I been looking for 3.0 V6 to put in my camper for ages and saw this one on ebay and bought it over the phone for £900! Now i wasnt sure if that was a good idea when i went to Wiltshire to fetch it!
Anyhow, i said i would have it if the engine was a good as he said it was, and i must admit it sounded real good. He told me it had a slight leak on the master cylinder before i came, but when i got there it was leaking quite bad and the brakes were nearly on the floor, but it did pull up. So i set off down the M4 expecting all sort of trouble, but it got me home no trouble, except for brake fluid stops!
It drove lovely and the v6 pulled like a train. When i got to Reading some putty must have fallen out of the manifold as it started to blow quite bad, but still pulled ok.
When i got it home i checked the seals on the reservoir and it came off in my hands!!! i was bloody lucky to get it home at all. So im looking for some new seals now.
Condition wise, its a bit rough and needs a fair amount of work to get it up to scratch. the doors are scabby at the bottom and the leading edge of the bonnet is shot and its generally been negleted although its had welding done in all the usual places for the mot.
The interior in my opinion had it, and really only good for stripping and starting again. The previous owner slapped on loads of blue emulsion as you can see, with his eyes shut i think! he told me the 3 way fridge didnt work so he cut the wardrobe door in half and stuck and old 240 fridge in there, which fell out on the first corner i went round!!
The hot water boiler is missing, but it still has gas hob and oven and pumped water.
the dinette should of had a double seating area and and a single, but has been modified to fit an old chest of draws in.
The toilet and shower is the only un-molested area in the van
ive given the cab a good clean and it dont look too bad
I have been given a caravan, so i am going to strip the interior and fit the caravan interior
So next job is the strip out, ill post photos, but i expect to find the worst judging by the damp smell it has.
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