Bedford CF Autosleeper. Excellent condition. Registered 1979. Registered 56. MOT`d until May 2017.

• Bedford Cf Auto Sleeper
• Bedford Cf Autosleeper Manual Meatloaf

3ltr petrol engine. 4 speed manual transmission. Needs to be viewed to be appreciated. In excellent condition. No rust or corrosion. The underside is in superb condition.

The Venician Blue 2 pack solid paintwork has been finished to a superb show quality finish. Scratches or badly fitting panels. Colour co-ordinated fittings and roof.

The paintwork follows through inside the doors and door shuts. The interior floors are very good and have been paint finished. The Wolfrace alloy wheels are very rare. The tyres are very good. There is a fifth alloy wheel and tyre as spare. The lift up roof which is in excellent condition can be erected in seconds.

The original rear seat cushions are present and in very good condition. The original floor covering and tired looking cupboards were removed by a previous owner. Our intention was to construct and fit new cupboards to a different style and also fit a new floor covering. You may well have different tastes to ours so it has a blank canvas to do what you wish to the rear. The van could be used as a support vehicle for historic motorsport.

Many different catering business uses springs to mind. Ideal as a retro vehicle for your business or a promotion vehicle at vintage events.

Great as a mobile shop as you can walk about inside. The sky is the limit. All of the hard work has been done.

Now the fun starts. We have a very genuine reason for parting with her.

Pre-war car restoration beckons. I can send more photos on request. It may be better to give me a call as I cannot always monitor my emails.

Located nr Peterborough Cambs. Also published at eBay.co.uk Want to buy this car?

Mike88 - 2012-07-25 11:37 AM Snip The Mercedes is not worth the price premium.Well a lot of people, myself included might beg to differ. But if all you plebs can only afford a misley fiat, at least it enables you to buy a motorhome of sorts. Well you may be correct here Peter but on a personal note I am unwilling to pay a £5000 premium for a badge and a badge that is fixed to an inferior product.

As an example the Fiat X250 has a completely galvanised chassis and all metal body parts so rust a thing of the past, Mercedes does not. The Fiat 3.00 ltr engine/auto box is better than anything Mercedes can offer. The Merc may do half a million miles in its clunky tractor like way but who cares, most M/H's do less than 100,000 in their life and any white van base will do that. Where exactly is the quality all you Merc fans talk about perhaps you could explain in detail.

I understand that having been conned into paying the £5000 for a badge that you will defend them, your choice, but give the rest of us some real reason to believe the quality bit rather than vague comments. Posted: 26 July 2012 2:36 PM Subject: RE: mercedes your opinion.

I stepped into an Merc Based Coachbuilt once had to grab the handrail as it lurched over due to the soft suspension must be interesting on roundabouts. Looked in a Merc Based Panel van so narrow overhead lockers were OK for a pair of knickers and not a lot else. Dashboards look as if they belong in a truck.

Most Commercial Merc Panel Vans over a few years old seem to show signs of rusting on the premature side. I agree they live up to their name sprinter and engineering is probably better, whether they are worth the premium is I would suggest debatable.

I`ve been impressed with the look and apparent ease that the new Renault Master seems to be driven around! Peter Posted: 26 July 2012 8:58 PM Subject: RE: mercedes your opinion. The reason the fiat is galvanised it that it is a third the thickness of the merc. I had a close look at the chassis of the fiats waiting for conversion at th pilot factory on my recent visit. I couldn't believe how flimsy they looked and nowhere as deep as the merc either, so far less torsional stiffness. And rupert I think you will find that the premium for the merc is way in excess of the 5k you mentioned. For a start it's rear wheel drive, just as a large heavy vehicle shoud be.

Come on Clive, help us out here, we are under attack. Posted: 26 July 2012 9:30 PM Subject: RE: mercedes your opinion Epic contributor Posts: 1040 Location: S/W Scotland. Lunar Landstar ews (sprinter). Duetto owner - 2012-07-23 9:26 PMcorkysorry a bit lost on your reply is yours auto or manual? We too cruise at 60 on a motorway only go up to 70 if in a hurryrarley and take our time when driving around london and country roads etc.

