Ep.3 UNIMOG Expedition Camper Build Starts! Stripping the frame

[@grindlayg]

James, it’s Greg from Loganair. Keep the solid bar, you’ll never know when you might need it or when you can help another with it!!

[@victorsvanventures6753]

Hi Greg! Absolutely mate, one of my Harrier mates said they used to use it (and a Unimog) to move the jets in the field :) I hope you are well.

[@ianmills1120]

Epic chain drilling, EZ outs, ice picks and angle grinding! I expect a full episode on lock wiring by the end of the build, the mechanal is strong in you James.

[@victorsvanventures6753]

Millsey!! Thanks mate, high praise from a daddy rigger like yourself! I hope you are well :)

[@davidbacon1484]

Looking forward to seeing the design and following your build. Keep plugging away!

[@victorsvanventures6753]

@David Bacon Thank you! Will do :) Thanks for being here and supporting us :)

[@mattdrumm2518]

Loving these videos! 😍 😍

[@victorsvanventures6753]

Thanks Matt :) glad you're enjoying them! :)

[@aly-tek7190]

Just been watching a heap of videos on Unimogs as Me and the wife are keen to build something (Well me anyway :D The wife will come round I hope :P)) And stumbled across you lovely couple. Enjoy the build process, and I look forward to watching more from you guys ;) Cheers from Australia Stephen

[@victorsvanventures6753]

Ahhhh, very nice of you to say mate! Nice one, fingers crossed for you. I've been pointing out Unimogs on the road for about 10 years, very chuffed that the missus came round :) It actually ended up her idea I think ;) You're welcome along, we are heading back to Lithuania this week (woop) for the next phase of work (videos are a bit behind real time) and should have a hab box on by mid September! Cheers, James and Kristina

[@gregwelch389]

Just liked and subscribed. Looking forward to the transformation.

[@victorsvanventures6753]

@Greg Welch Thanks for your support! Yes! We are really excited about the coming months, lots of work to be done but it will be worth it 😎👍

[@davidbacon1484]

Hercules? Looks like a strong adventurous fellow.

[@victorsvanventures6753]

@David Bacon That's a great suggestion! Thank you :)

[@rogerwileman8399]

The guy from the outfit is a KIWI .I am enjoying your build

[@victorsvanventures6753]

Thank you. Yes, we learned in the subsequent videos :)

[@adventurevanfreddie]

Just caught up with your videos as we've been working too hard. Wow, you've got your work cut out for you both there, this is going to be a great build.....and mobile gym! Love the spiritual corner, lovely. Great progress guys, all the very best. ❤️🚚👍

[@greenlynchy80]

Great video guys. James, watching you do rigger work is something to behold 😂 can’t wait to see the next video 🙌

[@jamesredgrove6141]

I haven't touched an engine for years! 😭

[@NorthernMigrationTravel]

You guys are awesome... just subscribed 👌

[@victorsvanventures6753]

@Northern Migration thank you very much, we are flattered 😊😎 welcome!

[@JockeSelin]

Awesome!😎👍🏻

[@victorsvanventures6753]

@Jocke Selin Thanks! We've watched most of your Unimog videos! 😎👍 Lots of good insights and entertaining too 😁👍

[@JockeSelin]

@@victorsvanventures6753 Thank you! 😊 It's so nice to see more and more Unimog camper builds cropping up. When we started researching our build, there was very little information available on KZbin, so I'm hoping future builds will have it even easier. 😎👍🏻 Looking forward to your next episode! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@victorsvanventures6753]

Absolutely agree with you there :) I came to the conclusion that Unimog owners are more of a blog writing/reading type :D Thanks! It will be out this Saturday :) we are trying to keep to a video every other Saturday. Kristina

[@JockeSelin]

@@victorsvanventures6753 Looking forward to it, I won't disturb you further as you have a video to make. As do I... 😎👍🏻

[@robhogg4663]

Lovely video, if I'd known this was in your future I'd have got you doing skin repairs in TASF years ago 😀

[@jamesredgrove6141]

Thanks mate, yes, that would have been preferable to being upside down in a fuel tank 😅

[@wheelhouseadventures8176]

Nice thanks

[@victorsvanventures6753]

Thank you for watching our videos 👍

[@wendy-21]

Congratulations on this new venture, James and Kristina. Thoroughly enjoying your content, and loved the little visual comparison of James' guns to the guy from The Outfit😄... I'm sure the restoration over the coming months will be thrilling and well worth it! Name suggestions for the Unimog?... The Mogadon, HedgeMog, Bog in the Mog (lavatory humour), or Mog in the Bog(driving fail humour), Mograthon (a play on marathon for your world tour)...I love Unimogs, so I guess i got carried away, over mogified the names😊

[@victorsvanventures6753]

Hahaha, definitely a reason to get overexcited! Ah yes, we'll add those names to the list! Thank you for your encouragement, very glad you're enjoying the videos :)

[@adventurevanfreddie]

Ooow, it's a small world young James. It would seem that we have a lot more in common than just vans and trucks! Not too much to say on here, however, TASF.....I take it that you were North! I was TASF South, 2002 to 2008. I knew you were ex-mob, I said that to Claire the first vid we watched of yours, although I must admit, I thought Navy! Per ardua ad astra, brother!

