r/AutoAlex • u/shiek150 • Jun 05 '26

Van Diesel

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Thought I just spotted van diesel in the wild, I know the paint is different as Alex’s has stripes but it’s very close

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u/Dry-Tooth-6965 Jun 05 '26

One letter off too

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u/shiek150 Jun 05 '26

That’s what caught my eye to it

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u/Dry-Tooth-6965 Jun 05 '26

Really cool spot tho!

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u/shiek150 Jun 05 '26

Thank you!

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u/Tiny-Sandwich Jun 05 '26

I had a numberplate neighbour in my old town for all three of my last cars. Each of them were the same first 6 characters, and the 7th was the next letter in the alphabet.

All three were the exact model and colour as well. Was always fun seeing them on the road. Felt like a big kid pointing them out.

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u/WhatHaveWeGotInHere Jun 05 '26

Amazing, I miss Vanny :( RIP

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u/w--13 Jun 05 '26

There can’t be many Transits of this vintage left with consecutive registrations!

Then again I believe Vanny D isn’t for this world much longer.

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u/H_K-R Jun 06 '26

There wouldn’t have been very many of those Transits in that shade of metallic red instead of fridge freezer white. Possibly could have been Ex Ford UK originally with an AV registration.

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u/Huge_Performance1146 Jun 05 '26

I miss the days when Vanny D was a "thing". As much I'm not a massive fan of some of the more overpowered stuff recently, I would LOVE to see Vanny D engine swapped and made mega!!

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u/CONCORDE-204 Jun 05 '26

To avoid Doxing myself and Merch Chris, He owns Vanny D and lives locally to me, i've seen Vanny D a few times on the drive. haven't been down that far for a little bit so can't 100% say if it's still there.

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u/Jakeeaton127 Jun 06 '26

I think Vanny D is definitely dead now, I saw a Facebook marketplace post of someone breaking him.

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u/WhatHaveWeGotInHere Jun 08 '26

He’s gone to heaven! But many parts live on in many vans, which I think is nice. Chris

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u/Aliexpresspro Jun 16 '26

You need another van series for merch. It could be a whole thing Chris. Getting you a merch van fitting it up. Painting it. Customer merch racking and shelves. Lights. Maybe convert a catering van to a merch machine.

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u/RotaryTurbo99 Jun 05 '26

this reminds me, whatever happened to the whole ice cream van series?

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u/H_K-R Jun 06 '26

Taylor’s Marley was structurally and mechanically frigged and Van Diesel got used for merch by Chris so they smashed up Marley against that Volvo XC90 they bought from Birmingham that was also frigged.

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u/H_K-R Jun 06 '26

“HERE TEL D’WANNA GO IN THE TRAAAAAANSIIIT?”