Grew out of boy racer mode many years ago.apparently we need a special hose adapter to fil the water tank from a tap is your like this? Sorry for the late response K-1, the Sprintshift as its called is an Auto gearbox with the Facility to shift gears manually,IE if I,m in top gear and want to drop a gear to overtake I can tap the gear lever forward and it will drop to a lower gear, or I can select first gear and keep tapping the gear lever back to select a higher gear each time I tap it up to sixth gear.or just leave it in the Auto mode and it act as any Auto would. My Autotrail has a standard Water filler with lockable cap but I have bought a cap with a hozelock Type fitting on so I dont have to hold the hose in place when filling the fresh water tank, I have worked on Engines from an early age from Austin 7s to Scammells to Volvo F70, I have stripped and reassembled gearboxes. Mike88 - 2012-07-25 11:37 AM Snip The Mercedes is not worth the price premium.Well a lot of people, myself included might beg to differ. But if all you plebs can only afford a misley fiat, at least it enables you to buy a motorhome of sorts. Well you may be correct here Peter but on a personal note I am unwilling to pay a £5000 premium for a badge and a badge that is fixed to an inferior product. As an example the Fiat X250 has a completely galvanised chassis and all metal body parts so rust a thing of the past, Mercedes does not.

The Fiat 3.00 ltr engine/auto box is better than anything Mercedes can offer. The Merc may do half a million miles in its clunky tractor like way but who cares, most M/H's do less than 100,000 in their life and any white van base will do that. Where exactly is the quality all you Merc fans talk about perhaps you could explain in detail.

I understand that having been conned into paying the £5000 for a badge that you will defend them, your choice, but give the rest of us some real reason to believe the quality bit rather than vague comments. Having owned a Autotrail Cherokee on a Fiat chassis I am now in possession of a CI Cipro on a Mercedes/Benz 316 cdi chassis. I have done around 27000 miles in this since Feb. 06 and I am satisfied that the MB is the better all round vehicle in both performance and engineering. I do not claim to be an 'Expert', I leave that to others to judge but I have spent the majority of my working life (40 years) in Automotive Engineering during which time I had the privilege to work as a lecturer in the subject after many years working on vehicles up to HGV 40 tonnes. The MPG for the Mercedes Benz Sprinter, in my experience, varies between 27mpg and 33mpg depending on how it is driven and the roads used and I have verified this over the past few years for my own interest.

Rust is a fact of life where metal is concerned and it is your choice whether to have a galvanised chassis or pay for one of the proprietary rust treatmens available. In my opinion the driveability of the vehicle is the prime consideration. Your assumption that people are conned into paying £5000 for a badge is condescending to say the least everyone makes their own choice on the basis of what they know/can find out. As for the 'soft suspension', any vehicle can be made to 'roll' if it is driven in an improper manner. Posted: 26 July 2012 9:41 PM Subject: RE: mercedes your opinion Epic contributor Posts: 1023 Location: South Berkshire. When businesses look at the overall cost of running a fleet of vans they have to consider servicing costs, purchase cost downtime and residual value. Then there is driver comfort, how much more work they can get out of a Merc van driver compared to a less superior (cough) brand.

Time off the road is money and if a repair is necessary then they want it done once, well and fast. The Sprinters are the least costly to own and run when all parts of the package are considered.

Then ask yourself What is the favorite base vehicle in the UK for an ambulance? You guessed it a Sprinter cos it goes like stink and keeps going!

Like the 3 litre Sevel/Iveco which I agree is a fine engine. Anyway the Fiat galvanized chassis is not, its an Al-Ko and I have just spent two days at the Al-Ko factory in Germany seeing them put together. Even Al-Ko sub out the galvanizing process.

Pity about the hand brake though!! I am no vehicle expert or engineer. I have test driven a few peuget/fiat motorhomes and hated them, drove a merc the other day sheer bliss. A holiday is to enjoy and a good part for me is the drive, i want a vehicle ii am happy and comftable driving.

We all have a favorite and in motorhomes mine is the RWD hitop transit and now added is the merc sprinter its even better than my transit. I would like to thank all who added to my thread with positive and negative comments good to read both views.

