Mid/late 90s Ford Transit vans.

[crazefox]

bring it round clive i will bog the fucka up

[Clivoris]

bring it round clive i will bog the fucka up

I like you too much bro. It's riddled with the car cancer.

[tigertim20]

theyll do a bizillion miles, although the clutches tend to shit out a bit. Put them in top gear and youll honk along quite happilly at 13-140km with a load in (if youre that way inclined), have one at work.
Pretty reliable things.

[Gubb]

So what you're all saying is, that the Ford Transit is the equivalent of Hyosung?

[Motu]

I haven't had much trouble with them - one engine on a very high km one,some clutches,water pumps,cambelts,brakes....nothing you wouldn't do to anything else.Never seen much rust on them either.

As for driving them - they will shit on any Japanese diesel of the same capacity of the same era.At first it feels like they are going to fall apart at 100kph....then you push it to 120kph and it all makes sense.Used to carry a couple of quads and a couple of bikes or more,and it didn't even notice they were there,could still cruise at 120 or 130 no worries,go up any hill like it wasn't there.The Japanese are only getting that sort of power 10 years later with DI and common rail.

[Naki Rat]

Had a rental Falcon many years back (90s) which was literally falling to bits before your eyes. On return the rental car peoples' response was that about 2-4% of Falcons of that era seemed to be 'assembled on Friday afternoon' examples.

I suspect they build a lot of Transits on Friday afternoons

[mdnzz]

A friend speciallises in these things, sells new, used and reco'd parts for them. He tells me lots about whats wrong with them and few things that are right. never buy direct of FORD they will apply liberal amounts of lube before giving you a jolly good rodgering. They are bad for diffs and transmissions, but relatively easy to fix.