Transit picture topic

[Jack_Harpers_Teeth]

All this guff about the "new" Transit van, lets remember the old one I say. So, a topic showing only old Transit shite pictures please.

 

[Ross_K]

I had a LWB high top a couple of years ago which was much much rustier than this one. Sold it to some pikeys too...

Ford Transit Van 1995 - Rusty by © Andrew, on Flickr

[Cavcraft]

This is (obv) a pretty hopeless shot of my old Transit recovery truck. The chassis was shagged and the truck filled two pages of failure sheets at the MOT. Still, it did me proud for a few months and saw a very handsome return when I flogged it on eBay.

 

[danthecapriman]

I like the old transits, anything from a mk5 smiley or older are the best ones.

 

My old V reg 190 lwb semi high top smiley. A very good van and that old 2.5DI is a fantastic engine! Far better than the dmf crap in the last two transits! This one was in really good shape aswell, only the bottom of the rear doors had started to blister, no other rust anywhere. Sold it last year to a builder and its still about and looking pretty good.

 

This is my current transit. B reg mk2 100L lwb high top. Its an ex BBC broadcasting van. It is probably one of the most original left by now, having never had any welding and its only done just under 19K from new!! Powered by the superp commercial spec 2.0 pinto! Currently being converted into a camper.

 

This link shows how my van would have looked when in BBC use. About half way down the page and shows some of the equiptment that was fitted to the back of them.

http://www.btinternet.com/~roger.beckwi ... ad/lr5.htm

 

I also had an N reg 120 swb smiley that was also a great van.

And a company 52 reg mk6 lwb high top, which was ok but nowhere near as reliable as the old ones.

[RedSparrow]

I had a LWB high top a couple of years ago which was much much rustier than this one. Sold it to some pikeys too...

Ford Transit Van 1995 - Rusty by © Andrew, on Flickr

 

Ah, Hastings fishing beach, full of rusty old tat. I lived in Hastings most my life.

[Cavcraft]

Here's another of the few that I had. This, iirc, was the only one that had a noisy diff.

 

Here's another that I applied several doses of COUNCIL ESTATE CUSTOMISING to.

 

This one was a fugging nightmare when I got it, including deciding to do 25mph flat out on the M56 on the way home before conking out at a set of lights near Helsby. I spent the hour we waited for the RAC removing some of the stupid stickers on it. The injectors needed bleeding and along with a new genuine fuel filter it ran like a dream after that.

[Lacquer Peel]

[wackywacerwill]

That red one's supurb

 

I googled rusty transit and was very pleased to find a pic of one of my old ones high up in the image listings. Did many happy miles in this all over the country usually on a 50/50 mix of veg and derv if I was flush or any old oil if times were hard. The pic's after some treatment, it later got a pair of rear windows from a ldv and a roller applied mix of paint I had lying about. Ended up milka bar purple Sold it with looming LEZ and rusty chassis rails as a engine donor for a local scrap mans van, the body went over the bridge full of tut and the engine died through lack of oil a few months later. Sorry shame, it was our only vehicle for a good few years until the family expanded to 4.

 

Liked this shot too. HGF apparently.

 

 

 

I'll dig out a pic I have of my mates one on it's last visit to the weighbridge.

 

LEZ killed off all our DI'S around here

[Formula Autos]

[wackywacerwill]

Shite /\ /\ /\ I think not.

 

 

[Jack_Harpers_Teeth]

Some epic Transits here fellas...thanks...keep 'em coming eh.

[worldofceri]

 

 

[wackywacerwill]

As promised here's my mates one getting it. He worked it for a few years keeping it going on a shoe string travelling near and far until late last year with it's non compliance on the horizon it made no sense to get it through test again so we filled it up and run it in.

 

My van on the street was picked up on a rope behind my mates one. Goes around comes around hey.

 

Wanted that tinted front screen but ultimately couldn't be arsed to take it out

 

Kept the wheels though

 

Bye bye gotta fly

 

[oman5]

 

ex cornwall amby, 2.9efi V6 and immaculate inside and out; loads of power. camper converted by me.

