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6 Sep 2002, 12:52 (Ref:374509)
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Did anyone ever see the Transit designed and built by Terry Drury Racing with the 5 litre GT40 engine and F1 suspension
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6 Sep 2002, 12:53 (Ref:374512)
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6 Sep 2002, 12:54 (Ref:374513)
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6 Sep 2002, 13:07 (Ref:374524)
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They built one later based on the C100 Group C car from the early 80s IIRC....
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6 Sep 2002, 13:13 (Ref:374529)
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Yup, it was called supervan II. More recently Renault decided to shoehorn the bits'n'pieces from a Williams into a Renault Espace. It sounded incredible at Silverstone and gave a real visual/auditory conflict. It was a shame they altered the bodywork so much though, left more or less standard it would have been the ultimate definition of 'wolf in sheeps clothing'.
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6 Sep 2002, 15:45 (Ref:374626)
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awsome, thats in a book Ive got . . .you'd have no trouble towing up hills in that
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6 Sep 2002, 15:48 (Ref:374628)
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All of the crockery would be embedded in the back wall...
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6 Sep 2002, 18:30 (Ref:374773)
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There was a third version, called unsurprisingly Supervan 3, built in the mid 90's. Seem to recall it was powered by an ex-F1 3.5l V8 Cosworth. Saw it run a demo at Silvertone, may still have a picture somewhere.
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6 Sep 2002, 19:27 (Ref:374812)
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Supervan 3 here....
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6 Sep 2002, 20:04 (Ref:374853)
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And of course there is the WRT (World Rally Transit, obviously...!) Saw that on the M25 a month or two ago... sorry very jealous looking White Van Men were eyeing it up!!
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10 Sep 2002, 08:10 (Ref:377139)
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Wasn't Supervan 3 built by the apprentices at Ford? I seem to remember it being a Benetton Ford chassis?
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11 Sep 2002, 15:44 (Ref:378054)
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I think it was built by the SV dept who built the WRT too....
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11 Sep 2002, 18:00 (Ref:378128)
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I used to have a matchbox toy version of Supervan 2 when i was a kid.
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11 Sep 2002, 21:54 (Ref:378331)
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I saw supervan 3 at the ford festival in 96
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12 Sep 2002, 06:56 (Ref:378518)
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Me too, brilliant wasn't it!
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12 Sep 2002, 09:08 (Ref:378568)
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Ford in Australia put the Transit into production with a 6 cyl Ford Falcon engine and a lot of people fitted a Ford Falcon 5.8 V8 to them. They make a good tow car!
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13 Sep 2002, 10:49 (Ref:379448)
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14 Sep 2002, 09:34 (Ref:380068)
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Speaking of amazing hybrids did anyone see the BMX X5 at this years festival of speed it was running a lmp v12 from bmw's le-mans racer pumping out huge power and noise!! they then made it lap the "ring" in next to no time!! and it was flung up the hill at goodwood by the talented marc surer....what a tool but no good off road!
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15 Sep 2002, 09:45 (Ref:380493)
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The original Supervan at the start of this thread was usually driven by Chris Craft when demonstrated at race meetings.
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15 Sep 2002, 09:49 (Ref:380500)
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here's the Mk2 Transit it had a 3.9 DFL engine.
The Supervan 3 spec was 3.5 Cosworth HB with CR 12:1 rev to 13800 rpm and gave 730 bhp Gearbox was a Benetton six speed. |
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16 Sep 2002, 07:05 (Ref:381272)
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The BMW was indeed a sight to behold!
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17 Sep 2002, 17:31 (Ref:382644)
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Transit vans
Saw a Transit-based Trike at the Ace Cafe run in Brighton on Sunday, the day after the Speed Trials. It had a truck wheel at the front, double-wheel Transit rear end and a Ford V6 amidships
It wasn't the silliest thing there, either... pics soon! Nick Froome www.bolide.co.uk |
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15 Feb 2003, 21:34 (Ref:507937)
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I like the slogan on the back of the WRT Transit - "My other vehicle is a car, but today I'm in a hurry!"
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16 Feb 2003, 19:54 (Ref:508798)
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What always amazes me about this forum is the way that threads often seem to have some form of link, however teuous it may be. For example in the 1970's 2ltr Sportscar thread mention is made of Terry Croaker, who, IIRC also drove the Supervan 1, which I saw a few times at both Silverstone and Brands.
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17 Feb 2003, 09:43 (Ref:509314)
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Well, our 69 Transit had a 2 litre V4 from Felday and stiffer suspension. Went all over UK & Europe for 4 years towing two car trailer, wheels & tyres, engines, workshop & camping stuff, crew etc.
If it were damp, opposite lock on any roundabout was an easy option; even with a trailer! Superb rig. |
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