28/04/2023
HOLA, I’m Fabian and I work at Vanwood. I'm 29 years old, was born in Germany and raised in Paraguay, South America.
This is my story.
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At the age of 23 I made the decision to head off backpacking. My first solo travel was in New Zealand where I discovered so many new things, met new people and realised that this was the life for me. I learned how to surf, discovered hiking and camping, watched sunrises on the summits of mountains. My eyes were wide open ✈
The pandemic forced me to stop my travels, and in July 2020 I was finally able to fly home to see my folks in Paraguay. I had a lot of spare time and yearning to travel some more, I bought a van to convert into a camper. I told my uncle about this idea, and he immediately told his friend who wanted to start a project ASAP. So we did, on his 1968 Volkswagen T1 Kombi.
After I finished this project I had another customer lined up with an 1977 Volkswagen T2 Kombi. That’s when I decided I could do this for a living. I had no idea about woodworking, everything I was doing was via videos on YouTube and always researching better ways of fitting out camper vans. In my first year of my “Woodwork Paraguay” business I fitted out six Kombis. Business was great!
I really wanted to improve my skills and become a better cabinet maker plus do some more overseas travel, so traveling to Australia became part of the plan. Just before I left, I had a customer with a Toyota Noah then my first Mercedes Sprinter and a parallel project with an old Mercedes Bus for a family of 5.
Everything was finished on time and here I am....fulfilling my dream and working for Ben at Vanwood, learning everyday and doing what I love. ✌️
