HIGHWAY MENACE reborn

1997 FORD TRANSIT VAN  LWB MID ROOF

The van was bought as a white commercial for business use- mobile t-shirt sales at car shows. I didn’t want to look like all other traders and wanted to fit into the car show scene. My life’s motto is “Dare to be different”, hence the marbleized paint. The interior was originally fitted out for the business with a grey interior with storage and workspace.

I was forced into retirement due to severe illness 6 months after purchase of the vehicle. I was a vanner in the late 70’s and 80’s and got the bug back badly. As I’m on a pension finances are quite strained, hence several subtle changes to the interior until the van is as you see it now.

Apart from a custom paint job of House of Kolor marbleized in Kandy apple red and Kandy apple cobalt blue the vans exterior is completed by the addition of twin 3” laker style side pipes (working), under body LED bars & strobes, and rides on Dragway custom billets ( 16 x 7 front and 16 x 8 rear) fitted with Kumho 857 tyres to comply with legal load ratings. In its life the van has traveled 500,000 km partly as a work vehicle mostly as a show Van. traveling any where from South Australia to Queensland .

The interior is not what you would expect to see in a Transit van either. The custom interior features fully pimped out night club theme complete with full audio visual system including 10 screens, 2 dvd players, sub woofers, and effects lighting and a fully usable STRIPPERS POLE.

The van is an everyday driver, we use it for camping, fishing, car runs, car shows, shopping, moving furniture, taking the families large dog for drives.

 My motto in life is “Dare to be different” also l believe if you don’t take it out & use it you might as well lose it.  

We have added safety features such as rear view camera,
 

UPDATE: We now have just completed installing a whole new sound system from FUSION including the Eclipse AVN6000 Head unit. The new install is Fusion Powerplant gear: 4 x 15" Subs model # PP-SW150, 4 x Monoblock amps model # PP-AM300010, 2 x 2 ch. amps model # PP-AM12002, 2 x 4 ch. amps model # PP-AM120040 7 pairs of 6.5" splits model # PP-CM65. also 10 x TFT screens and a 2nd DVD Head unit with Bluetooth and touch screen.

A very special thanks to the Fusion team for all thier help and also Sam & crew of Auto Image Interiors Victoria with the help of Brad of Impact Custom Car Audio a very close friend for the install and interior also now carrying around some great murals done by Wayne Harrison of Advanced Airbrush the Menace has entered and new phase in her life.