Transit Jumbo Camper capers…SOLD M8

[JJ0063]

Saw a MK7 Transit Jumbo camper on eBay last night in Preston.

 

Bargain for what it is. Seller seems a decent chap and has owned it 5 years.

 

Booked a pair of train tickets for mrs JJ and I, cheapest option was to drive to Peterborough and then a train to Leeds then change to Preston.

Made it to Peterborough so far:

 

 

 

[JJ0063]

On board. Next stop Leeds.

[Missy Charm]

1 minute ago, JJ0063 said:

On board. Next stop Leeds.

Looks like the Leeds tourist board aren't working very hard...

[AnnoyingPentium]

I'm seeing luggage but nae folk? 🤔

[JJ0063]

I think there may be some short people aboard!

[AnnoyingPentium]

5 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

I think there may be some short people aboard!

Seven Dwarves going to a conference in Leeds?

[Twiggy]

Good luck.............. it`s a long way - hope it all goes well.   

[JJ0063]

2 minutes ago, Twiggy said:

Good luck.............. it`s a long way - hope it all goes well.   

Me too, if not il have the wrath of wasting mrs JJ’s Sunday all the way home.

[AnnoyingPentium]

37 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

Me too, if not il have the wrath of wasting mrs JJ’s Sunday all the way home.

I have a solution...

 

A pair of these...

This...

And play it on this at full volume...

If you can hear the missus still then it ain't loud enough.

[JJ0063]

Leeds, I am in you.

 

20 min wait then train to Preston

[GeordieInExile]

Is the Y on the wall there at the end of the word DIRTY?

[wuvvum]

I've been to Preston twice, once to pick up a Volvo V70 and once to pick up a Sunbeam-Talbot 90.  It's a long way from Norfolk.

GLWTC.

[JJ0063]

7 minutes ago, GeordieInExile said:

Is the Y on the wall there at the end of the word DIRTY?

If it wasn’t, it should be. I didn’t notice!

[JJ0063]

3 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

I've been to Preston twice, once to pick up a Volvo V70 and once to pick up a Sunbeam-Talbot 90.  It's a long way from Norfolk.

GLWTC.

The train hasn’t been too bad tbh 

As long as the collection goes OK I then have to drive 3hrs down to Peterborough station to drop mrs JJ off to collect the BMW then 1hr 15 back to Swaffhamshire.

[JJ0063]

Bradford now, Preston bound. 
 

 

 

[Matty]

Well excited about this for reasons I can neither understand or explain 😁

[JJ0063]

16 minutes ago, Matty said:

Well excited about this for reasons I can neither understand or explain 😁

You’ll be able to buy a roffle ticket when the inevitable happens in 6 months!

 

Just fell asleep on the train. Now at Burnley, another 35 mins and I’ll be in Preston.

 

Matey is collecting us in an Auris.

[AnnoyingPentium]

2 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

Matey is collecting us in an Auris.

Bulbous type (Mk1) or later?

[Missy Charm]

53 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

The train hasn’t been too bad tbh 

As long as the collection goes OK I then have to drive 3hrs down to Peterborough station to drop mrs JJ off to collect the BMW then 1hr 15 back to Swaffhamshire.

Eastbound and down: England's premier direction of travel.  

[JJ0063]

10 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Bulbous type (Mk1) or later?

Didn’t ask for specs, will update

[JJ0063]

9 minutes ago, Missy Charm said:

Eastbound and down: England's premier direction of travel.  

Especially in a 3.5t RWD Jumbo 60 plate Transit 

[wuvvum]

At that age it'll probably have a speed limiter on it...

[AnnoyingPentium]

3 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

Didn’t ask for specs, will update

Excellent. My Mum had a face-lift Mk1 which was rather nice.

[JJ0063]

Just now, wuvvum said:

At that age it'll probably have a speed limiter on it...

Please don’t tell me that 

[wuvvum]

It'll probably be 65 or 70 so you'll still be able to get a reasonable move on - you won't be stuck at 56 with the lorries

[JJ0063]

4 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

It'll probably be 65 or 70 so you'll still be able to get a reasonable move on - you won't be stuck at 56 with the lorries

That’s fine, I can’t see me wanting to go any more than 70 in it to be honest. If it’s got one, they’re easy enough to remove with the right software.

 

My old Autoglass Transit Custom I had when I was a windscreen fitter had a 70 limiter on it, you could disable it by pressing the Eco mode button 😂

[wuvvum]

One of the joys of Fords is that the software to reprogramme stuff is pretty widely available.  Sadly not the case if you own an LDV Maxus...

[AnnoyingPentium]

25 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

you could disable it by pressing the Eco mode button 😂

Do you ever think that's a bit of an oxymoron...? 

[Mally]

1 minute ago, Mally said:

I was in Preston an hour ago, now I'm in Blackpool on the front. Can see 10ft waves from my hotel bedroom window.

Safe journey home via Peterborough.

Tranny vans are Ace.

Edit.  Especially RWD.

 

[Mally]

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

It'll probably be 65 or 70 so you'll still be able to get a reasonable move on - you won't be stuck at 56 with the lorries

I've never* seen higher with a trailer on the back.

Some of them do have the wrong diff in if they were specified for towing excavating machines from new.