I Scream. Mind that child.

[Mrs6C]

^^^ That's grim! Is it based on the Hustler kit car?

[yes oui si]

I had no idea that this thread existed. 

I can follow up @Jim Bell's hustler from the OP with its twin, spotted in North Berwick last August:

[yes oui si]

Also, those that know, know:

https://m.facebook.com/Giacopazzis-294934575008/posts/

[bunglebus]

I was only allowed a Mini Milk. The Merc is the one that plied its trade around the estate where I grew up. It still does.

 

20180601_123926 by RS, on Flickr

20190615_132415 by RS, on Flickr

CF ice cream by RS, on Flickr

20180802_133611 by RS, on Flickr

Sonypics060 by RS, on Flickr

 

 

[JeeExEll]

[JeeExEll]

"ICE FAHK'N CREAM.   CAHM 'N' GET YOUR ICE FAHK'N CREAM.

GET IT WHILE IT'S COLD, IT'S LAVVLY".

[martc]

On 1/26/2020 at 11:33 PM, yes oui si said:

Also, those that know, know:

https://m.facebook.com/Giacopazzis-294934575008/posts/

'Come on dahling show a bit more leg, we need to get the punters in before the whole bleedin' lot melts'

[JeeExEll]

She asked for a Knickerbocker Glory but all he could offer was a Tuppence Slider.

[dozeydustman]

I'm trying to find a picture online or elsewhere of the ice cream vans that frequented my road when I was young.

We had Geraldo "Top Ices" who played Popeye. He was an independent whose patch was the Singlewell, Never Farm and Kings Farm area of Gravesend and sold the products of L. Papa & sons ice creams & gelato. Had one of those old Commer jobs well into the 1990s.

The local Franchise was Tonibell. Various rammel, speciality - pink cow on the roof of the van.

Another independent was "Jack the Ripple".

 

Incidentally Tonibell are still going, and looking out for vintage ice cream vans to restore. https://www.tonibell99.co.uk

[Pieman]

Nuff said.

[Stinkwheel]

Damn this thread is perfect. Amused me much more than it should have. I didn’t realise it was an old one until I’d got all the way through it, so apologies to folks that you are getting reaction responses to 4 year old posts.

[Crackers]

 

Yeah, me too.

[LightBulbFun]

16 hours ago, Pieman said:

Nuff said.

for those wondering ( @Datsuncog and @Pieman ), cuz I know a guy who is from the Ukraine and can read russian etc and im curious myself  

I ran the picture by him and it says, in ukraine, on the side

"Fresh for you!"

and above the windscreen it says "everyone goes to" (then obviously in english "Mu Mu land" LOL)

dont know if anyone previously translated the text or not before, so excuse me if someone has done so!

[Three Speed]

Nice to see this on a dull day in Ealing. Diesel too. Did not purchase anything - because it was a dull day. I’m struggling to remember where those rear lights come from.

[Three Speed]

Are they from a PA Cresta?

[808 Estate]

On 12/22/2016 at 9:31 PM, worldofceri said:

Two Grand for a derelict Transit?  Rong Fred M9.  Shud B in Barginz.

 

If you fall for this one you will have been...

Suitably decorated for a mobile S&M pad.

Miss Whippy says "You have been a naughty boy."

 

[808 Estate]

A good friend of mine skippers a super yacht in the South of France. The harbour they frequent is serviced by an ice cream boat. Namely a very fast 36 foot rib piloted by an equally tasty blonde. Ice cream deliveries are 25 euros a go. If the guests buy ice creams for themselves, it is customary to get some for the crew as well. Therefore a simple delivery to just one yacht can easily net her 250 euros. He said that when sales were slow, she would whip off the top of her designer bikini and make sure to apply a good portion of sun tan lotion (in full view of everyone). This action would normally result in lots of radio traffic and calls for her to visit other yachts. He reckoned in the high season she was doing 5K a day which should keep up the repayments on her 100K boat and designer swimwear.

[808 Estate]

Oh and just for fun (vaguely ice cream related).

