New owner of 1989 Flair

Hi all,

My wife and I just purchased our first camper van, a 1989 Autosleeper Flair (based on the Ford Transit). We'd been toying with the idea on and off for a while, then saw someone advertise this vehicle locally and decided to take the plunge. It needs a bit of TLC on the inside (in terms of decor/finishings) but seems mechanically solid and pretty decent body-wise.

Adventures await!

Rob

Hello and welcome to this most friendly and informative forum. Advice will come your way soon.

Hi
Welcome to the forum.
Boaby

burlingtonboaby wrote:Hi
Welcome to the forum.
Boaby

Thanks! :)

Hellooo We have a Ford Frisky same model only ours as the poptop instead of the hi roof 

Jannette R wrote:Hellooo We have a Ford Frisky same model only ours as the poptop instead of the hi roof 

Wonderful! How long have you had it? Travelled far? Any major problems?

Just got back from a 280 mile trip Coped with traffic jams and the hilly Yorkshire Dales with no problems at all Keeps up with modern traffic 
We got him in Dec 1 owner 34,000 miles from new never been welded he had always been garaged the elderly owner had gone into an home And he hadnt been used for a long time We have fully serviced him had the carbs set up and a new radiator and been perfect since looking forward to many more trips

Jannette R wrote:Just got back from a 280 mile trip Coped with traffic jams and the hilly Yorkshire Dales with no problems at all Keeps up with modern traffic 
We got him in Dec 1 owner 34,000 miles from new never been welded he had always been garaged the elderly owner had gone into an home And he hadnt been used for a long time We have fully serviced him had the carbs set up and a new radiator and been perfect since looking forward to many more trips

Sounds fantastic. Ours seems mechanically very solid but has clearly had bits of welding over the years, which I guess is the norm for this type of vehicle. Hoping it’ll serve us well and allow us to spend a bit more time out in nature when we have a free weekend and the weather’s half-decent.

Congrats and welcome.
A friend of mine bought a Flair last year and has been doing some mechanical repairs to it.
I did post on here at the time asking if anyone had an old handbook and a lady did reply saying she had one, but she was living in South America at the time and would try and remember to contact me when she returned.
Not heard anything since, but would be interested, as you probably would be too, to get your hands on a copy (unless you've got one already?).
nuevoboy.

nuevoboy wrote:Congrats and welcome.
A friend of mine bought a Flair last year and has been doing some mechanical repairs to it.
I did post on here at the time asking if anyone had an old handbook and a lady did reply saying she had one, but she was living in South America at the time and would try and remember to contact me when she returned.
Not heard anything since, but would be interested, as you probably would be too, to get your hands on a copy (unless you've got one already?).
nuevoboy.

Hi there,

I'd like to get my hands on a copy, but having spent some time poking around the interwebs over the past week or two, I've more or less given up.

Well, let's hope that the lady I referred to sees this posting and it sparks her memory into helping us out.

By handbook do you mean brochure i will have a look what came with mine I haven't got a scanner though i could only take pictures with my phone We gave had quite a few mk3 Transit vans in the past as daily users and the 2.0 pinto engine as always been reliable its normally the rust thst let's them down first

My husband and I have just bought a 1988 Transit Autosleeper Flair automatic petrol. She (Camila) is in pretty good condition for her age, well we hope so! Just got her home. Tomorrow we will give her a good clean and see what works and what doesn’t. Radio possibly not and rear parking camera says no signal, so will have to look into that. 

My question is, how do all the switches work! Does anyone have a manual or know where one could obtain one.

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Hi. We have just purchased an old girl. 1988 Transit Flair Automatic petrol. We are currently exploring how things ARE not working in living area. Plugged her in today but nothing working. New leisure battery I think. Is there a main switch apart from main panel, that we are missing