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Is this one any good for me ?

ebay item 140210684577

It is also a tongue in cheek post as a lot of people seem to post these days just for bragging rights on there lovely new 15k van.

Such as, which van for under 15k, pick up new 15k van tomorrow, etc etc.

There used to be a lot more posts on actual help and advice on caravnning in general not just bragging rights.

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i ve changed it to item number

Havent a clue why the link wont work.

looks good,if no damp its a bargain.

http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-5232-2978-1/1?AID=9479574&PID=1428744&mpre=http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26item%3D140210684577&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.co.uk%3A80%2Fsearch%2Fsearch.dll%3Ffrom%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm37%26satitle%3D140210684577%26fvi%3D1#ebayphotohosting

Tongue in cheek, no I love it and to be honest I think this might be a little pearler!!

Only trouble is it's appearance, (no hot water, two ring hob), suggests to me it's older than 91, it's an Avondale so 91AV makes sense but Avondale years I thought are 3 and 4 digits not the first two? but then they may have changed but the full serial number would give it away.

You could ask him for the full serial number but providing it is dry it's still not out the way at £800 is it?

Cannot tell you about the van but it does look a good buy.

Cannot see what you mean about bragging rights tho. I read many posts where people are saying they got a new van, to many people its a big thing to finally get to buy a brand new van so why not do a bit of bragging. Takes alot of hard work to get there. I think most are so happy they want to share the news tho rather than brag about it.

Just checked Avondale's serial number system and it was/is the 2nd and 3rd digit of number inside above the door gave the year, but this is only stated as up to 1987. I don't know if they then changed before all changed to the current VIN/CRIS system in 1992.

As said it's a starter van so is low on spec and weight

Quote: Originally posted by araggedtiger on 26/2/2008

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Is this one any good for me ?   ebay item 140210684577

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The bottom line here is that the only good van is a dry one.  Like someone else said, it'd be a great idea to go and buy a damp meter.  If you can find a dry van for a grand - then snap it up if its even remotely suitable for you.

A dry van for a £1000 is a good buy.  A damp one isn't worth 1000 pence - it'll almost certainly cost you more to repair than it's worth.

Cheers
Andrew