VW T5 - Insurance

The first obstacle was insurance...

I quickly discovered that if you're going to convert or modify your van in anyway you need specialist converted van insurance. Annoyingly this is more expensive than standard insurance and for reasons unknown you also need to send copies of your driving licences and various other bits of paperwork. I ended up with a limited milage policy (10,000 miles) at £475, which was about 30% more than the non converted policy.

I'm now really pleased I didn't go for one of the many vans with after market alloys, body coloured bumpers and bhp upgrades!