How much is my project van worth?

You should have had it arm off at that money ,

 

Unless it's Ferrari, Aston or something with Motorsport pedigree, very little repays a resto that's done properly.

 

vans i think have peaked , parts and cost to restore have gone mad , what ive seen vans are getting harder to shift prices are falling

 

These things pretty much always went in cycles, high prices drop off but a few years later they pick up again.. However as mentioned in a nother post the demographic for these old piles has changed, the 40 somethings are installing heat pumps and saving the enviroment, not buying old tat.. There will still be a few buyers but they will be after the best vans for the least outlay I can see them drop still but level out around 12k average for a really good solid restored van with small premiums for better appointed vans odd ball minters will still get decent doe from died in the wool anoraks.. Wish I done mine quick when I bought it .. Agreed value £20k parts bills £22k labour £0 but roughly 1000 hours spread out over 8 years.. I value it so highly its sat under a cover in the drive LOL.. I do admit I need to use it more.. I would hire it out but seeing how bad folk are at driving these days I dont think I could sleep or stomach the repair bills .. These really are not the right vans for folk who have no mechanical ability. If you own one of these you need to know how to fix it and how to maintain it .

The values might be sustainable if the basketcases that evade the MOT were scrapped

 

realistically they were massively overpriced anyway

 

I am inclined to agree with this.. the prices had reached comical heights a few years back. At least there is now a chance for us poor folk to get one..

 

fords \are climing the way vw s went

 

Retailers are suffering but ordinary folks are suffering too trying to live on static pay with increasing bills, so less disposable income. Pay rates are low and so folks work more hours so have less time to work on old vans. Many folks are forced to travel big distances for their jobs so cost of travel and slower journeys adds to the misery.

No wonder Bays are less in demand and prices have dropped. Its the same with vehicles in general, ebay is full of used cars at rock bottom prices, even the Splittys have come down a lot in price, which is good news for buyers who always wanted one but were priced out.

Our vans are more affordable now which should attract more buyers wanting one. They are very cheap at the moment and its easy to forget that these vans were very expensive when they were made and few could afford one then. In relative terms they have never been cheaper to buy one.

Bay prices have had an adjustment and I feel should now stay firm unless there is a mass selling of them. Supply and demand sets the balance as it does with house prices.

 

I think the burst bubble will mean more buses going to tin worm heaven, which will make a big dent in the numbers still functioning, and flood the parts market bringing parts prices down. Only then (ten years away maybe?) will prices for buses start going up again.
The way things are going, if I put aside the embarrassing loss fiasco a la Mr "65 Deluxe", in two or three years time we'll have two nice LHD tintops on the road (one fair-weather wedding workhorse and one painted-for-Britain's weather, retirement coast-tourer) for a total outlay of £27,000.
I can live with that as I'm thinking of them as part of what I leave to the "kids" ...
Sell your parts now before they start going down!

 

Oh, alright then. Kidney anyone?

 

I think it much simpler.

The fashion has moved on, you had lots of London types with money buying vans to follow the fashion you only have to look at how many vans were in advertising 2 years ago compared to now.

Once they realised it need constant maintenance and it took forever to get to Corwall to be pretend surfers they are moving on.

Now it's going back to enthusiasts who like classic vehicles

 

Thanks for the replies

Sounds like it's worthless as it stands and I'd be better off selling the good parts I have and scrap the rest.

After thinking about it for a few days I think I need to plan better and make more time to work on it instead of just doing odds and sods every once in a while.

It doesn't help that the kids are at the age where they are doing more activities and need taken places fairly regularly.

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That's easy get rid of the kids or get them a bike

 

They will eventally, good job i'm a lord and very very rich

 

I blame a certain member on here that has been going on about the dropping value of bays has actually caused a world drop in prices.

It’s like the Salisbury situation.

The media keep banging on about the slow recovery is but by keep reporting it are not actually helping the situation

 

in economics it’s called the ‘hog cycle’

 

Bearing in mind,mine,a 1972 VW Devon was £2,600,when it was new,and a house wasn't much more...it's only a tin box with a German light aircraft engine in one end...

 

20 years ago,my first one,a twin slider 1.7 cost me £2,000. I was earning £10,000 a year!