The Supervan? Then in 1984 Supervan 2 came out, based on a Ford C100 Group C race car chassis. What? Back in 1971, Ford took a standard, pressed steel Transit bodyshell and dropped it over a Le Mans-winning GT40 chassis. The first one, the Transit Supervan was based on the Ford GT40 and could reach 150 mph. Yep. 1971 Transit Supervan 5.0 V8 Do not swap/buy model cars with/from chandlergti ! To find out, Ford’s Truck Sales Promotion team charged Terry Drury Racing of Rainham, Essex, to give the Transit a very special upgrade. Supervan.

The 1971 Ford Transit Supervan was sponsored by Ford of Great Britain back in the 70s, making a high performance van in an era where these big vans were at the peak of the coolness factor. The vehicle had been built for Ford by Terry Drury Racing.
Those GT40 bits meant that the Transit Supervan had astonishing performance, considering the state of things in April 1971 . Mate Michael told me he has seen a Supervan 4 (Transit 00) displayed in Ford Dagenhams canteen, but has no clue if it was just an ampty shell or even driveable. A later version, the 1984 Supervan II, was built with a Cosworth racing engine and hit a speed of 178 mph at Silverstone. It'd knock off the … The Supervan first appeared at the Easter 1971 meeting at Brands Hatch.A GT40 chassis and its mid-engined 400 bhp (298 kW) Ford V8 gave a standard pressed-steel Mark 1 Transit bodyshell a claimed top speed of around 150 mph (240 km/h).

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