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Pity poor commercial vehicles. They lead hard, tough lives. Then, after years of faithful service, and strings of owners, they get chucked away, often without a second thought. Theres something honest about a used and abused old commercial vehicle. Battered and grimy, theyve earnt their keep and in a way have nothing to prove. I have always fancied a Ford Transit, budget dictating a sheddy 90s example rather that anything older or newer. In fact a few of the later generation were in budget but my shiter's instinct told me to avoid these. No, what I really wanted was a " smiley" transit made from 95-00. For a while it seemed destined not to be. I browsed over loads of mk5 transits. Short ones, long ones, minibuses, recovery trucks- the lot. Everything was at the lower end of the market, where rust (especially rust) and battle scars are commonplace, and service history is something that has usually vanished, if it ever existed in the first place. Time after time, there was a fair bit of interest and I was outbid or not fast enough to make contact. Until an ex BT 120SWB came onto the radar. It carried its fair share of rust and battle scars, but was solid where it mattered and had a decent wedge of MOT. In a deal where Robt collected said tranny on my behalf, and brought it over to Devon. After catching up, and a few test drives of chod later, Rob set off back in the black MK3 granada Ghia. Many thanks to Robt for his Grey Van Man driving skills, it was great to catch up! As befits a man smoking about in a Ropey transit, and then a sinister black Granada, he was "the fixer" of the whole deal. Cheers Rob your a diamond geeser! The entire service history as found in the antigravity glove box.. . Impressive bodgery- some sort of adhesive padding later and we have a wheelarch again Scene from a 1990s gangland TV Drama...