Specially Adapted Cars

[sierraman]

I read some place there was once an Avenger Ice cream van

[horriblemercedes]

11 minutes ago, sierraman said:

I read some place there was once an Avenger Ice cream van

I would actually buy ice creams from vans if they were Avengers rather than Sprinters and rotten modern Transits 

[Datsuncog]

There was a Morris Marina ice cream van in use for years round our way, which was still going in the early 1990s.

I've combed through old family photos in the hope of catching it in the background, but no joy yet.

[martc]

Some more car based Ice Cream vans -

[martc]

[UltraWomble]

 

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[UltraWomble]

Hugh Fernleaf Witteringstalls mobile kitchen

[JeeExEll]

Just needs a helicopter parked on the roof to complete.  Then it'll be holiday time.

[Noel Tidybeard]

[sdkrc]

 

[bunglebus]

21 hours ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

[Pieman]

On 6/7/2021 at 11:59 PM, Noel Tidybeard said:

I've seen that in Wolverhampton!  I think there is one other still on the road and that's in Dublin, and I can confirm it looks absolutely hideous.

[Austat]

[Austat]

On 5/15/2021 at 10:46 PM, anonymous user said:

They certainly do

What's ironic about Hitler's choice of personal transportation is that the name "Mercedes" is named after the granddaughter of noted Austro-Hungarian Rabbinic scholar Adolf Jellinek.

Some of you may already know this fact, but I didn't know about this until recently.

[sierraman]

On 6/9/2021 at 12:28 AM, Pieman said:

I've seen that in Wolverhampton!  I think there is one other still on the road and that's in Dublin, and I can confirm it looks absolutely hideous.

It looks like the Tefal man. 

[TheOtherStu]

Worlds Fastest Shed? (I saw this in the flesh last year)

Or as seen in last year's Christmas #1

This thread has got Edd China written all over it (the shed above beat the record that Edd had previously held). Apparently, at one stage, Edd owned 5 world records.

Largest Motorised Shopping trolley

Fastest office (The Hotdesk)

Fastest Bed

Fastest piece of furniture

And the fastest Amphibian vehicle

 

[Pieman]

I always like trying to work out what custom vehicles like those are based on - the Hotdesk was a Metro underneath and I think the bed was a Beetle.

The Cadbury's Creme Egg vans live at Cadbury World in Birmingham and I think were Bedford Rascal chassis, while the Outspan Oranges were Minis.

[Supernaut]

23 minutes ago, TheOtherStu said:

Fastest office (The Hotdesk)

Those rear passenger seats look rather exciting to ride in.

[R1152]

On 20/05/2021 at 12:56, martc said:

Some more car based Ice Cream vans -

 

The Thames-based one was available as a Corgi toy (cat. no. 474) with a hand-cranked chime built in.

[bunglebus]

50 minutes ago, TheOtherStu said:

Fastest piece of furniture

I'm not so sure - I was at the Pod when Perry Watkins set a new record with a TVR based dining table

I get what you're saying though, Edd held the record previously 

[PhilA]

Okay, so one thing.

This novel contraption is definitely narrow gauge rail only now. It's not gonna see the road again.

Why does it still have a steering wheel?

[TheOtherStu]

14 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

I'm not so sure - I was at the Pod when Perry Watkins set a new record with a TVR based dining table

I get what you're saying though, Edd held the record previously 

I get the impression that the minute he breaks a record, someone is setting out to do it again.

He recently set the record for the fastest Electric Ice Cream van. Top Gear immediately set about breaking it (and did).

[neil1971]

From the eBay thread the other day, thought at first glance that it was the same one but had somehow ended up on a Q-plate, looking more closely the body is slightly different and both registrations show separately as SORN

eBay listing

On 6/7/2021 at 7:49 AM, UltraWomble said:

 

 

[PhilA]

45 minutes ago, TheOtherStu said:

I get the impression that the minute he breaks a record, someone is setting out to do it again.

He recently set the record for the fastest Electric Ice Cream van. Top Gear immediately set about breaking it (and did).

Isn't that rather the point of it?

Do something, it's a challenge to someone else to better it. Then that's a challenge opened again to whoever.

If we accepted things as the absolute best then nothing would advance. 

[TheOtherStu]

45 minutes ago, PhilA said:

Isn't that rather the point of it?

Do something, it's a challenge to someone else to better it. Then that's a challenge opened again to whoever.

If we accepted things as the absolute best then nothing would advance. 

Oh, quite agree. I just find it odd that someone sets a record for something bizarre like that, only for someone else to do it.

I mean, why pick the same thing? There are plenty of inanimate objects about that you could put an engine in. Fastest greenhouse. Fastest chipshop (we have chippy vans locally that come round once a week. Much like an ice-cream van, but sells fish and chips)

[JeeExEll]

With house roof adapted to suit.  Wonder if it's a 'walk-in-through' installation from the house via original van sliding side door.  A compact and bijou extension.

Perhaps it's the front porch and you enter the house via the van doors.  'Welcome'.

[808 Estate]

A gentleman should ensure that one's ice creams and other chilled confections are delivered in nothing less than the finest motorised conveyance.

 

[bunglebus]

A VW for carrying long stuff/Billy no mates

WW2 era Beetle and Kubelwagen with wood gas generators

Airport luggage transfer vehicle

Airport Caddy

Fire engine

And ladder vehicle

[ChinaTom]

On 6/10/2021 at 7:47 AM, Austat said: