jamies camper ???

Hi guys am sure you guys will know what the model jamie olivers camper is ??  i do love the look of them with the seperate sections of roof glass,,,,  am thinking of going into "Maybe" buying a van to make one or if the price is right buying one thats already done either way its a dream i really want to make come true,,any help guys would be of massive help kind regards Rick..

 yeah "Jamies camper" is worth about 30k 8O  it has a porsche engine and everything!!! even a rusty project split screen bus is about 7k and one thats been part restored to a reasonable standard is around 10-15k so they aint cheap, a guy at the end of my roads got one and an early beetle, both need resto but still look cool on the drive 8)  i love em but they just too expensive and can be a bit inpractical

They're dirt cheap !  Check this one out…. ?1,914 ??? surely a mistype ????

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LOOk-1967-13-Window-Deluxe-Split-Screen-Safaris_W0QQitemZ260144470583QQihZ016QQcategoryZ18303QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Yeah cheers guys for your replies silly money for what they are but if my numbers come up this wednesday or saturday al have one Lol,,one on ebay dont have the roof windows so maybe thats why its priced at what it is,,still a corking looking bus though ,,,sometimes dreams can come true   ,,kind regards Rick.

don't know for sure but believe the ones with the roof windows are refered to as a '21 window'? mate of mine bought one in jersey about 5 years ago for resto because it was only ?5k  8O  and didn't need a great deal of work (it was useable). Since then it's sat in his garden and been used as a shed while he finished building his UVA Fugitive (that took him 15 years to finish and had 3 engines before he settled on the one that's in it now - 3litre Porsche…). He also has a splitty with  'safari windows' that he restored a while back - worth about 10K. And he has a 'thing' as well - one of those VW military soft top cars that hitler got drove around in (type 21??) which he still hasn't decided what engine that's going to get.

Have you tried the Split Screen Club? they will point you in the right direction i'm sure.

It's a samba you're after by the sounds of it, If it is then I hope you've got a big wallet cos even if you do find a rusty one requiring work then you'd be looking at over 20k for it.
I'd consider a later bay window camper, More of them about and much cheaper than a splitscreen camper.

Campers are good, Jamie Oliver is not……….

Shame he has got hold of one…..in my opinion  :wink:

dibbler

Thanks for all your advice its been a big help yeah the splitter screen sounds a good place to have a look   ,, going for a later one does sound better "money" cause my view is they are not worth 10,20,30k up thats just my umble view,,———–also play on my lads 1200 bandit which used to be mine & also have a converted very fast speed triple/T595/955i  "A Proper Triple" which is up for sale bought it in jan this year with the sole intention to convert it as i love the streetfighter renthal bar look "Love It" ,,this was not a crashed then oh lets fighter it,,brought it home 2 days later she was stripped,,its a shame to sell such a cracking bike as it really does put a smile on my face due to its bigger power & nimble handling but need the cash as am having a change in career & need the wedge to do so "class 2 Then 1",,,so if anyones interested in this sh*t hot bike feel free to contact me  07708319917 or  triumph595@hotmail.co.uk   for pics & info cheers Rick. :wink:

the samba campers are the ones worth the big bucks saw one which was a bare shell in need of a resto 18k :wink:

olivers 23 window samba with samba kitchen trailer was up fo 60k 8O  a few months back if your after one check out volkszone or thesamba.com sites 8)

If you need any advice I'd be happy to give you a few pointers dude. I'll exchange bus info for MK1 info  

I'm well into the aircooled scene. We have a OG paint 58 from LA. It looked like this when we first got her, but after approximately 150 hours of hand sanding with 300 wet and dry, I finally uncovered ALL the original Mango Green/Seagull Grey paint under the crappy 70's spray job!


Here's a few shots of ours and few shots of our mates. Hope you like.

When we got it (boring)


and how it looks now, but's it's a tad lower as of a couple of weeks ago




My best mate Stu's 63 Double cab frshly slammed and narrowed 4"




Gill's sign written (by himself) 55 fresh outa his workshop




Pauls 65 with authentic bullet hole in the side (came from LA too)


Big D's 65 (soon to be a race van)


And as for the "Hitler" car, I think you mean a Type 181 Trekker like me mates Rob, which used to run a 356 Porsche lump, but it currently ungoing a nice 2.1 turbo engine swap and that should pull 9's at pod !


Sorry for being a complete and utter picture whore, but I'm real proud of my club !

Jamie's was the 23 window one - it was sold at Coys auction in May for ?48000 + ?21000 for the trailer. It's full of Playstations and TV stuff and has a Porsche engine - a 914 I think. I also recall it was extremely unreliable.
These vehicles have been getting really expensive and I have seen another one for sale at over ?30k. There are still a few wrecks around in the VW mags.
I think they are the coolest things - standard, rat look, all of them BUT check out the diary on this page:

http://www.aidan.co.uk/vwcamper/index.php

Hi mate yeah your buz bus looks real good lowered & wheels set it off well too,,the price of these old vans are in my view totally crazy mind you even some later models t25 stuff can go for daft money,,by the looks al be look for the later type "t25" square headlight one in time to come,,where we live at the mo we have no garage but we are moving mid of this month & the new place as abit of land at the side to build at workshop not garage lol somewhere to tinker,,so long as the council  give us the go ahead fingers crossed :wink: i do like the idea of the straight 6 potter lt van as i used the service a few years ago when i used to be in the trade & i love the power they have,,cant remember the exact model but they were the sliding door + single rear lift door,engine in between driver & passenger rear wheel drive,,they look just like the VW T 3 (t25) model but as i say a straight 6 cylinder petrol lump,love the pics of yours & ya mates vans kind regards Rick..