Sexy Transit

[trigger]

Not shite at all but i spotted this yesterday evening whilst out for a drink with my mate in Colchester High Street.

 

This has to be the tastiest Transit i have seen, I'm guessing the suspension was bagged?. Shame i only had my really crap dodgy camera phone on me though.

 

 

 

[Minimad5]

Have to agree, i quite like that .

 

It is not over the top which i like the most.

Banded wheels i guess, they are starting to grow on me.

 

Thanks for showing us your local Tranny

[VWPowered]

 

wow that does look the biz that

[Tayne]

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[CreepingJesus]

"Honest officer, the tyres weren't poking out of the rear arches when I left it...dunno what happened"

I hope it's been remapped, and had maybe a hybrid turbo in there. Anything standard in the engine bay, would be a bit underwhelming. Tasty tho'. I wonder if Ford SV would build me a Tourneo version...

[meggersdog]

Isn't that the front wheel drive Transit ? Adding wide wheels and lowering the suspension must do wonders for an already fragile gearbox.

[CreepingJesus]

Isn't that the front wheel drive Transit ? Adding wide wheels and lowering the suspension must do wonders for an already fragile gearbox.

Not to mention the wheel bearing havoc caused by the massive offset. And I thought my Mondy was hard on wheel bearings...

[Richard]

You can get these Transits in front or rear wheel drive. Apart from seeing the back axle, which is normally clearly visible, the only way I know to tell is that the floor is 4" higher when you open the back doors on a rwd one.

 

It appears to have a 2.3 Ford Galaxy engine running on LPG, which probably means it's fwd. It belongs to a garage in, here it is on Streetview. The number plate isn't obscured in the first view.

 

 

[Jon]

Looks like a bit of a bitza to me. Is a genuine petrol/LPG version, due to the green leaf badge on the rear and the front doors next to the 'TRANSIT' logos. Possibly an ex-council one?

 

But then it has Royal Mail tightwad-spec rear doors with key locks, which only open with the keys in the barrel. GR8 4 locking keys in the back. The side doors were even more annoying, since you needed to have 3 hands to simultaneously unlock the door and pull the handle (since they're at opposite ends of the door) whilst holding the postbags. Not a Royal Mail one though, as they were all registered LC or LX.

 

IIRC the RWD Transits all have slightly higher profile tyres and possibly larger steel wheels too - look out for any of the Ex-RAC orange ones. Newcastle council run a couple of RWD petrol/LPG ones I think, so this might be OMG RWD.

[Mr Lobster]

You can get these Transits in front or rear wheel drive. Apart from seeing the back axle, which is normally clearly visible, the only way I know to tell is that the floor is 4" higher when you open the back doors on a rwd one.

 

A fwd short wheel base Transit is a very rare beast though. Bet it drives much better on those normal wheels ^

[trigger]

NOT GR8 4 DRIFTN then.

 

I bet you can't carry much weight in it, I really like the banded steelies on it but i couldn't live with them everyday, They would have to be a show thing only.

[Volksy]

Given it's sat on the tyre, I recon that it's got air or hydraulic suspension.

 

I like it!

[FredTransit]

Yuk. Bring it back n 20 years and I will give you an opinion.....

[Pete-M]

Jeeeeeesus wept. It really doesn't matter what people do to a vehicle does it? If it's not beige and underpowered, it's gonna get a kickin'.