My advice to all first time prospective buyers: If you can't confirm that most of the usual suspects under the hood have recently been replaced and/or you can't afford to put $2-5K into getting the van mechanically sound, I wouldn't recommend anyone buying any T1N, especially if a camper build is your goal. If you don't know what the usual suspects are/have no idea what you're looking, listening, and feeling for--I wouldn't recommend anyone buying any T1N. These vans are at best about 14 years old. Low mileage is nice but age of components now plays a bigger role. This one in particular is not one that I would consider "low" mileage. More than anything I would not put any money into a camper build until I was 100% certain that the mechanical systems would be very unlikely to let me down. There have been a ton of recent posts by members that have purchased T1Ns based on mileage and aesthetics, spent thousands on a camper build before putting any significant mileage on the van, only to end needing thousands more in repairs 300 miles into their "maiden voyage". I don't claim to know what I'm talking about. I bought my first T1N based on mileage and aesthetics and I got extremely lucky, though I did put about $3K into the mechanicals in the first year. Luckily when I had issues I was in Denver--thank you Linden Engineering. My 2nd T1N I was not so lucky with, and while I'm still happy with the price I paid for it I've put in about $5K in parts, hundreds of research hours, and at least a hundred hours of my own work to to get it running to my specifications. At this point, we should all look at T1Ns as a labor of love, a hobby, or disposable. If you can't check any of those boxes, you're rolling the dice and betting whatever the sticker price is. Good Luck.
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