How much did you pay for your bus?

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Poptop2, Aug 27, 2018.

  1. Fruitcake

    Fruitcake Supporter

    That's a beautiful bus, are you coming to the Bluebell next Weds?
     
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  2. Suss

    Suss Supporter

    Is that one of the dogging places that @Barry Haynes frequents?
     
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  3. No not this one its the one you showed me I mean can't you rember :p
     
  4. Thanks for complement:hattip:
    No have to take little one to hospital and don't know if il be back in time
     
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  5. I’m kinda hoping this might happen with my impending divorce. At least something good might actually come out of the last fifteen years then, apart from my Labrador.
     
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  6. £1500 in 2003 :)
     
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  7. Poptop2

    Poptop2 Administrator

    How much?
     
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  8. Suss

    Suss Supporter

    Shh!!;)
     
  9. Pudelwagen

    Pudelwagen Supporter

    We do exist, or at least one of us!
    I paid just short of 25k for mine. Sold through a dealer so probably not worth quite so much but it has only had two previous owners, totally rust free original condition and paint, never been "restored" and obviously garaged all its life. Runs like a dream.

    'Twas a present I treated myself to with my dad's inheritance. I wanted a bus we could use rather than something bought on the cheap which would sit in a garage for years draining my bank account without turning a wheel.

    You can't buy a brand new camper for 25k but mine is as good as (apart from fuel consumption!) with the added bonus of being a "classic".

    No regrets!
     
  10. £3.025 roten
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  11. Poptop2

    Poptop2 Administrator

    Fuel consumption offset a little by being tax free?
     
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  12. Where to start
    12000 grand
    But 1 year old engine and new gearbox (with receipts, )
    73 westie uk van with Marmitety paint but mostly solid. Mechanical side is very good.
    Paid over the odds for a 73 van defiantly. Do I care no it's a keeper and my wife wanted one.
    I wanted a basket case to do up but how long would it have taken ?
     
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  13. Baysearcher

    Baysearcher [secret moderator]

    Mine was £7k I think
     
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  14. That's it you have to enjoy them.
    I love building cars but I've lost my space to work on bigger stuff. So a resto would have taken years space and time I could be sitting in Devon or walking in the peaks.
    Also my van get used for camping in, it takes knock and dings.

    The only regret I have is missing a bit of bad rust that was hiding under window rubber of the back hatch as it will make a mess to sort.
     
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  15. Poptop2

    Poptop2 Administrator

    Is the Mrs listening. I don’t suppose you’re going to tell us the total spend up to now?;)
     
  16. Pudelwagen

    Pudelwagen Supporter

    '79 bus first registered in 1980 so a bit to go yet!
     
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  17. We paid £11,200 for ours in 2013, we wanted the best we could reasonably afford to use straight away. I didn't want to spend a few years doing one up only for MrsNTFC to turn around and say she's gone off camping:confused: It's not a minter by any stretch of the imagination but it's been brilliant and was well worth the initial expense:thumbsup:
     
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    Paid 5k last year for a bit rough but usable dormobile with a years mot. very happy with it.

    To be fair a lot of millennials and post millennails I work with have borrowed silly amounts of money to buy cars they really cant afford. They then borrow more money to pay back the original loan. Finance people refer to it as a snake eating its own tale.
     
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  19. Baysearcher

    Baysearcher [secret moderator]

    Wouldn’t have a clue mate. It’s got to be another £15k plus though.
     
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