwise]

@@cashmachinecars ours only seems to work when we are driving, it’s never really bothered us!

[@cjw3688]

Do not forget the cooling paste on the ignition control module otherwise it will fry itself.

[@neildavies2276]

That bus is a good score! I'd avoid the full side panel though, it really weakens the side of the bus because it doesn't have the seam around the arch to tie into the inner arch. Looks like you've managed to sort it with the slide hammer anyway! Wheels and lows next, and that's a very saleable bus.

[@cashmachinecars]

Thank you do you know if there is a different panel you can put in that is stronger?

[@neildavies2276]

@cashmachinecars unfortunately no. On our bus, I cut out the bottom part of the quarter panel when I replaced the inner sill. This gave me access to rebuild the trailing arm mount and weld the sill from inside. Then I welded the outer panel back on after I'd remade the lower flange. Because the interior really needs to come out to do a proper job, I just used the end of a full arch panel and welded it from underneath to the inner arch and the end of the quarter panel that I'd put back in. The complete arch is available from Brickwerks and places like that - it's expensive but good.

[@Igeltod]

that is an absolute killer deal! I dont know if ppl realise how cheap 600 is for a vehicle like this. in Germany i highly doubt you would have gotten it for less than 6000. prices are only getting up every year for these since they reached legal oldtimer status and you can drive them with reduced taxes and no economic restrictions.

[@cashmachinecars]

Thank you I think the prices of them out here in the UK have dropped a lot over the last few months, would say could be worth shipping some over but the steering wheel will be on the wrong side! Thanks for watching 🙏

[@chopperhehehe]

Nice buy 😊 To take studs out weld an m8 nut on it nice hot weld right in centre 😊 a m10 washer then size o nut you pick 😊 👍😁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✌️

[@cashmachinecars]

Thanks good idea! Only reason I was trying to avoid using the welder is it's a really tight spot to get the gun in without dropping the whole engine 🤦

[@redzed40]

Very enjoyable

[@cashmachinecars]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks 👍

[@Tomridesandruns]

What a beauty - a great buy. Enjoyed watching your video thanks. Subbed.

[@cashmachinecars]

Thanks Tom I really appreciate it 🙏

[@mikenewman137]

Nice work, i liked my T25, got fed up with the rust, i remember doing the exhaust manifold on that, not fun. you bought a bargain, as usual !

[@cashmachinecars]

Thanks Mike! Yea they definitely can rust! The exhaust aren't fun but I think definitely worth the effort and investment in this one 👍

[@paulwootton5378]

Hey look...you can see in day light that it has widows down each side....maybe it is possible to look through them and see inside?

[@pyronitro]

if you make the unreliable bits reliable. its an absolute treasure! change the gas lines first!

[@cashmachinecars]

Good idea! 👍 Thank you

[@MartsGarage]

A great buy, I enjoyed your presentation style. Subbed ya.

[@cashmachinecars]

Thank you very much I appreciate that! 🙏

[@chrismeakings9007]

Keep it a love it. Keep up the awesome content.

[@cashmachinecars]

Thanks for the support Chris!! 🙏

[@jonbrookes77]

Co-part were probably looking at the wrong end for the engine 😁

[@cashmachinecars]

Hahaha 🤣🤣

[@volkswagent6raillad850]

I was going to say a Carthago conversion because of the pop top but it's a RHD so can't be I don't think 🤔

[@DerekBagg]

The reason they go rusty below the fridge is it bleeds of but the water cannot get out the sill couple of small holes to drain

[@cashmachinecars]

AHH thank you for that! I wonder if there is a way to prevent it!

[@DerekBagg]

@@cashmachinecars as regards the rust below the fridge on the flat bottom see if you can put a drain hole in the flat bottom panel to let some ventilation in to dry it out

[@cashmachinecars]

@@DerekBagg thanks Derek I'll look into this! Not even sure if the fridge works currently 🤦

[@Sir.Fisher]

Replace the exhaust stud nuts with solid brass ones, will never ever be an issue then.

[@cashmachinecars]

That's a good idea I just had some stainless steel ones arrive but brass would probably be better, I might be able to swap them out 👍

[@Sir.Fisher]

@@cashmachinecars I restore motorcycles, brass will never seize on a steel thread.

[@anthonydevono8833]

That is a late delivery from Co part? looks really good big job ahead but will be very usable after the work just subbed as well your channel looks interesting 👍

[@cashmachinecars]

Thanks for the sub Anthony! Looking forward to using it! 👍

[@ShaunElliott-k2c]

Great find lot more rusty one's out there people asking thousands for.

[@paulwootton5378]

The Polo and the Camper use the same engine? This is a very informative video. I think that I should watch more then the first 9 mins. Looking up the length of the camper, the exhaust is leaking, and I would like to know if it is a the front of the camper, in the middle or just at the rear?

[@DDLovett]

I just had a nosey at its mot history. It literally did hardly any milage between tests. Strange as it went from pass to knackered in a year having only driven a little bit. Shows that they don't like being parked and neglected eh.

[@cashmachinecars]

Think the last owner was by the seaside! Think might have sped up the rusting process!

[@olik136]

I had to get new front headlights for my t25- they alone where 300€ for each side...