[@victorsvanventures6753]

Oh really, a small world indeed! Yes, TASF North, errr, I think 2005 for a couple years and actually your face does ring a bell. Maybe our paths have crossed before at some point.... I would have been the aforementioned, upside down sootie :) Ha, yes, we can all generally spot each ay! I'll forgive you for the Naval confusion, must be the way I walk! ;)

[@JojoandScott]

You've got yourselves such an awesome truck. Can't wait to see this massive thing turn into a home! Do you think you'll keep the storage boxes and use them elsewhere? They look handy

[@victorsvanventures6753]

@Jojo and Scott Thanks very much, we are both very excited about this too 😁 It's looking unlikely, but still depends on the budget, the two jerry can holders will probably turn into a gas canister holder (with either modification or replacement), the two boxes behind the spare wheel will probably be replaced by a water tank and the two at the back (and this is the budget bit) we would like to replace with a custom made stainless steel tool and spare storage area 😍

[@JojoandScott]

@@victorsvanventures6753 Sounds like you've got a solid plan in mind! Really looking forward to seeing it come together!

[@victorsvanventures6753]

It's all in the planning stages at the moment so we are open to change 👍 I don't think there's much else that we talk about these days 😅 we had a look at your van conversion 👍 you guys are doing a fantastic job. Where in Scotland are you?

[@JojoandScott]

@@victorsvanventures6753 These things do take being open to changing plans, a bit of a compromise. We are way up on the North-East coast, it's very cold and windy here but beautiful scenery. Thank you so much for checking out our channel!

[@victorsvanventures6753]

Oh yes, I spend quite a few years up that way working at Lossiemouth and living in Fochabers. Nice part of the world.... On a sunny day 😇👍🏻

[@FAB7362]

Call the Unimog JAK, for James And Kristina!

[@victorsvanventures6753]

@Albert Einstein Thank you for your suggestion! We'll put that on the list of potentials 😁 Funny enough my (Kristina's) last name also starts with those three letters 😅

[@FAB7362]

@@victorsvanventures6753 No need to thank me. It is what you would expect from a genius! :-)

[@victorsvanventures6753]

😅😅👍

[@Careful3890]

Save the towbar!! You are gonna need it, sooner or later.

[@victorsvanventures6753]

Most probably :)

[@victorsvanventures6753]

Please leave any suggestions for our Unimog name 🤩 we are stuck! Thanks!

[@mattdrumm2518]

Valkyrie

[@hamishholmes3213]

pog (epic) mog???…awsm videos guys!…thanks for sharing your mog restoring story …perhaps you plan to get a whole new set of tires but if not I think they are rear wheel drive (in 2 wheel drive mode) & tread on the back tires looks significantly less than the front …I would def rotate them :-)

[@LunaBusAdv]

Well this is a bit different from the usual van build videos 🤣

[@victorsvanventures6753]

Haha, yes, we'll try to limit Kristina rolling around on the floor from now on!! :)

[@alexismonoogian3786]

Does he have a name yet? I’m voting for Uri.

[@jamesredgrove6141]

Aha, I like Uri too 😁

[@greenlynchy80]

Great name!

[@davidbacon1484]

Do you have a design in mind? Have you drawn anything up?

[@victorsvanventures6753]

@David Bacon Yes, we do! James has been doing some drawings and I taught myself how to use SketchUp. We had the basics of the design in mind for a few years now so just finalizing the drawings now. We will be ordering sandwich panels for the box quite soon so we need to have it all settled by then as the company will make the incisions for windows and doors and we want them to be in the right place! We will share more about the design in the future videos.

[@astajakovleviene2381]

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[@victorsvanventures6753]

Ačiū, mamyte, už tokius gražius žodžius :) stengiamės ir tobulėjam - kartu :)

[@bartlegs]

Any chance you could list the dimensions for the rigid tow bar - overall length, tube diameter, eye inside diameter? Cheers

[@victorsvanventures6753]

@bartlegs We are not at the Unimog at the moment, but will be there in two weeks time. So if you still need it then, we can measure it for you :)

[@bartlegs]

@@victorsvanventures6753 That would be great thanks - have been trying to find out for ages. Great videos, by the way!

[@victorsvanventures6753]

@bartlegs no worries, will do (we'll be there on the 5th of June) 👍 thank you very much 💪 it is nice to hear.

[@victorsvanventures6753]

@@bartlegs hi! We have the dimensions for you 👍 we've taken pictures with measurements. Where can we send them?

[@bartlegs]

@@victorsvanventures6753 Great - have sent an email to your gmail account. hopefully you can reply to that?

[@maximiliankoch6991]

Hey guys found your videos recently and really enjoy them! I don’t know exactly what’s going on with your issue on the front axle but there is a rather common issue because the Unimog wasn’t necessarily designed for “fast” highway driving and tends to loose oil in the differentials of the portals then. There’s a solution for it: www.ubelix.de/Ausbau/ausbau-06-eng.htm But as I mentioned, no idea what’s going on with your car. I only drive his little brother, an ex-army G-wagon 😊

[@victorsvanventures6753]

Hi Maximilian, thanks for your message! Yes, we have heard about this problem but we are yet to understand the solution. Thank you for the link, we'll definitely look into that. We think that our leak was due to a perished hub seal which has now been changed. G-wagons are great machines too :) which country are you from? Best wishes! Kristina

[@maximiliankoch6991]

@@victorsvanventures6753 alright, good to hear. I’m from Germany, lived in Sweden for the last four years but back in Germany now. We are converting the G at the moment 😊