mk5 DRW hicube

[looneytransitdudey]

hey i'm nearly on the road now finally haha and i'm looking for a mk5 DRW hicube dunno why it has to be a hicube it just does just prefer the look of them i guess.

if there anything floating about that needs some TLC looking for a lil project to do up for when i pass my test

if anything is about please let me know

thanks

[madmark]

are you nuts

[looneytransitdudey]

yes

[madmark]

foooool get a small van swb are you going to be camron 2

[looneytransitdudey]

no i'll respect my van lol i don't wanna kill it and loose my licence at the same time

[fastmower]

My fatha in law might be selling his fairly soon. It's been off the road for a while but is pretty clean and presentable - will need back axle replacing or rebuilding pretty soon though - terrible noisy it is. Bit of welding on the rear floor, but was running happily when it came off the road - apart from the racket from the back.

Located in Lancashire just off the M6 at J35. Fair trek from Worthing but I always reckon if you want something then it's worth travelling for - only a few hours on the train at the end of the day.

Will keep you posted if you're interested.

Andy

[looneytransitdudey]

excellent thanks that would be great i mean my test is on the 5th of october soo if he's not in to much rush to get rid of it i should be able to drive it home if it's legal to of course if not i'll try and get it recovered back here

[fastmower]

It's been on SORN for a while mate. He has a Pajero and a 1200 Bandit on the road for work and fun and didn't want to be taxing three vehicles at the same time! The plan was originally to build a camper out of it, but I think he's starting to think it would be quite a big job, especially when he has a caravan sitting next to it on the drive!

Before he put it on SORN, it was driving no bother at all. He'd done a couple of long distance delivery jobs for his work when they were stuck, and the last time we were out in it was a trip up to the north east to collect a leather suite. Never had any bother with it apart from that noisy axle - but it seems to pull very well for a non turbo, and he was working out his mpg which seemed to be around the mid thirties somewhere - I was quite impressed with it.

Let me know if you're still interested when you pass your test anyway!

Cheers,

Andy

[madmark]

even if you pass your test i dont think you can drive it ,it all depends on the gross weight of the van!

[madmark_50484]

should be fine as long as its 3500kgs like my old hi cube (mind you mine was single rear wheels) its fine can't see it being more than that

[fastmower]

Just realised that fatha's is single wheel too - though as I said, it could do with a new axle in the back. Don't know if the DRW axle is a straight swap - but you said you wanted something needing some tlc - what better way to give a van tlc than treating it to a new axle!

Andy

[looneytransitdudey]

sounds good to me thanks ever so much for the details

i think i'd have to notify the DVLA about the axle swap and i'd have to change the front hubs aswell i believe, soo yer good little project then haha also i think i might have to change the suspension set up aswell not sure if anyone can enlighten me on that it would be great

[madmark]

forget that if you think you are going to make it a twin wheeler

[looneytransitdudey]

true but hey it's still a highcube isn't it. sooo maybe have that to trundle around in then maybe sell if when a twin wheeler comes about

[bigmastif]

theres one on the bay just now a mk5 and the plastics are intact but van looks a bit shoddy ex omega