I bought a BUS

n brown said:
don't be fwightened -it's only a van ! has it got a heater,like an eberspacher ?
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no its just a peugot boxer with bus seats in it the problem i am having is getting insurance as the guy we bought it from is going away on Monday morning so we have to get the bus tomorrow without insurance we cannot drive it back but we cannot leave it sat outside this blokes house for over a week while he comes back so a little stuffed at the moment.
 
Get a temp insurance , I think it costs about £60 for a week , if it's still insured by the previous owner you should be able to drive it back as long as you have comp .

Look at all other avenues before using flux , I got my ins for £179 using C&CC insurance ( comp + protected ncd )

If you want any help or advice on wiring etc , give me a shout , I'm only down the road (M62) t'other side of big hill ( Lancs border to Gods Country ;)

Steve
 
StevenJ said:
I'm guessing it has fook hall if it's an old minibus ( but I'm sure you read that bit ;) )

Steve
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its a 2003 Peugot boxer was owned by a children charity it only has 22,000 on the clock and is very tidy apart from that its a bus
 
you can get insurance for one day if you need it many companies out there .i used one when i bought a car a while back think it cost me about 20 odd quid for 24 hours cover .trouble with driving the van on your insurance even if the sellers still insured is this .unless you have a policy that states any car belonging or not belonging to you you will not be insured driving the van .as legally it is your van not the previous owners, title has shifted to you on purchase of the van . ok you may not get a pull off plod as it will show as insured on the system ,but if you should have an accident even if its not your fault ,then the van becomes uninsured as its your vehicle. also should you have a breakdown then the van may not be covered by any cover as technically there is no valid insurance .but first talk to your insurance company they may cover you for a cash sum .
 
Check with owner Annie it may still have some insurance , if your fully comp you should be able to get it back to base
 
Gotta admit your brave taking on a (pretty major ) project , good luck with it and my offer stands with help on the wiring .

Steve
 
campervanannie said:
i am told that i am OK on the licence and on the insurance i need to get temporary to get it to my house then i will start searching for insurance it looks like i may have to go back to Adrian Flux
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try asking someone with trade ins and plates to drive it home for you ,bung them a few bucks,when converted ins will be half the price with flux.my 6.4 ton iveco ex lib bus is £230 and thats in n ireland ,mileage ltd to 3000 a year.
 
campervanannie said:
I know I feel like a traiter but with my RA it was getting harder for us in the VW and Bill is 62 this year and we thought it was time we grew up a little bit and we can fit more booze in this once we re!I've the seats. We have just put the T4 on the forum for sale.
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Know how you feel! I, and everyone, love my camper but I do hanker after some of the luxuries our fellow travellers have! Xx
 
campervanannie said:
If anyone has advice on how to get it reclassified I would be very grateful as that is my second hurdle my first is to get insurance to get it back to bradford from saltburn by the sea.
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Just had my van reclassfied as motor caravan by dvla, so can probably answer a few questions.

Worth gettin on sbmcc - v v useful site for self converting.

Good luck with the bus, its great fun converting your own vehicle. And really annoying too.
 
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Best wishes for the new project, it's going to be tough, hard work, frustrating but all worth it when the jobs finished.
 
hextal said:
Just had my van reclassfied as motor caravan by dvla, so can probably answer a few questions.

Worth gettin on sbmcc - v v useful site for self converting.

Good luck with the bus, its great fun converting your own vehicle. And really annoying too.
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Have you paid in full for it? The guy could have driven it back to yours, so long as he still had insurance, paid him on delivery (after paying a deposit) and give him a lift back with a few quid for his troubles.
Thats what we've just done with a car, it had not tax or insurance (small trader), paid a deposit and told him we'd give him cash on delivery which he was quite happy with, we didn't want to bother insuring it until we'd got rid of our old one.
 
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campervanannie said:
i am told that i am OK on the licence and on the insurance i need to get temporary to get it to my house then i will start searching for insurance it looks like i may have to go back to Adrian Flux
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unless youreally need to drive it yourself, a good friend is normally ( but check ) covered on insurance to drive a vehicle 3 rd party that doesnt belong to them.

Good luck with the conversion, I m onnly in Dewsbury and I deal in statics, but you never know, gas hoses etc I can get trade albeit not a fantastic saving

Channa
 
channa said:
unless youreally need to drive it yourself, a good friend is normally ( but check ) covered on insurance to drive a vehicle 3 rd party that doesnt belong to them.

Good luck with the conversion, I m onnly in Dewsbury and I deal in statics, but you never know, gas hoses etc I can get trade albeit not a fantastic saving

Channa
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Channa I think the vehicle has to have some insurance policy on it, checked this ourselves recently.
 
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Just got it insured for 7 days so will go collect it in the morning. If this turns out to be a turkey I'm gonna shove it off Beachyhead in true quadraphenia style.
 
It does have to have some insurance on it for anyone who doesn't own it to drive it on their policy, there are 1 day policies you can take out these days, get the bus home and off road

Carol said:
Know how you feel! I, and everyone, love my camper but I do hanker after some of the luxuries our fellow travellers have! Xx
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We don't all hanker after a topless bus
 
yorkieowl said:
Have you paid in full for it? The guy could have driven it back to yours, so long as he still had insurance, paid him on delivery (after paying a deposit) and give him a lift back with a few quid for his troubles.
Thats what we've just done with a car, it had not tax or insurance (small trader), paid a deposit and told him we'd give him cash on delivery which he was quite happy with, we didn't want to bother insuring it until we'd got rid of our old one.
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I paid in full through PayPal on Bills credit card so we have financial back up if any does go wrong .
 
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