The beginning

Where's the best place to start? At the beginning, so here goes! We were on the lookout for a van for quite some time - the preferred choice was a WB on dual fuel, V8 without side windows.

This van showed up on eBay, being sold by a fellow in Daylesford (Vic) who has owned and driven it for quite some years.

The photos below were taken when I went and looked at the van, before we bought it.

Standard WB front, with GTS guards

Leather Interior

Wood grain wheel, GTS DashROH Alloy Wheels


Carpet trimmed interior (with spare wheel)

After some negotiation, we paid $5,500 - which included a roadworthy. We had to wait for a couple of weeks while the roadworthy was organised, but we think it was a pretty good buy.

As you can see above, the spare wheel is in the cabin because of the LPG tank. This van is a 253 4-speed, on dual fuel!