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  • Опубликовано: 29 сен 2021
  • Mike & Elvis get their hands on an old Bedford Dormobile and upgrade it for the modern staycation market.
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  • @Caton71_fitness
    @Caton71_fitness 26 дней назад +1

    Just got out grandads 1960 out of the garage after 14yrs he brought it when it was a year old he sadly passed away this year loads of memories for my mum and her sister hopefully we will keep her and get her back on the road again 👍🏻

  • @johnhopkins6658
    @johnhopkins6658 2 года назад +2

    My dad had a ?1957? Bedford CA split screen, ex RN, service # 57RN63, bought from the Ruddington MOD sales in 1957, I believe, had it registered 549LTG. Six seater 'utilabrake' where the rear two rows folded down to a load space. Went all over the south west and to London in it. Get goose bumps every time I see one.

  • @scottstrails9369
    @scottstrails9369 Год назад +1

    Top job,Colin now sits with some 50s and 60s pals in Scotland at Scott’s trails Motorhome hire

  • @ainarskrauklis8005
    @ainarskrauklis8005 9 месяцев назад

    I have not seen this little bus on the road, but it is so funny and the best . I fell in love with him at first sight.

  • @patrickrooney5130
    @patrickrooney5130 2 года назад +7

    Lovely job Mike. I bought a Bedford 40 years ago and made it into an ice-cream van. And sold it I
    made 4 times profit. I love the show. Best of luck for the future.

  • @TheByard
    @TheByard 2 года назад +4

    My dads company transport was a Bedford CAV 15cwt van with the Dormobile 5 fold down flat seat conversion. No extra windows in the back to save on Purchase Tax. With the seats folded down the goods area was the same as a standard van. Behind the drive was a double seat and walk way to a treble across the rear.
    The heater only blew out warm air to the drivers foot well and all of the windscreen, so it was bl---y freezing in there during the 1960s winters.

  • @justindaley2460
    @justindaley2460 2 года назад +2

    My parents had one of these exact dormobiles many moons ago. I remember as a kid liking that it had a 'face'!

  • @MrMarkusmonkey
    @MrMarkusmonkey 2 года назад +4

    Colin the camper is a great name for that charming old van...

  • @RestorationObsession
    @RestorationObsession 2 года назад +11

    Those are sweet campers!!! Love it!!

  • @Car_and_classic_lover
    @Car_and_classic_lover 2 года назад +6

    Ngl I love the way that Bedford looks!👍

  • @Vics251
    @Vics251 2 года назад +1

    This has been the best series for a long time. 😃

  • @motorhomehobos4212
    @motorhomehobos4212 2 года назад

    Love that step coming out when you open the hab door! Brilliant! Might try and fit one to our 1992 VW Cree!

  • @peterdeacon4628
    @peterdeacon4628 2 года назад +2

    The paint spraying, I sprayed a Vulcan V Bomber in the RAF in the fifties, lots of cheese rolls milk, and tea was provided with the idea of stopping the paint building up inside you.

  • @lynnepierce3676
    @lynnepierce3676 2 года назад +1

    OMG I’ve never seen one of these. I love the classic one😮💕. Wish I had one.

  • @johnmoriarty6158
    @johnmoriarty6158 2 года назад +1

    Thank you for sharing.

  • @antruskie
    @antruskie 2 года назад +1

    We had one when i was a kid. It was yellow/white it always reminded me of a egg. 9584 NU was the reg. Last i knew it was in Scotland. Would love to see it again if it's still alive.

  • @jakespeed63
    @jakespeed63 2 года назад

    Smashing vehicle!!! wish I could do the same to my 1962 Corvair Greenbrier.

  • @karlsmith2570
    @karlsmith2570 2 года назад +10

    That Bedford Dormobile looks fantastic
    I like those very unique sliding doors that it came equipped with
    All the work that Mike and Elvis have put into this and it's worth just under £10,000, I wouldn't be surprised if they had gotten £12,000 for this beautiful vehicle

  • @dapurmungil8852
    @dapurmungil8852 2 года назад +5

    I am so delightful watching this video. Wheeler Dealers is back in a new format. Thanks for having a comprehensive video and I truly appreciate it. All is complete from the beginning till the end. I support you always with this comprehensive full story video.

