We returned from our little jaunt in Northern Spain,to winter just starting kicking in here in the UK my hours at work had been reduced to 40 a week as the light and the weather had a big influence into the work we did.Actually i really enjoyed finishing at 3.30 every day bit like school hours after what i had been used to.Having so much time on my hands it gave me a little idea so here goes,before i went over to Canada we used to a have 24ft motorhome which was then 8 year old,our plan was to travel around UK and Europe in it over a number of years, we did a little our furthest trip was skiing on the Chamonix on a very cold Feb of 2008.Due to our immient departure of England we sold it.Now we decided we would like another but more of the bespoke Van conversion one instead of the classic motorhome style we had,so our search started, unfortunately what we were looking were all out of our price range £34000.00 plus, a little bit to much for me so i came up with a great plan (well in my head it was)i would buy a half decent van and convert it myself SIMPLES.What could be more simple than that and cheaper, well the looks Lady Pen gave me as i was explaining this were ones of oh my god your stupid ive seen your woodwork skills,i decided a few years previous instead of buying a shoe cupboard i will make one,its still there in our porch as you can see its not the most professional thing, so when i was explaining how good our van will be i know she didnt hold up much hope.I was adament this conversion was going to as good if not better than the vans we had been looking at PMSL.
So the search started for a van how hard is it to find a newish van in very good condition with low miles for little money (Very Difficult) the money thing was the problem, deciding to up what i was prepared to spend still didnt bring much joy.Im sure all who have driven a works van or any van are guilty of driving it at one speed VERY VERY FAST and ragging it through all gears lol.Mileage was a big issue i wanted one with low miles so would be godd resale value in the future, i know i didnt want much lol but i was positive one would turn up eventually.
We returned from our little jaunt in Northern Spain,to winter just starting kicking in here in the UK my hours at work had been reduced to 40 a week as the light and the weather had a big influence into the work we did.Actually i really enjoyed finishing at 3.30 every day bit like school hours after what i had been used to.Having so much time on my hands it gave me a little idea so here goes,before i went over to Canada we used to a have 24ft motorhome which was then 8 year old,our plan was to travel around UK and Europe in it over a number of years, we did a little our furthest trip was skiing on the Chamonix on a very cold Feb of 2008.Due to our immient departure of England we sold it.Now we decided we would like another but more of the bespoke Van conversion one instead of the classic motorhome style we had,so our search started, unfortunately what we were looking were all out of our price range £34000.00 plus, a little bit to much for me so i came up with a great plan (well in my head it was)i would buy a half decent van and convert it myself SIMPLES.What could be more simple than that and cheaper, well the looks Lady Pen gave me as i was explaining this were ones of oh my god your stupid ive seen your woodwork skills,i decided a few years previous instead of buying a shoe cupboard i will make one,its still there in our porch as you can see its not the most professional thing, so when i was explaining how good our van will be i know she didnt hold up much hope.I was adament this conversion was going to as good if not better than the vans we had been looking at PMSL.
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