It is with regret and trepidation I have come to the decision to put up the Grizz Mobile up for sale.
Loads going on in my life right now, including a house move, marraige etc, and I have decided very much on my own to take a good look at my toy and other stuff collection.
Admittedly, the bus is the best of the lot, but it will also take a lot of time and work to get it where I want it cosmetically, with paint etc.
The house we have bought will be costing a mint, and there is so much work to do, also things that are eating into my finances, like solicitors etc at the moment..... so needs must.
Most of you have followed the thread from day one, and encouraged or commented.
THREAD HERE: www.retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=readersrides&action=display&thread=37192&page=1
Currently fitted with a 105bhp Zetec engine, conversion done by Edd Weeks. The thread pretty much explains all the stuff I do not know or understand.
Fitted with a Towhitch and wired up.
The bus is just a van waiting for all the magic touches one might want to put to it.
Model: Ford Taunus Transit FK1250
Year: 1963
Mileage: Around the 16300km mark on the speedo, but that was replaced as the original had been vandalised. Having been a fire engine in its original guise, the mileage was always going to be low.
The Zetec engine had less than 60k miles on, and runs and pulls sweetly.
I have some spare bits and very hard to get bits for the bus.
Unfortunately, I gave away a load of spares recently to the Ford Heritage Centre to use on their resto.
Tax: FREE , and current.
MOT: May 2011
Location: Rochester - KENT
Price: £6000.00
Contact details: Rian - 07843053134
Mail me riankemp on yahoo dot com
Please PM if you are interested, however please call or text, as I do not get online to check PM's all the time.
That's All Folks.......
Loads going on in my life right now, including a house move, marraige etc, and I have decided very much on my own to take a good look at my toy and other stuff collection.
Admittedly, the bus is the best of the lot, but it will also take a lot of time and work to get it where I want it cosmetically, with paint etc.
The house we have bought will be costing a mint, and there is so much work to do, also things that are eating into my finances, like solicitors etc at the moment..... so needs must.
Most of you have followed the thread from day one, and encouraged or commented.
THREAD HERE: www.retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=readersrides&action=display&thread=37192&page=1
Currently fitted with a 105bhp Zetec engine, conversion done by Edd Weeks. The thread pretty much explains all the stuff I do not know or understand.
Fitted with a Towhitch and wired up.
The bus is just a van waiting for all the magic touches one might want to put to it.
Model: Ford Taunus Transit FK1250
Year: 1963
Mileage: Around the 16300km mark on the speedo, but that was replaced as the original had been vandalised. Having been a fire engine in its original guise, the mileage was always going to be low.
The Zetec engine had less than 60k miles on, and runs and pulls sweetly.
I have some spare bits and very hard to get bits for the bus.
Unfortunately, I gave away a load of spares recently to the Ford Heritage Centre to use on their resto.
Tax: FREE , and current.
MOT: May 2011
Location: Rochester - KENT
Price: £6000.00
Contact details: Rian - 07843053134
Mail me riankemp on yahoo dot com
Please PM if you are interested, however please call or text, as I do not get online to check PM's all the time.
That's All Folks.......