Maybe a nice white van up near glasgow asking £695

No, it isn't. As we say up here in Scottishland, it's a pile o pish.
Sills are rotten, exhaust is stainless but the bit thats blowing isn't, paintwork is surprisingly bad for how it looks in the pics, thrust bearing is noisy.

Did you have a look at it then?

Yeah, its only about 20 miles from me, i thought it looked good in the pics too Bigger pile o shite than mine. Prob the reason i decided to start welding mine.