 

 

autosleeper mk2 with 2.0 pinto and stupid autobox. pretty rotten.

 

I also had a 1994 2.5di which was a great van. those engines were low on power but unkillable (unless it had a lucas pump and you put veg in it like me)

[cms206]

Transits... can do!

 

Some normal, roadgoing chod first...

 

A142 BNJ by cms206, on Flickr

 

J712 XFS by cms206, on Flickr

 

C549 PSC by cms206, on Flickr

 

G231 PSH by cms206, on Flickr

 

 

Some PSVs...

 

With bonus chod.

Ann's Coaches - C602 NPU by cms206, on Flickr

 

Late registration madness - date on the body plate is September '89, 2.5Di with a 4-speed manual 'box. Only done about 30k miles.

Gibson Direct - M876 DDS by cms206, on Flickr

 

MacEwan's - S47 KSM by cms206, on Flickr

 

Snaiths - E216 BDV by cms206, on Flickr

 

 

And some airport stuff...

 

Gatwick Handling - DPX 277L by cms206, on Flickr

 

A former work hack of mine which somehow managed to escape into private ownership

N302 URJ by cms206, on Flickr

 

This had, believe it or not, done less than 10k miles.

British Airways AS6004 - E97 ELT by cms206, on Flickr

 

During my last four months of employment at Glasgow Airport I more or less only drove this.

Servisair 23-2632 by cms206, on Flickr

 

aviance AV02196 - P516 OLA by cms206, on Flickr

 

The work hack that replaced previously mentioned N302 URJ, pre- and post- takeover - note the RS sticker...

 

aviance AV03015 - MT53 NHG by cms206, on Flickr

 

Servisair 29-3753 - MT53 NHG by cms206, on Flickr

 

 

And a final bonus Transit of the current generation - I believe the cooker works...

 

Arriva Scotland - HG61 KKL by cms206, on Flickr

[eddyramrod]

Found this one last summer, hiding in a scrappy in Limassol.

[michiel]

We had a grey 1992 diesel as our band bus, no power steering and slow asa slow thing. Still a nice old bus. No pic though.

 

Nice old Transit camper (44-GH-94) by Michiel V, on Flickr

 

Ford Transit (BV-26-99) by Michiel V, on Flickr

 

1980 Ford Transit by Michiel V, on Flickr

 

Ford Transit (BE-58-77) by Michiel V, on Flickr

 

1983 Ford Transit by Michiel V, on Flickr

 

1982 Ford Transit 'VVS' by Michiel V, on Flickr

[nigel bickle]

 

My 65 pickup arriving in the Uk a couple of years back. it had to travel backwards on the trailer as the rear (5 stud) axle was much narrower than the front (6 stud)! made for interesting towing...

[Cavcraft]

1965?

Have you got a thread about it anywhere please Nigel?

[nigel bickle]

No, sorry. I dont tend to do threads.

 

In brief, I found it in mid France, running on 2 cylinders, MOT exempt -and had been for well over 15 years. In a truly disgraceful state, it was used by an old boy for collecting wood from the forest- but it was all getting too much for him.

 

Paperwork all confirmed it to have been registered in Sept 65 -one of the very first German ones.

 

Once home I discovered it to be 6 volt -despite everyone telling me such a vehicle didnt exist. I had 2 Bods from Ford visit - and helpfully agreed to rebuid the starter motor, gratis, to 12 volt. All they asked for were 'first dibs' -asd & when.

Neither Bosch nor Ford recgonised any of the references on it -but they rebuilt it quickly using a combination of US & german components. Front axle swopped to more appropriate 5 studs -but retaining discs, and welding 60% completed. It woould prob MOT -if I needed it UK legal.

So its now a tatty reliable 12volt buiders truck- dry stored. It has been out a few times- but I get pikeys swarming every time it sees daylight.

[Cavcraft]

Class, if you do happen to take any more pictures please post them up. I didn't even know they made them that early either, for some reason I thought they came in about 1967/8.

