These vans rust. Bad. And the rust can be difficult to repair, which means big $$$$$$ or big time (or maybe both).
Go in with your eyes open. Be honest with yourself. Anyone who goes to look at a van needs to take a screw driver, and a camera. Use that screw driver. Poke everywhere. If you see bubbles in the paint, poke. Flaky chassis, poke. Flaky gutter, poke. Take pictures of it all. Poke poke poke. Take your time. Go have a coffee, come back, poke some more.
When you get home, put those pictures here on this forum and people will tell you if it is worth looking at some more or if you should walk away. If you are in the UK and are lucky, you might find someone local who will take a look for you (fee of cakes and bikkies I believe).
But above all, be aware. If it's just scraping through MoT's now, it will cost you in the future. Vans that have good history and have had a proper resto in the past will serve you well and be much cheaper in the long run than a nearly-there van.
Remember, an overheating engine is a much easier fix than a rusted gutter.
If anyone has more pictures of specific areas to look for then please post them here. It would be ace if new buyers could take their smartphone when viewing a van and link to this thread to see where to look
