Intro to our classic Ford Thames E83W van, sat in a dilapidated old garage since '66 | Classic Vans скачать в хорошем качестве

Intro to our classic Ford Thames E83W van, sat in a dilapidated old garage since '66 | Classic Vans

Time for an intro to the '57 Ford E83W van - regulars to the Old Classic Car site may know that I'm a fan of the Fordson & Ford Thames E83W vans and pickups. The E83W was launched in the late 1930s (1938) and continued in production until 1957, the year of this "garage find" E83W that had been parked up with an engine fault in 1966 and was left to gather dust and cobwebs. In 2017 I heard about this van, and that its future was far from certain as the partially-collapsed garage was being cleared and much of the contents destined for the scrapyard. Fortunately one member of the family that owned it didn't want to see the E83W van (and a 2CV also residing in the same garage) meet such a fate, and happily both vehicles were rescued just in time, the 2CV being collected by a specialist in these machines. During a recent tidy-up I had to move the van out of the storage space it's been kept in, so it seemed like a good opportunity to have a walkaround and remind myself of the van's good and bad points. Despite the E83W van being around 64 years old now, it was only on the road for 9 of those before being shoved in the corner of the garage and left. Amazingly, when I had a feel around in the shelf above the van's windscreen, I found several old tax discs and a hand-written journal of the journeys it made prior to being laid up, including departure and arrival times, driver details and so on. The E83W was principally available from Ford as either a van, pickup, estate car (ie van with rear side windows & extra seating), or chassis/cab/cowl (a few special bodies were offered by Ford sales agents), while outside coachbuilders would happily take one of the latter chassis/cabs and add a body to the customer's requirements - many one-off and coachbuilt E83Ws would be produced, including gown vans, promotional vehicles and milk floats. The Ford E83W was rated at half-ton carrying capacity (ie 10cwt), and was powered by the faithful Ford 10 engine (1172cc, as in the Ford Prefect E493A and Popular 103E saloons). Gearing was quite low for town deliveries etc, and as a result the top speed is little more than 30-35 mph above which things get a little vocal beneath the stubby bonnet. The 18" diameter wheels of the vans do raise the gearing over the 16" wheel-equipped pickups (the wheels were interchangeable). In Australia, these classic vans were called the Fordson 10/10 vans - for 10cwt, 10hp engine (RAC rating for tax purposes, not bhp). The classic Ford E83W van & pickup has a "semi-forward-control" layout, ie the engine is offset to the passenger side and back, encroaching into the cabin slightly, leaving the passenger with little foot room to speak of. I hope this classic van video was of interest. If you're a fan of classic vans and pickups, please pop a note in the comments and give this video a Like. There's plenty of other Ford sidevalve content on this channel, including several videos about our 1952 Anglia E494A. To see all the videos now on the channel, including brochure reviews for the Fordson and Ford Thames E83Ws and other classic barn finds, please view the video list at the following page:    / oldclassiccarrj   Thanks for watching, please subscribe to the channel and click the notifications bell to be alerted to future update on the Old Classic Car channel. *NEW - E83W Merchandise* I've set up a merchandise store on Redbubble, including a number of designs featuring E83W vans - check it out here: https://www.redbubble.com/people/oldc... or by searching E83W on redbubble.com Thanks. (PS I set up a fan site for the E83W vans and pickups many years ago - you can find it at www.e83w.co.uk)