Anybody, can you HELP. "A" series VAN ?

[john leeman]

Following discussions on here, can anybody through any light on these van's. They where made in the early 80s, Ford made the chassis cowl then they went north to willenhall, west midlands for the van body to be built on. Just a huge Transit to luck at, They had a 6cyl YORK diesel engine and where a A0609, the petrol 3ltr v6 version was a A0610. Also what happened to the "A" series artic, just like an artic of today only 1/2 size, they where AA0609 or petrol AA0610, wonder hov many of them they sold. Your thoughts would be welcome. John L.

[Neil]

yep they did make a series vans never seen a real one tho

[FMC]

[FredTransit]

Following discussions on here, can anybody through any light on these van's. They where made in the early 80s, Ford made the chassis cowl then they went north to willenhall, west midlands for the van body to be built on. Just a huge Transit to luck at, They had a 6cyl YORK diesel engine and where a A0609, the petrol 3ltr v6 version was a A0610. Also what happened to the "A" series artic, just like an artic of today only 1/2 size, they where AA0609 or petrol AA0610, wonder hov many of them they sold. Your thoughts would be welcome. John L.

The one I was talking about is a massive steel panel van.

[FMC]

One for sale on ebay;
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ford-A-Series-Rec ... 2002r30674

[FMC]

loads of "A" series stuff on ebay;

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-A-SERIES-BRO ... otohosting

[FMC]

Also a specialist website is available for more info at;

http://fordaseries.phpbb24.com/forum/

[Neil]

crikey that forums worse than city vanners only just tho

[transitgeoff]

havent clicked but im assuming its like a morgue

[john leeman]

Thanks FMC, the van was basicely the same as the ambulance control vehicle, in a slab sided van version. Its that van version that has got us all twittering. John L.

[FMC]

Have never seen this before, I'm assuming the van body was similar to the iveco ford 6512 body that was sold
here in the late eighties:



Closest I can find to anything similar on the A-series ford is;



It seems not many of these A-series vechicles were ever made.

There are also some videos on youtube for this vehicle:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxjsSt-08NQ

[FMC]

[john leeman]

Thanks again FMC, thats the one, although thats a SWB version. John L.

[madmark]

lovely box van that one on youtube with a ford replacement 6 cyl york!

[foggy08]

when i left school in 78 ,i worked in a shop in motherwell for 6 months yts (youth training scheme) and they had one ,the exact same as the red one in youtube , i remember it getting stuck in the snow,and us heading to the pub ,i had to go back to the shop and all the girls were feeding me coffee before the manager caught me