Rover's van. Not getting a new engine!

[Ucof]

Just found this on ebay. I don't know quite what I'm looking for though.

I am trying to stop using ebay though, but there just isn't as much on uk.ebid.net at all...

[MrMPuk]

Just found this on ebay. I don't know quite what I'm looking for though.

I am trying to stop using ebay though, but there just isn't as much on uk.ebid.net at all...

How about adding to your own progress report.

[Ucof]

Fair point

[bigmastif]

nice job rover looks

[hitman]

that looks cool an neat pal ,12 square meters u say in carpet id say i need bout 6 for mine then

[rover]

All that carpet was a pain in the ass, its not thin stuff n its hesian backed too, real pain to shape round bits of 2x1

All in all im pleased with it, and only one hole in my finger

Cheers for the comments

Rover.

[sidspop]

[quote="rover"

The metal brackets are only there until I can get the catches I want to hold the two halves together If I cant find the right ones its only a case of four screws anyway



Rover.[/quote]

How about these?
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?Mod ... h&doy=23m5

[rover]

[quote="rover"

The metal brackets are only there until I can get the catches I want to hold the two halves together If I cant find the right ones its only a case of four screws anyway



Rover.

How about these?
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?Mod ... h&doy=23m5[/quote]

Thats EXACTLY w3hat I've been looking for, you are a genius

I've asked at all the hardware places I can think of, I even had to take a toolbox to the counter in b&q cos they didnt know what I was talking about

Thanks sidspop

Rover.

[FredTransit]

something similar to that is sold in B&Q, they don't have the padlock hole though. I bought a pair for an electric cool box.

[peteri]

Like the carpet - can I ask what is it? Where did you get it from?

Cheers

Pete

[rover]

Its bog standard hardwearing carpet from 'United Carpets', £2.99 p/sqm I've always used other peoples cast offs before, so I thought I'd treat myself this time

Rover.

[AlanN]

Yes, your right Rover! It is about time you started your own thread Enjoying every minute of it, keep it coming.

[rover]

Right then, some older stuff to start with and I'll bring it up to date...

This is how the van looked pretty much for 5 years, tidy enough but a little too boring for me and seeing a money has always been an issue, it only ever got tidied up when needed She was a standard 2ltr Pinto with MT75 box, VV carb etc...



I had to consider getting rid of the van at this point as my left knee could no longer hold down the clutch by the end of a long day, especially in the winter, but then I got the chance of an engine and automatic gearbox, at the time I had never seen an auto Transit! So I figured instead of selling my van it would make more sense to convert her...



It was bloody hard work but I got there in the end Although the A4LD can a be a little temperamantle I've not regretted it for one minute

Next came a set of Ford alloys but one of them was buckled and apart from that they are a pain on a mk3 as they catch the front shocks without spacers, also rubbing on the handbrake cable So they were ditched in favour of a set of KN Vantec Alloys, which I managed to do a deal direct with the KN wheels factory, in fact I got several sets for forum members at the time It went well till the prats in the accounts dept sent me an invoice for 1p, when I refused to issue a company cheque for 1p they refused to deal with me.... their loss

Here's a set on my van...



Also at that time I found an amber beacon I quite liked to replace the two crappy single rotating things I had had for years..




Being mainly stop-start around town all day driving I was going through exhaust back and centre boxes like you wouldnt believe, so I got the chance of a 'Rage Pro' big bore type thing on special offer at Maccess, cant remember how much now but I know it was cheap And I havent had to change either since Besides, there's always been a little bit of a boy racer in me somewhere




I fitted myself a rev counter I'd had lying around for years, originally from a skoda estelle




Got my hands on a cheap webber 32/36 DGAV and painted it gold (very faded now of course ), big improvement over the VV



Then came the Mk5 rear bumper, you have to cut the brackets down from the Mk3 and redrill closer to the rear crossmember if you want to use the original chassis holes, and lets face it, the fewer hole you can drill in a Transit the better, they make enough holes of their own



Then the clear font indicators, they dont make them for a mk3 so again they had to be adapted, getting them to sit in the right place was the biggest challenge but I got there in the end





Also at this point you may notice the front and rear bumpers have become colour coded....vast improvemet in my opinion

Then I got the chance of a set of Chrome Weller wheels from another forum member, too good an oportunity to pass up, the day after I bought them I sold the Vantec alloys to yet another forum member so I wasnt out of pocket



Moving on...

I ordered a four branch exhaust manifold and High torque cam to try and improve the performance of the old Pinto, it was only at this point when I decided to do the head gasket at the same time that I realised she is actually a 2.1

The cam and manifold made a good improvement



She's also received an EFi cylinder head as the gas flow is supposed to be much better....it is

I got a set of (cheap as usual ) racing style seats for her and made up some bases, leaving the rise n fall of the original drivers seat in place A little later last year I made a centre console to a, fill the wasted space, b, to hide a lot of my junk, and c, to add storage







I've since swapped out the jets in the 32/36 carb for a set of 38dgas jets, small improvement, but an improvement none the less

Recently I fitted Mk5 door mirrors and colour coded them, using 1 pence pieces to fill the cap holes



She's had several different stereo's etc and will be getting a couple of subs, hopefully within the next few weeks, pictures will follow when I've done it

Cant think of anything else at the moment, but if I do I'll post it up

Rover.

[transitgeoff]

mint

[madmark]

is she undercover there!