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Eddbmxdude
Posted 31/5/2012 10:55 AM (#664414)
Subject: Voodoo Bang Bus


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Location: Luton!		My friend and I are heading to the world unicycling championships in Italy in July, that can only mean one thing. ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAADDDDDDDDDDTRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIPPPPPPPPP!

Obviously we had to buy some crappy old van to drive/sleep/ride/party in across Europe.
Say hello to The Champmobile AKA The Voodoo Bangbus AKA Malibu Party Hotel on Wheels













Its a 17 seater LDV 400 minibus. 2.5 Non turbo diesel, pure pooooooower! Owned by a college, so its been serviced every 6 weeks
It already has an ok head unit fitted, we've been given a free sub just need to find a free amp now First thing to do was change the standard paper speakers with some pioneers I had laying about. Plugged straight in, nice easy 5 minute job.



Plans are to rip all but 6 seats out, make up a couple of beds down the sides and put a table in there somewhere. Some better lighting for when we're parked up and maybe make a unit to put my camping cooker on, thats about it.

Can't wait to set off on our adventures with it, only 6 weeks of work left!

Edd
AdrianSi
Posted 31/5/2012 12:52 PM (#664424 - in reply to #664414)
Subject: RE: Voodoo Bang Bus


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Location: Midlands		Hummm you'll need those speakers! have you travelled any distance in a LDV Convoy 2.5? Hummmmmmdrummmmmm! Thats gonna be a loooonnnnnnng way in that lol.

Are you driving it?
Eddbmxdude
Posted 31/5/2012 12:56 PM (#664425 - in reply to #664414)
Subject: RE: Voodoo Bang Bus


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Location: Luton!		Yeah it is loud, lol. Yeah, me and my friend are insured on it, so we'll share the driving.
ralphh85
Posted 31/5/2012 12:58 PM (#664426 - in reply to #664414)
Subject: RE: Voodoo Bang Bus
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Location: Cornwall		nice to see a british truck tho

i have done a 6 hour trip and back in one similar i think.


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petrol_head
Posted 31/5/2012 1:09 PM (#664428 - in reply to #664414)
Subject: RE: Voodoo Bang Bus


drive it like its hired

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cant beat an old ldv,

as above though you need to hook the radio up to the throttle so it gets louder the more you press
Eddbmxdude
Posted 31/5/2012 1:55 PM (#664447 - in reply to #664426)
Subject: RE: Voodoo Bang Bus


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ralphh85 - 31/5/2012 12:58 PM

nice to see a british truck tho



Forgot to say, its got Metro stalks!
AdrianSi
Posted 31/5/2012 1:56 PM (#664449 - in reply to #664425)
Subject: RE: Voodoo Bang Bus


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Eddbmxdude - 31/5/2012 12:56 PM

Yeah it is loud, lol. Yeah, me and my friend are insured on it, so we'll share the driving.


Does your licence cover minus with that many seats tho??? I know you're taking some out but I'm pretty sure you'll need it re-classified??
Eddbmxdude
Posted 31/5/2012 2:23 PM (#664457 - in reply to #664414)
Subject: RE: Voodoo Bang Bus


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Location: Luton!		I've looked it up. As long as Im using it for social use, not hire or reward, I can drive it on my Full UK Licence with 16 seats in. To get insured on it though, I'll have to take all but 6 seats out.

Heres what Direct.gov says about it:


Holders of a full category B (car) driving licence may drive any of the vehicles listed below:

-a passenger carrying vehicle manufactured more than 30 years before the date when it is driven and not used for hire or reward or for the carriage of more than 8 passengers
-a minibus with up to 16 passenger seats provided the following conditions are met:

i. the vehicle is used for social purposes by a non-commercial body but not for hire or reward
ii. the driver is aged 21
iii. the driver has held a car (category B) licence for at least 2 years
iv. the driver is providing the service on a voluntary basis
v. the minibus maximum weight is not more than 3.5 tonnes or 4.25 tonnes including any specialist equipment for the carriage of disabled passengers
vi. if the driver is aged 70 or over, is able to meet the health standards for driving a D1 vehicle

When driving a minibus under these conditions you may not receive any payment or consideration for doing so other than out of pocket expenses or tow any size trailer; you may only drive minibuses in this country. Drivers aged 70 or over will need to make a special application, which involves meeting higher medical standards.


Edited by Eddbmxdude 31/5/2012 2:28 PM
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Posted 31/5/2012 4:28 PM (#664482 - in reply to #664414)
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Location: stockport, cheadle		I like these  I remember when I was in school they had one of these. That one was a turbo. It was very noisey and we had to do a lot of travelling as the school was in the middle of nowhere and had no sports facilities. We would arrived at the destination deaf and choked due to the fumes that used to come in. Yet they just look so cool!
scarfey
Posted 31/5/2012 7:48 PM (#664526 - in reply to #664457)
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Eddbmxdude - 31/5/2012 2:23 PM

When driving a minibus under these conditions you may not receive any payment or consideration for doing so other than out of pocket expenses or tow any size trailer; you may only drive minibuses in this country.


