MK6 Recovery Truck

[chrisr]

After owning 2 previous Transit recovery trucks & selling them for some silly reason I reverted awa for a bit & bought a VW LT 35 Truck,

The LT was a nice looking truck but was a non turbo one so I dint keep it long, Sold that & bought an Isuzu but didnt do my research & didnt know I needed an operators licence to use it (Even though was private use)

Sold the Isuzu & used my Freelander & Tow dolly for a few weeks until I found another Transit, I was looking on all the usual sites like Ebay, Gumtree & Auto trader but couldnt find any I liked that were local enough,

Anyway after speaking to my mate last week he mentioned he would be selling his so I ended up with that one. Needs a few small jobs doing to it but its got 12 months MOT & 6 Months tax & he had the body made 2 months ago, Its 1 previous owner & 140 k on it.

Pics of the ones I have owned lately:

My first one




Sold that to a guy in Scarborugh (Still uses it now)

Replaced the P reg one with this





Flywheel started to rattle so ended up selling it & buying the LT





Really was tooooo Slow so didnt last long & replace it with this



Then finally to my new Transit



Got a few plans for it like fit Parrot Hands free, Sun Visor, Wind delectors, New LED Beacons on roof, LED Side marker & rear marker lights

[mrepson]

you like changing your trucks

[chrisr]

There were valid reasons for changing them though.

The P reg one the body was slightly too small,
The Red transit needed a clutch / Flywheel & clutch cylinder & MOT was due as long with the Tax,
The VW was non turbo & was very slow on Motorway,
The Isuzu I bought without realisinh I needed an operators licence to run it.

[noah]

like the 1st and last...........

[chrisr]

The insite of the Transit was very very dirty, Even had rotten food under the seats!

Decided to give it a good clean inside & out today, Used some G101 from Autosmart & sprayed it all over the floor & plastics, Also used hot soapy water & a sponge to agitate all the built up dirt, Hoovered all water out with my Numatic wet vac,

Gave the glass a good clean inside & out & then a quick machine polish & wax followed by treating the mirrors & bumpers.

Some pics (Not the best as they were on my phone)











Chassis is in quite good condition aswell

[chrisr]

The rear fuel tank snapped the other day resulting in the tank dropping down slightly, Luckily there was only about £10 of fuel in it, So a quick trip to Ford & bought a new one for £22 & back on the road again now

Ordered some splash proof seat covers off Ebay the other day, They arrived this morning & I proceded to get them fitted, Wuite happy with the end result



Went to see Ian from JLS http://www.jls-security.co.uk/ this afternoon to get my hands free kit fitted, Cheers for that Ian



Carried my first car on it aswell yesterday

[chrisr]

No Major up dates, But Did fit a brand new Aeriel & base to it Today,

Also noticed that it should have the roof marker lights but they are missing

[chrisr]

Bought a new front bumper & mirror caps,

Decided to colour code them

Primered & smoothed


First coat of paint





Left them in the booth to bake a bit & gave them another final coat, Hoping to fit them Tomorrow

[transitandy]

It looks a nice one m8

[chrisr]

Cheers mate,

Mirrors fitted



Will try to get round to fitting bumper this afternoon

[TIMO]

Is that walsall?

[chrisr]

No its at my mates Garage in Royton

[TIMO]

No its at my mates Garage in Royton

ok,, sorry pal,, thought i recognised the area .... carry on

[chrisr]

No worries, Never been more than 10 miles from home in the Transit

[chrisr]

Fitted the bumper this afternoon