The Doctor goes commercial!!

[FredTransit]

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BREATHTAKING-MK2-FORD-TRANSIT-LWB-2-0L-4-000-4k-MILES-THE-VERY-BEST-AVAILABLE-/200959377591?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item2eca1cc0b7#ht_8641wt_1170

 

Hopefully the link works!

 

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BREATHTAKING-MK2-FORD-TRANSIT-LWB-2-0L-4-000-4k-MILES-THE-VERY-BEST-AVAILABLE-/200959377591?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item2eca1cc0b7#ht_8641wt_1170

 

I have seen this van in the metal when it won best in show and its a proper stunner! It did have a hi top when it was with the MOD though and has has a roof swap. Stunning all the same.

[FredTransit]

bah no idea why the links dont work I think its the phone....

item number 200959377591

[Cavcraft]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/200959377591?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_from%3DR40%26_sacat%3D0%26_nkw%3D200959377591%26_rdc%3D1

[FredTransit]

TA!

[sporty-shite]

My God!!!!

 

Where does he find them? That is ACE!

[FredTransit]

it was on ebay recently.

[retrogeezer]

why are all his cars 'breathtaking'?  Is this some kind of car superpower I am unaware of?

[cort16]

 

Just 4,600 (four thousand six hundred) recorded miles.

 

What about the unrecorded ones?

[Danblez]

Yowsers thats ace.

 

Am I right in thinking these also came with rubber rear wheel arches? Was that an optional extra or summat?

[Micrashed]

Apparently it was then fitted out with specialist equipment permanently fixed to the cargo area floor to be used at various R.A.F stations around the world.

 

It appears that when the equipment it carried was needed AFK 318X would be flown out on a Transport plane from its UK base to whichever R.A.F. Station required it. Once there the equipment on board would be put to use doing whatever it was that it did without ever being used on roads off station. When that task was complete AFK 318X would return to its UK base  to be stored undercover, probably in a R.A.F hanger, until the next time it was called for duty.

 

Far be it for us to even begin to speculate just what the equipment might have been but we suspect it most likely that it would have been rather mundane really.

 

Transit van?

Mattress in the back anyone?

[RedSparrow]

it was on ebay recently.

 

How much did it go for the first time?

I'd like to see how much he makes out of this one.

[face]

I often find it slightly odd, looking at such clean examples of vehicles that are generally treated like total crap.

 

It just seems 'wrong' somehow.

[666jjp]

How much did it go for the first time?

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Transit-1981-2000cc-Petrol-/151087231638?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item232d803296

[Faker]

That is simply breathtaking! I want it soooo badly.

[FredTransit]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Transit-1981-2000cc-Petrol-/151087231638?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item232d803296

This listing was ended by the

seller because the item is no

longer available.

follow it back to another dealer before that listing and the classified price was £9995 so assuming the doctor got trade what its at at the mo poss a couple of grand profit so far?

The flexi plastic wheel arches are SVO order.

[twosmoke300]

My good god! This guy could bore for Britain!

[fiatdaft]

No,thats how you sell something.

[warren t claim]

If you're in the market for something like that then that's what you like reading.

[fiatdaft]

What, by typing compete pish? Count me out.

Pish? Where you in the running?

[warren t claim]

I'd love to meet this Doctor fella. I really admire his business model.

[fiatdaft]

Yup,spot on,and i bet you he enjoys his work as well .

[Junkman]

I remember buying my first moped hop up parts from a Transit not dissimilar of this one 30 odd years ago in a disco car park.

I have a pathetic appreciation nowadays to be reminded of what I was doing back then.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

If you're in the market for something like that then that's what you like reading.

To be honest ,I think you'll find that a lot of potential purchasers prepared to pay this sort of money for an old Transit( or D Series or Bedford J Type) can't actually read !

[FredTransit]

DO WOT???

[phil_lihp]

How things change, back in about 2000 my parents hired a (useless) local builder to build an extension and he had a mk2 Transit which was the spitting image of this one, same colour etc.  Only difference was it was a typical builders van, battered, rusty and absolutely shagged and he only kept it going as 'I can chuck 2 tonnes over its weight limit in the back and not worry about breaking it'.  At that time it was pretty worthless although even then a Mk2 was a rare sight.  They're the best looking of the Transit family in my humble opinion and from what I've heard of the current range, a £9k Mk2 is probably a more reliable prospect than 9k's worth of 10-plater!

[FredTransit]

How things change, back in about 2000 my parents hired a (useless) local builder to build an extension and he had a mk2 Transit which was the spitting image of this one, same colour etc. Only difference was it was a typical builders van, battered, rusty and absolutely shagged and he only kept it going as 'I can chuck 2 tonnes over its weight limit in the back and not worry about breaking it'. At that time it was pretty worthless although even then a Mk2 was a rare sight. They're the best looking of the Transit family in my humble opinion and from what I've heard of the current range, a £9k Mk2 is probably a more reliable prospect than 9k's worth of 10-plater!

well said!

[Cavcraft]

They were a reliable old bus, though the 2.5Di was definately the best of the bunch. I still think the M3 was a much better bet though, build quality and driving pleasure (if that's possible in a van) were leaps and bounds above the Mk2.

[chaseracer]

Not using cart springs at both ends was a big step forward...

[FredTransit]

the LWB Mk2 and Mk3 are basically the same under the skin. Beam axles leaf springs and same engines. The chassis cabs had the same chassis.

[FredTransit]

9 grand reserve not met. 3 days to go though....