Hi ephalump,sorry to see your giving up on repair,think if I had spent that much on van,I would spend onother few hondred to fix it,My first van same as yours, there was not one complete leanth of wood from top to bottom or running the lenth of van,only thing solid was chassis,cupbourds,glass windows slated kind,curved front window,and inner wheel arch covers,only way I could tell the lenths of strapping was by the marks left by the rotted wood on the aluminum,and it had a boat shape roof into the bargan,totaly rebuilt it from chassis up,including the floor,made side frames,front and rear frames all stored in shed in bits till roof and floor made,got some very thin hardboard to make inner walls,glued then to all the frames,them assembled onto van chassis,covered van till all work done,six months working on own.van cost £280,and £100 to rebuild,but is was well worth all the time and money spent on it,the satisfaction wasgreat knowin that I did that. so if you decide not to take it for scrap,and do the job your self you will be well rewarded, any way good luck in what ever you decide.
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We have let our son and his father in law have it, his farther in law has retired and has the time and room to repair it, besides it will keep him out of trouble.
We intend to buy another but we have to save first, we have a lot of expence this year so it will probably be next year before we are in a position to buy, doesn't stop me looking though, we are going to the caravan show rooms to have a look at what we can't afford no hrm in dreaming is there.
I am going to ask for info off the site members before i consider buying next time.
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We have now bought a Elddis Vogue 2 berth, in very good condition, best of it is the van was two minutes away from us, I will post some photo's tomorrow.
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Yay good for you :) so glad it didn't put you off, it looks great and ready for many holidays
so happy really :)
please send horsy pics I'd love to see them
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