Cruisin' thru the years

It started early in 2013 with our 1929 Ariel motorcycle which we transported to meetings in a Ford Connect van. We had been talking about changing the van for something a bit more interesting and, having attended American car meets with a friend and his day van, we thought we could combine both vehicle interests by having an American vehicle to transport our British motorcycle.

One dull Saturday morning in January, we went on to an American website to have a look at what was available. We initially thought a pick-up would be ideal, but when this Chevy 3100 panel van came up, we knew it was the one. We couldn’t speak to the seller in Florida until Monday but he then sent numerous photos of the van and, even though we knew we were taking a chance, we became the owners) who sorted the import paperwork and even had it registered with the DVLA before it arrived in June 2013.