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Member ID: Crazy_Courier

Location: shoalhaven, AU

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1978 Ford Transit

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Interior

Exterior Styling

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- Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
Overall Rating
- Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
Performance Mods
- Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
Overall Exterior
- Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
Brake Setup
- Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
Exhaust System
- Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
Wheel/Tire

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Hi this is my 1978 Ford Transit Sundowner van the Sundowner model is unique to Australia and was a limited edition along with the Falcon and Escort Sundowner vans

This van left the ford factory with a 4.1L (250ci) inline 6cyl cross flow engine unlike the Euro spec vans that had V4 engines

To date the mods on my van are: Vented discs and 4 piston calpers, fitment of a 3.00:1 ford 9" diff and very large finned drum brakes soon to be vented discs, recolour the dash and fit a sports instument cluster, lowered suspension, power steering, and a 460ci engine

I found my van on ebay whilst looking at parts for my race car and decided it would make the perfect race car hauler

It was in need of alot of work but i felt sorry for it and dragged it home

One of the first mods i did was swap the standard front solid discs and 2 piston calipers to vented discs and 4 piston calipers

It also had the PCD changed from 5x160mm to 5x114.3mm to give me a wider choice of wheels

Ever seen gorillas in the mist? Well my version is bigger meaner and a lot more wild, Its Transits in the mist

I wanted to know if she'd smoke up and well what do you know :)

hehe youd never know

New 100 spoke wheels

Now things start to get serious
460 cubes of FORDS finest cast iron

Theres no way it would fit in the engine bay so thank god for angle grinders

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Posted by: 619lowrider

09/23/2009 11:08PM

good job considering that Australia should not be very easy to find a muscle car keep it da good work P.D. my dad in the past had a 1978 ford econoline van with a 351w mtr and c-6 tranny

Posted by: hongdacivic

07/12/2009 02:24PM

awesome its like pimp my ride 5*

Posted by: psshhhht

07/03/2009 01:29AM

hey man, the vans more interesting than your sigma even lol.. damn this is sweet! Cheers, Jer

Posted by: Sid_Stoked

02/04/2009 09:11PM

I LOVE SLEEPERS, and THIS RIG IS INSANE! great job! 5 stars aren't enough to describe how much i love this thing

Posted by: gorka

01/15/2009 03:09AM

Hellou all I��m in Spain with a FORD Transit MK2 - ��82. My motor is dead and i would like to replace it for a newer one. Wich motors are compatibles and easy to adapt in this model?? I cant find any information for mi van in Spain. Any link? narakawe@hotmail.com Thanks

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