Blue Kangoo 172

Andy autogas · Jul 30, 2013

Hi all. I would like to start by thanking Ashley (white Kangoo 172) for the inspiration and his build thread, I'm not going to do a build thread as its already been covered. As some of you know I attended the FCS with my brother and nephew and was kindly allowed to put the Kangoo on the club stand.

This project took about three months to finish evenings and weekends and yes the wiring was a nightmare but we got there in the end.
Thanks for looking and hope to meet up with you soon.

Alastair. · Jul 30, 2013

Sweet! Good to see another.

Daniel · Jul 30, 2013

You work for WDM iirc? I saw the van in BM motoring the other day.

Looks amazing in the metal mate. Good work.

Andy autogas · Jul 30, 2013

How do you know I work for WDM ?

Daniel · Jul 30, 2013

Because I work opposite you. Not in the same building, but I mean I work opposite WDM! lol.

Chi · Jul 30, 2013

Looks mint mate. .. hows it go? ?? The dash on mine was like a Xmas tree did you manage to sort it?

Andy autogas · Jul 30, 2013

Only had probs with the ABS lights and have no lights showing now.

Chi · Jul 30, 2013

You need a build thread. .. id love to see how you got the lights out. .
Love the colour, miss mine already. .

_Tom · Jul 30, 2013

Cool as..I'll keep a look out for it on the roads..

Chi · Jul 30, 2013

Andy autogas said:
How do you know I work for WDM ?

Stalker alert

davo172 · Jul 30, 2013

Spoke to you on the stand ref this MINT van and great conversion gotta love the sleeper :approve:

B00mer · Jul 30, 2013

Looked a real credit to you Andy, lovely job.

Lawro · Jul 30, 2013

It looked lovely at FCS and the quality of the build looked excellent. I will keep an eye out for it locally.

SharkyUK · Jul 30, 2013

Fantastic build and it was a pleasure to meet and talk to you (and your nephew and brother) at the French Car Show.

I grabbed a couple of photos and they are in the FCS thread I posted (elsewhere in this section). Great work and an even better result!

MartinR · Jul 30, 2013

Great little van this. Top work.

Daniel · Jul 30, 2013

Kangoosport said:
Stalker alert

I just walked past it on the way to the garage. It's f**king lovely!

Andy autogas · Jul 30, 2013

Thanks for all your kind comments.

subarufreak · Jul 30, 2013

looks mean!

good effort!

LiamR172 · Jul 30, 2013

Awesome!

Someone needs to turbo one now!

plymcl172 · Jul 30, 2013

LiamR172 said:
Awesome!

Someone needs to turbo one now!

+1 on this

Chi · Jul 30, 2013

Liam I think you just nominated yourself

LiamR172 · Jul 30, 2013

If you fund it ill do it no bother

Guessing the vans have the same issues as 1*2s when it comes to the 225 gearbox fitment?

Fletcher · Jul 30, 2013

It looked very tidy at FCS. I wouldn't have fitted 20L bullets and sport badge though.

Chi · Jul 30, 2013

What would it cost? ?

Seeing as Andy is halfway there he may as well crack on with it

McGherkin · Jul 30, 2013

LiamR172 said:
If you fund it ill do it no bother

You build it and he'll probably buy it off you.

Chi · Jul 30, 2013

McGherkin said:
You build it and he'll probably buy it off you.

Mind reader lol. .. Happy with the one I've got for now

Andy autogas · Jul 30, 2013

The only reason I used the Clio badges was to see if people noticed them and just think its funny.

Mickb · Jul 30, 2013

Mind seeing this at fcs. Its quality

Chi · Jul 31, 2013

Any more plans for it Andy?

Rob · Jul 31, 2013

Bloody awesome that there's now 2!

danbillabong · Jul 31, 2013

My dad had an ex british gas kangoo we had it for about 8 years ! it was one of the cleanest around ! great van untill we sold it to a local builder looks like a rite shed now :/ ! Awsome van you have there btw

LiamR172 · Jul 31, 2013

Rob said:
Bloody awesome that there's now 2!

Theres a red one up my way somewhere aswell. 182 engine iirc

nick172sport · Jul 31, 2013

Looks awesome!

I'll keep an eye out for it!

How much work goes into this build? Is it a direct swap or is there major modifications?

Andy autogas · Jul 31, 2013

Hi all, I have no plans for it mechanically as its quick enough i'm just going to tidy the bodywork up and ply line it. As for the engine swap it all bolts in no probs its the wiring that's a nightmare.