Bongo Fury

does anybody local know anything about this bongo/freda?
i'm goint to take a look at it with the view to buy....

http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/ww ... egLetter=N

It seems right enough to me for the money... Looks like it may need waxoiling, and the high silver on the sides doesn't tally with the age of the freda,look carefully at panel gaps,and take a good long look at the slab sides for any discrepencies...

says £5995 in the screen but £3995 on add £2,000 off why??????

It seems a bit odd to me. It says on the number plate that it is an 'N' reg and the description describes it as having ABS. I thought that ABS was not added to Bongos until around 1998.

bigdaddycain wrote:and the high silver on the sides doesn't tally with the age of the freda,look carefully at panel gaps,and take a good long look at the slab sides for any discrepencies...

That forecourt looks familiar and I think I may have looked at a Bongo there a couple of years ago.
Can't be certain but remember looking at a van that had a great big vinyl panel down each side trying to hide a multitude of sins it also had some funky graphics applied to attract your attention

Wouldn't mind having those headrest monitors though

MountainGoat wrote:It seems a bit odd to me. It says on the number plate that it is an 'N' reg and the description describes it as having ABS. I thought that ABS was not added to Bongos until around 1998.

Tony,mines is 1995 (M reg) and has ABS

Brian

snow_kiter wrote:

bigdaddycain wrote:and the high silver on the sides doesn't tally with the age of the freda,look carefully at panel gaps,and take a good long look at the slab sides for any discrepencies...

That forecourt looks familiar and I think I may have looked at a Bongo there a couple of years ago.
Can't be certain but remember looking at a van that had a great big vinyl panel down each side trying to hide a multitude of sins it also had some funky graphics applied to attract your attention

Wouldn't mind having those headrest monitors though

Pete,

The garage is Corner Lane Garage,Corner Lane,Hindley,Wigan.

Brian

MountainGoat wrote:It seems a bit odd to me. It says on the number plate that it is an 'N' reg and the description describes it as having ABS. I thought that ABS was not added to Bongos until around 1998.

ABS was optional in 1995, and became standard fitment in late 96 early 97.

jo-robo
if you are going to go to wigan to look at a bongo/ freda do yourself a big favour and visit wheelquick first as mike will look after you

They been doing the odd bongo now for a couple of years.
I saw my first bongo here two years ago and didnt like it (Now i own one)
5 mins from me ..

You've Been Bongod wrote:jo-robo
if you are going to go to wigan to look at a bongo/ freda do yourself a big favour and visit wheelquick first as mike will look after you

yes wheelquick was my first port of call, but they havn't got what i'm looking for in at the moment, my current tintop bongo i purchased from them and it's been sweet...

i went and had a look at the one in leigh, looked ok on the surfice but something was just not right, i cant put my finger on it but you know when that bell sounds in your head.... so i think i'll be giving it a miss....
theres a white one on ebay in cheshire at the moment again looks ok and its on at £3500 ono...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... :IT&ih=022
the prices of cars have totaly dropped in the last 6 months, and thats my problem to as i want to trade/sell my tintop bongo....

Some dealers use stock photographs. Should be marked as library photographs. When you get there it's a different motor.

i live in wolstanton about 15 miles away from this vehicle would you like me to go and check it over for you one day this week ???

bonus points
its alarmed
cubby box
cd player
elec hookup with socket behind drivers seat
if you have it you must hand the flare into the local police station

pm me to let me know if you require my services

One quick thought joe-robo. If you have a tintop that is a good car in every respect apart from not having a lift top, then is it worth cosidering having a lifting roof fited to it. This can be done for as little as £1k approx. and there is a lot to recommend the manual roof. Less to go wrong, less weight up top so you keep better handling, acceleration, fuel economy etc. Also, the Bongo may well stay under the height barrier limit. As converted tintops become more common, I believe the market will consider buying them as a sensible alternative to the AFT (you want a good base vehicle if you are a shrewd buyer). Going down this route avoids all the complexity of p/x and possible £ loss during the transaction etc. plus the risk of selling a good 'un and buying a duff 'un.

BF member Platty345 (Mark) in Swinton has gone down this route and is very happy. If you've not seen his Bongo, why not PM him to discuss.

Apologies if you've considered all this already and ruled it out.

Happy hunting whatever route you take

this was my first thought of action,i havn't seen a tintop conversion so dont know the ins and outs...what companys are offering this service who are good?

the price of aft's have dropped rapidly over the last 6months.... so there really isn't a price difference in a tintop conversion or an aft....