Hello from Norwich-just about to buy Welfare Van

[iansmall]

Evening All,

The last Forum i was on was Vw T4 forum but come to my senses and want a proper big van!
I borrowed a friend's ex-welfare van (LWB Med roof) and realised I wanted a Hi-top. Possibly even a jumbo.

considering these 3 and more

hR LWB welfare:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-transit ... 1438.l9372

HR LWB welfare
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Transit ... 1438.l9372

Hr jumbo ex-police van
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/06-06-FORD-T ... 1438.l9372

The only one Ive seen so far, the guy 'forgot' to mention it was a Cat S. Good start and thank God for HPI

Any advice gratefully received. Always wanted to do my own van and looking forward to getting started

[Altransit]

Welcome to the forum

[ned]

Hello.

1st one looks abit scabby.
2nd one looks nice and clean.
3rd one NO its a 135 tdci run, run fast, run far.

Welcome to the club. N

[Altransit]

3rd one NO its a 135 tdci run, run fast, run far.

Welcome to the club. N

So says the Mk6 TDCi owner

[ned]

3rd one NO its a 135 tdci run, run fast, run far.

Welcome to the club. N

So says the Mk6 TDCi owner

just saving his/her sole from a life of pain and insanity plus its over priced. N

[mistericeman]

We bought a Ex Balfour Beatty mess bus already insulated/split charge and eberspacher....

[iansmall]

very nice van. That's the standard I'm aspiring too!

Did you do it all yourself?

cheers,

Ian

[mistericeman]

Barring the ply lining and insulation that was already fitted as were the windows...
Rest of it was mostly done over 3 weekends then progress tailed off as we started using it lol.

Cooking is all electric (microwave /kettle /slow cooker /toaster etc)
From a 3000w inverter powered by 3 x 100ah leisure batteries charged via a durite VSR and 2 x 100w solar panels.

[Luke]

hello and welcome to the forum