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Volkswagen T25 California Westfalia Pop Top

Sale price: Contract price
Last update: 9.09.2019

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Condition:Used
Mileage:28
MOT Certificate:20/05/20
Manufacturer:Volkswagen
Sleeping Capacity:4
Vehicle Sub-Type:Pop-top
Previously Registered Overseas:Yes
Engine Size:1600
Subtype:Camper Van
Transmission:Manual
Year of Registration:1990
Fuel Type:Diesel
Model Year:1990
Fridge/ Freezer:Fridge
Type:Campervan
V5 Registration Document:Present
Previous owners (excl. current):2
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Volkswagen T25 California Westfalia Pop Top for sale
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Hey,
We are selling our 1990 1.6TD VW Westfalia California so we can build our own van based on bigger van. Building our own van from scratch is something we have always wanted to do, so the T25 has to go much to our disappointment! 
The van is LHD and was originally sold in Germany, where it resided until June 2009. Whilst in Germany the van had just one owner, judging by the paperwork with the van, he was 70 when he sold the van. In the UK it has had one previous owner since 2009 til 2018 when we bought the van as our first camper van.
The service history whilst the van was in Germany is for the main part perfect, last stamp was in 2001 at just under 217,000km. There was no more room for any more stamps after this. There are hand written notes in the Service Book up to 2006 at 243,000km, but these are in German and can't read German!
Once in the UK, there are handful of receipts, the previous owner chose to carry out servicing themselves and unfortunately didn't keep much paper work. The van ran well and appeared well looked after when viewed it. In my ownership had the cam belt done as precaution as well as full service at Just VW camper specialists in North Wales last August, I've just checked the invoice for that and the mileage is missing, but judging by the MOT, it would have been around 273,000km.
I am currently using the van daily, and although it has had issues with Alternator Belts, it has never failed to start and drives well overall. It runs cleanly, with hardly any smoke on start up. Which is impressive in my opinion for near 30 year old Diesel van!
The body work is that the same as most other T25s, rusty. Most panels have small patches of rust as to be expected, I've seen much worse vans, and no doubt, some better. There is some slight damage to the Offside Rear arch and sliding door where had small bump with van down single track road in Wales. had planned to get the vans bodywork sorted for all these issues originally, but my plans have now changed and want to get started on my converting my own van as ultimately, this is what we want to do!
The interior is in great condition, no rips or tears in any of the seats. The original fixtures and fittings are all still present and for the main part work perfectly. have not ran the 3-way fridge on gas so can't be sure if that works, but on mains hook up and on the engine running, it gets nice and cold. The micro switch in the tap constantly sends demand signal to the pump, this is easily sorted by unplugging the tap, which is how get round this as we don't really use the onboard water tanks (we tend to eat out when we go away, so don't have the need for cleaning dishes etc.). This is an easy fix I'm sure if you want to start using the onboard water tanks regular. We don't, so had forgotten about it until typing this advert!
The rock'n'roll bed in this model has great feature, which some people are unaware of, it can be turned in the upright position by 180' meaning you can sit comfortably and look out the back of the van, which we have done in many occasion enjoying some amazing views around Wales and Scotland.
The pop top is in fantastic condition with no tears or previous repairs. The mosquito net at front does have some small tears however. 
In the interest of honesty, the bad bits! As previously mentioned, we've had issues with Alternator Belts snapping, to solve this the van has been with couple of specialists who have tried different things. There is nothing obvious to cause this, and since Christmas, it has been much better. My next move would be to replace all the pulleys, they look in ok condition now with no play in them, but could be the surface of one of the pulleys has something causing the belt to wear quicker than average. The only other thing is when hot, the gearbox can be difficult to get out of 3rd and 5th when going down the gears. This has literally only just started which is annoying. It selects gears perfectly and with ease, so I'm not sure if anything mechanical could be the cause, so would change the gearbox oil as first port of call as its temperature related issue, mine and T25 enthusiast online thinking is that the oil isn't as slick at higher temps? There is also slight oil leak which haven't had looked at yet so can't comment! expected some oil leaks so just keep on top of the level and would get it looked at next service. Thats big paragraph for faults!! Just trying to be honest and open
The MOT history can be checked online, and the last advisory list was just for rust, oil leak and slight play in track rod end ball joint.

We really do love this van, we've loved our trips around North Wales, the Welsh coast and most recently Scottish Highlands and Isle of Skye! We even got engaged on one of our trips, so it is with heavy heart selling this van, but the next van will part of our future memories together!
If you want to see more pictures and see how we used the van, our Instagram tag for our travels in the van is WhichWayWesty
Any questions, please don't hesitate.




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