Yes harry, blackburn to preston on a push bike must have been a bind, after a hard days work. 
hiya,
Norm, Darwen to Longridge, thats a big distance difference although i did have jam-jar.
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Harry did it have one of those great big bags on top, full of gas, so it didnât cost you too much to run, or was it the pedal type?
hiya,
An Austin A40 countryman, steam driven 20 mtts (miles to the shovel).
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In about 1966 I had a Austin A35 van, I fixed it up and painted it in green tractor paint, we went camping at Californa caravan site near Hemsby just above Great Yarmouth, and we listen to the world cup on the radio, that was a smashing little van.
hiya,
The old A35 Norm, you should have added BRS Parcels with it being green you might have made a few bob delivering bits and bobs round the doors to pay for the petrol, nice little earner for you, stick with me Buddy and this time next year youâll be a millionaire.
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do any old brs drivers remember a chap called john bussey,he drove for brs for a lot of years,finshing up at bradford depot.
Norman Ingram:
In about 1966 I had a Austin A35 van, I fixed it up and painted it in green tractor paint, we went camping at Californa caravan site near Hemsby just above Great Yarmouth, and we listen to the world cup on the radio, that was a smashing little van.
Hi Norman,
Was a teenager down this way had an A35 van back in the mid sixties.
Cheers Dave.
Dave, that is the one, grand little motor, when I sold it, I made money, much more than I paid for it, but it was in poor condition, no brakes, handbrake comming away, I re-enforcred the floor and re- drilled the holes, re-lined the brakes, new cylinders & master cylinder ,new pipe work, re done the steering, overhauled the engine, new hardy spicers on the prop, when I had finished with it it ticked like a swiss watch, it was a joy to drive, the women who purchased it from me, had two dogs, and was perfect for her, I had to get rid of it, because my two sons was getting bigger, and had a Ford Classic a cremey yellow. Hope you enjoyed the van as much as I did Dave, I was 29 at the time. 
hiya,
Biggee Bradford was one depot i never went into and never met the driver yourâe asking about, when in that area it was always one of the Leeds depots i used.
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Norman Ingram:
Dave, that is the one, grand little motor, when I sold it, I made money, much more than I paid for it, but it was in poor condition, no brakes, handbrake comming away, I re-enforcred the floor and re- drilled the holes, re-lined the brakes, new cylinders & master cylinder ,new pipe work, re done the steering, overhauled the engine, new hardy spicers on the prop, when I had finished with it it ticked like a swiss watch, it was a joy to drive, the women who purchased it from me, had two dogs, and was perfect for her, I had to get rid of it, because my two sons was getting bigger, and had a Ford Classic a cremey yellow. Hope you enjoyed the van as much as I did Dave, I was 29 at the time.
Hi Norman,
My A35 was imaculate when I bought it,and still good when I sold it,had it when I was 18,it had the 1100 engine,it pulled like a train. I drove it steady,because I was only insured third party,as I coulndnât get insured at that fully comp,even though I had no claims with moterbikeâs. I changed it for a Ford anglia a couple of years later,which I didnât like,kept that 10 months,then changed to a Mk 2 Cortina,which was an excellent car,but I was hasty changing the van for the anglia.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Dave my experience of A30 A35 vans/cars was the rust bogie, usually finding the handbrake coming away from the floor, i was lucky in having a large workshop garage and my own welding gear both gas and MIG and the ability to use same, the problem with the handbrake and general rusting i believe was normal and i found the A40 a better bet, although they did rust âdidnât everything in the 60sâ Ford Angliaâs although a nice looking motor for the time, corroded away before your very eyes, Vauxhallâs had some demics at that time as well.
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Hi Harry,
Quite agree about the sixties cars,the Vauxhall Victor being one of the worst,my A35 was only a couple of years old when I bought it,and I had it 2 or 3 years,then the Anglia which I didnât like,yet my Dad had a new Anglia in 1960,and kept it for 11 years,it was a rust bucket at the end,just went for spares. Thankfully the new vehicles donât rust like that,they just depreciate to the point,where even if they are in good nick,they are worth nothing.
Cheers Dave.
Well lads I saw this shiney black and red ford consul, it looks said come and buy my, it ran great, only problem was it ran the front tyres down on the edge, I checked the toe-in, it was correct, checked all the steering joints, but could not find anything wrong, in 1966 we were playing Newcastle, they beat us 5-1, on the way back, the 5 of us was motoring down the A1, when it poured down, and the passengers said water was comming in the floor, we pulled up, and baled it out. When I took out all the carpets and checked back at my home, I saw it was two cars welded together, the back end was a zepher, with the pointed tail lights, then I knew why the tyres used to wear! 
Hi Norman,
Just goes to show,your a driver. and still got caught out. A lot of people havenât a clue about vehicles. I have only bought a few second hand,and only usually a couple of years old at that,I have wasted more money on new cars, than enough.
A neighbour of mine has a new car every three years,his old one has only done just over 20,000 miles,at least mine have a lot more on the clock than that, when I sell them,they are still an expensive bit of kit whichever way you do it.
Cheers Dave.
Well Dave I never discovered it by removing the carpets , because the floor was sealed, but when I removed the roof linning, I could see the weld, it was a good scam very well done, I sealed it up, and never had any rain come in again, and two further owners who had it said how well it ran, but complained about the tyre wear, I never told them the reason why they did wear in this particular way. 
hiya,
Well iâve heard everything now Norman, knowingly selling on a âcut and shutâ i would never sleep again.
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Harry that was in the days, when men were men, and I never even thought about it, or lost one minute of sleep. 
Hi Harry,
Not a red and rust moter,thought I would post this,to get Norman back from thinking about his mispent youth.
Cheers Dave
hiya,
âNorman Ingram purveyor of motor cars and light commercial vehiclesâ, would you buy a car from this manâ â ?.
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