I remember playing in the MK1 transits in the scrap yard early 80s . If only we knew then what they'd be worth today Al . Best wishes to you all mate 👍
My first car = mk5 cortina 2.0gls, the s meaning it had the twin choke Weber carb on the old pinto. I tried to rebuild the carb and the cylinder head, fortunately rust took over and I had to scrap it nothing to do with the head rebuild which thanks to my skills enabled more oil to be burnt than most industrial processes. It was an ‘uncle buck’ special. Happy days, proper classic that van is.
Don’t forget, Fire service vehicles are kept indoors when not in use and attached to trickle chargers too with heaters warming the motor if it’s cold outside. Simon from powerful uk has a mark one Range Rover he bought in France also ex fire service and, it too is in a similar condition.
Brings back memories, I worked on both the MK1 & MK2 Transit's, Twin Wheelers 35cwt's but with the 'man's engine not the baby petrol engine, York 2.4 & York 2.4DI, I worked in the company garage of a 'High St' Newsagents/wholesaler, you could buy off Ford rubber rear wings
my dad had a mk2 when i was a kid, the endless welding repairs he completed every year for the mot, crazy to see one in such mintyness :O top job lads that was a long journey
In my native New Zealand we use to get a few aussie built Ford Transit RWD Mk2 's along with the Pinto British CKD van / chassis cabs models. Those aussie models came with either 4 cylinder variant along with two 6 Cylinder displacements, using the venerable Falcon engine that also was fitted to rhe TC (mk3)/TE ( mk4) and TF (mk5) Aussie Cortina ( uk body ) in brackets ❤ The Falcon engines used were either 200ci ( 3300cc) or the more common option 250ci (4100cc). The 6 cylinder van option was used in the aussie outback postal service. 📫 The one I knew in south Auckland ( NZ, 1982 ) was kitted out as a camper version. They were distinguished with those independent reverse light / reflectors. Loved the video 📹 ❤ and brings back many memories. If I was able to travel across the ditch forty plus years ago, I love to nail-it to "the ton" on the Nullabor Plains 😂😊
I bet when you dropped the trailer back off they thought you’d not used it as it was so clean and oil free. Another great episode with a little bit of an adventure thrown in. Perfect.
Nevermind the fire outfits there's a distinct lack of stockings over ya bonces 😂 & a rover sd1 police car chasing you lot😂 brilliant absolutely brilliant 🤘
20 years ago, my dad's mate was selling this van's RHD, V6, County/4x4 twin for £500, I turned it down because of how bad it was on fuel (literally, the fuel guage moved when you planted it). I don't have many regrets in life, but not buying that is definitely one of them.
That was my first ever van and it was a 3 speed it was Tetley walker's breakdown van at the time and my dad worked there and got it me it was so slow and dull Tetley walker's maroon but I absolutely loved it and that's what got me into vans ever since. This one is such a beauty 😍
I live in Berlin and see the emergency services bombing around often. Not surprised by the great condition as the maintenance record would be forest-scale in terms of paper used...Germany is notorious for non-digital record keeping and seriously detailed vehicle inspection. Yep you can definitely advertise it as 1 careful owner. Great show guys
I had a new one in 67 in green bought from Peacocks Folkestone, then l got a new Luton van in 74 in white, put almost 90,000 miles on it and it was still in top condition when I sold it.
@15.23, No Al, they were an option, we had one fitted on JJB 348N & some idiot backed it up to the loading bay with it open & it bowed it lovely, it took us a bit to try & straighten it so it would close, most we had were converted with a shutter on the back
Worked for Royal Mail in the 70's we had 2 mk2's on the fleet, 2.4 York diesels, revved the tits of it at 50mph, the both did over 100'000 miles before the rust bug got to severe, so easy to drive
Has to be the cleanest transit in England for its age never ever seen a cleaner van yet ,, Very well worth the trip ,, Van is worth serious money in England today,, Ideal camper van Etc etc etc etc Best of luck with it guy’s,,
Back in the late 80's or early 90's I converted one of these into a tow truck, welded in the Belgian hatchback in behind the crewcab rear seats and cut off much of the body above the middle swage line leaving the rear lights intact and then welded a large thick plate o' steel to the floor which I then mounted a girder type hook with a winch and chains. Despite it being a 2 litre Pinto it had a ton of grunt on the pull, sold it to Coopers of Deptford who were Transit breakers who used it for years to tow in busted Transits.
