New owner of a hiace very low mileage!

[Bornagain77]

Got to the age, where I've sold all my cars and bought a 2004 hiace window van. 

It's just covered 4878 miles from new and is a time warp to the naughties!

It's better condition than my 2 year old work van!

Looking at making it into a day van 👍🏻

[Bornagain77]

First job, 16" deep dish steel rims! 🤪

[Cyker]

Some Weller Wheel custom steel rims perhaps...?   

[Rhymes with Paris]

22 inch chrome spinners backlit with bright purple LEDs is the way to go.

Well it is if you're on the Lincolnshire massif anyway , three stripe umbro and bass bins optional.

[Rhymes with Paris]

😉 sounds a great van actually, and I bet it would make a very useful day van.

Does the condition match the mileage?

Photos would be good,if you can, and are happy to do so.

[RUToyota]

Welcome, Paul...great van...good choice.

[Jimota]

Welcome Paul.  Does it have go faster stripes?  😀

[Bornagain77]

The condition is like new! Crazy, was stored inside most of its life! It's like a new van and at 1/3 of the price 

Definitely needs go fast stripes to gain those extra 2 horses 🤪

[Jimota]

Ah, the memories of go faster stripes.  I’m pining for my old Morris Marina 1.8 TC!

[Bornagain77]

3 minutes ago, Jimota said:

Ah, the memories of go faster stripes.  I’m pining for my old Morris Marina 1.8 TC!

My dad had that car! Blue 1.8, used to jump a local bridge in it, oh the memories 😆

[Jimota]

Mine was metallic brown with double gold go faster stripes and a tan coloured vinyl roof.  Looked sensational in its day but I think it would look a bit naff nowadays.  However, fashion has a habit of repeating itself and you might find the next generation Toyotas and other marques with similar colour schemes.  It was an incredibly fast car in a straight road but utterly useless, unstable and dangerous whenever you turned the steering wheel ever so slightly.

 

[Eddie G]

Welcome to club Paul 👍

[Eddie G]

1 hour ago, Jimota said:

Welcome Paul.  Does it have go faster stripes?  😀

Can't go wrong with Go faster Stripes makes anything with wheels go faster 😂

[Jimota]

My dad was a coach painter to trade and did some amazing colour schemes including putting the go faster stripes on cars.  Wish he was still around, he’d make a fortune personalising individual cars.  A frequent visitor to the Ford factories in the 60s and the very early 70s to learn about new paint techniques and applications.  A true craftsman.

[Bernard Foy]

On 2/15/2023 at 9:27 PM, Jimota said:

Ah, the memories of go faster stripes.  I’m pining for my old Morris Marina 1.8 TC!

I never thought that I would read that someone is actually pining for a Morris Marina 🤣😂🤣🚘

[Bernard Foy]

On 2/15/2023 at 9:09 PM, Bornagain77 said:

The condition is like new! Crazy, was stored inside most of its life! It's like a new van and at 1/3 of the price 

Definitely needs go fast stripes to gain those extra 2 horses 🤪

Well done if it’s as good as the picture and hasn’t any corrosion issues then that’s a once in a lifetime find, you’ll get many many years of trouble free motoring. 👏👏🤞

[PCM]

Underseal it? 

[Bornagain77]

52 minutes ago, PCM said:

Underseal it? 

Will do, yes it's rust free! Did cost a lot though 🤪

[PCM]

3 minutes ago, Bornagain77 said:

Will do, yes it's rust free! Did cost a lot though 🤪

About £20. I just did my car myself using LanoGuard. Two ramps at the back. Took about 45 minutes.

( Having hosed and dried underneath first. )

[Bornagain77]

2 hours ago, PCM said:

About £20. I just did my car myself using LanoGuard. Two ramps at the back. Took about 45 minutes.

( Having hosed and dried underneath first. )

The hiace is slightly higher, so sending a child under there will do the trick, or the wife 😊

[Bernard Foy]

Good, prevention is much easier than cure as far as rust is concerned.