I'm looking for a transit van about 98-2000 reg for spares must have banana manifold 2.5 Diesel engine in good running order
SWB 120 would be ideal ring 0782 5599348 or reply to this post with your details if you have one to sell
cash waiting and I can pickup the van. I am located in County Durham NE UK

Hi,
Sorry not to reply sooner as you can see the forum hasn't taken off in any big way yet most people land here looking for vans but not many hang around for advice.
For my opinion on the van you refered to is that the body is a Morrison style body which was fitted to Beford Vans before they got took over and called Whitby Morrisons many of the bedfords have been scrapped and the body removed and fitted to the chisel nose transit as they were close in size so the body may be older than the van and you would need to check it is fitted well as for the Maria machine they were an english version of the Carpigiani but not as good I've known one person who had one and don't like it much.
bear in mind if this van is a body swap then the freezer may also be older than the van although the Morrison freezers were good they tend not to work as well when then get older.
It can be hard to tell one van from another if you are new to the trade so it is a good idea to ask just a pity not enough people hang about here to answer questions.
Good luck

hola nene!!   

obviously not many users though 

Hi, first of all I would like to say what an interesting and informative site you have.

I want to buy a second hand soft ice cream van but not 100% sure on what to look for. It appears that the vans produced by Whitby Morrison are the best out there. I am currently looking at one on eBay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ice-cream-Van-/120590410343?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item1c13bfa267 . Now the write up on this sounds good but is it? Is the Maria machine good, it states it is a Morrison but I thought these vans came with a Carpigiani machine?

I will be using this in Southern Spain so need to do my homework, don't really want to purchase a van and then find problems that may have been hidden away.

Any help/advise would be very much appreciated
 

Steve

Thanks for the info, I'll give Whitby a ring and see what they say.  The van is in great condition, I got from a guy who had it converted on a 6 month old van back in 97, he's really looked after it.  I'm a fussy git and went to see several before before finding this one, it has a great machine too, a van uno colore..



Just need a change in the weather now!

Hi welcome
You would have to get in touch with walls and ask them I don't know the form now
back when I had mine done walls paid for it and gave me a contract to sell walls product they also gave me vouchers for £500 of stock
but I think that has stopped now, I would imagine that you would have to be approved first but pay for the paint job yourself I don't know about the vinyl's now but if you speak to Whitby Morrison's they will know more and maybe able to put you in touch with the right person.
your Van looks in nice condition!

Hi, I'm fairly new to the world of ice cream, bought my first van about a month ago.  I'd seen your van (online) before I bought mine, and have ended up buying a similar van (Whitby castle top), can I ask how you go about getting the Walls livery?  Also could you give me some idea of the cost for the conversion?

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