Past Present and in Between in Pictures (Part 1)

pyewacket947v:
5 May 1985
Another out of use motor in Himbleton, Worcs, Eng
Though this Thames 4D van, 528 CPK , looks as if it
still as some life left in it,Who knows,?

I once ‘ventilated’ the engine block on a 4D, con rod came through both sides, Cooper Bridge, Mirfield. To this day nobody knows the cause, the oil and water levels were ok, it wasn’t getting thrashed, but a rod made a break for freedom and it succeeded.