Sold LDV Pilot dropside

[Pete-M]

97. 1.9 diesel, dropside, 8.5 x 5ft bed, tarp, extra tool boxes, 40k miles, history, MOT NOV,same owner since 2002. £850. Liverpool.

[Alexg]

That's magnificent!

[Felly Magic]

That is lush, GLWTS

[Pete-M]

I realise it's not the cheapest one but look at the thing!

[garbaldy]

Does it have a towbar in fact scratch that I don't fancy taking that to Germany even though she's a lovely old thing.

[trigger]

Now thats a proper truck, I'd say thats cheap for a workable truck with that mileage too. I can't imagine the 1.9 being a ball of fire when it's got a ton of sand in the back though!

[jollyfkr2]

God I love that! If only I could take it to London!

[Pete-M]

Does it have a towbar?

No towbar

[Uncle Jimmy]

Cracking bit of kit, if I didn't already have a van that would do me nicely. I hope it remains so well looked after.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Beautiful

[KruJoe]

1.9 eh?

XUD?

Beige plastic front leaf springs?

 

There seems to be a lot of love for these just now...

[Bren]

I have driven one of these - slower than a week on remand.

[Dave_Q]

Bang on trend.

 

Ideal for extending the bed by 5 foot to make a super slow, highly dangerous car transporter.

[Pete-M]

Owner has fitted a fabulous hand-throttle bodge for cruising on long runs. He's about 80 and this was his third Sherpa style van. 'I like Minor Travellers' is about a far as his car enthusiasm goes.

 

This thing will have been undersealed to within an inch of its life as soon as he bought it and it lives in the garage. I couldn't find any rust on it with a cursory inspection.

[Cavcraft]

That's magnificent!

 

It's actually beyond magnificent.

[Cavcraft]

Is his wife about to twat him one with a BFO stick in the third picture?

[Pete-M]

Unfortunately not. That's not actually his missus, that's my mate Paul!

[Pete-M]

1.9 eh?

XUD?

Beige plastic front leaf springs?

 

There seems to be a lot of love for these just now...

Yeah. XUD I think. Big plastic inlet manifold. I think the springs may be beige, yup.

 

It is achingly slow. I suspect it you drove it flat out until 2027 it would probably only rack up a few hundred miles.

[purplebargeken]

Ace looking thing!

[chancer]

That is fantastic! Ive had a couple of convoy tippers and they were brilliant. I could use this but lack of funds rules me out! GLWTS

[Guest Lord Sward]

That was the colour of my Convoy.

[legasoil96]

Very nice speed is no issue but what are these like on fuel ?

[83C]

That's terribly, awfully, horrendously fantastic. Even I'd consider it if I had the cash, and normally I detest LDVs.

[Yoss]

I love this forum. Nowhere else would an old LDV get all the comments above. And not ironically or sarcastically either. Genuine love for an old van.

 

The wife is currently looking at VW UP!s and wants a bright blue one. I showed her this and said 'this sort of blue?' and she hit me. Telling her it was much cheaper and had an MOT didn't help, so it's a no here sadly. Would prefer a van version anyways.

[The Old Bloke Next Door]

That looks an absolute bargain to me, diesel, large load area and kept in that condition, zero depreciation.

Only down side is some spares are getting difficult to source.

[Bren]

Very nice speed is no issue but what are these like on fuel ?

Good job really.

[legasoil96]

My old mans considering one like this to replace his old nissan pickup. it's getting to the stage where the fg is more economical.

[Lacquer Peel]

Very nice speed is no issue but what are these like on fuel ?

 

36MPG according to a Google search.

[legasoil96]

That's rather good , he's tempted.

[Cavcraft]

Praying when I get up tomorrow someone has bloody bought this.