    • @joshuasprinkles3490
      @joshuasprinkles3490 2 года назад

      Where did you watch this episode? I have every app and am willing to purchase and can’t ever get the new season of wheeler dealer in the USA. Do they not like money?

  • @adamwort7160
    @adamwort7160 2 года назад

    My dad's mate delivered Bedford ca vans to the dormobile factory late 60s early 70s
    Also did a lot of deliverying for USG United service garage in Portsmouth

  • @bigcahoonaburger8550
    @bigcahoonaburger8550 2 года назад +7

    I think this series is so much better than the last. Not because it’s in England but think Elvis brings something to the screen that comes across better.
    I know Mike has worked with him on another programme and so far gel well. 👍

  • @alexleon619
    @alexleon619 2 года назад

    Mike is a talented journalist and a very impressive man! I watch all the videos ! Excellent professional work ! Signed. Майк талантливый журналист и очень ипмозантный мужчина! Смотрю все видео ! Прекрасная профессиональная работа ! Подписан.

  • @bengo76
    @bengo76 2 года назад +1

    Fabulous van!

  • @mikepatton5251
    @mikepatton5251 2 года назад +1

    Nice and it's my favorite color blue

  • @brianbridle951
    @brianbridle951 2 года назад +2

    The best Van/pick up/ workhorse that ever came out of Vauxhall. Drive with the doors open on summmer days fantastic. 3 speed Column gave room across the front.

    • @peterduxbury927
      @peterduxbury927 2 года назад

      Yeah, but the sliding doors used to slam shut when you braked. As kids, we noticed it had everything except the toilet.

  • @paddy4799
    @paddy4799 2 года назад

    I use to be a partsman for a Vauxhall dealer and every Saturday morning, in would come the home mechanics for their parts. In particular was a lady with a c a van with a constantly aggravating gear linkage. The system had I think, thirteen different pieces of linkage with bushes on each bit. It was a absolute nightmare to set up. When she came in, all the staff would stand opening and closing their mouths like fish breathing. Mrs Carp never cottoned on. Great fun.

  • @felixcat9318
    @felixcat9318 2 года назад +5

    This will doubtless go down well with the glampers wanting a retro van.

  • @JamesBond-hu9rg
    @JamesBond-hu9rg 2 года назад

    I found a Beford cargo van at a estate sale of 2300 Vech! Everyone said it was a ford Falcon. NO! But close $100 and it was mine. I was the only Bidder 😂

  • @rudymartinez6242
    @rudymartinez6242 2 месяца назад

    What a truly awesome vehicle.

  • @deeperry8341
    @deeperry8341 2 года назад

    A Bedford CA was first vehicle I ever drove. My dad had two of them. Only down side was front bumpers always sagged making them look unhappy

  • @turquoisecat761
    @turquoisecat761 2 года назад +7

    Elvis is proving to be a good asset, seems likable with a calm demeanor, what this show needs as it begins a new era

  • @iaincathro3373
    @iaincathro3373 2 года назад

    I remember my dad hiring one and us having a holiday in it !

  • @Caton71_fitness
    @Caton71_fitness 26 дней назад

    Great job 👏

  • @bennyt.christensen3970
    @bennyt.christensen3970 2 года назад

    What a nice Beddy-bye 😁👍👍

  • @carmanbazza
    @carmanbazza 2 года назад +2

    I had a Bedford Dormobile in the early 80s but never used her as my gf wouldn’t be seen dead in it. Shame I married her but happy days got rid of her 12 years ago.🤣

  • @mirceaciurel3655
    @mirceaciurel3655 Год назад

    Dami si mie din energia ta ne sfarsita 🙏🙏

  • @warrenmeszaros9698
    @warrenmeszaros9698 10 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks..

