@joshd96320 376191 wrote:

sounds awesome :love:, owners seem as genuine as they get from that too then :weee:

them merc vans are solid from what i hear…

they are, and the guy who brought it origionally seems a bit of an anally retented dude from the paperwork and letters that we have – some of them are hilleraous!!

its turbo engine so not sluggish as its a 208D, and they can be a little slow apparently,
they are notouriously reliable engines – going above 250,000 +
the body work is fantastic as its been in a barn – as usually at this age this is what lets them down

:bounce_fl:bounce_fl:bounce_fl

so I’ve got my van that has soul, without compromising on what Marcus has been drilling into me – reliability, cost effectivnesss / reliability – feul etc

@GiantMidget 376212 wrote:

Congrats TG, She’s a fine looking van, I hope you and ‘Gertrude’ have a happy life together!! :love:

cheers me dears, I am thinking I’ve been a very lucky girl today :love:

@AGENT 15 376219 wrote:

Excellent work !

She’s a beauty, although I am now the same colour with envy !

cheers me dears! :group_hug

you’ll have to let me know what festies you and yours are planning – be good to meet up – shame the newfoundland one not going ahead, am keeping an eye out incase 7th sun goes ahead this year – went in 08 and sounds similar feel to your experience of nfl

(and tell your misses I’m loving the hair :love:)

@Acidfairy 376232 wrote:

She looks lush hun, welcome to the world of converted Vans.. they ROCK!!! lol i love mine had it for just over 2 yrs now and wouldn’t swap it for the world xx

:group_hug I’m sure i remember you getting yours too…….. or was it the dog? :laugh_at:

I was hopeing the cat that seemed resident would be a freebee but alas…….:hopeless:

@Kikoyo 376234 wrote:

Big grats TG! :D:D Hes a beauty! Let the epic adventure begin !!!!!!

:love:

unfortunatley cant get marcus insured just yet…. :laugh_at: need to wait a few more months….

unless I want to pay around £1300, so it’ll be fun learning to drive such a big vehicle as I’m used to 1.1’s………:wink:

@Acidfairy 376417 wrote:

Lol probably the van as never posted any pics that i can remember of my baby girl puppy on here…

Have you got it insured?? Insuring what is technically called a self build motorcaravan can be a minefield.. I thought mine was insured properly as this, therefore covering all the stuff in it awning etc as that’s what i’d been led to believe.. but NOPE.. it is now.. and ok paying a wee bit more but it’s worth it..

Shout if u need a hand hun xx

Cheers AF!
tell me about it!! I’ve had to leave it with them as they have it fully comp – as it was a saturday the specialist companies had shut by the time we’d finished the (longest ever) test drive, as had managed to get quotes but didnt know if I was defo gonna buy her, so didnt manage to action any of them
So I’m picking her up on sat, and have spend a fair hours on tinternet tonight looking around, and gonna get it sorted this week in prepairation
as didnt want to risk driving her back half way across the country un-insured
I’ve got a few numbers from Tribal living to try too, as there is a whole thread talking about the difficulty of this!