Corrosion on Burstner 747-2 - To buy or not to buy?

[HappyG]

Morning all - I asked for your advice in buying our first Motorhome and have been looking at the above model. I have the option to buy one and they have sent me over all the service history. They were very upfront about the fact that the vehicle had had some re-welding done as part of it's most recent MOT (September) and I've attached the MOT certificate below.

It mentions the 2 repairs it has had done and there is one advisory for some more corrosion by the drive shaft. The oproice is very competitive but am I buying problems for myself? The idea would be to sell the vehicle on in the next couple of years. Is this sort of corrosion just what you'd expect on a 21 year old vehicle with 57k on the clock?

Help! We were very keen to buy but this has made me nervous....

 

[The Coops]

Loads out there, walk away no rush and why not check or put an ad in the classifieds on here?

 

[HappyG]

Loads out there, walk away no rush and why not check or put an ad in the classifieds on here?

Yeah we aren't in a mad rush but this is a really good price and I'm trying to ascertain if this is to be expected on a vehicle of this age or not?

 

[eddie]

There is a limited choice of chassis, and any 21 year old chassis is likely to have corrosion.

We had a 2.8jtd bespoke exhibition unit built for us by Benimar in 2001, and it was used for motorhome shows half a dozen times a year

At about 10 years old and about 10k miles we had new sills, crossmember, and passenger floorpan replace for it MOT

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

Yeah we aren't in a mad rush but this is a really good price and I'm trying to ascertain if this is to be expected on a vehicle of this age or not?

It might be a good prices now but you indicated that you may want to sell it on in a couple of years. It will be worse by then and you will have very few peeps looking to buy a van with a corroded history.especially on the chassis. It will be difficult to repair again
As said walk away and look for another.

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[Itsmcb]

It's a shame the MOT certificate doesn't explain any corrosion in far more detail. My van failed it's MOT this year for 'structural corrosion'
When I queried with garage it was a drainage hole on one of the outriggers under the driver's step which had become enlarged. £50 for welding sorted it but it looks really bad on the MOT report and might put a future buyer off.