<div class="bbWrapper">Hi all my old 99 vito is on life support! As its rusty, leaking, and a pain in the rear!<br />
BUT! I cant let her go! So with loads of enthusiasm and a touch of senial dementure i plan to cut a hole in the floor and fit either a 4x4 engine and transfer box , front and rear axles the full 9 yards! So ok? Im 60 year old pretty good with both ends of a spanner/hammer just looking for any advice/ help ( apart from telling me im mad!) <br />
Thanks</div>
Vito 1999 mid engine
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Stratman
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<div class="bbWrapper">Of course you're mad but don't let that stop you!<br />
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Way back when, I helped a friend put a mid mounted Jaguar V12 in a Ford Thames 400E. Sadly our ways parted before it was road legal but it was a self powered rolling vehicle. Lots of box section, welding and an anything is possible attitude were used in abundance.</div>
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<div class="bbWrapper">Sounds like a great project, my only concern would be the condition of the bodywork of your 638 as I've owned them & know what they're like..<br />
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<div class="bbWrapper">Not such a silly idea, this one was actually useful in testing the Jaguar XJ220 driveline components before there were any real 220's.<br />
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<a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=11&ved=2ahUKEwi45qLast_mAhU3UBUIHTUtCpoQFjAKegQIARAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.roadandtrack.com%2Fcar-culture%2Fvideos%2Fa7427%2Fthis-ford-transit-helped-build-the-jaguar-xj220%2F&usg=AOvVaw1milw1Jwe_CA-zjFdoyujh" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">The Ford van that helped Jaguar build the XJ220 - Videohttps://www.roadandtrack.com › car-culture › videos › this-ford-transit-hel...</a><br />
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You can see it here at the rear of the field of 'fully clothed' 220's a couple of years ago.<br />
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I drove it 'in period (90-91)' and more recently. It is even more barking mad today than it was back then<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f635.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt="o_O" title="Er... what? o_O" data-smilie="12"data-shortname="o_O" /></div>
grober
MB Master
<div class="bbWrapper">A Doctor writes " Now Mr Oldcole-- when exactly did you decide to stop taking your medication?"<br />
Its like asking Pablo Picasso to paint in a couple of foreground figures to finish off a John Constable- the best you can hope for is something by <b>Pieter Breughel the Younger!<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></b></div>
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Bellow
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<div class="bbWrapper">Fun starts here >> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-registration" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">Vehicle registration</a></div>