Recent purchase

[bob cratchit]

You may laugh, but im chuffed to bits , won the auction for this on ebay last night. Love these shape of transit
Got some plans for v8, slot mags, side exit exhaust, groovy paint scheme.

[Valsheda]

Nice one Bob, yousound well happy, i would be

Look forward to reading your progress reports, V8 and mag wheels, cant wait

[rover]

I really hope its as good as it sounds Bob, I have my doubts and I hope you can lay them to rest

You fairly local then Bob?, seeing as you have to pick it up from Mansfield?

Rover.

[bob cratchit]

I hope so too , the bloke emailed me some pics, and it looks sound.....i dont mind a bit of welding and fettling tho if it turns out it needs it.

No, not local, im in the north of Scotland , should be an interesting trundle up the road . Got a few mates in the worksop area, tho.
I got it as more of a project than anything.....the poor old body is going to get a few alterations , the thought of someone breaking it for spares drove me to the purchase..... would be a waste of a belting van.



Stop filling me with confidence will you

[Luke]

Best of luck mate - sounds like your not going into it with your eyes shut these vans are rare and need saving while there are some left!!
any mk2 with V8 power will be worth it - like the others say keep us up to date on your progress i'll look forward to reading about it

[bob cratchit]

Will do dude, into hospital for an op shortly, so it'll be a while before i get started, but will get onto it as soon as poss.......

[transitgeoff]

youll need the twin wheel body to hold the fuel tank i thought the fella had 2 ebaynames when i saw the bid

[FredTransit]

You may laugh, but im chuffed to bits , won the auction for this on ebay last night. Love these shape of transit
Got some plans for v8, slot mags, side exit exhaust, groovy paint scheme.

Why would I laugh?

Best of luck mate - sounds like your not going into it with your eyes shut these vans are rare and need saving while there are some left!!
any mk2 with V8 power will be worth it - like the others say keep us up to date on your progress i'll look forward to reading about it

Loads round my house , but I have to agree!

[bob cratchit]

Woooooo, pick it up tomorrow, cant wait...... got a week to get started on readying it for all the work it's goin to get

[mk2panelvan]

Woooooo, pick it up tomorrow, cant wait...... got a week to get started on readying it for all the work it's goin to get

She home yet fella?

[harry1]

top van bob used to drive one of these in 1987 from wrexham to edge lane fruit market in liverpool, back to wrexham,then deliver round welshpool,newtown and pick a ton pallet of coal up in newtown and back to wrexham,company called alpha produce,they had a single wheel tranny and a 7.5t d series as well, the reg of the twin wheeler if i remember was A202TTU good van, def leppard blaring out at 3am up the A41 to the tunnel

[bob cratchit]

Yep, its back home now... , cant wait to get started on it now......just trying to sort bits and pieces out before i start

[bob cratchit]

Right, now i'm out of hospital and getting back to normality i've decided that the blue Mk2 is too good mechanically etc to tear apart and stick a v8 in, so i finally gave in and purchased the speedshack one with v8 installed. Ive got my stage 3 tuned rover lump almost finished ready to drop in, just need to re-build the back axle, sort a few mechanical foibles, then get busy with the grinder/welder/spray gun........
Brought the v8 tranny home with a trailer attached to the back of the blue tranny.......to be honest i'm amazed it was man enough to pull it up some of the hills!!!.

[rover]

Great stuff mate

I was only talking about that V8 Mk2 in another thread yesterday!

Rover.

[bob cratchit]

Must admit i am quite surprised, when i first saw it i thought 'sh*t, what have i done'!.... But got it off the car trailer last night, ripped interior out and had a good look round, it only needs welding in 4 places, nothing serious. I'll be taking those hideous rubber arches off and replacing with proper metal ones. Dash is going to be ripped out and a new alloy one will be put in place (instead of the rusty old heap that is there at the mo). Going to rebuild diff (it's got as much lash as a standard tranny diff, but i want it tight). The engine ran like a sweetie last night, as opposed to the misfiring it was doing dahn sarf, it was a cool night....... carb is basically waaaaaaay overjetted, so needs bringing back into the realms of normality. But i only need the engine running so i can nip back and forth to the work garage so i can use ramps/welders etc etc . Once the body is sound, hopefully my rebuilt v8 will be ready to slot in, then it's time to sort painting and interior.......

Hopefully wont be too long before it is brand new and ready to roll..........fingers crossed