If the van's a rockin' don't come a knockin'

There is rarely a car on eBay which makes me audibly go "wow" or laugh out loud.  This Marina van did both.  What we have here is a proper old school custom mini van Brit style.

When I were a lad, and all of this were just trees, the local disco lethario would drive a van like this.  Its all there, the draylon, the porthole windows (in the shape of a heart for crying out loud, its perfect) and the curiously inappropriate performance hard-tuned engine.

It all appears in good cosmetic order, the seller claims long term storage and knowing what 1970s British Leyland products are like for rot if exposed to the elements I can only assume this to be the cause of its survival.

The white paint is curiously restrained.  I would imagine when built the van should have been treated to a full custom stripe, candy, flake, eerie des, vreeble and fogged paint job.  Maybe it was built late in the van fad or maybe it was never finished?

Whatever the story this van is a wonderful survivor of an era when enthusiasm was more important than taste.  I miss those days.  I think I might sneak a bid.  It's here for another 2 days...  

Whoever buys it has a wonderful oportunity to either preserve it as it is or perhaps finish what waa started with some nice paint (not matt black puuuuh-lease) and a little detailing.