hiya i have chance of getting a TRANSIT 350 MWB C/C 100 --- 58 plate, recon engine , it looks pretty good for the year, and the recon engine sounds sweet, had egr done and has 12 months test on it mine for £1000 .
whats the opinion of campervan conversion gurus on here.. im fine with the work needed to do it... i can rebuild engines- weld-electrics-woodwork that doesnt phase me. just wanting to know if these vans are popular to be converted... its a high top.
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Transit conversion good or not
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Transit conversion good or not
by ellabbs » Thu Jan 30, 2025 8:37 pm
Stuck for someone to weld youre transit .....
arches, chassis, tipper work anything
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arches, chassis, tipper work anything
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YORKSHIRE AREA
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Re: Transit conversion good or not
by jay » Fri Jan 31, 2025 5:00 pm
your biggest issue is keeping the weight down inside as its so easy to go overweight either gross or rear axle
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Re: Transit conversion good or not
by ellabbs » Sat Feb 01, 2025 5:48 pm
thanks for the reply , much appreciated.
the "350" relates to 3.5 ton gross doesnt it ,?. so vans 1 ton i have 2.5 ton to play with. i should come well below that .
just doing research before getting the van so i kinda have a head start, looking at conversion books, is there any thats better than others...?
the "350" relates to 3.5 ton gross doesnt it ,?. so vans 1 ton i have 2.5 ton to play with. i should come well below that .
just doing research before getting the van so i kinda have a head start, looking at conversion books, is there any thats better than others...?
Stuck for someone to weld youre transit .....
arches, chassis, tipper work anything
contact 07561 364042
YORKSHIRE AREA
arches, chassis, tipper work anything
contact 07561 364042
YORKSHIRE AREA
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Re: Transit conversion good or not
by dumper » Sat Feb 01, 2025 6:13 pm
The mk6 jumbo I built basic twin birth conversion with me and enough gear on board for a couple of nights away, not fully loaded for a holiday away water gas and fuel it weighed 2725 kgs .
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Re: Transit conversion good or not
by bortaf » Sat Feb 01, 2025 9:19 pm
ellabbs wrote:thanks for the reply , much appreciated.
the "350" relates to 3.5 ton gross doesnt it ,?. so vans 1 ton i have 2.5 ton to play with. i should come well below that .
just doing research before getting the van so i kinda have a head start, looking at conversion books, is there any thats better than others...?
the van is over 2t empty, nearer 2.5, DEFFO not 1 TON
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Re: Transit conversion good or not
by MinorMatt » Tue Feb 04, 2025 1:32 pm
ellabbs wrote:thanks for the reply , much appreciated.
the "350" relates to 3.5 ton gross doesnt it ,?. so vans 1 ton i have 2.5 ton to play with. i should come well below that .
just doing research before getting the van so i kinda have a head start, looking at conversion books, is there any thats better than others...?
You might want to revise that.... you will have more like 1650kg payload (inc driver, passenger, food, water etc). And transits are not heavy compared with other vans either. Yes a MWB weighs around 1850kg.
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95 Hallmark
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96 Autosleeper Duetto
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Re: Transit conversion good or not
by 4x4 tranny » Wed Feb 05, 2025 12:51 pm
Hi gathered you have looked through the camper/ motorhome conversion section. check out mine and see what I've done might give some ideas.
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