inside the mind of a MKI transit fan

[Steve@CCR]

can anyone who likes the MK I transit above any other transit please
give a short explanation as to what is so apealing about them.

to me, the front end looks like a strange and unusual deep sea creature
of some kind. i can't imagine it being too great to look at even in it's time.

but maybe it's not the looks that people find apealing

personally, i prefer the MKII.

[FredTransit]

What's not to like !?

Firstly, when the Mk1 came out it very quickly earned the tag 'Britain's most wanted van', not least because they were used in so many bank jobs and other naughty activities, not that that's why I like them !

They were groundbreaking at the time, understood best by comparing them to thier nearest Ford cousin and predecessor the Thames and competition the B*dford CA. Since the introduction in 1965 they are widely copied, even today. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery! On a personal note, the Mk1 was my first van, and they say you never forget your first.........

Now the Mk1 is a piece of motoring/transport history. I haven't actually driven one for years, but drive a Mk2 on a daily basis. Both Mks are infinately repairable (just as well really! ) and durable. Other than that, no explanation is necessary. If you have to explain, you wouldn't understand anyway, as they say.

[Luke]

Steve! put your wooden spoon away!!
Next you'll be having a M****S SPR****R in your avtar!!!

[Steve@CCR]

thanks for reply fredtransit, i can see where ya coming from!

and Luke, i would'nt stoop so low as to put an avatar of
a mercedes sprinter under my name.

no van can match the transit MKIII and IV.

[madmark]

i love them ! they take me back many years when i used to drive round at 17 in a mk1 twin wheel van with a essex 3.1 v6 ! and then she rotted so i sold it since then i have had so many transits i could not tell you how many i would love to work it out but canot!

[Steve@CCR]

the transit love affair continues!

good answer madmark.

[Luke]

You think the mk1 looks odd this is what it replaced!!

[FredTransit]

You think the mk1 looks odd this is what it replaced!!

sorry, can't see it, no matter how ugly it is! I even tried copy and paste in to the browser, but got page cannot be displayed. Maybe the site is down.

[Luke]

well its a picture of the german taunus transit anyway not the thames, i quite like them

[FredTransit]

I can see it now, the site must've come back up. Looks like a VW combi, dare I say? Wasn't the design team that worked on this involved in 'Project Redcap', pre (then becoming the) Transit?

[Luke]

I can see it now, the site must've come back up. Looks like a VW combi, dare I say? Wasn't the design team that worked on this involved in 'Project Redcap', pre (then becoming the) Transit?

obviously not the stylist!! (if you call em that in van design)

[mcapachey]

From the side it looks like a VW combi. From the front it looks like a cross between the Thames and a BMC ...also remins me of a tiny Fiat Van I saw some time ago

Not sure if I like it really

[madmark]

there has been alot of these for sale on the german sites with low miles as well!

[Luke]

there has been alot of these for sale on the german sites with low miles as well!

I don't care how low the miles mark!!! there still ugly!!

[FredTransit]

I don't care how low the miles mark!!! there still ugly!!

Agreed!