Well, what a day! V day!
As mentioned the van was located in Gloucester so I'd pre booked a one way train ticket during the week for £38 from Southend. 7:02am to be precise, 9:07am from Paddington to Gloucester although a rail replacement between Reading and Swindon slowed the journey down a little, arriving just after midday... 5hrs!
Picked up by good friend
@Adey in his boosted Twingo we headed to his mates to check out the van

After a test drive and going through everything that genuinely needed doing we agreed a price which reflected that. I knew it would need work and that suited me, I wanted something to do in the evenings and weekends when it suited me. The main thing was the conversion was complete.... It just needed a bit more TLC.
Deal done, I headed to the nearest Tesco and put £30 worth of 95 in, what a result! The Meg always has Shells finest and at nigh on 10p a litre more it was quite refreshing putting in petrol that was cheaper than diesel. So postcode punched in Google maps, 160 miles, let's go!
First problem, Speedo started playing up. Thanks to the sat nav it was showing the speed by GPS at 70mph, dash showing 60, then dropped to 50mph with the GPS at 70mph..... Then the needle dropped. 20 miles from home it read the other way... GPS at 40mph, dash showing 80mph, in the end dash needle at the max!! Weird, just glad Google maps shows the speed for the 50mph average speed sections on the way home.
Stopped for coffee on the way home

Anyway, I made it home in one piece! Time to make a list of what to do. I sort of enjoyed the drive home, I had to constantly remind myself that I've really been spoilt owning brand new cars for the last 3 years so this little Kangoo with its quirks is all part of the charm.