Uses for AEC matador

[cheb]

I've always fancied a Citroen H van, but then I look at the speedo that only goes up to 80 and that's km/h too. I'm not that patient yet.

 

[dieselsamurai]

I've always fancied a Citroen H van, but then I look at the speedo that only goes up to 80 and that's km/h too. I'm not that patient yet.

Drop a V8 into it sorted

 

[Bobupndown]

I've always fancied a Citroen H van, but then I look at the speedo that only goes up to 80 and that's km/h too. I'm not that patient yet.

If you can find one that hasn't been turned into a coffee dispenser.
They just don't make vans out of wriggly tin anymore.

 

[Other Daniel]

I've always fancied a Citroen H van, but then I look at the speedo that only goes up to 80 and that's km/h too. I'm not that patient yet.

I think that @Barking Mat has one.

 

[Barking Mat]

I think that @Barking Mat has one.

I do, they only have three forward gears, they don't go very fast.

 

[Norsk]

You can buy new panels,cab corners etc.

 

[nickk]

In August in dieppe,I saw what looked like a retro H,SHOrter and lower,yet still had the wriggly tin.

 

[Barking Mat]

This:

Caught some thieves.

Just read Farsides post about fairy thieves, reminded me... Scroll back in time to early September, phonecall from father one morning fuming, some scum has stripped the doors, windscreen, bonnet, light clusters, seats, floor panels, glove box, dashboard etc etc etc from his beloved Citroen HY...

www.mig-welding.co.uk

They do really nice body kits nowadays.

 

[Tinbasherdan]

This:

Caught some thieves.

Just read Farsides post about fairy thieves, reminded me... Scroll back in time to early September, phonecall from father one morning fuming, some scum has stripped the doors, windscreen, bonnet, light clusters, seats, floor panels, glove box, dashboard etc etc etc from his beloved Citroen HY...

www.mig-welding.co.uk

They do really nice body kits nowadays.

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Apparently nice is subjective like driving an Anderson shelter around

 

[winchman]

What about an Alvis Stalwart ? I have always fancied one.

Me too but thats real madness at least the Unimog we would have chance of finding parts or making something else fit.

 

[winchman]

One nobody has said is a Volvo sugga! Mega machine, not a truck only a 4x4 but still ace

Like them too but very rare

 

[Ton-up]

Back in the '90s, my mate bought a Leyland Martian. It had a massive double cab and Rolls Royce petrol engine. We worked on it for a few months, got it running nice, etc but he could not afford to run it, I think it did about 3mpg, and he had to sell it.

 

[Morris]

Like them too but very rare

There used to be one in a garden in Corby. Haven't been that way in a while so don't know if it's still there. It wasn't for sale.

 

[Seadog]

One for @Barking Mat

 

[Barking Mat]

One for @Barking Mat

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I saw that, thought, very nice.

 

[Bornfree]

ive been having similar thoughts about getting a classic truck for a while now... mine is slightly more mundane, but strangely much rarer. loads of aec matadors out there for sale, i want a ford d series 7.5t. i can only find 1 for sale in a reasonable price range, and it is not in reasonable condition....

They were the first trucks I worked on. Great mechanically but the cabs rusted like crazy. Good luck finding a good one.

 

[qwakers]

i would even take one with a rotten cab, as long as it was complete and didn't spend the last decade with all the glass missing ruining the electrics and interior.

 

[Bornfree]

i would even take one with a rotten cab, as long as it was complete and didn't spend the last decade with all the glass missing ruining the electrics and interior.

The four cylinder one's are a bit gutless but the six cylinder one's go well

 

[Wedg1e]

One for @KimB, perhaps... the narration's a bit pants but the job looks like it was entertaining

 

[Bobupndown]

One for @KimB, perhaps... the narration's a bit pants but the job looks like it was entertaining

Interesting video, the "cor blimey guvnor" of the narration is the norm in these 50's videos.