OT classic ford?

Just coming from a scrapyard, needed some vw parts. Between the usual crap on the yard is a little ford van, looks a bit like a vw kombi but the front says ford thames. Chassis looks very decent, paint good, all parts there and fully original, and the price is a bargain. Papers and all are there. Too good to be true? Can anyone point me in the right direction, parts wise (easy to fix, owner says engine blown) or is it a straight keep your hands off, pain in the ass?

Bart Bervoets South Africa

bet the wheels look like this one of mine.

My guess is that it is the later model:

My grandfather used to run several of them for his business

-- Howard Rose

1966 VW Beetle 1300 Deluxe 1962 Austin Mini Deluxe 1964 Austin Mini Super Deluxe (cars on website)

Definitly not it, the front is flat, no long nose. Yours

Were they easy to maintain? In the US it's probably easy to get parts still but what about Bart's location?

I've no idea since I wasn't around in the '60's *grin*

I have a rather nice photo of one of the vans on it's side in a snow bank - with the AA breakdown motorcycle next to it!

Parts? I've only ever seen a handful of those vans in all my time of visiting classic car shows...

-- Howard Rose

1966 VW Beetle 1300 Deluxe 1962 Austin Mini Deluxe 1964 Austin Mini Super Deluxe (cars on website)

On second thoughts - body panels will be very hard to find, but mechanics were certainly shared with the rest of the Ford lineup.

-- Howard Rose

1966 VW Beetle 1300 Deluxe 1962 Austin Mini Deluxe 1964 Austin Mini Super Deluxe (cars on website)

buy it! if its cheap, and complete :-)

-- Howard Rose

1966 VW Beetle 1300 Deluxe 1962 Austin Mini Deluxe 1964 Austin Mini Super Deluxe (cars on website)

That's it! Buy or not?

Bart Bervoets