Advice needed - arch/sill rust

[gipized81]

Hi all,

I’m debating on buying this….

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/McLouise-Glen-690-Motor...

But the arch/sill on the drivers side looks like this…



The seller is going to have this repaired and the van will be sold with a clean MOT.

The rest of the van looks fantastic and - the above aside - looks a good deal.

What would you do?

[ColinM50]

On a seven year old van I'd be very concerned at that level of corrosion and very likely tempted to walk away

[gipized81]

It’s 17, but I can’t imagine that makes much difference?

[stevemcs]

It wouldn’t worry me if repaired well, the only concern would be more rust, we have failed one of these before where the rust was a lot higher up which would have meant dash out

[gipized81]

Ah ok! It’s right low down in the arch where it meets the sill. I’ve read all sorts about it being basically terminal and a year-on-year challenge of keeping the rust at bay.

[steveo3002]

if you must have it , work a deal where you get money off and you choose who repairs it properly

a basic mot patch up to last another year is leagues away from a proper quality repair , my guess is it would have the cheapest , quickest patch up to look ok and sell it

are others that old all rusted ? id keep looking for a cleaner one

Edited by steveo3002 on Sunday 1st August 08:44

[Tyre Smoke]

At the very least you need to be poking everywhere with a screwdriver.

Campervans are used infrequently. Rust is a killer.

I'm not familiar with these vans, but if it's in one arch/sill I'd be fairly sure it's elsewhere too..

[gipized81]

Thanks for your replies all. I didn’t bother - felt like more trouble than it’s worth.

Thanks very much for taking the time to save me a tonne of cash!