The Van

After not actually viewing any vans at all in the flesh we headed over the water and into Essex to look at a 1986 T25 hightop 1900cc watercooled with 120k on the clock being advertised for £4,400, not the prettiest example to start off with, one because it was a T25 and not the Bay I had been hoping to find and two because of the hightop!  The whole way there I kept telling Amy to keep an open mind and we were not going to buy the first van we saw.

Love at first sight?

When we pulled up outside and saw the van sitting there I knew that as long as it wasn’t too wet underneath and was reasonable inside I would be happy in putting an offer in, however Amy had already decided!   

We had a quick look round and then we were taken out for a quick test drive, all went exceedingly well apart from a creak from the front suspension and the automatic choke not really well, being automatic.  We got back to the house and I got out the torch, I couldn’t believe how dry and solid everything was, it was a done deal as far as I was concerned.   

After a few mutterings between Amy and me we offered £4,000 if we came back the next day with the cash, with a bit of bartering back and forth we had a deal at £4,100, success!

We didn’t really think of how we were going to get that much cash out in one go as we found out that our banks will only allow up to £2,500 in one go, so frantic moving of money around and Amy moving her work lunch meeting to a restaurant that was close to a Halifax, we managed it.