Van sold, now looking for looking for an early coaster
blaze said
08:43 PM Jan 3, 2019
Brought the van in WA, south of perth, dragged it all over Wa (home for about 5 years). Then dragged it bag to tassie and used it for annual holidays. Got back on new years day and decided to put it on the market. Prepared for a six to eight week sale time (think plenty of time to clean it out. Deposit in the bank withing 3 hrs, picked up 12hrs later by a guy at the other end of the state. Spent the best part of the night cleaning it out. Off to the middle of the state ttommorrow to look at a coaster.
Sad to see the van heading down the road (told the buyer if he heard voices telling stories in the middle of the night not to believe a word spoken
cheers
blaze
Dougwe said
09:13 AM Jan 4, 2019
Well done Blaze. That reminds me of when I sold base camp 4 years ago. Advertised Monday PM sold and full payment made lunchtime Friday same week, gone by Sunday.
Happy searching for the Coaster.
Poppy sore eye said
09:27 AM Jan 4, 2019
Well done Blaze enjoy the next stage of travelling
Jaahn said
11:46 AM Jan 4, 2019
Well sold Blaze
I hope the search for a good old Coaster works out. The difficulty as I see it is the "old" bit. Age, as in rust, has caught up with most of them now And staying anwhere near the ocean has done the rest !
Good luck jaahn
blaze said
07:38 PM Jan 4, 2019
Brought a ex hippie coaster today, high kms but runs well for an old diesel. Come down from Cains to tassie. Rececenly had pink slip in Cains so don't see to many problems changing rego over to tasie. I will just about gut it and set it up for 12volt only, no gas or 240. will fit flushing toilet, shower and 12 v fridge, solar. Its an 87 model. All up I reckon I can get away for about $12k, I set off to check out another one, decide to look at this one first (run the poor lady at 6.30 am and drag her out of bed)
cheers
blaze
as for rust, non visable and the likely rust areas have signs of being well maintain
Poppy sore eye said
07:53 PM Jan 4, 2019
Well done mate, sounds great
blaze said
08:51 PM Jan 4, 2019
Now at $14k as she who must be obeyed wants a full set of walls for a flemma f45 awning. I just wanta sail track which would have given me a couple of options of either a shade cloth or a vynal section, both about 4mx2.5m with ropetrack which I already have
cheers
blaze
PeterInSa said
09:30 AM Jan 5, 2019
Re (but runs well for an old diesel.)
Is the engine a 12Ht? ( 4Lt Turbo) I think some of this vintage (87) had this engine which is a great motor.
Peter
blaze said
12:46 PM Jan 5, 2019
PeterInSa wrote:
Re (but runs well for an old diesel.)
Is the engine a 12Ht? ( 4Lt Turbo) I think some of this vintage (87) had this engine which is a great motor.
Peter
4l non turbo
cheers
blaze
Oka374 said
02:52 PM Jan 5, 2019
In 87 it would be the virtually indestructible 2H 6 cylinder diesel, fitted to diesel Landcruisers of the same vintage. The 1HZ engine was introduced in the Landcruisers in 1990 and Coasters around the same time.
Landfall said
09:44 PM Jan 6, 2019
Now all you have to do is join the CMCA and one of the local chapters for some good advice.
Not sure which end of the state you are, if from the south I can recommend a great chapter. If from the other end I can only recommend you move to the south.
Cheers
blaze said
11:57 PM Jan 6, 2019
Landfall wrote:
Now all you have to do is join the CMCA and one of the local chapters for some good advice.
Not sure which end of the state you are, if from the south I can recommend a great chapter. If from the other end I can only recommend you move to the south.
Cheers
I am in the best bit of tassie, know as the real gods country. the far Norwest.
I am so very close to the cleanest measured air in the industrialised world.
The soil is so fertile they grew babies in it (where didya think the storks got them from).
The temps never too cold or too hot
It rains when needed but doesn't flood
I could go on but then every bugger would want to live here
cheers
blaze
mus429 said
09:47 AM Jan 9, 2019
There is a special interest group within the CMCA for bus motor home owners 'busmotorhome@bigpond.com'. Most of its nearly 100 members are Coaster owners and builders/conversion experts of their own motorhome. Might be worth a look
Brought the van in WA, south of perth, dragged it all over Wa (home for about 5 years). Then dragged it bag to tassie and used it for annual holidays. Got back on new years day and decided to put it on the market. Prepared for a six to eight week sale time (think plenty of time to clean it out. Deposit in the bank withing 3 hrs, picked up 12hrs later by a guy at the other end of the state. Spent the best part of the night cleaning it out. Off to the middle of the state ttommorrow to look at a coaster.
Sad to see the van heading down the road (told the buyer if he heard voices telling stories in the middle of the night not to believe a word spoken
cheers
blaze
Happy searching for the Coaster.
Well done Blaze enjoy the next stage of travelling
Well sold Blaze
I hope the search for a good old Coaster works out. The difficulty as I see it is the "old" bit. Age, as in rust, has caught up with most of them now
And staying anwhere near the ocean has done the rest !
Good luck jaahn
cheers
blaze
as for rust, non visable and the likely rust areas have signs of being well maintain
Well done mate, sounds great
cheers
blaze
Is the engine a 12Ht? ( 4Lt Turbo) I think some of this vintage (87) had this engine which is a great motor.
Peter
4l non turbo
cheers
blaze
Now all you have to do is join the CMCA and one of the local chapters for some good advice.
Not sure which end of the state you are, if from the south I can recommend a great chapter. If from the other end I can only recommend you move to the south.
Cheers
I am in the best bit of tassie, know as the real gods country. the far Norwest.
I am so very close to the cleanest measured air in the industrialised world.
The soil is so fertile they grew babies in it (where didya think the storks got them from).
The temps never too cold or too hot
It rains when needed but doesn't flood
I could go on but then every bugger would want to live here
cheers
blaze
There is a special interest group within the CMCA for bus motor home owners 'busmotorhome@bigpond.com'. Most of its nearly 100 members are Coaster owners and builders/conversion experts of their own motorhome. Might be worth a look