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LDV 2.5

  • 17-10-2012 8:16pm
    #1
    Thelostcountry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 334 ✭✭


    What are these yolks like, any good? transit engine i believe. not to many on the road.


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  • #2
    101sean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,884 ✭✭✭101sean


    If it wasn't for the Royal Mail I think LDV would have gone under long before they actually did, majority I've seen here are ex mail vans. They're a development of the Leyland Sherpa and went through lots of hands (Morris, Leyland, Land Rover, DAF, LDV and last GAZ before going bust in 2009) They had a variety of engines inc Land Rover, Perkins, Peugeot and Ford. Outdated design that lagged way behind the Transit but rugged hence popularity with Royal Mail and Police

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LDV_Convoy
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freight_Rover_Sherpa


  • #3
    Pottler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,073 ✭✭✭Pottler


    Good bit -Transit engine etc. Bad bits - dash by tupperware, soundproofing by bacofoil, design by a blind Doberman with a crayon strapped to its paw, durability by Lada, driving pleasure by.. it will come to me- it's sort of a cross between a tumbledryer and a tractor.


  • #4
    Thelostcountry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 334 ✭✭Thelostcountry


    Pottler wrote: »
    Good bit -Transit engine etc. Bad bits - dash by tupperware, soundproofing by bacofoil, design by a blind Doberman with a crayon strapped to its paw, durability by Lada, driving pleasure by.. it will come to me- it's sort of a cross between a tumbledryer and a tractor.


    Hahaha


    Ok thanks lads.


  • #5
    aujopimur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,953 ✭✭✭aujopimur


    I've been trying to locate apic of the old Royal Mail Sherpa I had one time, hidious yoke, 0 to 60 took about 2hrs, plus it was noisy and smelly.
    On the plus side it was very reliable.


  • #6
    Thelostcountry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 334 ✭✭Thelostcountry


    aujopimur wrote: »
    I've been trying to locate apic of the old Royal Mail Sherpa I had one time, hidious yoke, 0 to 60 took about 2hrs, plus it was noisy and smelly.
    On the plus side it was very reliable.

    Noisy OK, But smelly?? would that be lack of a hoover haha


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  • #7
    Pottler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,073 ✭✭✭Pottler


    Thelostcountry wrote: »
    Noisy OK, But smelly?? would that be lack of a hoover haha
    No, lack of a proper firewall.:)


  • #8
    Thelostcountry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 334 ✭✭Thelostcountry


    ^^ oh lord ,that bad. fumes entering the cockpit. carbonmonoxide poisoning much!! haha


  • #9
    Pottler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,073 ✭✭✭Pottler


    On the "Uppish" side, roll under one and have a goo - simplicity thy name is LDV, so if you don't care about Image, comfort, speed, odd electrics and the build quality in cab of a chinese quad, they are a choice. But when you can be in a Transit for much the same money, why bother?


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