XLWB recovery truck

[bortaf]

[MrMPuk]

Looks like a bloody short wheel base with an extra long body! That's got alot of overhang!

[bortaf]

It's got a lot of everything
Got the same size overhang as mine but an extra 2 foot in the wheel base

[Luke]

does it need to be that big is there a car built thats that long!!

[bortaf]

It swallows Jags
17ft body
Shame that extra long chassis is rotton as a ........rotten thing
Just sorted it out for me mate, wernt bad for £250 i spose, nice pinto but only a 4 speed box (ooo gonna be juicy) and a £300 bill for the welding and thats a cheep mates quote i don't even think anyone else would even attempt it i'll get some pics off the rust later on this week when i help prep it for the "big wledathon"

[FredTransit]

We have a 15'6" body on our big luton, if we put on a bigger overhang it could tke a 17ft. It must be a lighton buzzard chassis.

[bortaf]

This is the conversion plate, only a few miles up the road from me may pop up and see if they are still about


And heres a pic in day light

[bortaf]

And here is some of the rust
Drivers side sill


back end of sill

[bortaf]

Passenger side chassis bang in the middle between the 2 axles


Drivers side


And finaly the welding thats already beed done and then sealed with mastic which as we all know rots bare metal like theres no tomorrow so looks like i'm gonna be wearing out a few wire cup brushes out on that as well
Things ya do for mates eh

[FredTransit]

I think that's a conversion job on licence from Ford, not the company that did ours, earlier extras were sent out for extending, later Mk2s were mostly done by Ford at the factory and had a ford SVO plate near the regular VIN plate. Ours is a later one, but was nothing to do with Ford, which is why she doesn't have and SVO plate. Pity there's no phone number on the plate, I rang the company that did ours and they are still in business, more than 20 years later at the same address. The chassis I told you about bortaf isn't as bad as this one!!!

[bortaf]

thats just the back end welding didn't get the under cab chassis rust yet not to mention the front pannel and inner wings

[FredTransit]

I just thought there is no sign of Ford extension plates, so I think it's either a cut n shut chassis or complete chassis replacement from the company in Herts.

[bortaf]

No extension plates, its just got a slash join with the extension bit slid over the origional chassis behind the cab and welded up.

[FredTransit]

Hmmm, maybe the Hertfordshire company is using the same priciple as Chassis services who built ours, sounds the same.