Rumbelows vans & other van schemes ??

[Anglevan]

I need help please - thought the mountain of knowledge that is Autoshite might be able to help me.Does anyone have any pictures of Rumbelows vans earlier the better - prefer colour but B&W will do - i've spent ages on Google and the rest with no joy. Can find some old shop fronts but thats about it.Any help greatly appreciated

[MrRegieRitmo]

Best I can do is these;

 

Old adverts

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDXZIqOj ... annel_page

 

 

and these;

 

unreal - this empty Rumbelows still exists in Romford having lain empty since they all closed down in 1995. Mad.

 

 

Period shot of Wigan, Rumbelows is visible further down the road behind the bus...

 

[MrRegieRitmo]

I remember the MkIII Transit vans delivering to Rumbelows in Hitchin as a kid. Always thought it had a funny name. No pictures, just memories. Sorry

[Anglevan]

I remember the MkIII Transit vans delivering to Rumbelows in Hitchin as a kid. Always thought it had a funny name. No pictures, just memories. Sorry

Cheers for the replies - much appreciated. I remember the vans also but trying to find pictures has proved impossible.It all came about when I mentioned to the wife I faniced painting my Anglia in period commercial colours. We got talking about defunct companies and I thought Rumbelows would be the best (again cause of the name) Might go for something else now - so any ideas, must be a defunt company. If I cant come up with owt think i'm just gonna make one up and no it wont be a daft pikey one

[Pillock]

If Rumbelows is proving too tricky, how about Rediffusion? About the right era, they were wiring homes up in the late 60's. My mum's house had one of their clunky switches on the wall for connecting a tunerless TV to.

 

http://www.rediffusion.info/vans.html

 

[Anglevan]

If Rumbelows is proving too tricky, how about Rediffusion? About the right era, they were wiring homes up in the late 60's. My mum's house had one of their clunky switches on the wall for connecting a tunerless TV to.http://www.rediffusion.info/vans.html

Yes keep em coming It wont get painted till later in the year so i've plenty of time to make my mind up .

[MrRegieRitmo]

Timothy Whites F.W Woolworths

[Electric Leyland]

JAYSUS!

 

 

This ranks as high as a Roadline lorry in my book.

 

I'd be going Rediffusion van rather than Rumbelows if I were you.

[Guest]

 

For full effect-crash into a Leyland fg

[Guest]

What about Radio Rentals?

 

 

They were around for yonks.

[Electric Leyland]

You could also consider a lifesize version of this?

 

[andrew e]

I think a mark 3 escort estate with pink back windows is the way to go, rumbelows stylee.

[Pillock]

Regarding the Rediffusion vans, there seems to be another livery of grey over red....

 

I did find a few photos of vans with both shown, like when a load of BT used to turn up to an exchange during the rebrand and some had yellow vans, some grey so i'm not sure if they repainted older stuff or just used it till retirement age. The earlier livery was on stuff around the early 60s until 1965 or so.

 

[Anglevan]

This is giving me some great ideas. I like the reduffusion I just dont think the lines of the Anglia will suit the yellow split..Although I'm really liking the red or is orange livery - now that looks ace Anyone got any pictures of a Radio Rentals van? - I've googled but not much joy. When I get to painting stage i'll post some pics up for thee

[andrew e]

Red and Gold as a Alan Mann van or a team lotus service van?In fact a blue tyyrell service van would be ace, get you into Goodwood probally

[Anglevan]

I've just been looking on that Redifussion web site and that Escort estate looks the dogs danglies. And i've answered my own question regards the earlier colour it's Red and Grey which is more in keeping with my Anglia's era.I've been on eBay and looked at the numerous Anglia van models on there and the one that jumps out at me is the Stratford Blue one.But still like the idea of painting it in a TV rental company - for the simple reason that you just dont get rental companies any more and think it will look cool driving around in a period van. Dont want to go down the usual BT / Royal mail route - loads out there. I want a company that people had forgotton about on the lines of the Reddiffusion line.

[j-j]

What about Radio Rentals?

 

 

They were around for yonks.

-that's Glasgow byres road - I live mere minutes from there - Radio Rentals is no longer of course but the sport shop to the RHS is still a sports shop today!

[j-j]

What about this

 

 

old skool RAC livery

[Richard]

Radio Rentals used Escort Estates with green inserts in the back side windows.

[Mash]

You could also consider a lifesize version of this?

 

Like so:

 

 

Damn that's a shit photo, I think I need a new scanner

 

Here's another idea:

 

[Anglevan]

Now that blue and white sunblest is my favourite by far ... I'm glad I posted on here now - knew you guys would come with some good ideas. My wife said I should do it as Anglia TV so over to google I go LOL but thanks for the images greatly appreciated.Mash - I might have to call on your photoshop skills

[Electric Leyland]

^^^^ Nice!!! That real yellow & white one works a treat I'd say, way better looking in real life than the model one.Whats the thing to the left of the other pic, a Vespa microcar or something?Got any more of these pics Mr Mash?

[Mash]

 

Mash - I might have to call on your photoshop skills

Not photoshop; it's the genuine article!

 

I used to work for a commercial vehicle bodybuilders and they took over a company called Wilsdon in the early 90s. Along with the assets came a big batch of photo albums of all the vans they'd kitted out. Although there were a few earlier pics, most are from the late 60s and 70s - apparently the museum in Birmingham the rest were donated to didn't want the later pics which was good for me! I brought them home ages ago and started scanning and cataloguing them but didn't get very far. I think my ex-boss has fogotten I still have them but they're better in my custodianship! I do keep in touch with them anyway so it's not a problem. Here's a few more to whet the appetite - I'll have to do a proper job on it sometime

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think the car Electric Leyland mentions is an AC Petite - a kind of Invacar thing I think?? EDIT: Not so sure now I've Googled a pic of it

[155V6]

I think the car in the background is definitely some sort of Invalid Carriage,but I think it's an earlier(dark blue)version,rather than the later(light blue)versions that you normally see

[Electric Leyland]

Marvellous! This is gold dust. Especially the Sunblest van. And that first pic of the red pork sausage van has something behind it I had totally forgotten about for 25-30 odd years - LUSH BISCUITS! I used to live for them when I was a nipper. Lush! How about Empire Stores livery, Evening Standard .... Roadline even?

[Dead_E23]

I think the car in the background is definitely some sort of Invalid Carriage,but I think it's an earlier(dark blue)version,rather than the later(light blue)versions that you normally see

According to this rather superb page of fine vehicles, that would appear to be an Invacar Model 57.

[reallyloud]

Look forward to seeing more of those period comercial vehicles photos mash, those kind of images are priceless. I have a few 70's brochures (actually several hundred) I vaguely recall I had a 1978 Bedford brochure range with a HA and CF vans in several colourful liveries. Typically I can't find it, maybe someone else here might have a copy to scan?

[aled]

one of the electrical retailers had hillman huskys the imp type as vans(d.e.r. or radio rentals perhaps) that had removable panels that fitted over the rear side windows, i know this as i rebuilt one for a chap in gloucestershire but have never seen a photo of one liveried up----- anyone for a challenge? cheers -aled

[Guest]

Going off in a different direction slightly, how about?

 

[Guest]

 

Have you reserched your vans role when new? Maybe being a van it was a company owned vehicle when new and could be returned to that companys style of paintjob etc.