Bought end of June 2008.
Info from pervious owner:
"The body, as I expect you will realise is a Louis Barbour/Pete Sparrow conversion with up/down rear tailgate, extended wings, and fibreglass bonnet, all in pretty good condition - no rust, but will need some tidying
Underneath is an Ami Super chassis, 1220 engine and 4 speed box (the Ami bell housing is used to keep the same engine/gearbox length to fit the Super chassis). A floor mounted gear shift is fitted. I rebuilt the engine in about 1988 with new belts, etc, and it last ran in 1990, so you would need to look at it carefully, but other than possibly new belts again, it should be OK, but no promises! The gearbox was fine when it came out of the donor GS, and I put a new clutch in it when I put it together. I have a brand new exhaust designed for a Super bought from a company in Belgium in 2005. It has never been fitted, but should be OK. It forms the Y pipe, and everything beyond. It doesn't use a cross-box of any sort, just 2 silencers down the side. The original manifolds and straight pipes were OK, but are probably shot now, but I have some spares
It has 5 Ami Super wheels (the ones with the holes) with 5 hardly used, but now rather old Michelin 145/15s on them. They have been stored in the dark in my garage loft, and the ones shown in the photos are worn out 2CV ones just to keep the van off the ground and save the good ones. The tyres are not perished at all, and should be fine.
You would need to sort out the hand brake mechanism, which is currently mounted on the chassis where the exhaust passes. I originally thought it would be easier to route the exhaust around the handbrake, but I think that was wrong, and is one of the main reasons the project stalled
It has twin fuel tanks - the Super one and the AK one have both been connected with a Jaguar XJ switch between them, so I think you end up with about 13 gallons
It has Fiat Panda seats - they are nice and skinny, and have head restraints.
I originally intended to put in a Visa instrument panel with the pods - that has been roughly fitted.
The main thing that it doesn't have is a wiring loom - I had intended so many variations (Visa dash, twin tanks, GSA heater (fitted), reversing lights, etc) that I was going to make one up from scratch, but didn't get very far - another reason I got into difficulty
I have the new style registration for the Super - don't know if that still works, but it's probably a start
There is almost everything available that's needed to finish it, apart from the wiring loom (though I have enough loose wiring to make one up), and the handbrake mechanism - it is currently a 2CV type bolted to the chassis, though probably needs to be one of the bulkhead mounted ones.
I have a variety of spares, including an engine and gearbox, condition of both completely unknown, a roof-rack, new front discs, and a new pair of long van door mirror arms, which I believe are now unobtainable, though you will need to find the actual mirrors."
Since it arrived at mine i have done various things with it including the engine work and getting it running! It is still WIP but getting there slowely. 85% of bits working now and will be ready for Czech etc next year! Needs A damn good clean...
