Our Mercedes 310 T1 Allrad home

The time has come to start work on the new house. We give a quick update on what's been happening and then i start the worst van tour ever.
We now like to put our outtakes and memorable photos at the end, mostly because this is our cheers song and we aren't on the road yet.
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[@stephenrogers9664]

It looks cool, & old. Totally love it. I so miss Jak Mack on KZbin. I love his VW build

[@ChefCampers]

I’m sure he will appear on here soon. Me and Jack are vanlife brothers 😂. I’m very lucky to have a friend like him ❤️

[@vpphun]

Love you guys, and love the Overlander :-) Here is an idea for the popup roof: my previous camper had a similar roof system, with a DC 12V swing gate motor (rated to 200kg). It was strong enough to handle the roof’s weight (without solar panels). The opening process was about 10 seconds. It’s just an idea, hope it helps. I can’t wait to see the conversion! Take care! Peter

[@ChefCampers]

Hi Peter! Great to hear from you. That's great to know about the DC12V motor. I was looking at 12v linear actuator motors and wondered if that could work out and I guess you have answered my question! It actually has gas struts too, we managed to lift it yesterday and it only needs a real push for the first 20cm or so, then the gas struts make it a breeze, I'm thinking about a short 12v linear actuator that can do that first initial push! My second idea was to physically raise the roof, by adding box section underneath the roof, or maybe inbetween, this would mean I could stand up fully without popping the roof for most of the time. Then I could always pop it for when we might want to sleep up there, or for guests. Wow that was a long winded reply, I'm sorry! Take care, Michael

[@ChefCampers]

@@vpphun The overland show was great fun and it was great to meet you. I think having that extra permanent hight will be on the agenda at some point. We found it tough in the Westy Syncro when we had snow and cold weather. We just need to make sure it will still fit in a shipping container, as we would love to be able to ship this to the Americas one day :D

[@pajefferies]

Looks spot on. The fire cook outs next year sound good 😋

[@ChefCampers]

Yes, it might be in the HQ area, or we might just run a few pop ups. Some might be relaxed camping evenings, others could be a real special event, maybe some music too! Hope you are well Phil!

[@pajefferies]

@@ChefCampers much better thanks. Also hope you recover from your op swiftly too. Would love to attend a fire cook out! Keep us all posted on that front 👌🔥🍖🍺🍺

[@phantom4193]

Looking good! Good to see all three of you again, even though it's just on screen (DHL, clue to who I am!)

[@ChefCampers]

It's great to hear from you Marc, we haven't been down south for a while and I know you are not on that round now anyway, which is a shame! Rupert would love to hear the sliding door again :)

[@phantom4193]

@@ChefCampers yeah I miss Rupert, and you too as well 🤪 left DHL now, on a new adventure now

[@ChefCampers]

@@phantom4193 You will be the most perfect instructor. If you ever need a pooch for a back seat cushion, let Rupert know!

[@robhatton8584]

Thanks for that, it’s awesome and so looking forward to seeing the progress. Good to see you’re doing well too 😉. Enjoy 😎😎🐾

[@ChefCampers]

Thanks Rob, it's a great base vehicle, that's for sure!

[@Professionalmoochers]

Love it! We both love it!! Don’t ever change the exterior 👌🏼 Looking forward to seeing this unfold 👍🏼

[@ChefCampers]

It's going to be keeping that fire truck exterior! We love it too. We changed our layout plans again today though!

[@Professionalmoochers]

@@ChefCampers 😂😂 quick! Get it installed before it changes again

[@ChefCampers]

@@Professionalmoochers light the firework, no going back 😂🔥🚒

[@RustyRoseAdventures]

Lovely van! So versatile, look forward to seeing what you do with it!

[@ChefCampers]

It's great isn't it. I meant to say, I got over 60mph on GPS on this thing! I will get steph to take a photo next time!

[@rowannorton4722]

Such a cool van!! so much potential

[@ChefCampers]

We absolutely love it!

[@tompettitt5550]

Great video! Looking forward to seeing your build! I'm still trying to figure out how I will do the roof once I get my T1, as I'm 6ft 6-ish and have looked at high roof T1's, pop tops, extending the roof, as well as the t1 Westfalia roofs from the James Cook models, and then fitting one of them to get the height. This, however is easier said than done!! I'll be super intrigued to see how you figure it all out and what you decide! looking forward to following your build!! Cheers, Tom

[@ChefCampers]

Hey Tom, thanks for the kind comment. Unless you have ambitions to ship inside a shipping container, I would go down the high top route. These vans are high anyway, so you are not going to get into most height restricted places anyway. Take a look at RoadHouse page on Facebook. They are based in Portugal and have plenty of high tops to fit to a T1 and sometimes vans for sale too. I think they also do the work, so it might be a job they can do for you. We started on removing the seats today and I might be cutting the roof tomorrow! Wish me luck haha! Cheers Michael

[@tompettitt5550]

@@ChefCampers Thats great!! Thanks for the recommendation, thats very helpful. Make sure you take plenty of videos!! I'll be patiently waiting for the next video!! Good luck!! Tom

[@ChefCampers]

@@tompettitt5550 We hope to bring one out roughly every week, we filmed a lot today!

[@ringonotts]

Super cool bus! Can't wait to learn what you are doing with the cooking situation. Hob above the safe ? What did the family cook on during their travels ? Where did they go to the loo ? 🤣

[@ChefCampers]

There’s actually a pull out draw next to the sink with a removal single gas stove. I think I will use our portable gas stove, rather than have something fitted and take worktop space. We really enjoyed taking it out and cooking on picnic benches, or just outside when the weather was nice. They had a cassette toilet, which was under the bed, a bit like the buddy box system in a T25. I think we will do a few changes over time, rather than spend too much time trying to build something perfect. I don’t want to get down the rabbit hole of over designed and over engineered 😆🚒😁

[@okoelle]

Hey man! I was looking at the same van, dreaming about selling my 307d and buying this one. So I am very happy to follow you on facebook and hopefully being able to help out with a tip here and there. Good look with fixing it up!

[@ChefCampers]

Hey Oliver, great to have you with us! It sounds like you know a lot about these too! I have a good video out next week, with plenty of allrad driving shots 😁🚒

[@Jameswright131]

Awesome, if you need any parts please let me know, we have loads of parts for these, uk based

[@ChefCampers]

Great! Rear brake drums, mechanical fuel pump and leaf springs!

[@Jameswright131]

Okay I will let you know thanks

[@ChefCampers]

@@Jameswright131 thanks! Water pump too!

[@Jameswright131]

No worries! I will message you on Facebook if that’s okay? Might be easier

[@Jameswright131]

Don’t think we have any new brake drums sorry, maybe used. We have a mechanical fuel pump fitted to the same engine as yours in a vehicle we are breaking. Can test it if interested. Don’t think we have any leaf springs off a 4 x 4. Need to check on water pump thanks