  • @dcallan812
    @dcallan812 2 года назад +1

    Dormobile is the van equivalent of Hoover. Great vans

  • @annettegaskell4871
    @annettegaskell4871 2 года назад

    Boss can't wait to see more

  • @bigsquatchsasfoot1964
    @bigsquatchsasfoot1964 2 года назад +3

    Why do a fancy a 99 with a flake when I look at that van 🤔I’d love it looks brilliant 👍

  • @carguygibby
    @carguygibby 2 года назад +1

    Great name for the camper!😁

    • @charlieboyok
      @charlieboyok 2 года назад

      Oh you are naughty but l like you.😳

  • @sierra3door4
    @sierra3door4 Год назад

    Great to watch👍 what size pinto did it get?

  • @porscha901
    @porscha901 2 года назад

    I was at school in hythe Kent near folkestone

  • @pauls1769
    @pauls1769 2 года назад +3

    Good show but would love to have seen more of the engine installation particularly the finished engine and final drive mounting. That bit seemed to have been much briefer than other episodes.

    • @mike-cl7pb
      @mike-cl7pb Год назад

      Yes totally agree no detail at all about why a Ford pinto and how much alteration.

  • @JamesBond-hu9rg
    @JamesBond-hu9rg 2 года назад

    Hey Mike. How about a Thames van now a convertible 🤔😱😂 so much rust on top we took the roof off.

  • @gembelboy
    @gembelboy 2 года назад

    Are there new session available ?

  • @2DogsVlogs
    @2DogsVlogs 2 года назад

    My Grandfather had a Doormobile when we were kids. I think it must have been a VW going by the parts in the attic. He bought it with no floor in the front, but the back and roof was in good nic. After sitting in the street for 10 years after he passed away a scrap dealer came knocking and took it away.

  • @sailawaybob
    @sailawaybob 2 года назад

    those are so cool

  • @aumetalmental8403
    @aumetalmental8403 2 года назад +1

    I quite like that...✌️😎

  • @thomaspenman4101
    @thomaspenman4101 2 месяца назад

    I love them vans

  • @chris-vn6sw
    @chris-vn6sw 2 года назад

    Not seen that one ! 👏👏

  • @vanlifefamily
    @vanlifefamily 2 года назад

    wow nice van

  • @juliojuliocesar8577
    @juliojuliocesar8577 2 года назад +1

    A super máquina. 😎

  • @philiphurdwell3443
    @philiphurdwell3443 2 года назад

    My dad had one as a builders van, I loved it, passenger seat was a pile of dust sheets, dod sat in the foot well with the sliding door open....how did we survive???!!!!

    • @francisjoussot3521
      @francisjoussot3521 2 года назад

      My Dad had one to,he use to let me start the engine,the starter button solenoid was between the seats.Funny how kids remember minor details!

  • @predragv.365
    @predragv.365 2 года назад

    Very nice 👍👍👍

  • @ulmanito5237
    @ulmanito5237 2 года назад

    very good made

  • @blackarott054
    @blackarott054 2 года назад

    I loved Ford transit mk1* mk2 old classic cars

  • @colingarner6175
    @colingarner6175 2 года назад +1

    When Mike says anyfink does he mean anything ?

  • @Iowa599
    @Iowa599 2 года назад +5

    Wow. That estimate was missing "labor", and the total was really more than three times that amount!

    • @Iowa599
      @Iowa599 2 года назад

      @@sidrens5292 yeah, but they outsourced rebuilding the engine, repainting the van, etc. Actually, everything but removing and reinstalling appeared to be outsourced.

    • @matthewwinn4198
      @matthewwinn4198 2 года назад

      It's spelt "Labour" the definition is manual work, check the dictionary.

    • @robleary3353
      @robleary3353 2 года назад +2

      We all know that, but! do we really care?, a nice bit of British automotive history has been preserved and given a new lease of life.

    • @andrewh5457
      @andrewh5457 2 года назад

      Beware the grammar police.

    • @joshuasprinkles3490
      @joshuasprinkles3490 2 года назад

      @@matthewwinn4198 awkward it isn’t spelled that way.

