Help i'm confused

[MisterT]

Hi all , well sitting at my computer musing over life in general and a thought came to me about Transit marks and I applied some lateral thinking and this is what I came up with !!!
Transit's as we all know and love first appeared in - if I can remember back circa 1965 and is now known as the " Mark 1" this was around till Ford decided on a face lift with a new front end and a new dash around maybe 1974ish(can't remember - no doubt someone will correct me!) referred to as the " Mark 2 "and that lasted till 1986 when the second shape arrived and I/we know this as the " Mark 3 " - in the 90's (94?)the people at Fords decided on a new look and gave us the "smiley grille" - so I call that the " Mark 4 " - right?? In 2000 we got the third body style which therefore I call the " Mark 5 " which has lasted till now and we have the "New Transit " just launched which I would call the" Mark 6 "
So here's my problem - Three bodies with a "facelift" on each make six - so how come I see seven "Marks" on the site??? Which one have I missed ??? Please someone enlighten my bored little world (I am in China for christ's sake's(opps swearing now !!))

[Guy88]

You are confused

MK4 Has the same lights and bonnet as the smily with a different grille and a MK3 dash.

MK5 is smily face with new dash

MK6 is the first of the third generation

have a look here

[stevo]

And these are the best

[Luke]

i think the best way to understand it is each mk has a different front wing

[MrMPuk]

Pictures here

http://fordtransit.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2635

[MarkM]

Pictures here

http://fordtransit.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2635

Have to start calling you Fred Guy88 already posted the link.

You are confused
have a look here

[MrMPuk]

Have to start calling you Fred

Anything but that

[Nathan_Cardiff]

And these are the best

hahahahahahaha, not quite
You know you cant beat the Mk6.

Dont get me wrong my old smilie was a tough old boot but it wasnt a mk6

[madmark]

wow look at the rust comeing up on that red mk5!

[gemini]

:shock: wow look at the rust comeing up on that red mk5!

it looks like its had a blowover

[MisterT]

OOOKKKAAYY ! so basically a mark 3,4 and 5 are really all the same and if you use the same rules then the "mark one" with the sidelights in the headlamps and all amber front flashers becomes a 'mark 2 - making the 'mark 2' the mark 3! Thus the mark 2 with the new grille,bumpers and modded lights is really the 'mark 4? Then the 'mark 3' becomes the 5, 4 the 6, 5 becomes the 7, then the 6 becomes the 8 and the new one the 9 - no wait they have deleated some brightwork on the dash so now that is the Mark 10 - or am I wrong???? (Ha ha) much easier to say Series one + facelift, Series two + facelift and Series three to date !! NO??? 3 body shapes with "improvements" on each! BTW - what does that make the chinese transit????

[MisterT]

Hi just looked at the link to the "marks" and it is stated that the Mk1 was 1965 to 1978 - but I have a mate with an 'N' reg Mk2 which would be a 74/75 would it not?

[Luke]

OOOKKKAAYY ! so basically a mark 3,4 and 5 are really all the same and if you use the same rules then the "mark one" with the sidelights in the headlamps and all amber front flashers becomes a 'mark 2 - making the 'mark 2' the mark 3! Thus the mark 2 with the new grille,bumpers and modded lights is really the 'mark 4? Then the 'mark 3' becomes the 5, 4 the 6, 5 becomes the 7, then the 6 becomes the 8 and the new one the 9 - no wait they have deleated some brightwork on the dash so now that is the Mark 10 - or am I wrong???? (Ha ha) much easier to say Series one + facelift, Series two + facelift and Series three to date !! NO??? 3 body shapes with "improvements" on each! BTW - what does that make the chinese transit????

mk2 had a phase1 and phase2 but used the same front wing there has only been 7 wing changes

Hi just looked at the link to the "marks" and it is stated that the Mk1 was 1965 to 1978 - but I have a mate with an 'N' reg Mk2 which would be a 74/75 would it not?

i have a 71 mk2 he will have just done what ive done and fitted a mk2 front to a mk1 mk2 definatly started in 78 got any pics of it

[Granadadriver]

In Germany, some say the MK1 is the 1953-65 Ford "Eilfrachter", because the name changed in '61 to "Taunus Transit", it's the continental europe predecessor of the "real" MK1, british equivalent was the Thames!

[MisterT]

OOOKKKAAYY ! so basically a mark 3,4 and 5 are really all the same and if you use the same rules then the "mark one" with the sidelights in the headlamps and all amber front flashers becomes a 'mark 2 - making the 'mark 2' the mark 3! Thus the mark 2 with the new grille,bumpers and modded lights is really the 'mark 4? Then the 'mark 3' becomes the 5, 4 the 6, 5 becomes the 7, then the 6 becomes the 8 and the new one the 9 - no wait they have deleated some brightwork on the dash so now that is the Mark 10 - or am I wrong???? (Ha ha) much easier to say Series one + facelift, Series two + facelift and Series three to date !! NO??? 3 body shapes with "improvements" on each! BTW - what does that make the chinese transit????

mk2 had a phase1 and phase2 but used the same front wing there has only been 7 wing changes

Hi just looked at the link to the "marks" and it is stated that the Mk1 was 1965 to 1978 - but I have a mate with an 'N' reg Mk2 which would be a 74/75 would it not?

i have a 71 mk2 he will have just done what ive done and fitted a mk2 front to a mk1 mk2 definatly started in 78 got any pics of it

Nah I'm in China and he's in the UK - he bought it from a forrestry commision - I think, who had 6/7 they were selling so not 'modified' as they had the Mk2 dash etc as well as the metal work - plus I was working in a Fraud dealership from 1970 till 79 and we had lots of 'Mk2' before 78 - honestly! - I even used one as a parts delivery van! Plus the local police force ran lots of Mk 2's as riot vans etc and they were N regs too and not 'modified' - well not the panel work if you know what I mean! ! Plus I can remember seeing lots of N,P and R regs running around