Photo "on loan" from
Ford Transit homepage

In '92 my brother-in-law asked me to buy him a cargo van. Gave me $900. There is not so many cargo vans for this big buck; however, given a little more, a nice lad in Edinburgh, Scotland, gave up his primary business means - an 11-years old Ford Transit van. The picture at the left gives quite right impression - you just weld on the windows and paint it rust brown, and here you go. Nice features - solid axles f&r, with very flexy leaf springs in all four corners. Not a technological marvel, it was very agreeable, and fast. Top speed was about 90 mph, sharply limited by 2-liter four struggling against the wind. Naturally, the one that I brought had right-hand steering; I felt no difficulty or inconvenience of driving it in left-hand-steered country. The owner promptly crashed her into a tree at some 50 mph after just two months of driving (chasing a bee!), restored and sold me back for the same nine hundred bucks. Still, a deal, I'd say.