I seem to remember that the Tailgate was originally an SVO option. There may be an SVO next to the main makers plate with the SVO option number on it. I am ex-Ford Parts at Daventry and worked in the SVO section around the time your van was produced. Great video Al.
I had one back in the day....had a graphic equaliser ,played road to hell ,loud as possible on the way to a crap job in new milton....the drive was the best bit of the job....😂 great video ..thanks
Fantastic video, you guys have got to be my favourite you tubers, always enjoyable and so funny,what a van, so clean,what a find,give us further updates on it please.
Spent a few years driving those around, I used to get given the new ones to break em in because I had a local round. They didn’t like starting on frosty mornings much
Al it’s a good old drive to Germany I used to work there as a tyre examiner and we use to drive from Tyne and Wear to diver get a ferry to France and drive to oranianborg and dortmund so my heart goes out to you mate great content as usual 👍
Last time I seen one as good as this was mid 80's my brother in law used for his racing side car outfit it's sweet with metal in the right placeses 👍👍👍
That Transit is exactly the same as my mates dads old van.Up and over rear door twin side doors. They go well for what they are. The only issues with his was prop center bearing. Great video as always.
Great content. Three Boy-men just being enthusiastic about an old van. Only men understand this. Growing up is inevitable. Growing up is optional. Classic 6D Diesels.
There is actually 1 of these transits sat on a housing estate in Milton Keynes. Same colour even has the same rear door. Don't know If it's left hand drive. But that's mint.
My dad had the same van in the same configuration OYG 188W but was powered by a 1.6, can’t imagine how gutless it must have been. I remember the diff whine vividly.
That's mint AL! Wheeler dealers got a Mk1 transit in similar condition and it was a fire wagon with low miles (kms) on it. Amazing what you can find on the tinternet!
A man has a plan to not forget clean underpants...phew! That transit is in superb condition and what a cool vehicle although your Merc sounded worse for wear ( apart from trying to kill you). Great fun again from you blokes.😁👍👍
Cam clearance adjustments would not go amiss and a spray bar change to be on the safe side along with the belt replace the carb to get rid of the dreadful VV Oh and whilst your at it they are a bit of a doddle to convert to right hand drive 😁Good luck with it.
Just picked myself up an iveco daily - 1993 vintage, ex German fire brigade- same story.. 27k KM time warp condition. They spend their lives in a heated hall What's not to like!!
Great content as always. Remember driving one of those transits in the late eighties, with a manual overdrive: great fun. Could you ask your mate Terry, if he has, or knows of a rear bumper bar and bumper for a mk 3 Mondeo estate ST TDCI 05 plate ( suitable for parking sensor). Thanks
Straight after watching your excellent video i watched another German ex fire brigade transit, mk1 this time, on the RU-vid channel called Tony Willing, thought I'd let you know. By the way you were asking about the tail gate door instead of rear barn doors, the tailgate was actually a factory option available on either short or long wheelbase transits.
Absolutely brilliant video gents thankyou. Great to see a proper transit for a change. I didn't believe that they had any German fire brigade vans left, as my two favourite classic car and a classic truck magazines have been talking about them for a few years now, about how good they are etc. I had to laugh when you said how much you hated the sliding doors on the transit cab, as a long wheelbase transit like this but with sliding doors is my dream transit!! Sorry!! Although it will be a bit sluggish when towing it shouldn't be too bad as i was reading an article in "classic ford" magazine (yes I'm afraid i have a blue blood disease but mainly only for classics!) about ford rally support vehicles, thier Mk1 transits were only V4's with the flat front on a long wheelbase which towed a trailer with a rally car as well as being fully laden so there's hope for the pinto in this mk2. This van reminds me about the short wheelbase mk2 transits we had at work, as well as the Ford D series trucks we had. Happy days. (some of the time) Please keep up the great work.
@@6DDIESELSDorset Bloody GLC, seems to either be the front diff, or the driveshaft has shat itself, Germanic build quality, something that ended early 2000’s
I know that mike brewer & Elvis had a left hand drive wouldn't surprise me if it came from the same Fire Service, plus they converted it to Right Hand Drive & got parts from one of his Mates in the Trade , so that's something to think about 😮😮😳😁
Crazy to go all that way for a mk2 transit there was a bloke selling one in Worcestershire the same a import ex fire one left hand drive who sells alot of ford imports but fair play to you but that's a long way but it's clean but costs must of added up to go Germany and buying it👍
