oldcars Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Mine's the 280, I asusme the numbers refer BHP?FIFY eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Mine's the 280, I asusme the numbers refer to length of back in centimetres?I think it's the GVW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Correct . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted December 2, 2017 Author Share Posted December 2, 2017 I think drum’s van is exactly the big rusty bastard I need - need to work out how to collect it from the other end of the world though drum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 I've had a roll about in the snow and got some more photos. The steps are solid. The underside is not bad at all. The mot tester was quite impressed saying he had seen much worse transit that were 10 years younger.I had to weld a couple of patches on the chassis rails but it wasn't rusted through. It was like the first layer of steel had corroded. There's an advisory for non structural corrosion. When I first got it, just over a year ago, I had plans to tidy up the bodywork. Of course, it never happened. eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 I can take more pics if you want to see specific areas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted December 2, 2017 Author Share Posted December 2, 2017 It’s all good - what does it run and drive like? Would you trust it to get you up and down the country? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 It drives very well and hasn't given me any reason to think it wouldn't go the length of the country. It hasn't turned a wheel in the last fortnight and has been very cold up here so I had to give the battery a wee boost but it started first turn on a charged battery. I've had the battery on charge all day , took it off the charger half an hour ago and drove it onto my ramp*.I'll see if the battery starts it in the morning and if not I'll stick another one on. The most annoying thing is the door locking. It locks with the key, the back door unlocks with the fob and I can't get the side door to unlock at all. The side door is also not closing correctly which is probably why it won't unlock. It's like it's on the first catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted December 2, 2017 Author Share Posted December 2, 2017 So the side door doesn’t open or it only opens from inside? Not too bothered about issues with the locks - I’ll bodge it or just not lock it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 It went through a phase of not unlocking and needed to be unlocked from the inside, now it won't unlock at all. The van does lock, but only the back door unlocks so you have to reach through from the back to unlock the driver's door. A pest if the back is full of stuff. I didn't bother locking it as I didn't keep anything valuable in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted December 2, 2017 Author Share Posted December 2, 2017 Sounds good enough to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted December 2, 2017 Author Share Posted December 2, 2017 I’ve made a stupid CASH TNYT M9 offer on a 2009 Transit on eBay but if I get told to GTFO (extremely likely) I’m up for buying this - need to work out how I’m going to get to Dundee though! mat_the_cat and drum 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Poor man's Nissan Vanette.If you can get to Edinburgh next Sunday I can take you to Dundee Sheefag 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted December 3, 2017 Author Share Posted December 3, 2017 May have just done a stupid. A very stupid. Arthur Foxhake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 2009 Transit BROUGHT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted December 3, 2017 Author Share Posted December 3, 2017 Worse. Something from the PSA stable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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