How Much Is A VW Camper Van?

Why are so many people people drawn to want a VW Camper Van over the numerous other models of Camper Van available to them?

After all, VW Camper Vans do come at a premium cost due to their desirability amongst the Camping and Outdoors Community.

VW Camper Vans are indeed iconic, you see them everywhere in the media, magazines, movies and obviously out on the open road due to their large numbers.

In the next few minutes we’ll discover why the original humble VW Panel Van became the fashionable icon that it is, and if that adulation is justified or if it is just the result of clever marketing.

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What Types Of What Types Of VW Camper Van Are There?

Volkswagen normally referred to as VW is a German company famed for it’s well known VW Beetle, known in the VW Group of Companies as the Type 1.

When VW introduced the first of it’s prototype van range in 1949, the original vans with their rounded, almost boat like lines became known as VW Type 2’s, a name that has stuck to this day.

Just to confuse matters a little the Type 1 VW is called The VW Beetle and is a car, whereas Type 2 VWs are Vans and are classified as T1s – T6s, depending on which of the major design updates and manufacturing runs they were produced under. There is also now the new All Electric VW Van called the ID Buzz which is causing quite a stir in the media.

Due to their size, affordability and of course the period in history when they were introduced, VW Vans were adopted by many of those involved the Hippie Movement.

VW Panel Vans were soon being converted into Camper Vans on an almost industrial scale by hip, peace loving individuals. These homes on wheels would allow them to pursue the free roaming lifestyle that they were searching for during a time of civil upheaval.

The First Volkswagen Panel Van, The VW Type 2 aka The VW T1

How Much Is A Mercedes Camper Van?

Why would anyone be swayed to buy a Mercedes over one of the other models available on the market? I am acutely aware that buying a Mercedes usually costs more than buying most of the other brands of van, so what is it that makes them so desirable, and roughly how much is a Mercedes Camper Van going to be?

We’ll answer these questions and many more that you might have by taking a deep dive into all things Mercedes Camper Van related, read on…

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What Types Of Mercedes Camper Van Are There?

Mercedes have a long and successful history of making powerful and reliable high quality vehicles, both cars and vans. Throughout that history a selection of their vans have been converted, both by dedicated coach builders and by individuals into Camper Vans.

Mercedes Vans come in all shapes and sizes, from the car sized vans known as Class B vehicles, to proper working sized vans, known as Class C vehicles.

Like anything in this world, some models of Mercedes Van are better suited to be converted to Camper Vans than others. Here are the models of Mercedes Van that have been converted the most, and far more importantly, these are the ones that have been converted the most successfully.

Mercedes Vans have a long history of being converted into Camper Vans. I thoroughly enjoyed researching it an marveled at some of the older images or early Camper Vans that I came across. I hope you will too.

The Mercedes Benz 319 L

How Much Is A Mercedes Camper Van - Mercedes Benz 319 L

This 1964 Mercedes Benz 319 L is one of the oldest models that I came across, although I am aware that there are some older ones. The 319 was (I believe) Mercedes’ first model of this class of vehicle, evolving in response to the the success of VW’s Panel Van which evolved into the now world famous VW Camper.

It is such a thing of beauty that I simply had to include it here. The Mercedes 319 L was built as a light commercial vehicle between 1955 and 1967, it was available as a Van, a Truck or a Minibus during it’s manufacture.

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