Please help me to value this restoration

Ok, I was ignoring all LHD adds because I thought it would be too awkward to drive...

 

Lhd the Mrs then has to pay at the drive through. Win Win

 

... and you have the European market open to you when you eventually sell ... Mnnn, country roads less of an issue than city roads I reckon, but yes, you have to try to "drive in the ditch" ...my poor Wife thought she was going to die for the first few weeks

 

haha good thinking..

 

Mine is LHD no problem to drive. The wardrobe in the rear righthand corner caused a massive blind spot ... particularly grim when trying to leave a slip road and get onto a main road. That was solved by cutting down the top of the wardrobe to bottom of window height. I use mine all the time at the moment even to do a 20 mile commute twice a week.

 

What about overtaking big lorries on the motorway... (I thought that and then realised I probably won't be overtaking anything in a t2 hehe )

 

I do all the time ... but then my bus runs a Subaru engine

 

I do all the time as well..but then my bus runs a large Type one air cooled engine

 

One advantage of LHD is that they often come from drier parts of the world such as South Africa and California making them (relatively) rust free. Most of the RHD ones have been in the UK from new and will be much more prone to rot.

 

Slip stream behind them

 

Well you summed that one up pretty well Dunc .

 

are firms still importing from the States ... it was relatively common some 10 years ago?

 

I guess it depends on the exchange rate. Mine is a Californian import bought over about 7 years ago, even with shipping costs it was still cheaper than a UK one and rust free.

 

I really want to be part of the latebay forum.. that’s the main reason I won’t be getting a t3


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We take anyone - even T25 owners

 

Mine was imported about 11 years ago.

 

I think this is an excellent idea................

 

Mine is a 1978 lhd Cali import and I love it. I don’t find lhd a problem at all. Mine was just over £6k but I have spent loads on it, despite being mostly rust free. New front panel, gearbox, seals, front seats, rear rock and roll bed, flooring and interior. But you don’t have to do everything at once. Start with the basics and find a solid one, then do a job every month or as you can afford it to get the mechanics right, then go for the niceties. Most jobs are straight forward if you are a practical person and there are people on here or the net to get advice. If you do it as a project, it also gives you a better understanding than buying off the peg already restored.