Spotted in London

[Anthony]

Hi I spotted this on a recent trip to London. It is parked outside the British Museum and is still being used as a portable cafe.



Sorry about the pic it was taken from the coach

[AlanN]

I see that van all the time around town, must have a rota on it, as it works at night too in different parts of London

[vana mana]

i wouldn't say no to a good clean van like this...

[AlanN]

The van or the kitchen

[vana mana]

both..ilike me grub

[AlanN]

[transitexpress]

Looks like a panelled over Minibus with rear shutter inserted, i wonder if its LEZ compliant

[vana mana]

well spotted that man..my old mk 2 bus/ambulance/robot in disguise has windows and it looks as if that one has been panelled over...
still wouldnt mind a good condition walkthrough like this..i know they made em..but finding one in the uk...not much chance in good condition..

[Luke]

well spotted that man..my old mk 2 bus/ambulance/robot in disguise has windows and it looks as if that one has been panelled over...
still wouldnt mind a good condition walkthrough like this..i know they made em..but finding one in the uk...not much chance in good condition..

a few years back now (mabe 10) i was working at JCB - i think it was the one at utoxiter however you spell it anyway they had a mk2 van like this but phase2 as a site van in jcb yellow, has a few little scrapes but aside from that was an absolute minter - dont think it had left the site from new

[transitexpress]

They were known in the Bus game as "Sweet Sixteens" as they were mostly Dormobile Bodyshells with 16 Passenger Seats on standard Transit chassis cabs available with Pinto, York Diesel or early level 2.5 Di power units, many were supplied as Welfare Buses i.e. usually fitted with taillifts & wheelchair tracking, after the demise of the Midland Red Bus company their Carlyle Engineering Works supplied Mark 1 & 2 bodies using Dormobile shells including an extended chassis version with 20 Passenger seats, not all were Walkthroughs as many had Jackknife entrance doors including the one I operated for around 5 years which was actually a former Carlyle demonstrator, I sold it 3 years ago and it is still in Preservation, if you are interested in obtaining one, they often come up for sale in Classic Bus or Preserved Bus & Coach Magazine, if anything crops up I'll post it on The Forum.
Here endeth the history lesson from a sad Bus & Coach Entusiast

[mikeouk]

my mate had one just like this alot of years ago, i always thought they were called a "gown van"