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Old 18-03-2012, 05:42 PM
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thought i would start a thread about my transit and my/my mates man cave

so i bought a drop side transit off ebay for £1200 come with 3 mounths mot and tax


then the next day some 10 foot ramps poped up only up the road so i bought them and used it to move small cars around

my mates dog harry



on the way to santapod with my fiesta


its at this point i realized the bed was a bit small lol


replaced the front seats with FRST seats



this poped up for sale up the road from me



soon set about fitting it





all done

tryed it out with the lowest car i could fined



dident think much for the extra ramp bits
so i cut them off


much better i was shocked at how heavy they were.
Old 18-03-2012, 05:48 PM
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a real test of the 2.0 pinto was the last trip to pod

and when we got there the black fiesta was broken so we changed the cam wile we were there



picked up an old clayton dyno for our man cave


more pics soooon
Old 18-03-2012, 06:55 PM
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testing the dyno
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Old 18-03-2012, 07:03 PM
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your fucking crackers clarky !!!
Old 18-03-2012, 07:05 PM
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your fucking crackers clarky !!!
Old 18-03-2012, 07:10 PM
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Looking good lol
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Old 18-03-2012, 09:46 PM
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love that...
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Quality, will the van be getting an engine change? Or made serviced/made reliable?
Old 18-03-2012, 11:06 PM
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Originally Posted by wirralphil
Quality, will the van be getting an engine change? Or made serviced/made reliable?
engine change is on the cards tbh as its an old carb pinto there is not much to go wrong
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Top work.Cant go wrong with a good old tranny van
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sweet work, love an old trusty transit
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Get some decent software for your rolling road Clarke so all of your mates can actually get on there not just Jamies 80bhp fiesta LOL
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Love the rolling road
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just got to sink it in the floor now so we can get my fez on there lol
Old 20-03-2012, 07:11 AM
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Awesome buy this, reckon it'll make it to Gatebil? Fancy hiring it out to me?
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