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[greenwheels]

We had an interesting conversation at our club meeting last night.

 

One of our members has acquired a 1975 van with an estate rear floor -i.e. it has a wheel well. Were they ever built like this?

 

Also what were the van standard colours - it is painted orange all over as if it was painted at the factory. Is that a standard colour? Someone suggested it might have been part of a fleet order, if so who made the order for orange vans?

 

Interestingly there was an invitation to the 1978 Ideal home exhibition in the side pockets from a Polish company.

 

It's right hand drive with no indication of ever been converted from Left hand drive, and has outside hinges, so not a Clubman Estate conversion.

[Archived2]

I heard some were made with the estate rear floor and in some cases rear seats to get around the commercial vehicle tax of the time.

[sledgehammer]

someone near me has just got one (witney area - haven't seen it - maybe same person - rhd orange)

 

I believe some were exported to Sweden for utility company's - think orange was the colour

 

had to be able to ferry people as well as be a van

 

& I should imagine other country's had them as well as the AA?

 

did it have rear bin's ?

 

I serviced & did a clutch on an ex AA one in the 80's - that had seats in the back - think it had a spare wheel well as well

 

my dad had a converted van with seats in years ago - my mum insists it had a flap in the rear floor for the spare

 

i remember it had a little vent in the roof

 

 

edit - it's the same mini van

he has a habit of turning up interesting mini's

Edited by sledgehammer, 11 October 2014 - 04:28 PM.

[ibby4585]

We had an interesting conversation at our club meeting last night.
 
One of our members has acquired a 1975 van with an estate rear floor -i.e. it has a wheel well. Were they ever built like this?
 
Also what were the van standard colours - it is painted orange all over as if it was painted at the factory. Is that a standard colour? Someone suggested it might have been part of a fleet order, if so who made the order for orange vans?
 
Interestingly there was an invitation to the 1978 Ideal home exhibition in the side pockets from a Polish company.
 
It's right hand drive with no indication of ever been converted from Left hand drive, and has outside hinges, so not a Clubman Estate conversion.

Hi.

This is really interesting. A few years ago late 90's early 2000's I owned a Mini Van with with the rear seat, mine also looked all factory fitted with the rear wheel well. and it was orange.!!


I sold it on eBay in 2003 I think. I would be really interested it was bought in Cornwall and the reg if you can get any info?

Kris

[l_jonez]

Mine is a 74 (registered) with an estate rear floor pan it was a (special order in 1973) commissioned build to order.



From some research I did the estate floor pan became a factory option in 1976

Edited by l_jonez, 12 October 2014 - 09:18 PM.

[ibby4585]

Yep that's exactly what mine was like.