Classic Vans

[Gunk]

Saw a lovely 1960's Commer today on the A40, got me thinking about what are my favorite classic vans

Has to be a Transit

[shirt]

morris j van for me please. have still got a few corgi versions



i also like the old commer vans amd any of the overcab designs [bedford et al] of the same era

[arfur daley]

I remember seeing these around town. cool.

[Motorwaymick]

arfur daley said:

I remember seeing these around town. cool.

Reminds me of an old friend who was on a DD ban, bought one of the ex BT vans out of the auction and painstakingly painted all the Telecom writing back in with blue paint where they had removed the stickers, drove it all through his ban.

[john2443]

shirt said:

morris j van for me please. have still got a few corgi versions

I had a J for a while - dragged from a scrapyard, but never had time to restore it. While I owned it I joined the club http://www.jtypevan.com/ adn we had a stand at the NEC classic show - it's amazing, considering there were only about 50,000 built how many people learned to drive on them, their dad had one, they worked at the factory, got to know their wife in one, the greengrocer had one etc!

My mate who helped me get it from the scrapper rescued and rebuilt a milkfloat and accumlated lots of spares - this is one we built from various parts that were left over! Very cute, but neither of us had space to keep it, so it had to be sold

[miniman]

Always fancied an H Van

[magpie215]

This is my uncles Morris commercial which he restored.

[Gunk]

The Thames 400e was also a very attractive over cab design, not many survive now sadly

[SkinnyBoy]

Tempo Matador, just lovely!

http://www.cartype.com/pages/3073/tempo_matador__1...

[vetrof]

CA Bedford.

[mph]

I love the old Bedfords.

I remember as a young boy, being driven in one with the doors latched open and no seat belts.

On reflection maybe my parents were trying to tell me something !

[Pothole]

if it's gonna be a Transit it has to be the twin rear wheeled LWB

[fourfoldroot]

Ah,I remember driving one as a teenager as a weekend job for a catering company We called it "the two litre purple people eater". It went quite fast for a van and you could spin the rear wheels when it was empty!!

[stewy68]

Went on a family holiday in one of these about 1980.


Tried to buy one of these for £15 when I was 12yo. Dad wouldn't allow it though.


ETA
Loved A55 vans for some reason as a kid.

Edited by stewy68 on Monday 30th May 10:36

[Hugo a Gogo]

my cousin bought a cheap Viva HA van when the Post Office were getting rid of them in the early 80s

should I put this in the 'decently modified' thread

very much "of its era"

[Pothole]

can't believe we haven't seen these yet:

[restoman]

Saw this beauty at a show recently


and if anyone's up for a challenge -

Edited by restoman on Monday 30th May 18:10

[Pothole]

These are just the cutest cars in the world, I reckon.

[Gunk]

I Also have a soft spot for these

[Pothole]

if we can go yank I love these: