Vans - lease, buy, or..

missfire · 28-02-15, 12:42 PM

One of these!
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FORD-TRANS...item43d82df8f9

Might be a not bad bet if I cover it in tar! Should be simple to work on at least.

joe90 · 28-02-15, 09:39 PM

Been for sale for a while, probably about £2-2500 over priced.

Bryan

Flying Frank · 01-03-15, 07:41 AM

A very useful Classic....not quite sure why I like pick-ups so much, VW Caddy's, Toyota Hi-Lux, etc.
LHD not so good, but if you live up in the wilds of Scotland, shouldn't be a problem as not too much traffic to overtake I guess?

john johnson · 01-03-15, 07:51 AM

They were shitty rot boxes , had a couple and the diesel pumps were shocking

missfire · 01-03-15, 08:28 AM

What you got now and how do you pay for it! First bit of the question was seriours too.

yeti · 01-03-15, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Flying Frank

A very useful Classic....not quite sure why I like pick-ups so much, VW Caddy's, Toyota Hi-Lux, etc.
LHD not so good, but if you live up in the wilds of Scotland, shouldn't be a problem as not too much traffic to overtake I guess?

It's on the old engine, so overtaking's never going to be a consideration. Hills might be though!

Stick a Turbo-DI engine in and to be fair, it makes a lot of sense if economy's not really an issue.

6 grand to buy it, a grand to get a better engine swapped in, £600 to rustproof (http://www.rust.co.uk/hot-fog-rustpr...-list/p512929/ ) and it makes a lot of sense against buying a new one where the electrics will go pop in 3 years.

I know a lot of people who are going back to older vans on the grounds that if it rusts, you can always stick a bit back on, but when your fuel pump/turbo/flywheel goes, that's a different game.

darreno'd' · 01-03-15, 10:38 AM

No good round here, can't take older vans into London because of the lez. To be fair I've had 7 Transits over the years, and would not consider another, they are disposable items that have no residual value in a useful working time, so are not cheap to run at all. German stuff at least has a perception to the public of being better built, so they are worth strong money when you move them on with high miles. I do say perception mind, as I have just had to put a gearbox into one of my T5's and it has only done 100k, absolute shite.

yeti · 01-03-15, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by darreno'd'

No good round here, can't take older vans into London because of the lez.

That's just an excuse to chuck a V8 in it!

joe90 · 01-03-15, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by yeti

That's just an excuse to chuck a V8 in it!

I was thinking this the other day but it wasn't for a mk2 but for a cheap mk7 transit pick up I saw with a blown engine.

Bryan

yeti · 01-03-15, 06:34 PM

Big block chevy has been done in a few mk3-5s.

01-03-15, 07:51 AM	#4
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01-03-15, 10:38 AM	#7
darreno'd' Mr Sixty Thousand!! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: berkshire Posts: 1,729	No good round here, can't take older vans into London because of the lez. To be fair I've had 7 Transits over the years, and would not consider another, they are disposable items that have no residual value in a useful working time, so are not cheap to run at all. German stuff at least has a perception to the public of being better built, so they are worth strong money when you move them on with high miles. I do say perception mind, as I have just had to put a gearbox into one of my T5's and it has only done 100k, absolute shite. __________________ http://www.oesems.co.uk/

01-03-15, 06:34 PM	#10
yeti Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Derby Posts: 1,166	Big block chevy has been done in a few mk3-5s. __________________ 1990 Coupe Quattro (WTF did I buy that for?) Half a 1983 Coupe FI (long term parts shelf) 2003 Cors-arrrgh More Polos that you'd ever believe No time, no money, all the wrong tools and a workshop that's too far away

28-02-15, 09:39 PM	#2
joe90 Grown up member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Leeds Posts: 450	Been for sale for a while, probably about £2-2500 over priced. Bryan

01-03-15, 07:41 AM	#3
Flying Frank 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Kernow, Gods own county !! Posts: 2,388	A very useful Classic....not quite sure why I like pick-ups so much, VW Caddy's, Toyota Hi-Lux, etc. LHD not so good, but if you live up in the wilds of Scotland, shouldn't be a problem as not too much traffic to overtake I guess?

01-03-15, 08:28 AM	#5
missfire making wooden things Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: cow land Posts: 8,156	What you got now and how do you pay for it! First bit of the question was seriours too.