Sam’s next eBay adventure...
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carreauchompeur said:
... well, Autotrader actually but the train tickets are bought...
....the breakdown cover is in place...
What could possibly go wrong?
They’re right about buying from a distance, I think it will be very unlikely I won’t come home in the new shed.
Stay tuned
I'm in but can you give us some clues? Start with the purchase price.....the breakdown cover is in place...
What could possibly go wrong?
They’re right about buying from a distance, I think it will be very unlikely I won’t come home in the new shed.
Stay tuned
Good luck :-)
Went to south London to buy my wife's A4 convertible a few weeks ago.
Dragged my 11 year old son along :-)
Went after lunch so only £24.50 single from Sleaford for the both of us.
Car was as described, knocked him down £300.
Drive back went perfectly and got home at about 9pm.
Good day.
Went to south London to buy my wife's A4 convertible a few weeks ago.
Dragged my 11 year old son along :-)
Went after lunch so only £24.50 single from Sleaford for the both of us.
Car was as described, knocked him down £300.
Drive back went perfectly and got home at about 9pm.
Good day.
Whoops, sorry!
After an interminable 4hrs on various trains I arrived in Hastings, seller gave me a lift to his place and I had a good poke over... this! (Excuse the crap photo from last night)
A 1993 Hymercamp 55, based on a Fiat Ducato. Very comfy inside.
Absolutely spot on, pretty much everything works and it successfully transported me the 178 miles home. A little bit bumclenching on the narrower sections of road though!
Didn’t knock him down as it was a great buy for £5k.
More photos if anyone’s interested tomorrow
After an interminable 4hrs on various trains I arrived in Hastings, seller gave me a lift to his place and I had a good poke over... this! (Excuse the crap photo from last night)
A 1993 Hymercamp 55, based on a Fiat Ducato. Very comfy inside.
Absolutely spot on, pretty much everything works and it successfully transported me the 178 miles home. A little bit bumclenching on the narrower sections of road though!
Didn’t knock him down as it was a great buy for £5k.
More photos if anyone’s interested tomorrow
I quite enjoyed reading this thread, thank you.
I do, however, think my friend had even more fun. Having sold his caravan, he bought an old(ish) LDV van, and did the conversion himself.
It has everything a bought camper has, and is tailor made to his own spec, and he learned so much from the project.
I do, however, think my friend had even more fun. Having sold his caravan, he bought an old(ish) LDV van, and did the conversion himself.
It has everything a bought camper has, and is tailor made to his own spec, and he learned so much from the project.
Nik Gnashers said:
I quite enjoyed reading this thread, thank you.
I do, however, think my friend had even more fun. Having sold his caravan, he bought an old(ish) LDV van, and did the conversion himself.
It has everything a bought camper has, and is tailor made to his own spec, and he learned so much from the project.
I’ve spent a decent amount of time driving LDVs and nothing would ever persuade me to invest time and money making one into a camper. They’re absolutely horrendous. I do, however, think my friend had even more fun. Having sold his caravan, he bought an old(ish) LDV van, and did the conversion himself.
It has everything a bought camper has, and is tailor made to his own spec, and he learned so much from the project.
Cheers all, not sure about MPG yet although back of fag packet calculations suggest about £30 to 100miles on the way home. On a suitable road it cruises fine around 50-60mph, it’s the 2.5 diesel so whilst the BHP/tonne is truly shocking it’s got a reasonable amount of oompah.
I did look at converted vans, but a lot didn’t really add up by way of decent bed space and very few had toilets... I want to be able to take it and park it up wherever and things like that are a bit limited. The electrics on this are very nicely sorted as well, something which most home builders struggle with
I did look at converted vans, but a lot didn’t really add up by way of decent bed space and very few had toilets... I want to be able to take it and park it up wherever and things like that are a bit limited. The electrics on this are very nicely sorted as well, something which most home builders struggle with
What a great buy for 5k! We have one almost identical. albeit a RHD model.Have been toying with selling it for a while however its just not worth the hassle and i'll only go and buy another. Beauty of the camps is they fit in a normal sized parking space with a bit of persuasion. Keep an eye on damp around the above cab window and also where holes have been drilled for antenna's etc. (worth resealing the roof yearly if you have chance) above cab windows are notorious for just randomly falling out. (ours did in the middle of Austria en route to italy) The good thing about the Hymers is that even if they get slightly damp in places they dry out nice and quickly and its very rarely terminal due to the limited amount of wood in the structure. Check your shower tray too. We had ours strengthened as opposed to replaced. they can crack and cause the floor to delaminate.
Enjoy! I have far more fun plodding around in ours at 50 mph that I do driving the other car flat out on the Autobahns. Maintenance is generally really easy even for the ham fisted non mechanically minded like myself.
Utterly impressed at that for 5k though. I had ours up at just over 8k and had huge amounts of interest however just couldn't find the time to drive it back to the UK as we were mid house purchase. (Glad i didn't now)
Get yourself on the classic hymers facebook page. They are a great bunch of people and its a fantastic resource. There is always someone who has had a solved a similar problem.
Enjoy! I have far more fun plodding around in ours at 50 mph that I do driving the other car flat out on the Autobahns. Maintenance is generally really easy even for the ham fisted non mechanically minded like myself.
Utterly impressed at that for 5k though. I had ours up at just over 8k and had huge amounts of interest however just couldn't find the time to drive it back to the UK as we were mid house purchase. (Glad i didn't now)
Get yourself on the classic hymers facebook page. They are a great bunch of people and its a fantastic resource. There is always someone who has had a solved a similar problem.
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