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Re: my ex german mk1 fire van 1970

Postby madmark » Thu Dec 30, 2010 7:46 pm

these ex fire vans are everywere :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: my ex german mk1 fire van 1970

Postby Vandalism » Thu Dec 30, 2010 8:49 pm

if all the fire vans are here, whos putting fires out in those countrys - mabey thats why it is so hot abroad :lol:
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Re: my ex german mk1 fire van 1970

Postby Luke » Thu Dec 30, 2010 8:50 pm

:lol: have you got it UK regestered yet :?:
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Re: my ex german mk1 fire van 1970

Postby roelsmits » Fri Dec 31, 2010 10:23 am

Vandalism wrote:hello, i wish mine looked that good,but no its not mine, mine came from Antwerp Ship Repair Belgium and was a fire engine in germany before that i think,


I had been too quick to post I thought I was in another post sorry :( one beer too many :?
(I had gone down to first unread)
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Re: my ex german mk1 fire van 1970

Postby Vandalism » Fri Dec 31, 2010 11:12 am

no it needs to me mot'd befor its uk registered and because it needs quite a bit of work for the mot i am just going to convert it then register it, aparently i need a date letter from ford or somthing?? any info would be usefull
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Re: my ex german mk1 fire van 1970

Postby Vandalism » Sat Jan 01, 2011 5:41 pm

not progress but an interesting find never the less, i was looking through my old keyring collection for a sutable period keyring for the van and i came across this - forgot i even had it - technicaly it is for a mk3 transit but its the most sutable and relivant keyring i have for my van.

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1965 - 1990 25th year celabratory keyring - does anyone know more about this keyring? like where it might have come from, was it given out with the purchase of a new van, would be interesting to know
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Re: my ex german mk1 fire van 1970

Postby Vandalism » Sat Jan 01, 2011 6:10 pm

anybody else got a rare keyring for their van?
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Re: my ex german mk1 fire van 1970

Postby Luke » Sat Jan 01, 2011 11:36 pm

Vandalism wrote:no it needs to me mot'd befor its uk registered and because it needs quite a bit of work for the mot i am just going to convert it then register it, aparently i need a date letter from ford or somthing?? any info would be usefull
do you have any of the old german documents for it :?: thats all i used :D i think it was the fahrzeugschein they used :?
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Re: my ex german mk1 fire van 1970

Postby Vandalism » Sat Jan 01, 2011 11:41 pm

unfortunatly i dont have any paperwork - what do i do
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Re: my ex german mk1 fire van 1970

Postby Luke » Sat Jan 01, 2011 11:43 pm

Vandalism wrote:unfortunatly i dont have any paperwork - what do i do

you might need a letter from ford then :?
are all the chassis numbers readable :?:
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Re: my ex german mk1 fire van 1970

Postby Vandalism » Sat Jan 01, 2011 11:47 pm

yep there are 2 in the engine bay and a footwell plate which is how i dated it to november 1970
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Re: my ex german mk1 fire van 1970

Postby Vandalism » Thu Jan 06, 2011 3:48 pm

now this is progress, the guys had it up on the ramps the other day to see what welding it needed, there is no welding to be done to the chassis as it is MINT! but theres some to be done inside the wheel arches and the front right strut mount attached to the inner wing needs some attention, also bit of a repair to be done on one of the foot wells, other than that there are a few holes here and there the size of a 1p piece to be done - unfortunatly its going to be very expencive due to the time having to be spent doing it.

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up on the ramps

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underneath is prety mint

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got the rear arches off redy to replace - do excuse the all the crap in the back of the van :lol:

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front axel and inner arch - prety mint here

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rear axel and inner arch, again prety mint here just needs some welding around the edges - i was also told the van has heavey duty rear springs - is this common on german fire vans?
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Re: my ex german mk1 fire van 1970

Postby noah » Thu Jan 06, 2011 4:44 pm

good old girl
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Re: my ex german mk1 fire van 1970

Postby madmark » Thu Jan 06, 2011 5:44 pm

she dont look bad attal :wink: the springs look like they have extra fitted ,mine isnt like that :lol: :lol:
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Re: my ex german mk1 fire van 1970

Postby Luke » Thu Jan 06, 2011 5:48 pm

i think mine is the same :? mabe its a 1970 thing :lol: i'm sure ive posted pics of mine on here :D

but as mark says it doesnt look a bad van at all 8) - much more solid than an English one :lol:
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