BVF 2002

 


3 Counties Show Ground, Malvern, 6 -8th July


 

This show was a big let down but not for the show's fault. A chain of events just made it a rubbish weekend.

The plan had been to travel down to
Oxford, straight after work to collect a 1967 Splitscreen camper that we had bought (on the strength of digital pictures) and drive it to the show and sleep in it. Easy enough? No - the Split turned out to be a heap - what remained of the original van would have had the Time Team stumped. We were not happy - 4 hours driving, petrol for 220 miles, cost to insure the van (based on it had 12 months MOT so we could drive it away) plus I had sold my Caravelle on the basis I was buying the Split, was all wasted but the worst bit was that we had no where to sleep. We had driven down in Mark's Peugeot 206 - not the best place to sleep. Plus we made the mistake of paying for a nights camping on the Friday night at BVF! Why bother - if you are going to sleep in the car we may as well have slept at the side of the road - £40 for 2 people, 1 night and 1 day. The organisers of BVF promised to refund the Saturday nights camping (£16) by post but all we got back was our tickets - strange.

Anyway, enough of the moaning. Sleeping in the car meant we were up bright and early for all the bargains but trade seemed quite slow and expensive. Totally knackered engines for £150 with no guarantee??? Maybe I am becoming a cynic in my old age? All I came away with was 2 sleeping bags and a money box from the Splitscreen Club stall (bargain).

What was impressive was the amount of high quality vans. I had expected a large amount of water cooled cars but these were easily out numbered by the vans - not Vanfest quantities but the quality was much higher. It was also apparent that the value of vans has continued to rise. Average quality vans are around the £2000-£4000 mark with good original vans pushing £10,000 plus.

We had to travel back on Saturday (who would want another night in the car?) and it seems we missed the best day on Sunday. A friend of ours - also called Mark - reported that Sunday was much, much more busy. Well, there is always next year!

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