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horriblemercedes Rank: Lancia Gamma

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27 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

What are those wheels ☹️

"The history folder includes the original service handbook with one stamp in 2003 at 7,663 miles"

Fantastic! How comprehensive 😂

Are they not just the original wheels? 

RoverFolkUs Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

RoverFolkUs

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12 minutes ago, horriblemercedes said:

Are they not just the original wheels? 

Huh, seems you're right having googled it. 17" "Meteor" wheels. Seem to be quite uncommon.

I'm just not a fan of them! Sorry Rover 

lesapandre Rank: Talbot Tagora

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15 hours ago, Cavcraft said:

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1970 Austin Cambridge A60 Half-Ton van on column. | eBay

'Half-ton' is probably how much metal it's shed, sadly.

These were in production 1957-1973 - based on the new 1954 Austin A40 body tub.

BMC were keeping the body pressings and B-series engine in production - selling a 1954 based vehicle as late as 1973. 

I can't think what also used the B-Series by that point* - maybe some other of their commercial vehicle offerings and of course the MGB. To add spice to the mix they badged them Morris as well...

Ah the wacky world of BMC. Incredible to think that by the time they dropped this 50's dinosaur the new Ford Escort van had been in production...5 years.

They were OK vans - I remember seeing them about - but very old fashioned and dynamically challenged.

They rusted very nicely (they were unibody not chassis based)  and consequently even made as late as '73 seemed, I recall, to disappear off the roads pretty quickly. The nicest iteration is the pick-up. Any viable survivors make good money these days.

ORMSBY OF SCARISBRICK are still going - they sell church furnishings - so this probably had quite light use which explains it's survival. 

https://ormsby.co.uk/

*full list follows

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57 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

 

I can't think what also used the B-Series by that point - maybe some other of their commercial vehicle offerings and of course the MGB. To add spice to the mix they badged them Morris as well...

 

Marina, Land Crab, J4 Van all used Bs at that time.

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Dick Cheeseburger Rank: Talbot Tagora

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17 hours ago, egg said:

£7k tho.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/187125720722364/

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It's lovely, there's no denying it. Didn't the standard GM tidemark on these stop below the side trims rather than an inch above though? I'd be doing some checks with a magnet for £7k. 

Edit: I stand corrected! I can't quite work out why GM didn't end it lower down. I guess it could be to follow the line of the top of the front bumper. Odd choice though.

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1 hour ago, lesapandre said:

1973. 

I can't think what also used the B-Series by that point

Merceds 207 commercials.

lesapandre Rank: Talbot Tagora

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39 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Marina, Land Crab, J4 Van all used Bs at that time.

Ah yes thanks - the 'B' was used  in the J4 up to '74, Landcrab up to '75, the Marina to '78 and even the Sherpa to '78. MGB used the engine up to the end in 1980.

Looking on t'web the diesel version of the B hung on even longer and built under licence in Turkey - and there was a marine version too - popular in narrow boats apparently.

Possibly still in production in some remote factory 😂

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grogee Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

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1 hour ago, lesapandre said:

Ah yes thanks - the 'B' was used  in the J4 up to '74, Landcrab up to '75, the Marina to '78 and even the Sherpa to '78. MGB used the engine up to the end in 1980.

Looking on t'web the diesel version of the B hung on even longer and built under licence in Turkey - and there was a marine version too - popular in narrow boats apparently.

Possibly still in production in some remote factory 😂

Everyone has their own unicorn. This is mine: B-Series diesel

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horriblemercedes Rank: Lancia Gamma

horriblemercedes

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5 hours ago, Aston Martin said:

229,000 miles.

 

Probably 229 head gaskets.

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Probably not - head gasket failure is pretty rare on those. I've never come across one myself

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2 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said:

It's lovely, there's no denying it. Didn't the standard GM tidemark on these stop below the side trims rather than an inch above though? I'd be doing some checks with a magnet for £7k. 

Edit: I stand corrected! I can't quite work out why GM didn't end it lower down. I guess it could be to follow the line of the top of the front bumper. Odd choice though.

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No the tide mark stops above the trim. 

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