Elvis Transforms A Legendary 1974 Ford Transit Used In The German Fire Brigade | Wheeler Dealers

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[@POLITICAL-BIAS.]

What a beautiful solid transit. Not many ,if any are left that are as good as this .

[@joshuacooch4789]

I loved the red. I went to pre-school in one is was mustard coloured yellow 1984-85 it was so rusty that it made it on to the local news they called it a death trap all the parents weren't happy once they heard that.

[@AlanGeorgeBates-oj9zr]

What a great job on the ford transit it's good to see the van back to the road again.

[@davidpeters6536]

I drove a Mk1 in 1977-8 before I got a new Sherpa. V4 clacked like an old diesel but it went okay and was better for load area and going round corners than the Sherpa. Wheelers never took labour time into account which why I never went back after Ed left.

[@mykehyslop198]

How can it be back on UK roads when was delivered new in Germany ? It was never on UK roads.

[@marcusjahnke9287]

Exactly. Made in Germany with a Colone engine.

[@lotuslotus718]

I love that car.

[@wholeladalovenorthernireland]

Evening, Elvis.

[@jeffvaljean6030]

Love them they look amazing customised my uncle had one from the 70s to the 80s the bull nosed one a diesels bad to start but it always got you there

[@davidsnyder2000]

That is a whole hell of a lot of work to convert that MK1…..As a autobody repair man of 30yrs, they cut out of this show probably around 75hrs of reworking time to make that conversion happen. As someone else mentioned, £900 to refurnish the MK1 sounds awfully cheap. The only way that could happen is if Elvis did all the work to prepare it for paint and all the bodyshop had to do was provide the paint and labor to spray it. That would make sense

[@jasonmeehan1269]

No way that transit costs £900 to repaint. Great van haven't seen a mk1 transit since the early 80s. Great looking van.

[@zaedlo]

A mate just paid 4.7 k to have his MK2 Jaguar repainted. 930 quid seems cheap to me.

[@jasonmeehan1269]

@@zaedlo the £900 is probably for paint and materials.

[@jamesmisener3006]

The paint alone would be 600.

[@marcusjahnke9287]

Firetruck van, low mileage, with rust free and straight body. Not much work before respray. I got a quote on mine with some rust issues (not through) and dents, about 3500 pounds..

[@martinaoneaalpha9150]

Yes way😁 for just a spray over of a pre-prepped as stated van. Prepping is the most expensive using industrial truck paint £57 5 liters and thinners £12 of thinners . £250 is the going rate for a spray booth rental then there is labour and overheads. The going trade rate for spraying a panel (door / wing etc) with some minor repair prepping was £75 in 2021 using car paint. It's probably around £90 today.

[@jotritwin4963]

Last November visiting NEC Birmingham ,I see the car in flesh and it is absolutely amazing!!! Bring back memoryes the seventies when I grew up and the local "Ringsaker Kraftanlegg" (electisity company i Norway) had several of this Ford Transit Van in their fleet! Nice to see them restored......Jo

[@thegrinch8161]

It’s almost the same as my first transit and my van was a bitsa van but I did like the fact that she got me through a few years before marriage and kids forced me to buy a car

[@jbuckley2546]

Should have left it alone.

[@Barbarellacapsule]

Agree!

[@marcellebaudry5786]

super bravo pierrot 91

[@jacobdrummond3013]

Keith is certainly making a few bob from that off cut.

[@danielclift1]

its put on for tv wouldnt hire for 200 i sell those for 80 each its just a cut from a bulkhead

[@johnboggs-bi9tx]

I'd probably have left it LHD. I've been driving American LHD cars in the UK since 1996. (Actually first one I drove was a '72 454 4 speed manual Corvette Stingray over in Ulster in 1993, but it wasn't mine). No problem driving LHD in the UK, plus most accidents on single roads here are frontal offset impacts, so in a LHD drive car you're technically sat on the passenger side, so you're not going to eat the steering wheel and have the pedals shoved into your knees. Also, I forgot. Who else is playing the Elvis, "When I was in F1" drinking game?

[@nosequiters]

you think itd be more or less awkward with the van?

[@momoxf2012]

Hi there Just wondering where you found the new Differential Gear? Would bei great to know. Would Love to get my Transit to Higher top speeeds...

[@player1tv]

I have that 4.63 diff and it is horrible, you need to find a 3.43 - 3.7. Otherwise 80Kmph is brutal - 100 Impossible unless at 6000 rpm.

[@molnarrobert1893]

What a waste of resources,all those hours wasted on a initially almost perfect van instead of restoring one in real need. It's a big shame they all got thrown away there in the UK.

[@haveyougotthetimeple]

Looks like the guy that owned this also owned the Astra in a later episode in the same series. The van is in his garage.

[@МариянСаксанов]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@gameclasher5208]

You're making amazing videos! But i think the music stands some times a little bit tot high. (Personal opinion)

[@pb5x5]

Wasn't this the same van that is in Mike's garage when he did that interview with Jonny Smith (The Late Brake Show)? Yet on this programme he claimed he'd sold it.....