Earlist i can up grade now is oct waiting for the full size fridge. Hoping a house move gets going quickly. Posted: 26 July 2012 11:54 PM Subject: RE: mercedes your opinion. So all the FIAT owners who had trouble with dodgy gearbox faults,spare wheel going walkabouts Etc' have to take some pills(as you put it) as that faulty merchandise is still out there and believe that's quite a bitter pill to swallow, Surly all those people that had to put up with very poor after sale service from Fiat can't be wrong also,or are you saying it does not exist, you say you drove a Mercedes and it's not as good as? F-,I really think you have answered your own question Henry, but then again everyone is entitled to their opinion. I think Dennis sums it up quite well, no one should have to put up with that kind of service from any manufacture, so who can blame anyone for paying a little more for quality,now that's the opinion of quite a few. Duetto owner - 2012-07-23 8:27 PMare the merc auto's thirsty like some automatic cars, the dealer said the fuel comsumption is similar to the manual as they have a new euro v5 engine.can you comment on this point please abit worried going for an auto if its a fuel guzzler.

Lexicon 224 vst torrent. I have a 2010 Sprinter LWB with auto box - from new you will get about 20 - 22 mpg but as the engine 'beds in' it has slowly increased to about 24 - 26 mpg (I am on 12,000 miles now) the higher figure when on auto cruise on long autobahn trips. The auto box on the new Sprinters are a real dream, changes up and down are un-noticeable, and it's actually the same box as the 'S' class cars. A huge improvement on any semi auto box from any manufacturer.

You should get a 100 litre tank with a new Sprinter which will give you just over 500 miles range. ETA:- When I bought the MB Sprinter was the ONLY van with both an auto gearbox option AND four wheel drive which was what I wanted. I maybe wrong but the VW equivalent (Built in the same factory) may NOW offer these two options but the VW hadn't been released for sale in 2010 Edited by Losos 2012-07-29 1:48 PM Posted: 29 July 2012 4:26 PM Subject: RE: mercedes your opinion A posting machine Posts: 347 Location: Surrey Autotrail. Duetto owner - 2012-07-23 9:27 AM we have autosleeper ford hi top transit. Hope to move house next year and upgrade to a slightly larger camper van thinking about a autosleeper gloucester only seen on the web so far. Anyone got or had one can give an opinion good/bad etc.

What do people think of the mercedes as a base vehicle/ never driven one. Our transit is excellent drive but there seems to be a lack of fords around and just do not like the feel of the fiat/peugeot vehicles Yes i have a 2007 MERC 2.2 and my advice would be GET IT Posted: 29 July 2012 10:03 PM Subject: RE: mercedes your opinion Having a look around Posts: 25. Corky 8 - 2012-07-23 6:48 PM ask One the hundreds if not thousands of white vanman drivers about them I have - Scottish Gas who run both, and the drivers said the X2/50 is more popular than the Sprinter.

The X2/50 drivers had not even heard of the reversing judder. I found the X2/50 is the dogs b.llocks as far as whitevanman is concerned. You really need to drive both though, because they are all very good these days. Posted: 31 July 2012 10:49 AM Subject: RE: mercedes your opinion Forum master Posts: 2205. If I could find the layout I wanted on a Merc within the 3500 weight limit that being a 70 year old diabetic is all I'm allowed to drive I'd rathe fancy an auto with the big engine.

Unfortunately I can't find one and having taken a test drive in a Merc motorhome we had to rule it out as my wife suffers from motion sickens and it rolled about so much that the the embarrassment of the sales guy we had to stop while she got out and was indeed sick! A friend had a large Hymer many years ago and when I asked him what the ride was like he described it as being one long white knuckle ride. He got ride of it shortly after that.

I'm not anty Merc all the big courier companies use them for one supposes good reason, but do take a test drive and make up your own mind. One mans meat is another mans poison as they say. Peter James Posted: 31 July 2012 12:18 PM Subject: RE: mercedes your opinion.

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Corky 8 - 2012-07-23 6:48 PM ask One the hundreds if not thousands of white vanman drivers about them I have - Scottish Gas who run both, and the drivers said the X2/50 is more popular than the Sprinter. The X2/50 drivers had not even heard of the reversing judder.

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I found the X2/50 is the dogs b.llocks as far as whitevanman is concerned. You really need to drive both though, because they are all very good these days. I live in Dumfries and Galloway and I have never seen a Fiat or Peugeot used by any of the Service be-it Water/Gas/Ambulance,we do however have a lot of goods delivered to our door by Courier in the Main Merc.s with the odd Tranny, you can only go by what you know to be fact, We were asked for our Opinion on Mercedes and By K-1.