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I'm after a Transit Mk98.723 (or whatever those post 2001 ones are) not arsed if short or long wheel base. Needs a decent lick of MOT and not have any mechanical (espesh DMF/fuel pump) issues and be under about £700. Which is a bit like asking for the moon on a stick with icing on top, seemingly. I'm not too arsed about the bodywork, it's only for collecting cycles, fly tipping and annoying people.

I have a wonderful* Corsa Combo 1.7 diseasel to part-ex if you want another van.

 

*Oh, I'm too lazy to travel too far, so within reason of Chester please. And yes, if there's a decent useable Transit Di about one of them would do the job too. But no Ivecos. Not now, not ever.

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Talking to a guy at work who has just been lent a 11 plate Transit as a temporary van while his I***o is in bits.

 

He says it's great to drive, and we both like a transit but he pointed out how rotten it is at 5 years old.

We concluded that they either use special pre rusted metal or they paint them with a salt based primer at the factory.

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Keeping an eye on cheap vans, a cheap transit is probably not something anybody really wants. Unless they're pros with the sparkle stick!

 

What about a Fiat Scudo (same as, but cheaper than the same Peugeot/Citroen version)?

 

They're not quite big enough and having tried driving a Citroen Relay at work I think I'd rather eat an athlete's foot shaving sandwich.

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Renault master is a good bet, around 1998, especially if you can find a non turbo. Genuinely the most reliable van I have ever had. Couple of wheel bearings and a drive shaft was the only repairs in over 200000 miles. Not rotboxes like sprinters and transits either. A drunk lad wrote mine off.

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Most of the small transits are fwd. you'll be hard pushed to find a cheapie in reasonable nick. All the ones I have looked at have had previous mot fails for rust, rust and more rust. Most look like the Tarmac gang has been making the stuff inside and done a dirty protest all over the van interior. And Apollo 11 seems to have travelled less distance. Oh and they all have a fault that isn't apparent until you start asking questions. Fuel pump, slight knock from the engine ... They all do that, sir. Lol

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Thanks for the input, I think for now I ought to sack this idea right off. In the good old days, you were never far away from a <£500 Di that would do for a few months, now everything up to grand seems to be absolute shit.

This - I re-evaluated my van watching and pretty much decided to spend much more money on a more modern van.

 

 

So, hijacking this thread. I am after a lwb (19ft or 21ft) Ford converted six seater crew van with the single bench in the rear - as new as possible for as little as possible.

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