Italy?
Eddbmxdude
Posted 31/5/2012 10:11 PM (#664564 - in reply to #664526)
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Location: Luton!
scarfey - 31/5/2012 7:48 PM

Eddbmxdude - 31/5/2012 2:23 PM

When driving a minibus under these conditions you may not receive any payment or consideration for doing so other than out of pocket expenses or tow any size trailer; you may only drive minibuses in this country.


Italy?

fook, I never noticed that bit!
WTF, surely those rules only apply to the UK and other countries have their own rules?
mookie
Posted 1/6/2012 7:57 AM (#664609 - in reply to #664414)
Subject: RE: Voodoo Bang Bus
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Location: abroad....good ole germany		In germany you are only allowed a mad of 9 seats in total or you need to have a bus drivers licence.
Nice buy btw, how much is one of those LDVs?
Eddbmxdude
Posted 1/6/2012 9:34 AM (#664621 - in reply to #664414)
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Location: Luton!		Well it won't be a minibus when we're using it abroad anyway. It'll only have 6 seats and will be converted into a camper, so will technically just be a van.
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Posted 1/6/2012 10:19 AM (#664624 - in reply to #664414)
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Location: Wolverhampton		See if you can get it on two wheels round a corner I did it in one a few years ago! And obviously belt the crap out of it all the way there
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Posted 1/6/2012 6:56 PM (#664657 - in reply to #664414)
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Location: in the 100 at the seaaaaaside!		is the steering nice and optomistic like all ldv's? lol
Metromartin
Posted 2/6/2012 10:20 AM (#664777 - in reply to #664447)
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Eddbmxdude - 31/5/2012 6:55 PM

ralphh85 - 31/5/2012 12:58 PM

nice to see a british truck tho



Forgot to say, its got Metro stalks!

they are slightly better than the metro stalks as LDV vans have the orange fiber optic icon illumination still, I'm sad but i like stuff like that! rover delelted this for cost saving although the bulb holder under the steering column stalk holders is still there so I fitted ldv stalks to my mk3 metro!

I remember our old school had one with alot of speakers along the roof inside.
Pietaster
Posted 4/6/2012 11:33 PM (#665214 - in reply to #664777)
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Metromartin - 2/6/2012 10:20 AM

Eddbmxdude - 31/5/2012 6:55 PM

ralphh85 - 31/5/2012 12:58 PM

nice to see a british truck tho



Forgot to say, its got Metro stalks!

they are slightly better than the metro stalks as LDV vans have the orange fiber optic icon illumination still, I'm sad but i like stuff like that! rover delelted this for cost saving although the bulb holder under the steering column stalk holders is still there so I fitted ldv stalks to my mk3 metro!



Shall keep a look out for them next time I'm in a scrappy.
Eddbmxdude
Posted 6/6/2012 12:09 PM (#665346 - in reply to #664414)
Subject: RE: Voodoo Bang Bus


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Location: Luton!		Got drunk and decided to 'test' it out Saturday night. Trying to sleep in it with all the seats in is not comfy!
Eddbmxdude
Posted 14/8/2012 1:43 PM (#672780 - in reply to #664414)
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Location: Luton!		Well, it made it. All 3751 miles. Not one single problem or breakdown!
Heres a few photos of it in various different places.

In the Channel tunnel


Camping in Amsterdam


View from the bus driving through the Alps


Camping in a carpark at the world champs in Italy


Camping in Luxembourg city centre


Camping in Freiburg, Germany. That day, the sat-nav took us to a nudist camp at first!


Amsterdam again


Me, trying to take a photo of myself driving on the Autobahn while everyone was asleep


At Lake Garda, Italy


Camping in a truck stop in France


Camping next to an abandoned UK car in Czech Republic


Edited by Eddbmxdude 14/8/2012 1:47 PM
DotMatrix
Posted 14/8/2012 3:45 PM (#672796 - in reply to #664414)
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Location: Jelling, Denmark		that is quite a trip you were on bet it was fun. how long were you away?
Eddbmxdude
Posted 14/8/2012 3:58 PM (#672797 - in reply to #664414)
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Location: Luton!		Yup, was so much fun We were away for 3 weeks!
gaz44
Posted 14/8/2012 4:27 PM (#672802 - in reply to #664414)
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Location: waiting to get the car back from edge-performance 		edd,
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great stuff.
didnt see any women in the shots, was there no time for partying?
Eddbmxdude
Posted 15/8/2012 9:52 AM (#672906 - in reply to #664414)
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Location: Luton!		Haha, plenty of time for partying Gaz!

Nice pre-gamer


Handing out shots of Stroh 80






No comment!


Jas, impressing with his smooth moves






Phil on the Stroh after a phonecall with his girlfriend, haha






Edited by Eddbmxdude 15/8/2012 9:54 AM
matt
Posted 26/8/2012 9:27 PM (#674304 - in reply to #664414)
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Location: South Derbyshire		Did u win though thats the question
Eddbmxdude
Posted 28/8/2012 9:49 AM (#674404 - in reply to #674304)
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matt - 26/8/2012 9:27 PM

Did u win though thats the question


I didn't win. Came 4th in my discipline though, so well chuffed
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