  • @philnox7734
    @philnox7734 2 года назад +2

    Is that a ford ohc engine in there

  • @iaintosatti4681
    @iaintosatti4681 2 года назад +1

    Dormobile? I do recall that name but we more commonly referred to campervans as caravanettes or caravettes. But I suppose that was more for VWs. Much better than the Fords.

  • @davidmccrory5604
    @davidmccrory5604 2 года назад

    About time you give it away Mike ur atool what number is the mechanic ya have now

  • @lazer2365
    @lazer2365 Год назад

    It's curious that these two can remember the 50s and 60s.
    They don't look old enough.

  • @MS-nk4xb
    @MS-nk4xb 2 года назад +2

    - Å fan! 👍

  • @a.person1485
    @a.person1485 2 года назад +6

    Haven't watched anything Brewer's been involved in since he forced Ed out of the original show. Don't know how Ed put up with Brewer's irritating "cackling"; and abuse as long as he did. I'm here now; to inform those who aren't familiar with Mr. Brewer; that he's good at a coupla things tho... how to take credit for other people's talent and hard work; and how to eat.

  • @donrico5122
    @donrico5122 2 года назад

    yuk colour clash. interior red? roof strped red? Looked luvly in green and cream

  • @davidiand7
    @davidiand7 2 года назад

    I forgotten the name Dormobile, I remember these vehicles.

  • @adamwort7160
    @adamwort7160 2 года назад

    Looks like it's got
    snap on tool boxes in the back

  • @alisteeaiken7667
    @alisteeaiken7667 2 года назад

    My father had a 64 Bedford, toured Scotland a few times, far superior in every way to the VW version

  • @sidrens5292
    @sidrens5292 2 года назад +5

    £500 in 1960 is relative to £12,000 in 2021! Not sure why Mike didn’t point this out at the beginning!? The new WD format is much more entertaining!!! 👏🏼

  • @larrylegs6012
    @larrylegs6012 2 года назад

    ah Disney land economics all the way from wheeler dealers got a love it nostalgia yuk

  • @ronancollins29
    @ronancollins29 2 года назад

    Elvis is no Ed China but I like him in the New WD season.

  • @user-td2ib8ez1w
    @user-td2ib8ez1w 3 месяца назад

    What engine oil dose this engine need asking for Colin 😊😂

  • @user-ef2eu7kn1t
    @user-ef2eu7kn1t 2 года назад +1

    Субтитры Русские Включите ! 👈👪👍

  • @alfamonk
    @alfamonk 2 года назад

    9:19 looks like colin's been shrunk

  • @lyndongervais3374
    @lyndongervais3374 2 года назад

    Why didn't they put a classic vauxhall engine in instead?

  • @bobeden5027
    @bobeden5027 2 года назад

    They are great but I still prefer my old Kombi.

  • @donwright3427
    @donwright3427 2 года назад

    Chuck getting a few things to do with JJ

  • @dufus7396
    @dufus7396 2 года назад

    Canopy was a friendly price

  • @RB-yw9xv
    @RB-yw9xv 2 года назад

    Hi my name is Jeffery from Blackpool and I live in a tent in the back of a van and struggling if there was three full of vehicles and toys for boys could it be of interest

  • @rideshotgunstrapforsafety6339
    @rideshotgunstrapforsafety6339 2 года назад +1

    Hello

  • @stevetravers8195
    @stevetravers8195 2 года назад

    Jeese, looks like someones enjoyed the food in America.

  • @discoveryturbobr8034
    @discoveryturbobr8034 2 года назад

    Susan Boyle & Elvis = no wheeler dealers

  • @freespiritnufc5661
    @freespiritnufc5661 2 года назад

    Mike could be on his way back and with Elvis good mix 👌

    • @bield7
      @bield7 2 года назад

      I doubt it. He’s still the weakness in the programme format

  • @golach420
    @golach420 2 года назад +1

    I thought they'd gone bust too.

