Ex national Grid Hilux anyone bought one, whats in the back?

[goodwoodweirdo]

Hi

Has anyone bought a ex national grid Hilux ? are they ragged as they seem to be sold at around the 160k mark ... any idea what they come with / whats in the back ?

Thinking about building one into a small holiday vehicle..

thanks Matt

[VTC]

What age are you looking at ?
king cab ?
Service history ? services every 10K
I briefly looked at this advert :
https://www.brightwells.com/timed-sale/5383/lot/60...
seems like quite an older model
Face lifted ones are far nicer on road when empty
older models quite harsh, suspension tuned for being loaded perhaps?
the advert shows a truckman style loadspace cover.
I would suspect they are fairly well used/worn when they start to get rid.

I have the latest model Invincible (my second) it has been the most reliable car brand I have ever had
other than servicing, nothing else has needed attention in 3 years and 40k miles.

[goodwoodweirdo]

Yes thats the one, keep coming up this one didn't sell in last weeks auction again available...

https://www.brightwells.com/timed-sale/5619/lot/70...

Would love to know what they've installed in the back...like a heater would be bloody hand if planning on using it for camping :-)

[swampy442]

Theres no heater in the back, the area is just used for parts and tool storage. It will no doubt come stripped of anything of value.

[ChocolateFrog]

Hopefully treated better than the white fleet Hilux's we used to get in the Army.

I once tried to jump some abandoned train tracks and didn't quite make it. Car bottomed out between one of the rails and bent the chassis.

Doors all still opened and closed OK so just handed it back in at the end of the exercise. They didn't notice the gap between the cab and bed was a little larger than it should be. Not my finest hour, we had headaches for the rest of the day.

[fiat595]

I work for national grid and many of the vans have night heaters fitted. My Ford Ranger had one, believe it was an Eberspacher brand and was faultless. It looks like that Hilux has one fitted.

[goodwoodweirdo]

Dont happen to know if they are end of life when sold off do you ?? should try and contact their fleet manager :-)

[fiat595]

Generally I would say most are still in working order when they are disposed of. They are keeping hold of vehicles a bit longer at the moment due to continued supply chain issues still affecting commercial vehicles following COVID, there are quite a few 10+ year old vehicles in the fleet still going strong.