OK, We met the son of the older couple who is selling this EuroVan and checked out the van. On the whole, it appears to be in excellent condition (considering the fact that it is almost 20 years old).
Details: It has the 2.5 liter 5 cylinder engine and an automatic transmission. It has 4 Michelin tires that are less than one year old. Tread is like new (they probably have less than 1000 miles on them). The tires on one side of the car look new. The other side is the side that faces the desert sun where it is parked and there is some slight cracking near the rims. It does not appear to be bad enough to cause any problems. The van starts and runs fine (we rode around the block with the son). The air conditioning even works. The paint job looks new but there is no sign of any wrecks. The son said that it was repainted because the paint was seriously faded on the hood and roof from years of sitting in the Las Vegas sun. The chair lift works perfectly, it was a top-of-the-line chair lift in 199? when it was installed. Rory (jetlagmecch) checked it out pretty thoroughly. He even crawled under the van to check out the way is was mounted to the car. Everything looked good. It has an aftermarket radio with a cassette player (do you still have any cassettes?)
The only issues we saw were relatively minor. It is missing the plastic cover that covers the place where the jack is stored. Omar (the son) said he would check with his dad to see if it was in their garage. Also the front seats have some fraying of the cloth upholstery on the outside edges where you would slide in and out of the car. It is not torn, but there is visible wear. This is probably not unusual for a 19 year old car. When the father turned in his driver's license, he also turned in the registration, so it does not have plates or insurance. you will need a temporary tag of some kind for the drive home. There is also a minor issue with the title. When the father got sick, their lawyer recommended that all their vehicles be titled in the names of both the husband and wife. The old title listed the correct mileage (48,6xx miles) but when they re-titled it the DMV recorded the mileage as "exempt" because it was 19 years old. Therefore, the current title does not list the actual mileage. I do not know if this will make any difference in your state. He said that the 48,xxx miles on the odometer is correct and that other state documents (like smog check paperwork) still lists the correct mileage.
One more thing: Omar said that someone else was coming to look at the car tomorrow, so there might be someone else interested in buying it. If you are serious about buying it, you might want to call them soon and see what you can set up.
All said, it looks like the ad's description seems to be pretty accurate. Good luck working out a deal.
Have Fun!
Don