[@ivanvisanich]

But if not mistaken he mentioned that he bought it back in the same interview.

[@pb5x5]

@@ivanvisanich He probably never sold it in the first place.

[@serkanakkus9115]

ah lan çiçek abbas.

[@TheAslakVind]

Why change from RHD to LHD? Don´t you want the steering wheel in front of the driver?

[@RWL2012]

it was changed from LHD to RHD because it's in the UK.

[@philstevens9914]

What did it sell for?

[@PetersonLuiz-i4z]

Boa noite congrats carros this owner built 1972 Chevy c-10 longped makes a Big impression vai rua Faustolo 130 água branca são Paulo -sp Brasil bom

[@CustomGarageAlsace]

Next time sell the LHD to me and save a lot of work 🙏

[@colinhoward74]

Isnt it terrible that the dash isnt spastic plastic like all the modern spastic plastic cars these days , yes even the ones they put lithium ion batteries in because they know plastic burns better , especially in EVs . That aside , those were the days when car bodies were generally very much metal and your dash did not crack because they were metal .

[@peetkoolstra3891]

Why hurt an great van like that. Wouldn't it be easier to learn to drive on the right side of the road. This was probebly an german built ford transit anyway. But it was the best model made.

[@johnDukemaster]

I was offered one just like this one. A former fireengine from Gemany. Looked exactly like this one! Lowmileage. But the price wasn't. Much cheaper here in DK...maybe I could find another one?

[@RWL2012]

the outside isn't meant to be that primer grey colour you painted it, they were like that inside only...

[@markbennett9787]

Not enough detail , continuity poor, too short but interesting nonetheless.

[@Redgolf2]

Hope he changed the headlights from euro to Brit right hand drive 😅

[@alexdonaldson9235]

Your videos are too short guys, we want detail!

[@markwilliams2620]

Conveniently provided with your Discovery+ subscription.

[@wholeladalovenorthernireland]

​@@markwilliams2620 "Your" subscription? Did you buy it for him?

[@johncrosley1]

Did I miss something? No mention of the speedo being wrong with the change of final drive ratio.

[@player1tv]

That 4.63 ratio will mean 6000 rpm at 100kph.

[@m.r.3912]

As me being a German: How dare you?! Leaving the nice car in Germany at first, would be the best option. And the whole stiring wheel swop would be obsolete. Poor little Firetruck

[@lordofrims]

They're not known for taking the best decisions, but the most controversial... and cheap...

[@chiefrocka8604]

I have German cosworth Designed in England Engine built in England but the Rallye Sport built in the Fatherland

[@muichicommunity]

bu kanalı ben bı televızyon kanalnıda gormustum turkce seslendırmelıydı ısmın ne beyler

[@toeknee6588]

Drivel

[@wolfguy2008]

The poor Transit. Looked brilliant in red and the wheel is on the wrong side now. Will end up a rustbucket in the UK

[@Xxxxxx.5303]

🤗👍👌

[@colinjohnpack3105]

Mk1ford transet are the best van ever made y that change it I never now it was stupid and sad bring the MK1 back and that go through the roof in sales

[@milindjoshi4085]

Well D O N E

[@wholeladalovenorthernireland]

You P L O N K E R

[@craigpimlott204]

Still better than the transit shite ford build now ..

[@tremolos86]

Why converting a car that has the steering wheel on the right (correct) side already like the rest of Europe

[@supercomputerbug]

why not just ADD a 2nd steering wheel? like the cars in a merry-go-round? ;)

[@turquoisecat761]

They literally put it on the right side, where it should be, left hand drive sucks and looks wrong.

[@tremolos86]

Of course it looks wrong in the UK, but as soon as you leave UK it looks correct

[@johnboggs-bi9tx]

So it's got a longer gear in the axle to increase its cruising speed, but it's still running Mk1 drum brakes on the front axle? Can't see anything going wrong there.

[@Bugholeexcalibur]

Mutilated truck :(

[@oldcrow187]

The calculation for the price is utterly bollocks. I highly doubt, that this van was sold for that price to that customer.

[@davidwhite9293]

They don't show all the work he does it jumps on to fast

[@wholeladalovenorthernireland]

"jumps on TOO fast"

[@leberkasedestodes6667]

Gratuliere, ihr habt einen tadellosen Klassiker zerschnitten. Wie wärs, wenn ihr endlich mal lernt auf der richtigen Seite zu fahren...wie z.B. die Schweden?

[@glazewall]

How come these You tube mechanics aren’t covered in shite, I only have to pop the bonnet on my car and I’m filthy, this fellas got a light grey hoody on WTF

[@corda3037]

picked the most boring colour

[@orthodoxblue7252]

These videos are way too short

[@jimsimpson8082]

In 1976 I had a diesel Transit with the York 2.4 engine . 3 new engines in a year. 2 at Invicta Canterbury and 1 at Quicks of Stafford. Absolute load of crap. Never bought a Ford again.