HMC Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 I recon powder coat the original wheels and go British gas on the livery. trigger and Sigmund Fraud 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Original steel wheels for sure, they suit the van perfectly cobblers, trigger, oldcars and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Slot mags or Cheviots/ turbo vecs flat4alfa and Al Bundy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Original steels and hubcaps. And perhaps Police Dog Unit livery? Shep Shepherd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Original wheels slightly banded on the rears. HMC and dome 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Or venoms dome, HMC, uk_senator and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Original steels and hubcaps. And perhaps Police Dog Unit livery? An Ital van would be a great cla$$ic doggo carrier ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise2cv Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Original wheels everytime. I think the hotpoint or other period branding is a cool idea, but probably not (if it were mine) Telecom, British Gas or Royal Mail, I probably would only reinstate livery like that if I knew it had been that previously. I think something a little bit more unusual like a forgotten brand or, contrary to what I just said, one of the old electricity boards! cobblers, oldcars, Angrydicky and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 I like the standard colour, but I think it would look good in full Central Electricity Generation Board livery, purporting to be a van from a defunct power station such as West Thurrock, but that would involve a total respray, and I'm not sure if the CEGB actually used Ital vans; in my area at least (east Kent), they used Transits and Escorts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Original wheels slightly banded on the rears. But then I've always liked thisAlthough from memory that's a 7cwt with slotted rims. Dick Longbridge, tooSavvy, HMC and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise2cv Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 https://goo.gl/images/qxafe5 I believe that the livery on the trek master(?!?) above maybe what is on this ital: https://goo.gl/images/m2rnhq Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 I like the standard steelies on it. They have a bit of an understated Lotus Cortina look. cobblers and Zantimisfit 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 https://goo.gl/images/qxafe5I believe that the livery on the trek master(?!?) above maybe what is on this ital:https://goo.gl/images/m2rnhqThat's not a Commer, it looks like a Russian UAZ, but I didn't know you could even get RHD ones , let alone a British utility company would buy one. That's an amazing find. flat4alfa and Shep Shepherd 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise2cv Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Yes, I just assumed that the only thing that sort of shape would be a commer/dodge space and thingy! Interesting old thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan_dyane Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 I think they were rebadged 'Tudor' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 TrekMaster No more than 20 Russian UAZ 452 were imported by a company in Surrey in the late 1970s, who had them converted to RHD. Branded UMO TrekMaster, given UK type approval to carry a one ton payload, could show a Land Rover up and the low-comp engine would run on parafin I'm sure there is thread on here about them somewhere Jim Bergerac, Sigmund Fraud, mat_the_cat and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 I'd say keep it original.I don't think it needs a livery, why be something it isn't? Keep it as is, it'll look great for it, simple and understated. DeeJay, Craig the Princess, egg and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted November 16, 2017 Author Share Posted November 16, 2017 I'll probably just keep it standard, instead just fitting a set of 165/80/13's instead of the original 155SR13 Michelin MX's currently fitted but we'll see, I need to concentrate on the rusty bits first, I have some friends coming over Saturday to help patch it up so things should start moving along. I've already got the bumpers all off, straightened the bent rear one and painted the brackets and rubbed down, primered and stone chipped the front valance, also been busy ordering loads of service bits of eBay. It's currently got NGK BP6E plugs but I'm sure I'm right by saying BP6ES's should be ok as they have a suppressor? Craig the Princess, mat_the_cat, The Moog and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 I'm sure one of my cars had a mixture of the same suppressed and non-suppressed plugs and it didn't seem to care, should be OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeJay Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 I think I'd pass on the livery. egg and Ghosty 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Another vote for standard colour. I posted about Hotpoint beige and brown (especially on here) just for interest, from a memory about Ital vans which your van revived. mk2_craig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Maybe you could get the original owner's business name sign-written on it? In keeping with the van's history. greengartside and oldcars 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Just thinking, trigger said as a lad he used to sort out the tools in the back. What was the chaps business name at that time? That might be a neat logo for the van. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Maybe you could get the original owner's business name sign-written on it? In keeping with the van's history. sorry had not seen this when i said the same, great idea. DodgeRover and MorrisItalSLX 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted November 17, 2017 Author Share Posted November 17, 2017 The chap I bought it from doesn't have a signed van and the original owners probably didn't either, I've tried googling them and there's nothing other than a planning permission notice to change the yard to flats back in 1996. 0ldCh0d 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Keep it blue Put a mount on each side where the livery goes Have a range of Polycarbonate sheets sign-written in liveries of your choice, so you can choose as takes your fancy on the day and/or to match the event you are visiting. It also gives you the ability to widen your list of shows - Stonham Barns / Crufts / Horse of the Year Show / Paul Raymond Revue Bar renunion / Lolo Ferrari Rapido Club / etc. garethj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 It's currently got NGK BP6E plugs but I'm sure I'm right by saying BP6ES's should be ok as they have a suppressor?BPR6ES should be the suppressed version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan_dyane Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Oof, I was thinking of the Aro van http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/9th-may-1981/25/aros-hit-four-marks Sorry for the drift... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Honda Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Keep it blue Put a mount on each side where the livery goes Have a range of Polycarbonate sheets sign-written in liveries of your choice,Mounts? Just use magnetic signs. That's all we did with our minibuses, so we could pull them off if it went in for a service and we could identify the replacement vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Is there enough metal left to use magnetic signs? They_all_do_that_sir, uk_senator, egg and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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