Description
Imperial War Museum | Duxford, Cambridgeshire
9th April 2025 - 9:00AM
1969 Ford Transit MKI Camper Van
Estimate
£14, 000 - £18, 000
Registration No: SHW 760G
Chassis No: BC05HT51705
MOT: September 2025
Restored to a show-winning standard
Professionally repainted in Lotus Cortina colours complete with badge
Fitted with rare original fittings including TV, carpets and utensils
Recently subject to c.£1, 000 of servicing and maintenance
Less than 60, 000 miles from new
Ford's ubiquitous Transit range needs little introduction. Launched in 1965, it has been Europe's best-selling light commercial vehicle for the last 40 years, and is now into its fourth generation and MK7 incarnation. More intriguingly, in the 1970s, no less than 95 percent of robberies employing a vehicle apparently involved a Transit of some description! Famed for bringing car-like handling, driveability and comfort to the van world, it was the ideal base for all manner of conversions, including motor caravans. Power in the early models was supplied by 1. 7 or 2. 0-litre V4 versions of Ford's Essex powerplant. The suspension was deliberately basic, with live axles front and rear. A wide track provided exceptional stability.
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