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A few grainy period photos of Mk 1s

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Re: A few grainy period photos of Mk 1s

Postby Altransit » Mon May 27, 2013 10:39 am

g-man wrote:
Altransit wrote:Is that Brian Poole and the Tremeloes :?: :?


looks like them al,tho' he left them in '66

Ah, someone at last knows who I'm talking about :lol: :mrgreen:

Registrations in those days ran from Jan-Dec of that year, so that could have been 1966, the year he left them :idea:
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Re: A few grainy period photos of Mk 1s

Postby wojciech » Mon May 27, 2013 12:16 pm

Altransit wrote:
g-man wrote:
Altransit wrote:Is that Brian Poole and the Tremeloes :?: :?


looks like them al,tho' he left them in '66

Ah, someone at last knows who I'm talking about :lol: :mrgreen:

Registrations in those days ran from Jan-Dec of that year, so that could have been 1966, the year he left them :idea:


Brian Poole & The Tremeloes - The Uncle Willie (1965) Image
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Re: A few grainy period photos of Mk 1s

Postby wojciech » Mon Jun 10, 2013 10:21 pm

Clown at Stratford Broadway, London

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Re: A few grainy period photos of Mk 1s

Postby Vandalism » Tue Jun 11, 2013 12:55 pm

nice picture

ive got an old 70s i guess paper bag from tesco..cant be many of thos about :lol:
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Re: A few grainy period photos of Mk 1s

Postby wojciech » Mon Jul 15, 2013 12:24 pm

1966 Transit in Swizterland, used for railway maintenance work.

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Transit in action at the docks, unloading a huge crate of air.

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1975: Penthouse sponsored a team of racing Escorts and naturally chose Transits for support vehicles

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Re: A few grainy period photos of Mk 1s

Postby wojciech » Fri Jul 26, 2013 8:49 am

This pictures are from: http://www.pbase.com/beppuu/image/34807886, by Keith Berry


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Lozells Road
Lozells, Birmingham

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Sparkhill, Birmingham

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Rookery Road,
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1980s, Keith Berry
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Re: A few grainy period photos of Mk 1s

Postby malta transit » Tue Aug 20, 2013 2:47 pm

yogi wrote:
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yogi wrote:the first black and white one i wonder how much business he got with no phone number on the van lol

This One :?:

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Phone number is just by the drivers door at the bottom :)


yea thats the one my bad :oops:



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Re: A few grainy period photos of Mk 1s

Postby wojciech » Mon Nov 25, 2013 8:53 am

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Re: A few grainy period photos of Mk 1s

Postby wojciech » Mon Jan 20, 2014 2:24 pm

Thames Valley Police Transit was finished in orange, similar to the Lancashire units whilst Nottinghamshire opted to use the red side stripe livery instead.

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