Transporters

[Pete]

Would love this...

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C577079

[mk1]

Or you would until you realised it did a max of 35 mph & did about 8 to the gallon!

[billycooper]

Nearly same reg as my Old 1967 "S" , Make a nice pair !! Think its a Lancashire reg ?

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[ivor badger 2]

Or you would until you realised it did a max of 35 mph & did about 8 to the gallon!

and that was after you managed to squeeze into the drivers seat. Wonder what shape the cab designer was.

[rich@minispares.com]

. Wonder what shape the cab designer was.

very thin would be my guess

[billycooper]

Would love this...

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C577079

Must have sold at Auction, on ebay at £14500

[surfblue63]

Another transporter coming up for auction, not strictly period, but would turn heads going to a meeting and does have the benefit of a hopped up engine.

http://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/vol ... ransporter

I'd certainly have that for £19,000 as long as it came complete with the Lotus 11

[minimans]

Another transporter coming up for auction, not strictly period, but would turn heads going to a meeting and does have the benefit of a hopped up engine.

http://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/vol ... ransporter

This looks like the one I almost bought when working in Newport beach CA. only it was yellow then? I didn't buy it because the wife wouldn't let me...................

[Pete]

That's the sort of thing that used to tow the Aurora Gears team Minis around the country, ie James Palmer's ex Anita Taylor car!

[David Reid]

What would the 6 wheel transport as per the Italian Job be worth?

I know where there is one sat in a dry barn which looks in really nice condition, my Dad recently bought an AEC Matador recovery truck from the guy

[rich@minispares.com]

What would the 6 wheel transport as per the Italian Job be worth?

is it a Harrington coach though (as per used in the film) as there are only very few left - they where epically rubbish in period and most of them (rare in period) have shaken them selves to bits / rotted away to nothing now - they where a very cheap, poorly made body in period, and as a result never had a good reputation from coach owners.

there is only one fully restored one, and three of four that are part converted Italian Job replicas that seem to have been part finished for years -I think the people start them, realise that they have bitten off far more than they can chew and leave them, they are not the easiest, or cheapest, things to store as they are huge. (and you need a mental lowloader if you need to move one - I wish I had taken a photo of mine when is was loaded up, it was a serious sight for sore eyes, it was too long for the lowloader, so the driver had just lifted the hydraulic ramps up anyway and squashed all the back....)

its more likely to be a Plaxton panorama or the (ugly) duple, there was literally hundreds of these made, and the Plaxtons where a very well made thing, as long as they where looked after and not left in damp storage - the back 16" or so isn't supported by the chassis, so if the body is weak, it all droops away (a common problem with the VALs)

as for price?

scrap - 500 to a 1000

1000 upwards for a project

probably 8-10 for a minter of any body style (as a coach)

the coach people sneer big time at any transporter/caravan conversions and view them as no better than scrap, no matter the condition, history and heritage that comes with them - a very blinkered view!

get some photos up


I love my Bedford coaches!

[slowboy]

Would love this...

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C577079

that is ace pete !!!


rich , have you still got your bus, lets see a pic, or is that it earlier on in the thread, posted with minimail on side, cant remember

[rich@minispares.com]

rich , have you still got your bus

no, sold it with huge regrets, but if you fancy it, its currently on ebay!

[slowboy]

no, sold it with huge regrets, but if you fancy it, its currently on ebay

would love it, but no spare at mo , and always fancied making one myself, prob a pipe dream what is link anyhow rich

[surfblue63]

Here's a couple of service vehicles that I spotted at Goodwood

First up is a good old Sherpa



Second is this Fiat 1100E

[rich@minispares.com]

that's a cracking chrome bumper mgb hi-top

I always fancied one with the slidey front doors that you could drive with the doors open - probably illegal now-a-days!

[goff]

that's a cracking chrome bumper mgb hi-top

I always fancied one with the slidey front doors that you could drive with the doors open - probably illegal now-a-days!

Rich you was born to late.
When i first started up on-site welding i bought a Transit of my mate for £40 it needed a load of welding to get it through the MOT, It was a ex Bakers Van, Bullnose early York Diesel with the flame in the manifold, OK it had up and over back door and wait for it passenger door was hinged and the drivers door slidey as you put it , he had used it for carrying MAGGOTS ,It stunk , nobody would come near it or pinch it .Used it for a good few years ,A woman runs in to me, Insurance pay me £350 and i buy it back for guess what yep £40 and used it for parts and a shed,

Goff

[goff]

that's a cracking chrome bumper mgb hi-top

I always fancied one with the slidey front doors that you could drive with the doors open - probably illegal now-a-days!

Rich you was born to late.
When i first started up on-site welding i bought a L reg 73 Transit of my mate for £40 it needed a load of welding to get it through the MOT, It was a ex Bakers Van, Bullnose early York Diesel with the flame in the manifold, OK it had up and over back door and wait for it passenger door was hinged and the drivers door slidey as you put it , he had used it for carrying MAGGOTS ,It stunk , nobody would come near it or pinch it .Used it for a good few years ,A woman runs in to me, Insurance pay me £350 and i buy it back for guess what yep £40 and used it for parts and a shed,

Goff

[Pete]

2 for the price of one...



You can just about make out the Cooper Minis were white originally, as most of their cars were.

[ivor badger 2]

2 for the price of one...



You can just about make out the Cooper Minis were white originally, as most of their cars were.

Interesting mix of rear tyres. suppose personal preference.