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by **Eugene Speed** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 5:11 pm

Finally managed to bag this little beauty before it was shipped to mainland Europe! 1988 130 LWB armoured security van, as seen in the latest TV commercial for the Guardian newspaper. Now the dilemma of should I bolt the County 4x4 running gear underneath and make it even meaner!!!

by **madbri** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 6:08 pm

now thats a bull bar :shock:

what will the insurance be like for that :roll:

by **Eugene Speed** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 8:33 pm

Bullbar isn't real, it's wood and plastic! :lol:

It was mocked up for a tv advert, it will be coming off, as will the windscreen grilles. Not sure on the legality of the police graphics, we'll find out when I drive it back!

Insurance with Adrian Flux is £780 TPF&T, no windscreen cover included... :lol:

It's actually in pretty good nick, tidy underneath and started first flick of the key. Very claustrophobic in the cab though! :shock:

Some more pics...

by **BigMonty** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 3:19 pm

Thats chuffin wicked

With the 4x4 running gear that would be awsome

by **FredTransit** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 3:55 pm

Leave her as she is (original, not county) she's a rare survivor, and the younger sister of our Mk2 bullion van!

by **Vandalism** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 4:45 pm

love it

by **transitandy** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:09 pm

madbri wrote::shock: now thats a bull bar what will the insurance be like for that

GO COMPARE GO COMPARE :lol:

sorry i could'nt resist it :oops:

by **transitandy** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:11 pm

Seriously that is sooooooooooooooo

by **Eugene Speed** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:50 pm

I have found her 'sister' van on this webpage, looks like a mk4 built by the same company, slight differences in the windsceen and the side windows. There is also another one, slightly different again with a hatch in the rear door, both vans together here. Looks like they get some film/tv work, maybe I need to start touting my one around! :lol:

by **transitandy** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:20 pm

FredTransit wrote:Leave her as she is (original, not county) she's a rare survivor, and the younger sister of our Mk2 bullion van!

I agree with fred

by **FredTransit** » Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:41 pm

you get used to feeling like you are driving a post box! PM sent

by **Vandalism** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 11:15 am

so what reg is it then as the ones in the pics are S reg :?:

show plates obvously

by **AlanN** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 12:08 pm

Insurance seems high, what it like for your County where you live

by **Eugene Speed** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 3:09 pm

Vandalism wrote:so what reg is it then as the ones in the pics are S reg show plates obvously

My one is an 'E' reg 1988 model year so Mk3, the ones on the Tellycars site are Mk4, have a close look at the front grille, is mk4 covered by 'S' reg?

AlanN wrote:Insurance seems high, what it like for your County where you live

That is the cheapest I could get, most firms won't touch it due to the modified windows etc. I pay £500 a year for the County, she isn't classed as 'modified' as the County conversion was done prior to original registration and sale. As soon as I mentioned 'security van' or 'armoured windows' they pretty much all ran away!!! :roll:

by **AlanN** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 4:10 pm

Eugene Speed wrote: As soon as I mentioned 'security van' or 'armoured windows' they pretty much all ran away!!!

Must be worth a fortune in metal, behaps it will earn its keep in film work :wink:

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