{"id":5024,"date":"2013-08-01T15:42:20","date_gmt":"2013-08-01T15:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=5024"},"modified":"2013-08-01T15:43:49","modified_gmt":"2013-08-01T15:43:49","slug":"autoglass-celebrates-44-years-of-transits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/5024","title":{"rendered":"Autoglass Celebrates 44 Years of Transits"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5025\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5025\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5025\" alt=\"Autoglass Ford Transit Custom LWB\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ford-transit-custom-autoglass-sm.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ford-transit-custom-autoglass-sm.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/ford-transit-custom-autoglass-sm-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5025\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the new Autoglass Ford Transit Custom LWB vans<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Not many companies remain loyal to one brand of vehicle for nearly half a century, but Ford Transits have been the mainstay of the Autoglass fleet for 44 years.<\/p>\n<p>The glass-fitting firm recently ordered 90 new long wheelbase Ford Transit Custom vans to update its 1,250-strong Transit van fleet.<\/p>\n<p>The long wheelbase version of the Transit Custom was chosen because like cars, windscreens are getting bigger and more curvacious than they used to be, and require more storage space inside the van.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe glass we have to carry is getting bigger and therefore so must our vehicles,\u201d said Autoglass fleet manager Ged Raymond. \u201cThe 290 long wheel-base Transit Custom meets our needs perfectly and is being well received by our mobile technicians. They have always loved the Ford Transit and they like this one even more thanks to its comfort and drivability.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Each Autoglass van is specially equipped with racking to carry the firm\u2019s stock-in-trade as well as an electrical conversion unit to provide 240-volt power for tools and equipment. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/4307\">Transit models<\/a> used by Autoglass are all supplied through Heartlands Ford in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/birmingham\">Birmingham<\/a>, and typically enjoy a four-year\/100,000-mile working life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Autoglass has chosen the long wheelbase version of the Ford Transit Custom for its latest order of 90 vans to join the company&#8217;s 1,250-van Ford Transit fleet. Autoglass has been using Transits for 44 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[1752,123,548],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5024"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5024"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5028,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5024\/revisions\/5028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}