as requested madmarks 66 English ex firevan progress thread

[Nadjenka]

I fell in love with this van at Billing Mark, this picture just brought it all back Oh it's lovely!

[madmark]

i will let you have a drive of her when she is finished

[Nadjenka]

:lol: i will let you have a drive of her when she is finished

I better quote you so you don't change your mind

[madmark]

[BROWNYS V6]

vans looking good mark, enough to keep you busy for a bit

[madmark]

mate yes its gona be a long winded one i think
the wether is a proble so i cant do that much outside at the moement
but she get regular outings
for its age it is very good i have to keep reminding myself its 43year old

[madmark]

hi malta the padded dash was part of the custom option ,this included a glove box and headlineing and also a coat hook

not much progress as i need to locate a door lock to go in me side door and the wether is bad

[Neil]

are you sure that padded dash was nt added a bit later theres no sighn of it being an option in all my early brochures until mid 68

[madmark]

no mate its defo orginal thats not been added everthing with the van is still orginal apart from the exhaust ,it came also with headlineing i have been through brochures with pete lee
how far back does your brochers go mate? we went back to 65 onwards

ps the dash pad needs recovering as its gone round the edges but its gota come out soon for a new screen anyway!

[Neil]

ye sorry mark i ve now found it in a 66 brochure but not in the 65 one i have 3 from 65 and one of them has pictures of the transit with the seats in the same tweed looking plastic just the same as the thames vans had in them

[madmark]

petes 65 has those type seats

[Neil]

they must have had material left over

[transitandy]

nice work m8

[transit jono]

Brilliant work as usual,still think your should HOTROD it

[madmark]

Brilliant work as usual,still think your should HOTROD it

no way mate and spoil a orginal 1966 mk1 not a hope in hell!