My wife just doesnt understand me...

[Micrashed]

THIS was the family chariot when I was a kid - my wife just doesnt get it at all.....

 

Its a fugging HA with windows and seats in the back - how fuggin ace is that?

[Felly Magic]

A Bedford Beagle HA..Full of win!

[sporty-shite]

Ernie reg number, valued at £10000000000000.

[Micrashed]

A Bedford Beagle HA..Full of win!

[family fortunes style buzzer] Ehh Errr[/family fortunes style buzzer]

 

The grey one is a home made version that my dad knocked up one Sunday in 1973, this is a proper Beagle:

[Spiny Norman]

Win, and it's got a name too!

Bet you could squeeze about 20 kids in there in the days before elf & safety took over. My Dad once got nine of us into his Renault 16.

[Micrashed]

Oh yes, it was crammed after footy practice on a Wednesday night.

[Justin Case]

Neat conversion by your dad, it looks like a factory job!

 

Isn't the red one a converted van too? Real Beagles had sliding side windows and a contrasting colour flash down the sides. I hope that the owner of that one hasn't been sold a pup

[Split_Pin]

IIRC from my 60's family cars book, 'Proper' Beagles did indeed have slidey rear side windows like a Mini Countryman.

[Micrashed]

I believe you are correct - if you google Beagle HA you get a lot of pictures of non sliding window van conversions like dads.

[HillmanImp]

IIRC from my 60's family cars book, 'Proper' Beagles did indeed have slidey rear side windows like a Mini Countryman.

 

I am impressed you tried to remember from your old book rather than typing into Google. When fancying looking at some porn do you recollect the march 1989 Razzle rather than logging onto Redtube?

 

I do love these though.I presume the Beiderbecke Affair one is long gone......

 

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The vehicle details for BUA 594S are:

Date of Liability 01 10 1990

Date of First Registration 05 06 1978

Year of Manufacture 1978

Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1256cc

CO2 Emissions Not Available

Fuel Type PETROL

Export Marker N

Vehicle Status Unlicensed

Vehicle Colour YELLOW

Vehicle Type Approval Not Available

 

Ah yes.

[trigger]

Bedford HA Van Beagle Advert 1966 by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr

 

Bedford Beagle Van Advert 1964 by Trigger's Retro Road Tests!, on Flickr