[@cashmachinecars]

Really 😱

[@aeonturnip2]

Looking at the MOT history, the mileage seems genuine and it's barely been driven in the last 7 years. Looks like your risky purchase turned out to be a bargain!

[@cashmachinecars]

Thanks yes I only looked at that after I had bought it 🤦 you have to win sometimes 🤣

[@UOO303T]

Just subscribed

[@cashmachinecars]

Thanks really appreciate it 🙏

[@gingerbard2607]

Had one of these 30 years ago - hugely expensive to maintain. Sell it on!

[@cashmachinecars]

Parts are pretty reasonable and easy to come by these days

[@SkylarkCamperAdventures]

For £1K that’s a bargain! Keep it, but if you sell it you are on a winner 👍

[@richpolecat6527]

£1500 and climbing!

[@cashmachinecars]

It's true £1500 now with the new exhaust! But still a bargain I think

[@richpolecat6527]

@@cashmachinecars it is for you as you can do all the work yourself, and it's making good content for your channel. You're making quick progress. Look forward to seeing the next episode 👍

[@aslandama]

I nearly bought one a few years ago but got a Bongo instead for reliability. What is the music track playing on this, cuts in at circa 11.:28? Shazam couldn't recognise it.

[@Nighthacker669]

Great 👍

[@paulwootton5378]

It was impossible to look under the rear of the car to see the engine..... I wonder what the exhaust pipe was connected to....if only Copart had listed it with or without an engine...they never say.

[@QB2ERS]

Falen on your feet with that lucky buy of a T25 on a bus or caravelle chassis, not your common or garden van conversion. That seam over the wheelarch a common rust problem. The timber furniture varnish finish can be made to look like new. That wet liner engine's main ussue is head bolts rusting off in the water jacket. Complicated exhaust system - not cheap.

[@QB2ERS]

That is "fallen" not falen!

[@cashmachinecars]

Thank you I definitely have! Yes when I get that rear panel off I'll probably be able to see what caused one side to rust soo much more than the other. Engine has zero water leaks and the jackets look mint unlike my last one 🤣

[@DerekObrien-tk7we]

Great channel should have more views.whst did you study at uni?

[@mikko6241]

Hi. Do you have any idea, is this van from Devon, Westfalia or some other ?

[@cashmachinecars]

I think it's made by a company called autohomes? They are pretty good not as good as wesfalia or Devon tho I think

[@laurencehastings7473]

No question that it really needed a new exhaust but did it really have to be stainless steel?

[@cashmachinecars]

Cjust the cheapest I could find 😂

[@shaunhewitt]

Omg I love it 😊

[@chrishirst7716]

What a cheap van win-win mate.

[@smyth0109]

What happened to the T5 you had a few months ago..?

[@cashmachinecars]

I'm driving it every day, unfortunately needing to use it everyday isn't giving me the time to give it the love it needs, I'll have an update soon 🤞

[@mikescudder4621]

Score!

[@marcuskirby9299]

Where do you find these cars????

[@cashmachinecars]

I spend a lot of time browsing Facebook marketplace and auctions... I've definitely bought some bad ones in the past 😂

[@chrismeakings9007]

Will one of the Porsche engines fit ????

[@cashmachinecars]

Haha tbh It probably could but don't think it would gain much advantage

[@BackyardRacing1]

Bargain!! 😎👍👍

[@MichaelStone-w3v]

Does anyone know if you buy a car/van from copart do they deliver i know it will if they do but just norlt sure if they do deliver

[@cashmachinecars]

They deliver most cars except motorhomes and very large commercial stuff 👍

[@martinparker9249]

so people dont bid coz they cant see pics of inside ? how about ringing them up ? i dont believe this

[@duncancremin1708]

Am I reading that correctly? A six with two zeros? In way worse shape than that, I’ve seen those go for ten times that price, though admittedly with the sdi engine. Usually they have the steering on the wrong side, too. If that’s not a typo, then you basically stole that van!

[@cashmachinecars]

No it was £600 but the auction was pretty far from me so cost me around another £450 to get it delivered

[@Igeltod]

500 for a complete stainless exhaust system??? dude where do you life? i cant even find a steel one here for that money!

[@paulwootton5378]

No one could look in the back of it???? But clearly any one can see and move from the cab/driver seat, to the rear of the van...there is no need to open the door...side or rear....how could you/they not see????

[@jefftaylor9506]

Its like you have the good versions of my own collection, I have a mini, a t25 but as a nine seater minibus, if you get a volvo xc70 ocean race, it’d get weird The only thing you really need to worry on t25’s is tin worm that might be out of site, interior looks mint!

[@cashmachinecars]

Haha my brother has an xc70 and he told me he was thinking of selling it the other day.. 👀 yea you are right, hopefully I can treat as much of the rust as I can!

[@davewolf8869]

You didn't explain the obvious and most pressing issue? That the steering, and pedals, are on the wrong side??

[@cashmachinecars]

🤣🤣

[@andrewsummers9005]

Keep it and lose the vdub stickers they look naff

[@cashmachinecars]

Agree gonna try and make it look as original as possible 👌

[@andrewsummers9005]

@@cashmachinecars I doubt another that tidy at that price will come up and if the engine is lacking power put something a little better in .

[@RD-650]

👍

[@jsmithkoko]

wow you have a can do attiude

[@plumb-bob8597]

Bargain of the century!