So, after lots of looking online, went to view a van in person today. I would appreciate your thoughts on these gutters- what’s going on here and what work would you do if it was your van? Will it cost a lot, shall I just keep looking or is it fixable? Cheers
Newbie, looking for a 81-85 Joker high top that’s ready to go.
That's not good. What is the asking price for the van? As it's going to take a lot of money to put that right. There could well be some unseen horrors beneath that roof.
2.1 LPG/Petrol Auto Caravelle
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits"
Mine is an elevating roof, so gutters are in quite good condition, those look awful however, and would require a lot of time and money to repair, lots of previous posts on here regarding roofs and gutter problems have a search of the topics to see what has been done by others along with images they posted of what they found underneath.
My gutters didn't look as bad as yours but this was what lurked under the hightop:
YOu are looking at thousands to get it fixed properly. I was able to strip my van and remove the hightop myself but it was still very expensive to fix as there is so much work to do.
I would definitely walk away unless you can buy it for peanuts. £9k is fantasy!!!
1985 hi-top 2.1MV with DG carb and LPG
1955 trials buggy with 1.9 DG high lift cam and twin dell's (now sold)
1972 1303 beetle
1992 Audi 100 2.8 quattro estate
1967 Vw Madison kit
Jesus, there’s some proper messers out there! Would love to know how they came to that price - even with all the work required it looks as though it’s been a while since it even had sponge and some water over it.
300CE wrote: ↑20 Mar 2022, 16:11
Jesus, there’s some proper messers out there! Would love to know how they came to that price - even with all the work required it looks as though it’s been a while since it even had sponge and some water over it.
A lot of people are blissfully unaware how much of a complete wreck their campers are, and they see actual good ones for sale for £9k and think theirs is worth the same. They'll see what we know as terminal rot and think it's just a few little bubbles that will touch up with a dab of paint.
cobblers wrote: ↑30 Mar 2022, 08:21
9k! Run away! That is an end of life vehicle.
300CE wrote: ↑20 Mar 2022, 16:11
Jesus, there’s some proper messers out there! Would love to know how they came to that price - even with all the work required it looks as though it’s been a while since it even had sponge and some water over it.
A lot of people are blissfully unaware how much of a complete wreck their campers are, and they see actual good ones for sale for £9k and think theirs is worth the same. They'll see what we know as terminal rot and think it's just a few little bubbles that will touch up with a dab of paint.
Lot of them know it. This is why they selling it. Just trying to gull somebody.
Zoltan
1986 Multivan ex-Caravelle. Van since 2006, running mTDi 1Z since 2008 with Fiat Croma 1.9 TDid pump 2008-2019, custom pump since 2019
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