how do i get a bare mk1 shell delivered?

[5tox]

im very close to accepting a deposit on my saph cosworth and getting the ball rolling with a mk1 escort shell,

Problem is ... how am i going to get it from other end of the country back to cambridgeshire?

 

any suggested companies, anyone on here do it privately for a bit of cash on the side?

[fieldy1972]

hire yourself a luton van. take a couple of mates with you and do a road trip. a shell weighs fook all and easily can be lifted into a luton i would have thourght.

[over_head_cam]

hire yourself a luton van. take a couple of mates with you and do a road trip. a shell weighs fook all and easily can be lifted into a luton i would have thourght.

 

I was going to say that

 

I sold a bare shell and the bloke came to get it in a curtain-side Sprinter. We just lifted it in

[5tox]

sounds good, i dont need a D1 on my license do i?

[fieldy1972]

dont think so mate. not with a luton. but ive been known to be wrong on occasion. ask the girlfriend do a check or im sure someone on here will set you right

[LGreen]

you dont need any special licence to drive a luton (again as far as i am aware but do use them for work so sure they wouldnt set me wrong) as long as its still a 3.5 tonne one its the same chassis as a van but can take physically bigger loads. and i passed my test after 97 (i think was the cut off).

[5tox]

not too sure yet if ill go for a luton or a beaver tail transit or something similar, would be much easier to get the shell on and off

 

i think im worrying too much to be honest, ill sort something out after ive secured the deal

 

one way or another its comming home with me

[Synergy]

Don't go short handed, I know from recent experience it will take at least three of you to lift a fully stripped 2dr Mk1 Escort shell safely to anything more than knee level, it's the difficulty in finding a good grip that's the issue and the fact that they weigh a bit more than "foooook all" If it's fitted with doors, boot, bonet, glass bank on four

[5tox]

cheers buddy, i have an awesome road trip planned for 2 of my brothers (not that they know it yet)

 

no doors and fully stripped so should be ok for the three of us

 

its a bit of a shame really as we will be heading past it next month on the Roger Albert Clark rally

[fieldy1972]

and the fact that they weigh a bit more than "foooook all" :

depends if your built like a girl or have some muscle

[over_head_cam]

 

[5tox]

love it!

 

was made to fit

[Synergy]

and the fact that they weigh a bit more than "foooook all" :

depends if your built like a girl or have some muscle

 

You can call me Sue

[fieldy1972]

hello Sue