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Cider Andy wrote:I saw that van very many moons ago at the Motor Show. At first glance it looked brand new but on closer inspection it did have imperfections. IIRC it had about 34,000 miles on the clock. There was a bit of a write-up about it. The gist was that, incredibly, Ford had never saved an early van during production for their museum. They bought this one secondhand; I think it had been stored in a garage for some years and I think it had been pale blue. Ford restored it and painted it in the GEC colours, GEC having been one of their largest customers. It is a genuine 1965 van though.
FredTransit wrote:I beg to differ. The kindest thing I could say when I saw it was disappointing...
captain hook wrote:Cider Andy wrote:I saw that van very many moons ago at the Motor Show. At first glance it looked brand new but on closer inspection it did have imperfections. IIRC it had about 34,000 miles on the clock. There was a bit of a write-up about it. The gist was that, incredibly, Ford had never saved an early van during production for their museum. They bought this one secondhand; I think it had been stored in a garage for some years and I think it had been pale blue. Ford restored it and painted it in the GEC colours, GEC having been one of their largest customers. It is a genuine 1965 van though.
I worked for GEC and,without exception,they used Bedford vans.
GEC-Elliot Traffic Automation was not even formed until 1970 and...
The livery changed to Yellow/Black in 1973.
That van is so wrong in many ways.....
Ford would have had a hangar full Fred if people didnt buy themFredTransit wrote:too right. If I had Ford's money, I would have a hanger full of complete minters. Thats the disappointing bit. They have the money but clearly don't care enough to spend it.
blue estate wrote:I'm going to buy this mk1 just found it on ebayhttp://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Corgi-Vanguar ... 35d1078afc
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