Our Tiny Home Walk-Through | 1988 Offroad Viscount Caravan Transformation

We thought we'd give you a tour of our modified 1988 Viscount Seabreeze. Our home as we trek around Australia this lil rig has been a weapon. We gave it a complete makeover over a couple of years while Kel was going through treatment and now is our tiny home on wheels that can go anywhere!
We love our old caravan and so far has been a great offroad weapon. Not only is it cozy but also nice and light to tow.
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Music from Epidemic Sounds
Intro Song By - Alex Kehm
Called - Face (Instrumental Version)

[@user-xm8rk5ws3s]

You guys are an absolute inspiration. I love watching your videos and how Jed managed to rebuild a van into your home on wheels. I last commented under a different account, my 32 year old had breast cancer and took the kids and hubby east for a family 90th. I'm off next week.to the Caravan and camping show. My dream would be to be able to buy them a caravan. Lucky dreams don't cost anything. Keep travelling, stay safe and enjoy life.

[@oldmate_adventures]

Hey there Brian! Mate thanks so much for the kind words!! Much much appreciated from both Kel & I! Hopefully your daughter is going well also mate and on the mend, sounds like they are off on a decent adventure too! Yeah good thing is even with an old beat up van we all get the same view hey! Haha. Thanks again mate and chat soon! 👍

[@raybourne5781]

Work of art that van…. Loved the wine glass holder 😂 👍

[@oldmate_adventures]

Haha cheers Ray! Yeah it does the job hey👍👍🥂🙌

[@Dstick1Spearfishing]

That was some funny as F stuff. Loved the parcel at the end, the shirt had me crying! Happy Aussie weekend crew, hope you are having a feed and brew. Loved the tour, gave me some ideas for my camper trailer, re lights etc. I'll have to hit you up for some ideas and suppliers of kit. The Wine glass holder was next level! Enjoy the summer, how good is it to be living in Aussie. Stay safe, have fun! 🦘😁👍🍻

[@oldmate_adventures]

Hey there Dave! Ha cheers mate👍👍, yeah thee ole girl is a foreva evolving rig! Yeah for sure mate, so far those lights have been epic! I did try and wire in a touch dimmer for them but the one I ordered didn't fit .. Yeah how good is the shirt! 🐟🤺 Happy Oz Day too mate 🍻🇦🇺 Thanks again Dave and chat soon!

[@itsjiggles]

Great setup.

[@oldmate_adventures]

Cheers Jordan mate 👍🍻

[@lloydkennedy7433]

Great rundown on your Viscount Seabreeze van. We too have an 1982 Grand Tourer 14' which is being evolving into the 21st Century 😆. We extended our Draw Bar by 1 metre, removed front bunks with a ensuite, (cassette toilet & separate shower). Flipped the axle to give more clearance, new 12v, 85L Upright Fridge, still with 170ah AGM, plus 120ah Lithium in separate Hard Korr Box. Various 12v power panels, TV, Original Oven, and Brown & Orange stripes 😂.

[@oldmate_adventures]

Nice one Lloyd 👍👍!! Sounds like a premo setup! Good to hear you fitted a shower/toilet in it too!

[@Carpo74]

Awesome van guys - love the wine glass holder! You should be selling them!

[@kel6183]

Haha it’s epic, isn’t it?! He’s bloody handy to have around 😂

[@oldmate_adventures]

Cheers Tracey! Ha yeah it's been pretty good so far, I made it out of scrap wood in 5 minutes. Can't believe it's held together! 😅🙌

[@offcampnandy7727]

Awesome walk through Guys, it's a neat livable van 👍👍👍 I'm a Weber Q bloke myself, done some bannger Tomahawks and heaps of awesome meals, i'll stick to this brand 👍👍👍 Keep the good shit coming 👍👍👍 Cheers Andy🍺🍺🍺

[@oldmate_adventures]

Hey there Andy, thanks mate! 👍 Yeah she's a good ole rig hey, does the job and some! Haha yeah I'm definitely converted Webber fella now 🫡, cooking spuds n chops on it alongside the Nullarbor as we speak! Cheers Andy and hope ya had a premo weekend 🍻

[@TheBaldandtheBeautiful]

Awesome van tour guys. Great to see a complete rundown. I can imagine all the hours of work it would have taken to get it to where it is now. I’m glad you liked the shirts and hats. 🍻 🎣 👕.

[@oldmate_adventures]

Cheers Ian mate! Thanks so much for the support and gear👍👍! Been wearing the shirt and few crew having a laugh! Classic 🙌🐟🤺

[@Hebbie57]

Great tour! Very informative 😊

[@oldmate_adventures]

Cheers Marr 👌 🍻

[@davecooper4739]

Cracking job on the van guys, I’m with ya on the towing weights 👌 Safe travels aye.✌️

[@oldmate_adventures]

Cheers Dave! 👍👍 Yeah it's so good to keep it nice and light hey. More space for fishing gear! Haha

[@bryanpaynechefbrybry1067]

Cheers Jed and Kelly.. Absolutely love the walk through ... Always loved your van... Totally agree Kelly... the t-shirt belongs ro you... Oldmate will figure this out when the hazza slaying comp is on.... Thanks legends... catch you next week.. and chat during the week....

