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haven’t really done anything more with this one. Had to change the Weber side draught as it was messing around something chronic. Running much better now. Cage is being painted then it’s getting installed. Slow progress at this time.

So one of my other long term projects has finally  made it to the body shop. 

haven’t really done anything more with this one. Had to change the Weber side draught as it was messing around something chronic. Running much better now. Cage is being painted then it’s getting installed. Slow progress at this time.

haven’t really done anything more with this one. Had to change the Weber side draught as it was messing around something chronic. Running much better now. Cage is being painted then it’s getting installed. Slow progress at this time.

haven’t really done anything more with this one. Had to change the Weber side draught as it was messing around something chronic. Running much better now. Cage is being painted then it’s getting installed. Slow progress at this time.

haven’t really done anything more with this one. Had to change the Weber side draught as it was messing around something chronic. Running much better now. Cage is being painted then it’s getting installed. Slow progress at this time.

haven’t really done anything more with this one. Had to change the Weber side draught as it was messing around something chronic. Running much better now. Cage is being painted then it’s getting installed. Slow progress at this time.

haven’t really done anything more with this one. Had to change the Weber side draught as it was messing around something chronic. Running much better now. Cage is being painted then it’s getting installed. Slow progress at this time.

haven’t really done anything more with this one. Had to change the Weber side draught as it was messing around something chronic. Running much better now. Cage is being painted then it’s getting installed. Slow progress at this time.

haven’t really done anything more with this one. Had to change the Weber side draught as it was messing around something chronic. Running much better now. Cage is being painted then it’s getting installed. Slow progress at this time.

Still coming together... just not as quickly as I’d like...

haven’t really done anything more with this one. Had to change the Weber side draught as it was messing around something chronic. Running much better now. Cage is being painted then it’s getting installed. Slow progress at this time.

haven’t really done anything more with this one. Had to change the Weber side draught as it was messing around something chronic. Running much better now. Cage is being painted then it’s getting installed. Slow progress at this time.

haven’t really done anything more with this one. Had to change the Weber side draught as it was messing around something chronic. Running much better now. Cage is being painted then it’s getting installed. Slow progress at this time.

haven’t really done anything more with this one. Had to change the Weber side draught as it was messing around something chronic. Running much better now. Cage is being painted then it’s getting installed. Slow progress at this time.

haven’t really done anything more with this one. Had to change the Weber side draught as it was messing around something chronic. Running much better now. Cage is being painted then it’s getting installed. Slow progress at this time.

Oh I mounted the old scrap panels to the yard fence

haven’t really done anything more with this one. Had to change the Weber side draught as it was messing around something chronic. Running much better now. Cage is being painted then it’s getting installed. Slow progress at this time.

I recently wrote an article on police Marinas for the Club mag. Unearthed quite a few pictures, apologies some have undoubtedly appeared before.
 

They were pedalling it at an indecent pace - joyful to watch!

I have always had a fascination with cars that have to work for a living and have always found them more impressive than the supercars that everyone is so interested in and praises.
The cars and vans that get little attention and often have a short life as they are worked to death and forgotten.
So I want to see if there is an interest in such a thread here where we can share pictures and stories.
Starting with my own 1963 Mercedes Benz 190DC which started life as a taxi in rural eastern Norway with a small taxi operation. And worked for them for 9 years and after had around 15 years as a daily. It is incredible that this has survived as it had like all then very tough working conditions, unpaved roads that turned into mud in the spring, dusty and bumpy summer roads and harsh winters with temperatures down to minus 40.  And it's still here and is still going.
1960s


Present time

And have mentioned it before but will do it again for those who don't know, all taxis in Norway before 1970s had registration plates with the text Drosje on the bottom which is the old Norwegian word for taxi. So they are easy to identify in photos. And I'm looking into getting these plates back on mine.

I hear you… although at £13,000 to re manufacture a 2CV…. Before installing the  £17,000 EV equipment is - making a new car.

The van bit is yes, on a car chassis, with a modified (cut off) car cab - for various reasons, no thanks !
EDIT: Maybe not all the vans are on a car chassis, the shorter ones were, buts its still not got the van crossmember supports 'proper' citroen ones did. Im not slagging them off per-se, its just a severely reduced payload to an actual van. I do not know if they uprate the springs and dampers to van spec.

I’ve heard there’s all sorts of SVA issues with some of these “ conversations “