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What did you do with whatever else you've got?
(26-03-17, 11:34 PM)Frosties link Wrote: I love it Noggy and it will be a beaut when finished - keep us updated fella.


Might be a silly question but can you buy them stock with jacked up suspension and is it 4x4?

It's a proper job 4x4, switches on the dash for the diff's.  Merc shipped them off to a company called Oberaigner and they fitted them out....I think the cheapest set up would have been about 25k on top of the original van cost....haven't heard of any of the non 4x4's being jacked up although in theory you should be able to get all the parts but because they are so rare they are gonna be brand spanking mega bucks to get hold of.

VW do 4x4 versions of their small vans too but I think they are also mega money.

It is a major project and I wouldn't have forked out the money that I've spent on bodywork and spraying if it hadn't have been the 4x4 version, at least it has some prestige and so I should always make my money back. the body's on Sprinters are terrible for rust it is everywhere and even after all of the work I fully anticipate further touch ups over the years....chassis is rock solid though and the underside is now all done in chassis armour paint too.

And by the way.....not fulling giving up on squeezing a bike in the back of it.....might just get one in there if I'm crafty enough with the interior design but it'll still be behind the bulkhead and at an angle.....how much of an angle is the issue and whether the front wheel will then be blocked by the furniture...maybe utilise a centre stand dolley type thing......im not giving up all hope anyway just yet.....my kayak is too long to fit inside but to get a bike in there even if just to take for its mot in winter or whatever would be a major advantage.

Easiest way to go fast........don't buy a blue bike
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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got? - by peterjca - 03-11-14, 05:36 PM
Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got? - by noggythenog - 27-03-17, 10:21 AM
independence of the sea, - by taylor - 29-04-17, 10:53 PM

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