Anyone remember...?

[105Nick]

The Ford A series? There was one of these outside a bungalow in the middle of nowhere near me for years. There's a cool pic in the gallery of a D series, A series, Mk1 Transit and Mk1 Escort Van, and a D series. Can't be many left now.

 

http://www.fordaseries.co.uk/index.html

[orionmojo]

nope, but up until 3 years ago my dad ran a D series flatbed

[john_3.0s]

there was one down this way until about 6 months ago, silver one with a tilting car bed on the back and saw it with a 2 dr cossie on it now and again but not for a while now

[60ftman]

Used to drive an A series recovery truck back in the 80's.

[105Nick]

 

 

My dad used to drive one of these for our little local garage years ago, before they replaced it with a Bedford TK. The guy told me they scrapped it a couple of weeks back, but I'm sure I can see it in a hedgerow out back, where its been sat since the 60s. Its remarkably surving quite well, as it hasn't been cared for. Its a 1942 Chevrolet M6, used to tow trailers loaded with bombs to B17s in the war, and has a hoist on the back with open cab. The one in the garage has all original markings and paint visable, but weather beaten, with wooden garage sign on the roof and a home made crane and hand winch! They wouldn't sell it, rather it rot there.

 

 

[V8ian]

Are there any A series Transits left, they rotted quicker than 60s Fiats, I borrowed one to pick up a car and had the clutch go on me, ever tried removing a gearbox from the back of a 6cyl Perkins Diesel on your own, its the biggest gearbox I have ever removed from a vehical, everything is 10 times as heavy as it needs to be,

Eastern Electricity used to have 4x4 versions, they made good recovery trucks

Ian

[escortmad79]

A few more brochures on my site:

http://s12.photobucket.com/albums/a247/ ... %20Series/

[james p]

i think they use one at wimboldon banger track rotten as fook and snaped in half before lol

[chris e boy]

i cut my teeth on o.s.f. trucks d-series a-series transits and transcons started at a ford dealer in 1977 as an apprentice,the a-series was a bastardised mother of a mid range vehicle oh and that 6 cyl "york" diesel what a pig.lol

chris