  • @joshuasprinkles3490
    @joshuasprinkles3490 2 года назад +1

    Where can I watch this season of wheeler dealer why don’t they want the people of the USA to watch?

    • @Link__TV
      @Link__TV 2 года назад

      I think Mike said on Instagram a few weeks back this new series is coming to Motortrend in America later in October

  • @simonbyrne1182
    @simonbyrne1182 2 года назад

    I enjoyed seeing greater detail of engineered fixes in precious series. This detail seems to have been lacking in recent times. For example in this episode I remember seeing the gear linkage in action. There's no way in a million years that it would have worked in the opposite direction to how it was operated for the camera. The rod was far too flimsy to push anything with any kind of resistance. I'd bet my house that it had to be significantly redesigned before making it to the road.
    I still enjoy watching WD but the scripting is becoming more and more obvious with each successive series. Please go back to the basics of the early series without all the Hollywood stuff.

  • @peterwilliams8922
    @peterwilliams8922 2 года назад

    I love CAs, just a shame Ford took the T****** to another level.

  • @minbannister3625
    @minbannister3625 2 года назад +1

    Coq au vin.

  • @alonzo76
    @alonzo76 2 года назад

    If you really can do a 2 colour Spraypaint on this Bus for 2000 pounds, i will bring you mine. It is a 1983 Ford Transit.
    Just call me!

  • @petersonoliveira8496
    @petersonoliveira8496 2 года назад +1

    Boa tarde FIRST vai amém bom trabalho

    • @calibrazxr750
      @calibrazxr750 2 года назад

      Good evening, it turns out that you weren't first at all, now that has to be embarrassing.

  • @v8pilot
    @v8pilot 2 года назад

    Bedford? It' sa F - F - F Ford. 1:12

  • @cdonuts7335
    @cdonuts7335 2 года назад

    Don't know why they bother anymore! The show is such a shadow of what it started as. No way Mike built any of those cabinets! And they only show a fraction of the work and cost that go into the makeovers. Fortunately a new show called Flipping bangers has taken the original WD formula both the guys actually work on the car's and show all the details! it's great! Well worth watching!

  • @chriscarroll3204
    @chriscarroll3204 2 года назад

    Dormobile Dormobile Dormobile Dormobile Dormobile Dormobile, how many bloody times do they need to say Dormobile. Had to turn it off

  • @yousefbhoyroo6960
    @yousefbhoyroo6960 2 года назад

    Colin. Uummm 🤔

  • @gianicasarini2060
    @gianicasarini2060 2 года назад

    Good morning W/D again cars gas CO2 wood urgency

  • @headley7653
    @headley7653 2 года назад

    Oily Man, can't stand him, he's also become a 'salad dodger' yuk yuk yuk... have to switch off now, feeling sick.

  • @arcticthundergamer113
    @arcticthundergamer113 2 года назад +1

    it's just not the same without Ant

    • @calibrazxr750
      @calibrazxr750 2 года назад

      As much as this might come as a surprise, perhaps it isn't meant to be. If it was the same, then something very odd would be going on.

    • @bojanarezina2352
      @bojanarezina2352 2 года назад +4

      people used to go on about how edd was great and ant was shite... now they love ant? wtf

    • @calibrazxr750
      @calibrazxr750 2 года назад +4

      @@bojanarezina2352 some people, it would appear, don't need a reason to moan, just the ability.

    • @Car_and_classic_lover
      @Car_and_classic_lover 2 года назад +4

      @@calibrazxr750 Agreed! Some people are never happy!

    • @andrewmoorey6103
      @andrewmoorey6103 2 года назад +1

      Agreed, it’s much better.

  • @uksupporter8867
    @uksupporter8867 2 года назад

    The worst thing about wheeler dealers is Brewer, he thinks he is that important he keeps saying , ME and ED, ME and ANT, Me and Elvis when they should be first, also it’s not ANYFINK it’s anything, the program is not about Brewer …

  • @yousefbhoyroo6960
    @yousefbhoyroo6960 2 года назад

    Lose the weight Mike