VAN FOR LIFE

The demise of the air-cooled VW engine in 1983 was a major moment in the history of the Transporter, but the launch of the front engined Type 2 T4 just seven years later was even bigger. It heralded a brand-new era of Transporter design. Much like its older brothers, the workhorse of the Volkswagen family eventually managed to capture the free spirit and imagination of youth. Although initially designed to haul goods and tools around, the Transporter continues to offer way more than that. It wasn’t until the mid to late 2000s that T4s really found their way from one-man-band traders into the hands of car guys and girls looking to add their custom touch. Since then, the race to have the lowest around has been intense. Even as recently as 2012, your options on buying parts off the shelf to get your lows were limited to say the least.

This just happens to be the year that Adam Roberts (now 32) was looking for a place to live and, taking the £3000 his mum