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old van man · Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Posts: 384

Here`s a nice period shot, good looking vans, a couple left in preservation, and one set fire to ! in a light entertainment series set in the 50s ( not Heartbeat or the royal )
( Bonus points if you can name the series )

Dalek63 · Joined: 15 Aug 2009 Posts: 490 Location: North Cornwall

Car Cruiser Lynx, not very many made or sold in the first place and maybe a Humber or Hillman
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Knowsley · Joined: 13 Sep 2010 Posts: 158 Location: uk

That picture come up on my ebay search this morning. The other picture it was listed with was a Dovedale

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160710445040&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:1123

David
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COMMAD · Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 9:38 pm Post subject:

Not up with UK vans, but car is Humber Super Snipe 1955 or there abouts. Very Happy

Dalek63 · Joined: 15 Aug 2009 Posts: 490 Location: North Cornwall

the people who set fire to it should have been locked inside as it burnt down ! Evil or Very Mad

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old van man · Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Posts: 384

yep it was a shame i had looked at buying said van , but i was not keen on the interior ( vary dark, not much window glass to let the light in ) and a bit pricey ( £1000 in 1998 ) funny around the same time i also looked at a bluebird dauphine looked like the one on Ebay was £250, the only trouble was the van was boxed in a triangle shape garden with canals on two sides and a new brick built garage at the top ! needless to say it stayed there Smile

Knowsley · Joined: 13 Sep 2010 Posts: 158 Location: uk

But no one has come forward with the name of the program old van man....!
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old van man · Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Posts: 384

The program was called " The last sulute " a period sitcome made by
The BBC in 1998 the storyline was about a group of AA patrolmen,
Set in 1960s Hmpshire, one of the cast was living in a Lynx at the bottom of a Garden (his girlfriends house )
A window was fitted in the side of the van
this was done so he could be filmed looking up to house !

Knowsley · Joined: 13 Sep 2010 Posts: 158 Location: uk

Thanks Old Van Man

Looked up the video on youtube

the film and the caravan in the garden can be seen on this video link

David

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEQ_c5jRVXQ&feature=related
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old van man · Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Posts: 384

Thanks for the link, was a shame about the van Sad

while where on this string there was a a short series directed by David Jason, called " The Quest " set in the late 50s there`s
a nice scene on 50s campsite in the lakes
who can remember the make of van the lads stay in ? Very Happy

Uncle Alec · Joined: 14 Jan 2008 Posts: 734 Location: Manchester

It was a Winchester. Ended its life in a breaker's in Wigan.

old van man · Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Posts: 384

Thats correct a post war Winchester, the last i saw of the van it was on Ebay a few years ago, a well know wheeler dealer near Stoke had it , the van was fire damaged from the last owners, who thought it was a good idea to dry there clothes against the chimney of the wood burner they had fitted Embarassed