Thanet (ish) Abandoned Car Thread! With Pictures

Come on then lets see some Thanet Abandoned Cars, I wanna see Classic, Vintage, Retro, Old Skool and down right weird abandoned cars posted here!

Very Happy

Ill go and get my camera and photograph whats on my drive then! Wink

Number6 wrote:: Ill go and get my camera and photograph whats on my drive then!

Haha

Here is one of my dads . . . . . . Sheds!

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What is this?

Its a van lee. not a camper, a van!

Very Happy

Of which model and make young sir?

Its model is LD and make is Austin, even younger sir :-P

Looks like a commer walkthrough.
We had them on Security Express.
Might have been a bit heavier than that one, even before the tin worm

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Cross posted.
Looks like Austin and Commer were badged on the same chassis

PS come to think of it they did that with a few of there smaller commercials.
Namely the Morris 1000 and even rarer Austin 1000 vans and pickups

It's a splitty! Wink

He's hooked
lol!

Is that the pic of the commer? Because it looks like the bigger version of The LD, the 1.5 tonne. (also it has a bmc diesel badge on the front) Smile

Yes Tom that is the 2 tonner Commer walkthrough.
Having Googled commer austin walkthrough they are very alike
BMC ?? I think

They did a three tonner but that had a bulge out the front for a bigger engine.
It would have been the three tonner on Security Express, all the extra weight etc.
We liked the walkthrough, plenty of room to get in and out of in a hurry.

aah right, yes there was a lot of badge engineering back then, I think it was done just to confuse really.

I like the rat look on my van lol

Sorry Roger, but the van in the picture is definitely an Austin. The Commer looks like this

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There was, as you say, a lot of badge engineering, but not between Austin and Commer. They were entirely seperate marques. Austin part of BMC, then BLMC; and Commer part of the Rootes Group, later Chrysler. Some Commers were later badged as Dodge.

As you say Andy Rootes.

And after a closer look with the magnifier the one I posted is BMC, and the badge dose look austin,

This was what I was thinking of. apart from the side panels Laughing

Quite different.

http://66.129.69.181/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1794

I can remeber the side windows were removed and replaced with a secure wallet flap, like the old bank wallet / deposit safes on the side of banks

Oh dear another Splitty
Laughing

I thought it was an austin! lol even made me doubt myself. they do look similar thou. I think I prefer the austin ld over the commer.

Like the new picture Roger. Javelin?

Yes Andy
Javelin doing a fast pass down the runway RAf Kuching Borneo 1964.
Got a photo of a Javelin and DH Herald sharing the same runway.

Some more aviation photos, and short videos, in both my 'bucket's'
Feel free to wander around the albums and sub albums.

https://s110.photobucket.com/albums/n101/Hatchy-62/

https://s469.photobucket.com/albums/rr55/Mitzisweetie/transport/

We appear to have a number of common interests, Roger. Old cars, aircraft, canal boats, and both former HGV 1 drivers.

Sorry to be pedantic, but did you mean Handley Page Herald?

OMG
What with Getting BMC and Rootes mixed up was bad enough.
Now I know I AM getting old if I start getting aircraft mixed up.
Next thing I'll forget my own name

Regards
Shirly
lol!

Blimey how long has you dad had the van Tom?

That reminds me of the old bakers delivery van that use to come round in the 70s.

Your place looks fascinating, I still want to know what's under those tarps Very Happy

We should have a club exploration day out at Toms Cool

Tony

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