seven valley transit,

[fatboy45]

i was sitting looking at an old custom car magazine the other night, and it showed the seven valley swb smiley fronted cosworth transit, it was for sale years ago for 30k,, but i havent seen it since then or dose some one have it who is a member of the forum, i did see it in the flesh once, and it looked good but no good for work,,, even if you where mad enough to use it for that, i know the side door didnt open at the time because of the wide wheel arches, any one know what happened to it, rgds mike

[Luke]

which van is this not sure the one i was thinking at 1st was blue with a cossy yb

can you scan the pics in and post them up

[BROWNYS V6]

severn valley motorsport were a tuning company in the 90's specialising in tuning cossies and escort turbo's,they built a transit as a promotion tool cossie powered, monster wheels, big brakes an all that
had a quick google for a pic but could'nt find one

[Terry]

Used to go racing with a guy Steve Hurst, had a turbo'd cossie'd SWB,low roof Mk 5 Transit for trailering his Sierra (Thunder saloon ? Cossie with twin turbos's I seem to remember).
That was converted by Severn Valley Motorsport. Their place in Ironbridge was an absolute b*st*rd to trailer stuff to, you had to go down the High St,(steep down & fairly tight with trailer) turn round in a car park at the bottom, then come back up the hill, then roll/reverse in (all the while missing the tourists) on to their forecourt , which was JUST big enough for a transit & trailer.

[fatboy45]

i know they used to have this transit on their business cards as i have one stuck on my tool box, the van used to have nitrous on it, and if im wright they did build it for a van race series, my grand parents used to live near brand hatch, and when i went down to stay with them, we used to go to brands' and i remember seeing earlier shaped transits race there, mike

[Luke]

i dont think ive ever seen it ............. really need to see pics now

[fatboy45]

ive just ben looking for some info on this trnasit, and the web site/forum, passionford, there is a discussion on there and pictures of the seven valley cosy transit, it dosent look like the original, but have a look, see what you think, rgds mike

[Luke]

i have seen pics of it before but never very good ones

also i'd never heard of vanextreme magazine

[Luke]

this was the other pic i'd seen off the nsva site

[jay]

only made the 1 mag i think luke..managed to get a copy back in the days when i was smoking round in a rs turbo escort van.

.Saw the cossy van once when it was at severn valley motorsport..
The vehicle details for M550 PUJ are:

Date of Liability 01 05 1999
Date of First Registration 14 02 1995
Year of Manufacture 1995
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1998CC
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type Petrol
Export Marker Not Applicable
Vehicle Status Unlicensed
Vehicle Colour WHITE
Vehicle Type Approval
Vehicle Excise Duty Rate for vehicle
6 Months Rate £112.75
12 Months Rate £205.00

[fatboy45]

ive got that mag, and performance car one, i must come clean and say i fell in love with this van, and wanted to buy it, as i said it was 30 large at the time, and i know it had a lot of one off stuff, but was way over priced for what it was, when you had a real close look round it, any body who has built a special, bike van or car never gets there money back, and thats what they wanted materials and all there labour, mike

[chopper123]

they have moved now and are across the road from my house in madeley
alot bigger garage and easyer to get to than ironbridge lol
they still do alot with tuning and so on but not seen no transits being played with lately
infact they have 4 mot bays and passed my van straight away

[ake]

Van extreme was a one off mag.


Transit 95, DOHC 2.0 EFI (115PS), Diamond White 73


VIN Number: SFALXXBDVLSC93033
Registration Number: M550PUJ
Registration Date: 14.02.1995
Registration Country: GB


Primary Features
Build Date: 18.01.1995
Vehicle Line: Transit 95
Cab Style: Regular Cargo Van
Series: 150S
Engine: DOHC 2.0 EFI (115PS)
Transmission: 5-Speed Manual Transmission - MT75
Drive: RHD RWD
Emission: 95 EEC Light Duty Truck
Air Conditioning: Less Air Conditioning
Territory: (+)"GB"
Paint: Diamond White 73
Interior Fabric: Camelot