I guess my story is much like many others... A simple click on ebay and I've purchased something I didn't need and wonder if I really want! The item in question is a 1978 Sherpa campervan. To be more accurate, its a pile of rust that used to be a Sherpa!
Picking up the van was in itself a mini adventure. The 180 mile train journey went almost to plan (although I'll never understand the London underground system!). When I arrived at the sellers house the vans battery was flat, so a new one was picked up from a local motor factors and I was on my way. Unfortunately the wipers weren't working (unfortunate because it started raining!). After 20 miles I stopped for fuel, and the van wouldn't restart! An hour later the bloke from the RAC arrived and diagnosed a dodgy connection on the coil, so quickly got the van restarted, and whilst he was there he sorted the wipers (he hit the wiper motor repeatedly with a hammer!). With a running engine and working wipers I hit the road. A steady 60mph was comfortable (if a little noisy!) on the motorway and the rain just kept on falling. Annoyingly, 6 miles from home the battery gave up and I coasted to a halt, so had to be towed home. :(
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