In the bag

[bigstraight6]

I'm sure a few on here will love this stunner of a Vauxhall HA van still being used commercially in the Exeter area, must be one of the last made...

[Volksy]

I can foresee Pog having an accident!

[Split_Pin]

Minted

[Cavcraft]

Loving it. There was quite a late on on the bay of madness recently and local too. Unfortunately it was a privtae listing and he was less than responsive about key questions so I jibbed bidding on it.

[55bloke]

That's really GORGUS!! Must be a resto job though, surely? When I used to live near Pickering- about 5 years ago- the local Iron Merchant had an A 35 van in regular use. Wonder what the oldest comercial vehicle still earning it's keep is?

[pogweasel]

*SPLUMPH*

 

Er, new pants please.

[bones96]

very nice

[Richard]

That's really GORGUS!! Must be a resto job though, surely? When I used to live near Pickering- about 5 years ago- the local Iron Merchant had an A 35 van in regular use. Wonder what the oldest comercial vehicle still earning it's keep is?

There is a 1967ish Ford D series in Kirkcaldy that is still used by a shed building firm. As far as I know they've had it from new or nearly new. There was another one of similar vintage posted recently that had been used from new by a fruit wholesaler.

[Mr Lobster]

Lovely. Bet its had a fair bit of restoration though.A HA in a faded BT yellow livery would be even nicer!

[mk2_craig]

That's lush. I reckon it could well be in original condition. The signwriting does look to be newer than 1982, but how much newer it's difficult to tell. Numberplate style certainly passes the Craig test.

[Albert Ross]

I'd say quite a lot newer than 1982 cos it has the website address on................and the new 01*** type telephone code also.

[HillmanImp]

Its been done recently. Even the hinges are unmarked and the right colour. No fade. I love it. My mate got an ex BT one of them for £200 when i was a kid. Loved it. Never went wrong.

[CortinaDave]

My girlfriends dad used to be a BT engineer and he said they called them HA HA vans due to the hilarity caused when they drove past large numbers of their collegued stranded in broken down examples on the motorway

[Guest]

Still seems to be a few ha's kicking about. I had a v regd one around 1991 and it was ok.

This one I spotted must be the oldest survivour though

Vehicle Registration Mark EBC194C

Make BEDFORD

Model OTHER

Type LIGHT VAN

ColourWHITE

Date of First Registration 03 06 1965

Year of Manufacture Not Available

Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1159CC

1159cc

[pompei]

Didn't those HA vans stay in production for years after the car was replaced?

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Wow, the C-reg looks absolutely identical to the Y-reg! Almost 20 years without even changing a hubcap or anything. Ace!

[Richard]

Didn't those HA vans stay in production for years after the car was replaced?

The car version was replaced by the HB in 1966 or '67 so the van outlived the HB Viva, the HC Viva and came close to outlasting the Chevette. I'd say we have BT/GPO to thank for that.

[vicsmith]

It is a stunning thing, though if I remember rightly all the HAs down at the BT place near where I used to live had black bumpers & grilles, and no hub caps, and they were all X or Y -reg, so this guy has perhaps fitted some older bits to this one, can`t blame him like it looks better for it.

[HillmanImp]

This HA is in this months Practical Classics.

 

 

Sorry, best photo i could find online.