[@oldmate_adventures]

Cheers Chef!! Yeah she's a good ole girl hey, holds together better than most of these new slap together ones! 😅 this is true! But maybe the Hezza's fear me and this is why they don't come close to me 🤔😄

[@bryanpaynechefbrybry1067]

Hahaha...​@@oldmate_adventures. Best answer ever..

[@JandH2017]

Wicked cost effective set up guys, very inspiring. 🍻👍

[@oldmate_adventures]

Cheers mate 👍🍻, yeah she goes orrrright the old girl hey!

[@matthardey6722]

You couldn’t buy a van that good! 👍 PS: You need to redesign your T-shirt to read “Jed Kelly”! 😂

[@oldmate_adventures]

Cheers Matt! Yeah she's a lil weapon hey!! Haha true! You could be onto something here 🙌😅🇦🇺

[@tritonjackmam5.681]

🇦🇺 awesome guys the vans wicked 👍 hav ya thought about a roof top air conditioner to look after kel ? anddd to keep the cans cold 😂😂😂 👍👍

[@oldmate_adventures]

Hey Jack mate! Cheers mate, yeah she's a good rig hey. Haha multiple times looked into roof aircon, unfortunately though solar panel take up most of the roof space and weight. Would be a great addition though! 🙌

[@domeniccurciarello3105]

For the paper roll use lackie band from rolling like the vid have been watching one by one iam from Bunbury too thanks again

[@oldmate_adventures]

Arrr cheers mate for the tip! Yeah it's usually pretty good unless the wind blows the bloody thing around! Haha Go the Bunno crew 🤜🤛!!

[@craigtomkinson2837]

Awesome Ep and look at you awesome set up van guys, A mode they do is fit a small computer fan in the 85 and 130lt fridges to blow air over the freezer area it stops them iceing up they say

[@oldmate_adventures]

Cheers Craig 👍! Oh sweet as! I will definitely look into this! Yeah is a bit of a battle in humid places.

[@craigtomkinson2837]

Yes you can either come off the light in the fridge for power as 12volt , or on the compressor controller near the compressor it has a series of letters i think F is for fan if you use it the little computer fan you put inside the fridge only runs with the compressor does, Love your channel @@oldmate_adventures

[@oldmate_adventures]

@craigtomkinson2837 arrr mate this is epic! Modify Everything 🙌 haha, I will get onto this 👍

[@scale2tail]

Love the setup, mate. We have the same jockey wheel on our van. We were told not to move the van around on it when fully extended. It can bend. Im not going to try it, 😅. Nice work. Safe travels 🍻 👌

[@oldmate_adventures]

Cheers Nath! 🍻 Yeah they are a decent jockey wheel for sure! That's it mate 👍 Did ya get the 4bee sorted?

[@scale2tail]

@oldmate_adventures no mate. Hopefully, I'll book it in for next week. My wife and daughter are heading to Brisbane in 2 weeks. Need to get it done before then. Vintage is about to start at the end of the month, so it needs to be A1 for that. Don't need a breakdown before the 2am shift starts 🤣

[@oldmate_adventures]

Arrr nice one! Have a good time in Brisneyland! What's Vintage?

[@scale2tail]

@oldmate_adventures im not going to Brisbane mate. Because of vintage. I'll be doing shift work. Could be up to 14 hours shifts. Grape picking. I am an operator of the geape harvesters. No much more though thats why my back isn't as good as it used to be

[@ausguy4385]

Is that suspension really worth it over full rocker roller 🤔 it was the off road standard for decades till independent

[@oldmate_adventures]

Definitely a lot more moving parts and issues you have to get right like alignment etc on independent but for offroad they are just a whole other level above. Like everything though you have to set them up correctly.

[@ausguy4385]

​@oldmate_adventures seen multiple with new full off road vans do off roading like the Gibb and still die... 😅 99% because they didn't air down or drive to the conditions seen many vans that have done it no issues. Still on the fence if its "needed"

[@oldmate_adventures]

Yeah lots of crew think just coz they have "offroad" suspension they can just send it and all good. Haha

[@ausguy4385]

Great seeing a setup thats not 250k plus 😂

[@oldmate_adventures]

Cheers mate 👍, yeah it's pretty easy these days to punch well over the 100k for a Caravan hey!

[@ausguy4385]

​@@oldmate_adventures just refreshing to see someone doing it in a way many could do... Sure some could sell the second car and house... but once your done you got no house nor full time job to start again.. Talked to many stuck in a van near retirement and zero options

[@oldmate_adventures]

Yeah mate exactly hey!!