Transit Hicube 230 not many left.

[martinj]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115257915419

[MinorMatt]

That looks quite tidy!

Is it yours Martin?

The highcube was released for 1996 Model year, so its possible this is one of the early ones. I believe mine is the oldest (its a pre-production one, and is a 190 rather than a 230), and I only know of one other P reg twin wheel highcube.

[martinj]

Sort of my son owns it now it’s been in our family since the electric board sold it when it was 3-4 years old it had only done 43km when we bought it had to have it replated from 4t to 3.5t so kids could drive it. They left tachometer in it for when we were towing. It’s build date was august 95 according to the 4t plate in the cab when we bought it that’s why it hasn’t got side markers or the large stereo hole etc.

[martinj]

Sorry I meant to say I don’t know if 1995 was when the chassis cab rolled off the assembly line or when it went away to the coach builders for the body to be bolted on.

[MinorMatt]

Sorry I meant to say I don’t know if 1995 was when the chassis cab rolled off the assembly line or when it went away to the coach builders for the body to be bolted on.

Sort of both and sort of Neither...

Underneath its a standard LWB van chassis, it would have left Southampton without the roof (August 95), and without the rearmost external panel etc. (I.e. a partially complete van with rolling chassis). They were then shipped to one of Fords other sites in the UK (I can't remember which off hand) where the rest of the body and the roof was added by SVO - thats why all highcubes have SVO stickers. Once completed a few weeks later it would have been shipped to the electric board, who did the conversion work they wanted before it was registered - hence on a P rather than N plate.

If you look underneath, and behind the internal panelling, you can see that the rear of the van is literally bolted on by the factory.

I would suggest this is *probably* the 2nd oldest surviving twin wheel highcube (and oldest 230 variant). Mine has the later features you mention, because Ford used it as a development mule for test fitting of the later parts