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Richard H



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 6:40 pm    Post subject: Who's feeling brave? Reply with quote






http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Standard-Atlas-Van-Spares-restoration-project-/320661308332?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item4aa8e743ac

Michael1703 and possibly Brian M will recognise this old Atlas, it was sat on a driveway in Westcliff-on-Sea Essex for about 30 years until a year or so ago when it disappeared and the house has since been sold and renovated. Now it's turned up on Ebay. How they got it to Buckingham without it collapsing is beyond me Shocked
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
By gum that looks sad, lots of handy spares though I guess if it is beyond redemption... Smile

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 9:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Glad to know its still alive... (ish)

I had wondered whether it found a home or got turned into a chinese olympic stadium
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 9:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The number of surviving Atlases must be in single figures now. I'd love one, I think this one might be a bit too much of a project though Smile

The body panels don't look any rustier than Rick's Dodge was! Wink
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 9:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Richard H wrote:
The number of surviving Atlases must be in single figures now. I'd love one, I think this one might be a bit too much of a project though Smile

The body panels don't look any rustier than Rick's Dodge was! Wink


but I bet they'd be a lot harder to replace Smile

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(years ago I went with a friend to check out an Atlas, had to clamber through one or two garages to get to it by torchlight. Must see if I have any photos somewhere)
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 11:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
They are in good nic compare to some cars currently on ebay lol
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 12:28 am    Post subject: Re: Who's feeling brave? Reply with quote
Richard H wrote:
possibly Brian M will recognise this old Atlas, it was sat on a driveway in Westcliff-on-Sea Essex for about 30 years


Not only do I recognise it but in about 1987 I tried to buy it! My son had a Standard Pennant and we thought this might make a matching project, and my daughter had a VW so the possibility of a number plate swap also appealed.

I think it had already stood for 10 years or so, and the owner was a bit abrupt with my approach so we decided to let it pass. Like Rich, I have watched it get worse very year and I certainly thought it had gone for scrap when it dissapeared.
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michael1703



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 8:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
atlas panel vans are single figures, ive seen a few windowed/camper atlas's

I'd take it on, looks like 'A' posts and front floors will be shot but not as bad as my 400e otherwise
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 10:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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I'd take it on, looks like 'A' posts and front floors will be shot but not as bad as my 400e otherwise


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PostPosted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 11:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I like the sellers honesty,he says the steering box fell off when they last moved it.
They say nothing is totally beyond restoring but this must come ruddy close.
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Richard H



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 5:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
michael1703 wrote:


I'd take it on, looks like 'A' posts and front floors will be shot but not as bad as my 400e otherwise


Go for it! I doubt the auction will reach its scrap value.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 9:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ive got enough crap as it is!

I own 11 cars and I've got 8 customers car to restore yet

Find me a genuine steel sided ford thames 400e pickup in a similar state and I would buy it
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 9:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ahhh! Poor thing!
I've had two Atlas vans over the years - they are quirky, to say the least, but I loved them, and went all over the country in them. The original spec used the 948cc Standard 10 engine, which was, err, adequate, but my second van had a Herald 1200 engine in it, and that really made it quite practical.
If the steering box has fallen off, it sounds as if the chassis has probably had it, in which case I cannot really see this one returning to the land of the living... Sad
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Richard H



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 12:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sold for £121! Did anyone on here get it?

I wonder if the new owner plans to restore it, or just crush it... Sad

This is a piece of Westcliff history here Wink

Richard Smile
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