breakdown truck

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JPB
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Re: breakdown truck

#2111 Post by JPB »

That is rather handsome, but to be road legal for my current licence status, it would need to lose a pedal, or lots of weight and a wheel. Lovely truck though, the proportions are great and the box body would make a really fine camper, shopping vehicle or place to hide when the zombies come.
8-)

In the mood for looking at highly reflective vehicles on the web, I found the following: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Airstream-Mot ... Sw5HJXKlU5

It's narrow enough to fit on some UK roads, has a full sized toilet seat, is very, very shiny and should be pretty cheap to run as it's coal fired, or has Google translated that last thing incorrectly from the Italian text on the listing?
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Re: breakdown truck

#2112 Post by rich. »

TerryG wrote:Would you fit a tipper back to it rich? ;)
no, leave it on site & listen to radio 4 all day :D
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Re: breakdown truck

#2113 Post by GHT »

JPB wrote:In the mood for looking at highly reflective vehicles on the web, I found the following: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Airstream-Mot ... Sw5HJXKlU5
The missus wouldn't like it, she's not into slumming it, for her glamping has to have some sort of finesse.
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Re: breakdown truck

#2114 Post by Grumpy Northener »

GHT said
has to have some sort of finesse
Ah - so something like this then
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or maybe this
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or even this
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:thumbs:
1937 Jowett 8 - Project - in less pieces than the Jupiter
1943 Jowett Stationary Engine
1952 Jowett Jupiter - In lots of peices http://Jowett.org/
1952 Jowett Javelin - Largely original
1973 Rover P6 V8 - Original / 22,000 miles
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Re: breakdown truck

#2116 Post by Grumpy Northener »

Not sure why but I always have had a soft spot for classic commercials and very much like the idea of something like this
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fordson-7V-Vi ... 3641.l6368 - Would make a great vehicle transporter / recovery truck especially has it is powered by a flathead V8 :thumbs:

Would also very much like one these but now way out of my price league http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C826673
1937 Jowett 8 - Project - in less pieces than the Jupiter
1943 Jowett Stationary Engine
1952 Jowett Jupiter - In lots of peices http://Jowett.org/
1952 Jowett Javelin - Largely original
1973 Rover P6 V8 - Original / 22,000 miles
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Re: breakdown truck

#2117 Post by GHT »

Chris, I've found the ideal camper van,ideal for The Revival. The Missus likes it too.
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Re: breakdown truck

#2118 Post by JPB »

Wow! It's a council scheme with wheels. :lol:

Rich, I found an example of the best Datsun Cherry ever made, especially for you: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Alfa-Romeo-Ar ... Sw9GhYdrov

:drool:
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Re: breakdown truck

#2119 Post by Grumpy Northener »

I found an example of the best Datsun Cherry ever made
Is that not the one with a self igniting wiring harness made from damp spaghetti and old boot laces ?
1937 Jowett 8 - Project - in less pieces than the Jupiter
1943 Jowett Stationary Engine
1952 Jowett Jupiter - In lots of peices http://Jowett.org/
1952 Jowett Javelin - Largely original
1973 Rover P6 V8 - Original / 22,000 miles
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Re: breakdown truck

#2120 Post by JPB »

:lol: Certainly not. The bootlaces were almost new and sometimes lasted the length of the warranty..
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