@Moonie 413221 wrote:

Hi everyone,
I’m looking to get a van kitted out with stove, bed etc., something like Tank Girls. Does anyone know any good websites or anything where I can look through a few? eBay is only having limited success.

Not looking to buy just yet, but I want to scope out what comes up, how often, what price etc. first.

Cheers, Merry crimbo!

we got Dirty Gertie from auto trader (which was a mega shock to me as usually they are comercial vans or ‘propper motor homes’ rather than ‘propper vans’)

we looked on ebay and there we’re some lovely ones and we looked on gumtree too, and preloved, and saw some lovley ones there too

also go on

Tribal Living

loads of info there and also people selling their own vans – and again some lovely ones

whats your price range / type of van you want etc ?

good luck – I am loving mine :bounce_fl

I’ve only ever had insurance on 1.1 little chaep to run cars before but went on tribel living and got a link to a really good nsurer – cant remember who they are – as rather pissed at the mo :laugh_at: but it was much cheaper than I thouhg t it’d be

but its also much much better if its already registered as a motor home or caravan – as our mate has paid comercial van insurance doing his van up for the last 8 months and its cost him a fortune!!

I was advised to get a merc as they have ‘bullet proof’ engines 28000+ miles on the clock etc beofre you get major problems with the engine ( esp as most of Marcus’s mates have got em too – so he knows em) – but the body work can go before – so gertie has her knickers on ( a massive waterproof thing) as to put her in storage where I live is about 140+ a month :hopeless:
i dont know where you are based but the best vans we saw online we in wales and up north – eps where peopke have places to store them under cover.

at the end of the season lots of aussies and new zelanders sell off their VW’s in a street in lundun = but I must say when we drove dirty gertie up to the vw convention – she’s so much bigger and lovelier I was happy I’d gone for her over a poor lady’s vw – as they far too out of my price range 😉

makes friends with some travellers.. i know people who are always selling their vans