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Title: New Purchase
Post by: joshwyatt on 01 October 2011, 20:13:22
In a moment of madness I bought the following...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Transit-Armoured-Security-Van-W-reg-2000-/290612201264?pt=UK_Commercial_Trucks&hash=item43a9d64730

Collected it today, it's certainly unique and looks 'interesting' on the drive  ;D
Title: Re: New Purchase
Post by: MaxV6 on 01 October 2011, 20:22:00
hi Josh....   i'm back....    ;D

moment of madness?   probably,...   i have to ask ... why????   planning on starting a competitor for securicor???


Title: Re: New Purchase
Post by: zirk on 01 October 2011, 20:22:42
Dont tell me, its only going to get used once a week when you do your banking Josh.
Title: Re: New Purchase
Post by: aaronjb on 01 October 2011, 20:23:04
Just needs a sign painted on the side .. "Free candy!"  ;D
Title: Re: New Purchase
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 01 October 2011, 20:47:33
I knew it was rough in Oxford but not that much  ;D
Title: Re: New Purchase
Post by: Jimbob on 01 October 2011, 20:56:24
gotta ask....why!

but love it!

A team paint job?
Title: Re: New Purchase
Post by: joshwyatt on 01 October 2011, 20:57:30
Max - Good to see you again, where have you been? How's the MV6 going?
Haha well, I just thought...why not?
Fix it 'n' bodge it money services at your service  ::)
Chris, I wish I had enough money to even fill 1/4 of the van  :D

Aaron...how about, free Omega parts and take it to the next meet? Who could we trap?

Daz - I heard you were on your way down, so I had to take appropriate mesaures  :P
Title: Re: New Purchase
Post by: joshwyatt on 01 October 2011, 20:59:59
I'm undecided yet James.
Initial plans are to tidy up the arches and get it looking decent.
It weights 2760 kg unladen and only has the 2.5 76ps engine...so some of the internal structure and doors will go to lighten it a bit...no need for a strong room and safe really.
Title: Re: New Purchase
Post by: TheBoy on 01 October 2011, 21:08:07
have you been drinking that monkeyshit coffee again ;D
Title: Re: New Purchase
Post by: MaxV6 on 01 October 2011, 23:26:45
definitely....  ;D


Josh, i had an extended period of what might best be described as "ill health" and some serious fall out resulting...    (see my public apology thread in general chat....   )

i'm more or less stable , and working back to where i had intended to be this time last year....

Mv6 is about to get a birthday present ....  and  a half....



it deserves it, poor thing....   

Title: Re: New Purchase
Post by: the alarming man on 02 October 2011, 00:05:54
Josh mate why???.... but seeing how you are now collecting old sheds...my company (co op banking group) has 25 sprinter vans (that are cit vans) they are trying to get shot of prehaps you could put an offer in lol..one good owner...serval rotten lol :y
Title: Re: New Purchase
Post by: dbug on 02 October 2011, 00:17:31
Only one careful owner  :) ;D ;)
Title: Re: New Purchase
Post by: paul.lovejoy on 02 October 2011, 00:23:50
now thats not a bad idea would save tools being pinched you could also put one of those signs on it no tools/money left in this vehicle overnight ;D :y
Title: Re: New Purchase
Post by: tunnie on 02 October 2011, 08:33:40
I'm undecided yet James.
Initial plans are to tidy up the arches and get it looking decent.
It weights 2760 kg unladen and only has the 2.5 76ps engine...so some of the internal structure and doors will go to lighten it a bit...no need for a strong room and safe really.

Thats going to be light on its feet  :o
Title: Re: New Purchase
Post by: TheBoy on 02 October 2011, 08:55:56
I'm undecided yet James.
Initial plans are to tidy up the arches and get it looking decent.
It weights 2760 kg unladen and only has the 2.5 76ps engine...so some of the internal structure and doors will go to lighten it a bit...no need for a strong room and safe really.

Thats going to be light on its feet  :o
When I used to do a real job, I had a tranny with  the smallest 2.5 diesel (so, 76ps), and I popped it on a weighbridge one day, as I was sure it was overweight (was by 100kg), so 2.9t.  Still used to sit at 100mph all day, every day, on the M1 ::)
Title: Re: New Purchase
Post by: the alarming man on 02 October 2011, 10:08:52
I'm undecided yet James.
Initial plans are to tidy up the arches and get it looking decent.
It weights 2760 kg unladen and only has the 2.5 76ps engine...so some of the internal structure and doors will go to lighten it a bit...no need for a strong room and safe really.

Thats going to be light on its feet  :o
When I used to do a real job, I had a tranny with  the smallest 2.5 diesel (so, 76ps), and I popped it on a weighbridge one day, as I was sure it was overweight (was by 100kg), so 2.9t.  Still used to sit at 100mph all day, every day, on the M1 ::)


i think the old transit is a work horse...i was given a hiretop L.W.B transit...that would rattle a long at 95 mph..totally inpractical for work...but i now have V.W transporter....now that goes at an amazing rate of knotsand drives like a car..BUT dont think it will last as long as a transit :y
Title: Re: New Purchase
Post by: MaxV6 on 02 October 2011, 12:40:58
the last transit i had , was a 4x4 3.0 v6 .


back up when we lived in North Wales.....  and ran a PA hire company.... 

that was fun.....    ;D

there used to be rather a lot you could do to an essex lump.....    ;)  much more open to "suggestion" than the 2.8 lump....     a bit like the difference between the 3.0 and the 3.2 in the miggy....   squeezing extra grunt from a 3.0 is fairly straight forward....   but i've not seen anything really valid for a 3.2 ...

Title: Re: New Purchase
Post by: Teebee on 03 October 2011, 15:34:48
I can fully understand the urge to buy that tranny, 20+ years ago I bought an ex-diplomatic MK1 Granada on a whim. Toughened glass, armour plated body panels (supposedly bullet proof) and the inner rims that could still be driven on if shot out. (untested!)

I only had it for a couple of months because the petrol costs crucified me, I think I was getting 10mpg. Sold it on to a dealer I knew who was as curious as me about it :)