1971 van on Gumtree

[DaveC]

Quite an expensive van, depending on how good it really is!
https://www.gumtree.com/p/Austin/austin ... 1148780494

[trunion]

This might be one of Tony Carrols vans, he has moved into the Blackpool area from Manchester.

[REDPICKUP]

Better to ask too much,and gradually reduce the price until you find a buyer,than ask too little and then find the buyer has advertised it again a few weeks later with a much higher price

[les]

This might be one of Tony Carrols vans, he has moved into the Blackpool area from Manchester.

You could be right, he does like the word 'mint' !
I'm sure this van has done the rounds at some mmoc nationals a few years back. I remember the colour and low miles, I think it was for sale then.

[Triumph66]

I do like that colour and it looks a nice van too. It's a colour I would probably use on a Morris PU.

[trunion]

Just checked the phone number, it is Tony Carrol.
As you say the word mint does give it away!

[les]

------and the bag of sand in the back has Morecombe on it. He's still at it then!

[Triumph66]

I do like those mirrors mounted on the doors; I bet that will make it a lot easier to see what's behind you.

[trunion]

It will be a new experience for the neighbours!

There was another Antelope Austin badged van on a "L" plate which was in storage in the London area a few years back, that had only done 7,000 miles from new, it was sold later, I believe it went up to Scotland.

Vans & pick-ups painted in Antelope are scarce, I had a late Morris badged 8cwt pick-up I bought from Midhurst Engineering on a K plate, this was in original Antelope paint, regrettably I repainted it dark blue, I should have left it in it's original Antelope colour.
The reg number was WRU251K chassis no. MAU5-318538F it had been new to a chap just outside Wareham in Dorset, the chassis was getting very mellow in places so I sold it.

After that I bought a nice 6 cwt pick-up to replace it, JVE917F this had been re-registered carrying the number HEW836F, I managed to get her original JVE917F registration back, it still had the original BMC Running in sticker in the top left hand of the windscreen.

[TFM150K]

Remarkably my last van was WRU330K which started out life with the Elctricity Board at Bristol - and I was in touch with the owner of WRU329K. I still have enough of 330K for a rebuild that might satisfy DVLA with respect to retaining the identity.