[Albert Ross]

First build 65, on sale late 65/Early 66.... The legend is the same age as me, but I reckon I have weathered slightly better than the modern ones. I once rebuilt a 2.0 V4 in a Laundry Van, to be used to go between UK and Amshterdam in the early 90s. That was beige... It ended up with a slightly lumpy cam and a 1.5mm overbore due to wobbly bores. All 4 pistons had cracked rings on the stripdown, but it only smoked a bit. Amazing engine when finished. Last Mk1 I looked at, was a yellow Coachbuilt Camper in about 1996/7, it needed the steering box sorting for test, I had to get a Mk2 box in it, due to lack of rebuild parts. Shame to have lost the originality. I'd like a diesel LHD recovery truck, with the lumpy grille.

[Cavcraft]

Did the lumpy grille one have a sort of extended front end, I seem to recall the York engined ones had to have a bigger front to accomodate the motor?

 

*Edit: forgot my first recovery truck was a Mk2. 2.0 petrol, it ran a bit shit until I had the points done then it was great. The ramps were a crap steel frame with lenghts of ply and they broke a couple of times when driving cars on. It didn't have a winch either so it sort of lost me money with some jobs. Sadly don't think I have a picture of it anywhere

[Mr Lobster]

Spotted in 2008 at the hotel I stayed in for my honeymoon -

 

 

[trigger]

There's one other 1965 model that I've seen this is a Ford heritage centre display model.

 

1965 Ford Transit V4 1.7 Mk 1 by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

Here's a few other trannys from my archives...

 

1970 Ford Transit 1800 Diesel Mk 1 by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

1984 Ford Transit Mk2 Van in Evesham by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

Ford Transit MiniBus Crash Damaged by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

The remains of one of my work Transits, the driver forgot to stop at a junction on the quay and a tug ploughed straight into the side of it, it was all a bit messy.

 

The Connect behind it didn't fair well either.

 

Ford Transit Connect Crash Damaged by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

The guy driving the van was the wing man for a heavy forklift driver, the wing man forgot the van was parked there and made the fork lift driver drive straight over the bonnet of it!.

 

Mk1 1970 Ford Transit Tipper by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

1977 Ford Transit 2.0 Mk 1 Luton van in Jaywick by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

1983 Ford Transit Breakdown Truck by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

Ford Transit 130 Roadranger II Camper Van Road Test 1973 (1) by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

Ford Transit 130 LWB Mk1 by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

1984 Ford Transit 2.0 Custom Van by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

Ford Transit Mk1 Van by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

1983 Ford Transit 2.0 SWB by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

1981 Ford Transit 1.6 Clubmobil Minibus Van Mk2 by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

1981 Ford Transit 2.0 Custom Van by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

1969 Ford Transit TDi Van Mk1 by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

1970 Ford Transit Mk1 LWB Custom 2.0 by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

1968 Ford Transit 2.5D Mk1 by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

1969 Ford Transit Pick Up Mk1 by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

Mk1 Ford Transit British Gas Van by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

1996 Ford Transit Transport with 1951 Vauxhall Wyvern on back by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

1984 Ford Transit Mk2 Ambulance by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

[eddyramrod]

Found this one last summer, hiding in a scrappy in Limassol.

 

What are the two cars in front of it?

 

I think the nearest is a Mercedes 170, and under the tarp is a Fiat 124 Spyder, very likely Abarth. I couldn't get any closer as the yard was closed (it was Sunday afternoon) and I haven't been back since.

[MonsterMaster]

This is Bluebell 'o' The Dale's tranny, bides in armadale an has loads of random writing on it, i.e. Armadale will never fail, Let the dale works flourish,the bluebells are blue on the panels. Ill need to get a few close pics of it but this gives an idea. Hand painted to boot got brush lines all over!

[Shep Shepherd]

An 'EK Minilink' mark 2-based minibus, which were used by the East Kent Road Car Company (my local bus company when I was a pup) on routes which didn't justify a full-sized bus for a few years after deregulation. They also came in mark 3 , Iveco Daily and Freight Rover Sherpa form:

 

[fiatdaft]

Only the one from me

 

[wackywacerwill]