Highlights
- Registered as a motor caravan with the DVLA
- Fully converted, with a bed, table, sink, cooker and storage
- Very rare petrol engine
The Appeal
The ubiquitous Ford Transit is an ideal candidate for a camper conversion, with its generous load area and simple mechanical components. This home conversion is registered with the DVLA as a motor caravan, so it can be insured and used recreationally.
The living quarters contain everything you’d need: a bed, table, sink, cooker and cupboards, making this a very practical choice for weekends away or longer trips. There’s nothing quite like hitting the open road in a camper van, with the accompanying feeling of freedom.
This camper offers a great opportunity for its next owner to improve upon what’s already there. The bare wood interior could be painted to you own taste and the fixtures and fittings could be either left as they are or replaced with your choice of components.
The History and Paperwork
- First registered 8th April 1993
- MOT valid until September 2023
- No MOT advisories
- Original owner’s handbooks on file
- Invoices for parts and servicing
- Historic MOT certificates
- Registered as a motor caravan
- Previously a church minibus
- Four former keepers
- Purchased by the current owner in 2017
The Interior
- Campervan conversion
- Recently valeted
- The front cab is clean and tidy
- Original cloth seats present very well for their age
- Seating for three, including the driver
- Simple, utilitarian dashboard
- Alpine stereo fitted
- Stour rubber matting protects the footwells
- A little staining on the door cards
- Signs of use throughout
- The rear load area has been converted into living accommodation
- This features a bed, seating area, cooker and sink
- Plenty of headroom afforded by the high roof
- There are plenty of storage cupboards let into the plywood and MDF units
- Round porthole mirror on the bulkhead
- Fitted window covers
- Jazzy carpets add to the aesthetic
- Solid wood cladding on the walls and ceiling
- LED lighting
- 12V and USB charging points
- Water storage
- The leisure battery will need to be replaced in order to use the lights, charging points and water pump
The Exterior
- This van is finished in white paint, which is beginning to show its age
- There are a few bottles and blemishes throughout
- Some chips and scratches
- There are pockets of corrosion, particularly around seams and wheel arches
- Roof bars fitted to gutters
- There is a small area of paint missing above the windscreen
- Underneath there is the usual amount of surface corrosion you would expect to see on a van of this age
- The external plastic trim has faded a little but all appears to be present
- The lamp lenses look clear and bright
- Steel wheels showing a little surface corrosion
The Mechanics
- Very rare petrol two-litre engine
- The engine bay is spacious, allowing for easy servicing
- Carburettor fitted in 2021
- MOT valid until September 2023
- Manual transmission
- Manual choke
- New main engine battery fitted in March 2023
- The leisure battery needs replacement - currently no running water etc.
- The alternator has been replaced, at the time of the photoshoot it was inoperative, hence the location
Summary
If you’re after a camper conversion that you can use or improve then this might be just the van for you. There’s still plenty of opportunity to leave your own mark, so it’s ideal if you fancy getting creative.
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