 

 

[Pieman]

3 hours ago, 808 Estate said:

A good friend of mine skippers a super yacht in the South of France. The harbour they frequent is serviced by an ice cream boat. Namely a very fast 36 foot rib piloted by an equally tasty blonde. Ice cream deliveries are 25 euros a go. If the guests buy ice creams for themselves, it is customary to get some for the crew as well. Therefore a simple delivery to just one yacht can easily net her 250 euros. He said that when sales were slow, she would whip off the top of her designer bikini and make sure to apply a good portion of sun tan lotion (in full view of everyone). This action would normally result in lots of radio traffic and calls for her to visit other yachts. He reckoned in the high season she was doing 5K a day which should keep up the repayments on her 100K boat and designer swimwear.

How the other half live.  I can barely even afford a "99" from my local vendor when he drives round.

[Pieman]

Also, I spotted this one in another thread on here recently - still in service near Dublin.

I thought the hideous beast had to be a one-off vehicle, then after I posted the above photo on Facebook a mate sent me a pic of this one in Wolverhampton!

Does anyone have more info on them?

[Jim Bell]

3 hours ago, 808 Estate said:

A good friend of mine skippers a super yacht in the South of France. The harbour they frequent is serviced by an ice cream boat. Namely a very fast 36 foot rib piloted by an equally tasty blonde. Ice cream deliveries are 25 euros a go. If the guests buy ice creams for themselves, it is customary to get some for the crew as well. Therefore a simple delivery to just one yacht can easily net her 250 euros. He said that when sales were slow, she would whip off the top of her designer bikini and make sure to apply a good portion of sun tan lotion (in full view of everyone). This action would normally result in lots of radio traffic and calls for her to visit other yachts. He reckoned in the high season she was doing 5K a day which should keep up the repayments on her 100K boat and designer swimwear.

My mam used to do similar at the chip shop.  

[AndyW201]

50 minutes ago, Pieman said:

Also, I spotted this one in another thread on here recently - still in service near Dublin.

I thought the hideous beast had to be a one-off vehicle, then after I posted the above photo on Facebook a mate sent me a pic of this one in Wolverhampton!

Does anyone have more info on them?

Whitby/Cummins conversion on the Austin/Morris FG 'threepenny bit' chassis. Only a few built, using a small petrol engine at the rear to drive the whippy machine.

[Dirk Diggler]

https://www.broadsheet.ie/tag/mister-ripple/

Nice documentary about the above van and its owner; he is in Stillorgan village most days that I'm around that way

[lesapandre]

1 hour ago, Pieman said:

How the other half live.  I can barely even afford a "99" from my local vendor when he drives round.

Ask for a 69...see what happens.

[lesapandre]

5 hours ago, 808 Estate said:

A good friend of mine skippers a super yacht in the South of France. The harbour they frequent is serviced by an ice cream boat. Namely a very fast 36 foot rib piloted by an equally tasty blonde. Ice cream deliveries are 25 euros a go. If the guests buy ice creams for themselves, it is customary to get some for the crew as well. Therefore a simple delivery to just one yacht can easily net her 250 euros. He said that when sales were slow, she would whip off the top of her designer bikini and make sure to apply a good portion of sun tan lotion (in full view of everyone). This action would normally result in lots of radio traffic and calls for her to visit other yachts. He reckoned in the high season she was doing 5K a day which should keep up the repayments on her 100K boat and designer swimwear.

Presumably she is called Mivvi...

[Pieman]

35 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

Ask for a 69...see what happens.

I bloody knew someone would say that.  Given his incredibly unkempt state, I don't think I'd buy any food off him to be honest.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

13 hours ago, Three Speed said:

Nice to see this on a dull day in Ealing. Diesel too. Did not purchase anything - because it was a dull day. I’m struggling to remember where those rear lights come from.

That was a familiar sight until I moved to work near Blackfriars 

[808 Estate]

15 hours ago, Pieman said:

 

Has an "angry bull" look about it.

[myglaren]

Slightly off topic but recently discovered the place I met my wife.  She plied me with free ice cream until I could no longer resist.

She worked here:

 

In the ice cream cabin.  That was in about 1964.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

4 minutes ago, myglaren said:

... the place I met my wife.  She plied me with free ice cream until I could no longer resist.

She worked here:

In the ice cream cabin.  That was in about 1964.

That must have made quite a dent in the cabin's profits....