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Jul 23, 2014 14:00:16 GMT
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Jul 23, 2014 14:54:05 GMT
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I think they had a Transit:
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Bolf
Part of things
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Jul 23, 2014 15:16:34 GMT
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I think this is more likely a works rally support vehicle , or replica
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Jul 23, 2014 15:46:58 GMT
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I think they had a Transit: Yeah thats a pic ive seen somewhere before ^^ Theres one with a chevy van too in a colour scheme that sort of mixes the transit and the bedford, And without the zig zag bit in the middle..
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Jul 23, 2014 15:48:20 GMT
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I think this is more likely a works rally support vehicle , or replica You may well be right, In the listing someone says the same, But i looked and all i found were the usual silver / green works vans from the Gerry marshall days. Didnt realise they adopted those colours in later years?
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MrSpeedy
East Midlands
www.vintagediesels.co.uk
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Jul 23, 2014 16:12:35 GMT
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Should go well with that big six in the front. Not to mention the sound
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Jul 23, 2014 18:17:26 GMT
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Yeah holden 6, Gotta admit that does lean more toward it being a vaux team car i guess, They would have had access to order things like that, Whereas i cant imagine a bike team bothering.
The Australians have had good results tuning the HOLDEN 6 pots , Remember seeing a vid of a fj ?? doing a one wheel wheelie!!
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Jul 23, 2014 18:22:09 GMT
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Brian Damaged
West Midlands
Club Retro Rides Member
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Club RR Member Number: 33
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Jul 23, 2014 18:41:55 GMT
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Almost certainly not a works motor. OHA registration number was issued by Warley in the West Mids, works GM barges were Bedfordshire registered (*VS, *XD, *NM etc) as were the GM Dealer Sport works rally cars. Interesting find though, the Holden 3.3 six-pot was fitted to CF vans in Australia/NZ, I'd imagine that's where it came from.
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Jul 23, 2014 18:42:23 GMT
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I don't think thats factory fit, the motor is 3 years older than the van (at least) the blue Holden sixes went from about 1980 through to 84. Probably came out of an earlier ambulance. It would have been the black holden 6 to be of the right era, unless they were still using up old stock in the UK that much later which I can't really imagine.
Top marks for the circlework video though - it goes a bit better than my last Holden 6 did in our commodore....
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Last Edit: Jul 23, 2014 18:44:01 GMT by dodgerover
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