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[The Docmeister]

Was out at a good old fashioned countryside scrappy yesterday and came across this V-reg A series flat bed - well, what's left of it!
Seems to have had a Ford replacement engine at some point...

[FredTransit]

Was out at a good old fashioned countryside scrappy yesterday and came across this V-reg A series flat bed - well, what's left of it!
Seems to have had a Ford replacement engine at some point...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/64754605@N00/552942343/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/64754605@N00/552942293

Dunno where you went wrong with the pics but the best I couold do was to make them into links. Not a lot left of it is there, must be a later one as it's got the Mk2 transit dash. What was the body like?

Welcome to the forum BTW

[The Docmeister]

Yup, seems to be a flickr problem...
Should be there now!
It was a flat bed rather than a recovery type body and had very little cab bodywork left. It's a V-reg, so about 1980? The grille was the black painted type and mechanically it looked almost complete. Had a very clean looking radiator

[FredTransit]

Oo oo, could you get me the glove box door and the catch (that's on the underside of the dash) too?

I just noticed, this should have been posted in Non Members Transits mate.

[djswampy]

Bit of welding and a new screen. Job done, back on the road within hours that.
And I thought my van had rust issues.

[The Docmeister]

Should be back out there next week - don't think it's going anywhere fast, so I'll check out the glovebox bits for you.

Does Members Transits mean something other than forum members - although I suppose it's not actually mine!

Feel free to shift it if need be!

[djswampy]

members transit gallery is for photos of transits that belong to members. Non members gallery is for transits belonging to non members

[dieselpat]

i just took the steering wheel off this 2 weeks ago its in some state i know the guy who owns the yard he says this is the worse truck ford ever built it would never start hot or cold and also gave him hassle

[bigmastif]

were is it sitting ? swear i seen summit like this sittin out by motherwell months back

[The Docmeister]

It's in the great old style yard in Muirhead, down the back on the right. I hadn't been in that yard for ages and headed down there looking for an old Alfa that used to sit just where the A Series is.

[thunderider]

stick a new battary on it it should go first turn of the key....

[wardy-uk]

stick a new battary on it it should go first turn of the key....

I dont know about that like maybe a push start thou

[chrisvmax]

It was mint when they parked it there! It caught all that rust from the Alpha

Regards,
Chris