my extremely rare mk1 astra van f/s

[Mark1GTE]

on ebay here


cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260038279047

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I love the vauxhall griffin shape moulded on the grill of these things with 'BEDFORD' slapped over it. Class!

[reanimation]

e661301 said:

I love the vauxhall griffin shape moulded on the grill of these things with 'BEDFORD' slapped over it. Class!

Never looked at it and noticed that before, that is class!
Good luck with the sale of this special van.

[penski]

I gave up after 'HIGHLY SOUGHT'.

Caps lock makes me a sad panda:(

I'd love it as a parts chaser though. Good stuff.

*n

[Mark1GTE]

;D the written word was never my strong point and still isn`t lol ;D

i always tend to write too much also but i hate being plagued by pointless emails so the answers are there if folks take the time to read,not that many do but hey ho i try to accurately describe even if it ends up reading like a novel ;D saves hassle later if the listing is accurately describe although in caps oops ;D

[Mark1GTE]

reanimation said:

e661301 said:

I love the vauxhall griffin shape moulded on the grill of these things with 'BEDFORD' slapped over it. Class!

Never looked at it and noticed that before, that is class!
Good luck with the sale of this special van.

cheers dude

[st182]

ahhh fond memories........ my head used to hit the roof of one of these when i was a kid

my dad used to borrow a blue one from work to do the tip run- and i used to sit on the arch in the back on a cushion, me dad would gun it over the speed ramps on the way off the refuse site- wouldnt get away with that nowadays!

Anyhoo i'm ramblin- good luck with the sale mate, hope it finds a good home

[richardjn]

i would rapidly alter the ad removing the word "not" ; ebay are plucking ads like that off due to contravening their rules; usually with something like 12 hours to go! just write gte instead

Rich

[jettadeluxe]

Yeah, my Buick listing was removed because it said 'like' Chevrolet Caprice!

Wouldn't mind, but it had already ran 6 days and was due to finish in a day with bidding going strong!

[Mark1GTE]

richardjn said:

i would rapidly alter the ad removing the word "not" ; ebay are plucking ads like that off due to contravening their rules; usually with something like 12 hours to go! just write gte instead

Rich

crikey can`t change title now i think as it has bids but i`ll try cheers

[arthurbrown]

Quality.

If you weren't at the opposite end of the country, I'd be laying down some STRICT POGWEASEL BIDDING TECHNIQUE on that MOFO.

[monster]

These are rare, but i reckon there must be a bit more than 10 on the roads, ive seen 3 in the last month. I remember my neighbour had one for ages with yellow, blue and red stripes down the side, very 80's!

[Mark1GTE]

monster said:

These are rare, but i reckon there must be a bit more than 10 on the roads, ive seen 3 in the last month. I remember my neighbour had one for ages with yellow, blue and red stripes down the side, very 80's!

i do aswell but that came from dvla apperantly but i don`t know how they got that figure for the guy that told me,hear say anyway hence why i never posted that in my decription but definately very rare much rarer than a mk1 gte that`s for sure so perfect to mod for a bit of exclusivity and very easily modded into a road rocket handiling should be good too as vans were fitted as standard with a rear anti roll bar whereas the gte wasn`t but may be a bit light at the rear end so get a few mates in the back lol ;D

2ltr turbo calibra engine in this would be mental,lowered,nice wheels,uprated brakes,gte kit and side rub strips removed and finish with nice paint would be excellent looking imo

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I say a 1.4 or 1.6 16v from a Corsa or Astra, not silly powerful so decent handling, nice and light and great mpg.

[Mark1GTE]

e661301 said:

I say a 1.4 or 1.6 16v from a Corsa or Astra, not silly powerful so decent handling, nice and light and great mpg.

my choice was going to be a 2ltr xe ( 156 bhp standard ) good power but not to silly or expensive to buy but there are plenty of mk1 turbos around and they handle it pretty well so i`m sure this van would too

[Mark1GTE]

arghh feckin ebay,my listing was pulled by them because it had the word NOT GTE in the title i was warned i know above and did try to edit it but because bids were there i couldn`t,i`m fizzing to say the least

the auction had 8 days to go so i will relist it on a 7 day auction now and start that at £255 as that was the last bid price i saw it at and post up the link only problem is i need to retype the whole thing as it`s not in my unsold box becuase it was cancelled,not a happy chappy after the money i`ve made for ebay in fees over the years

[penski]

Can you retype it without the caps lock key on this time?

If I could read it, I may have bid

*n

[Mark1GTE]

penski said:

Can you retype it without the caps lock key on this time?

If I could read it, I may have bid

*n

some of it has been lol but 70 watchers in 24 hrs i think this is gonna sell easily anyway if the listing stays up that is lol

ok listing been re written and submitted for a start at 1800 ( 6pm ) tonight on a 7 day listing this time

here is the link but it will not work until 6pm,good luck if you decide to bid

cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=016&item=260038894227&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESC%3AIT&rd=1

[Mark1GTE]

auction now live

[Mark1GTE]

final hours now,i wonder who the new owner will be by 6pm tonight?

cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=016&item=260038894227&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1