Rootes arrows commercial corner 02.12.2011

[andrew e]

BOK plates as fitted to BR's fleet of Escort combis nationwide, the G reg astras had RKR and back seats Its not yellow inside is it

[Guest]

No its been white/ivory since new. Well it was sprayed yellow for a few months around 2005/2006.

[FredTransit]

Somebody say transit?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest]

Hey FriedTransit, fourth one down Life on Mars filming?Light blue swb mk2 does it for me.

[155V6]

Great pics,the 2nd one reminds me of my 1st driving job in about 1987.I had a facelifted Mk 2 Transit LWB petrol(B169 MPG) & an Iveco Daily(C reg)petrol as well.Much preferred the Transit,but the engine died & it was sold.After a while,the Iveco was replaced by a late Bedford CF which I absolutely hated

[FredTransit]

Hey FriedTransit, fourth one down Life on Mars filming?Light blue swb mk2 does it for me.

Nope, the one after that . They are all family, the top one we've had the longest, she was driven by Richard Hammond in Topgear's Transit 40th Special. She was in her natural accessories then (like the spoiler).

[FredTransit]

I have never met anybody with a bad tale to tell about 70s and 80s transits.

[andrew e]

I threw up in a scout mk1 crewbus

[155V6]

The only Transit I've driven that I didn't like was an early Mk 3 Luton.It was the non-turbo diesel,& had the 4-speed overdrive gearbox.It was so slow that I thought there was something seriously wrong with it

[Guest]

Pogweasel-please sit down before looking below.......

[FredTransit]

I threw up in a scout mk1 crewbus

Now that was hardly the transit's fault was it?

[pogweasel]

Pogweasel-please sit down before looking below.......

 

JESUS H CHRIST IT'S THE SHITE COMMERCIAL MUTHA_LOAD.

A sherpa, LR SII and a walk-thru all in one post. I am gonna have to have a cold shower.

 

Why does the Commer have blue windows?

[keef]

Nice moldy Series 2.

 

Don't forget to plop it on http://www.flickr.com/groups/landroverseries2/ when you get a chance please.

[Guest]

B.M.C/Leyland JU Luton van

I posted this cf 2 years ago-its still not moved

[andrew e]

That 504 was on ebay not so long ago...

[FredTransit]

 

That CF is very sad, an old mate of mine has one of his own creation with military axles and gullwing side door slowly decaying in his back garden.

[Guest]

[Guest]

The 1965 Vauxhall/Bedford viva ha van I posted here in 2007 is still around-worth an update

[keef]

The 1965 Vauxhall/Bedford viva ha van I posted here in 2007 is still around-worth an update

That reminds me anyone been watching the repeats of the "Beiderbecke Affair"?http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_91057-Bedford-HA-1978.html

[Guest]

Old thread dragged from the grave Not every one likes commercial / hgv but for those that do.......

Daf

[eddyramrod]

Well I think that deserves a contribution from the Island of Love...

[morris_ital_lover]

How easy is it to bring kit back from Cyprus. I only ask as bringing that Bedford CA back could probably make someone a fair amount richer

[eddyramrod]

Apparently it's not that difficult, as long as the vehicle has MoT. Don't ask me why; this is the local rule so we have to work within it. The Bedford in question has been sitting where it is for rather a long time, so it's likely to need a fair bit of work just to get to MoT level. Work which would have to be done here. It's also lost all its fittings from inside. Suddenly it's becoming expensive, you see............

 

Also, most Cypriots have no idea what their old shite is worth and make up numbers as they see fit. Always larger numbers than you or I would, by some margin!

[Cavcraft]

Screw the Bedford, look at that Leyland (Terrier?) it's class!

 

Rootes: loving those truck pictures. A Mack truck like the one you photographed is high on my 'would like to own one one day' list.

[eddyramrod]

I can see I'm going to have to go back to that and read the badge, if indeed there's still one on it.

[Vin]

Looks to me like it's the 'Bathgate' cab. So I'll go for Mastiff.