Hopefully this wiil work....Meet Tessie the Transit

[Campertess]

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H'ray

[Campertess]

With her roof up


Poorly roof

[Luke]

very nice apart from the poorly roof

[Campertess]

Rubbed down n ready to paint


N nice new coat

[Luke]

also you say this van has a pinto still with the flat front any pics of the engine

[Campertess]

yes i believe it is a 2ltr Pinto.
But to be honest she's a bit of a mish mash,bitza everything.
yes still flat fronted.
no pics of said engine but i'll take some tomoro

[rover]

If its a pinto it must be a tight squeeze.

Still think that roof is repairable!

Rover.

[Luke]

tonys fitted a pinto in his flat fronted mk1 piccs here!! thats a tight squeze i'd be interested in seeing how yours compairs!!!

[madmark]

always nice to see how its done! good to keep me options open and all that! mind you if me 6 pots reliable this year i will keep it in!

[Campertess]

Well..i'm sat here looking at the pics of the mk1 with pinto engine.
N i'm pretty certain mines the same.
I havn't had chance to get out there with me camera today ..but will tomorro.
From memory however,i reckon mine is the same as shown in the pics.

Out of interest...please don't think i'm totally dumb,but is there such a thing as a 2 ltr v4?

I know Tess was a 1700 v4 when i first had her,i struggled up hills for 4/5 years before finally persuadeing my Husband (as was) to give her a heart n lung transplant.

Its definatly 2ltr,4 sp manual and goes better now up hills.

Truth beknown Tess is my baby but my ex husband maintained her so there are some things i do not know....but need to learn in order to keep her .
She needs a new exsaust so this engine debate will come in useful as i'll then know what i'm looking for..
Sorry guys,having a blonde day.

[Luke]

could be a 2.0 V4 they did do them in transits!!! how many exhaust manifolds does it have 1=pinto 2=V4

[Campertess]

could be a 2.0 V4 they did do them in transits!!! how many exhaust manifolds does it have 1=pinto 2=V4

H'ray for simplicity...
Thanks Luke,i'll go n check this out in me break time.
Photos will appear also.

[FredTransit]

Nice shiney van! I hope you get the roof fixed. V4 engines have 2 banks of 2 pistons, hence V4 (look for where the plug leads go, all in one line and it's a pinto)

[Southerner]

She looks lovely! Hope you get the roof fixed soon.

[maxlee]

smart i like mk1 campers reminds me of being young

the speedo is the thing tho its retro as retro gets imo