Working vehicles past their sell by.

[bunglebus]

This one's odd. Registered as a 1935 Austin, presumably rebodied?

 

[bunglebus]

Posh retreat farmhouse place I deliver to has a fleet of milkfloats doing various duties about the place

 

[bunglebus]

Berlin is a bit of a haven for older vehicles, even the old bill still trundle around in ancient Mercedes

 

[lesapandre]

17 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

This one's odd. Registered as a 1935 Austin, presumably rebodied?

 

That looks like a modern Asquith kit. Can't see any 1935 in there.

Incorrectly registered.

[bunglebus]

Lovely Luton body MK1 I saw refuelling

 

[bunglebus]

Travelling fair lorries

Matching caravans

And an ice cream van as it was there

 

[bunglebus]

Pug doing van things

 

[bunglebus]

Recovery vehicle that appeared near me

With a friend

 

[jon.k]

[bunglebus]

Top this. Seem to recall it was Bedford HA based, sadly off the road since 2022, hopefully it will return!

 

[goosey]

14 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Lovely Luton body MK1 I saw refuelling

 

Those fuel prices 😳

[Supernaut]

I don't know if tractors count but a neighbour still uses this regularly.

[Tayne]

On 15/12/2024 at 08:46, ProgRocker said:

Makes good business sense to run these vehicles for as long as possible from an accounting point of view. I approve. 

$3billion for 93 vans.

 

 

[worldofceri]

My milk man operates 750 LOA which, according to DVLA, is a 1963 Morrison.

The chap pictured is the current owner’s late father, who delivered milk around Coventry from 1943 until 2021.

Photo nicked from D Arch & Son FB page.

[Verysleepyboy]

Obviously still not in daily use now but this must have been 27 ish years old when he died in 2004.

His steam roller was significantly older mind you.....

[mk2_craig]

Sorry about the truly terrible photo, this is a Bristol LH with the centre bit of the roof chopped out. Started out with london transport I think and recently painted back into red. It has done the last dozen or so summer seasons as a tour bus and usually hibernates for winter but the current owner seems to be doing some Christmas related runs this year.

[neil72]

A few more from greater london

[Volksy]

I was surprised to see quite a few battered Crown Vics are still on the San Francisco Police Department fleet. 

They are even dwindling in more rural areas these days. 

[AnnoyingPentium]

Local bus/coach hire place still has a few pre-2000 Vanhools out on school runs and suchlike.

Dodds of Troon likewise also, all sorts of older stuff.

See these out and about in Ayr.

Of course, it's probably still 1998 here.

[wuvvum]

Not strictly a work vehicle but when I moved house in 2008 I used my JU250 van to take a load of stuff to the tip.

[horriblemercedes]

5 hours ago, bunglebus said:

This one's odd. Registered as a 1935 Austin, presumably rebodied?

 

Fun. My 1936 Austin is 162 UXF

[wuvvum]

I had a 1959 Austin with UXG in the reg.  I assume that's a series of numbers that got issued to cars that had been plate raped.

[horriblemercedes]

2 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

I had a 1959 Austin with UXG in the reg.  I assume that's a series of numbers that got issued to cars that had been plate raped.

Exactly that, I think. Mine lost the original plate around 2004 I think and 162 UXF was issued.

 

Just fun to see that the digits are the same and they are only one letter apart, and those letters are in sequence

[Matty]

24 minutes ago, horriblemercedes said:

Fun. My 1936 Austin is 162 UXF

A car that desperately needs its own thread. Unless you already have one and I'm being myopic again 😁

[bunglebus]

Shitty Sherpa at Shtesco

[neil72]

A few more from greater london, the Sherpa was seen in Herts.

[howe]

Almost forgot I had a picture of this one. The bloke I recently bought two Datsun Cabstars off (in addition to the one I already had...) has this and uses it day to day, including to haul stone back from a quarry on occasion.

It has the diesel engine rather than the 2.0 pushrod petrol and the bed on the back is one off a Transit that's been dismantled, trimmed down and bolted back together. I'm also quite fond of the crane he's got to lift things onto it.

[motorpunk]

Parked next to this old bit of plant at the weekend. Still in use. W plate.

[Crackers]

13 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Berlin is a bit of a haven for older vehicles, even the old bill still trundle around in ancient Mercedes

Don't think that Vario ever leaves that street - every time I've walked down Wilhelmstrasse it's been there.

It's even in the same spot on street view from 2022. 

[SunnySouth]

14 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Didn't capture the reg on this very well, as I was more interested in the unfortunate Granada on board

 

That’s a Jaaaaag on the back, surely?!