Pictures of old or rare vehicles

[Hood]

Another Hippy bus spotted over the break



Did I mention Hippies smell.

Bedford OB?

Surely a Bedford BO?

 

[500e]

 

[selectedgrub]

Bedford OB?

Hi happy new year, the fossil at work said it was a K model

 

[Olderisbetter]

This has been stored for about 40 years but i got it about 6 months ago anyone want a guess at what it is?

 

[tigdlo]

Triumph Mayflower

 

[Olderisbetter]

Triumph Mayflower

Correct

 

[rtcosic]

Triumph Mayflower

I always thought the proportions were weird, especially when compared to the very elegant Renown.

What are your plans for it?

 

[stuvy]

This has been stored for about 40 years but i got it about 6 months ago anyone want a guess at what it is?
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I’d have a grinder on that in seconds and chop it as a hot rod

 

[nickk]

I’d have a grinder on that in seconds and chop it as a hot rod

You could certainly improve its looks.

 

[Farside]

Triumph Mayflower

They probably sold like wet hotdogs.
Curiously styled, like the driver was taking the pee out of the Boss's Bentley.

 

[Olderisbetter]

I always thought the proportions were weird, especially when compared to the very elegant Renown.

What are your plans for it?

At the moment i am trying to get the number plate off it as it was registered as an A reg in 1981, then get an age related number put back on, they are a bit of a strange looking motor,it is up for sale but they sell slowly.

 

[Gritineye]

They probably sold like wet hotdogs.
Curiously styled, like the driver was taking the pee out of the Boss's Bentley.

My brother had one when he was a student in the sixties, musta been cheap. I thought the same, who was it aimed at?

 

[Olderisbetter]

My brother had one when he was a student in the sixties, musta been cheap. I thought the same, who was it aimed at?

I think aimed at the same people who had Vanden plas allegros, posh on a budget, sadly the Mayflower did not sell on great numbers and even a well restored does not fetch much compared to a mini or moggy.

 

[stuvy]

You just need some vision to see things differently

Iv always adored the Riley’s of the same period

This trumpet has been on the hot rod scene for a long time

 

[AVI_8]

My own oldie when it was working, it’s been in the garage for the past 7 years with a knackered engine, this winter it’s getting pulled round to the new garage where it’s getting a full engine rebuild, at last!

 

[Olderisbetter]

My own oldie when it was working, it’s been in the garage for the past 7 years with a knackered engine, this winter it’s getting pulled round to the new garage where it’s getting a full engine rebuild, at last!

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The 964 was great

 

[Stueeee]

I think aimed at the same people who had Vanden plas allegros, posh on a budget, sadly the Mayflower did not sell on great numbers and even a well restored does not fetch much compared to a mini or moggy.

When I was a kid, a bloke down the road had a Mayflower. Had a side valve motor that looked ridiculously small under that tall radiator/bonnet area.

 

[Olderisbetter]

This A35 is owned by a friend it came to our little car meet last year, it is original and low milage with a webasto roof .

 

[Morris]

When I was a kid, a bloke down the road had a Mayflower. Had a side valve motor that looked ridiculously small under that tall radiator/bonnet area.

Seem to recall that it was a Standard 10 motor and most of the running gear.

 

[Olderisbetter]

Seem to recall that it was a Standard 10 motor and most of the running gear.

I think that is correct it is the same engine with a bit more power and an alloy head, a friend used the Mayflower engine in his dads standard 10 to get more power.