Doing a bit of digging into the research and development of the tranny van, particularly looking at the mk3/mk4/mk5 as I think it's the most iconic.
I've seen a post on here where someone uploaded a "concept brochure" from the 80's, but apart from that I'm struggling to find any info/images from the design stages of the mk3/mk4/mk5 vans.
There's a ford transit documentary on youtube (part of the "Perpetual Motion" BBC series - see attached link), which focuses mainly on the development of the mk1 transit.
Within this documentary they show a clip (around the 6 minute mark) where a group of men inspect a wooden mock up of the mk1 cab, and it's this design process that I'm particularly interested in.
So does anyone know if there's an archive of drawings/images/film which shows similar "mock up"/prototype stages of the mk3/4/5 vans? When they modeled full scale replicas in clay/wood?
Where would be a good place to start do you reckon? The Ford Dunton Technical Centre perhaps? Or maybe a museum archive?
Cheers
the doc - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hd3BZbvYrA