Ice Cream vans on Bradford Chassis

PAUL BEAUMONT · Post by **PAUL BEAUMONT** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:47 pm

I am in touch with a guy who is writing a book on van conversions for Ice cream vans. He is seeking pictures. Can anyone help. We know of the one in a museum in Hull, but otherwise nothing. I believe that there was one near David Fox, in Glos. But since his demise I have heard nothing about it.

TedAllen · Post by **TedAllen** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 9:49 pm

Hi Paul,
I think there is one in the Bradford Ind. Museum.
I seem to remember seeing a news article many years ago about one which had been donated to them....but I may be wrong !
Ted

PAUL BEAUMONT · Post by **PAUL BEAUMONT** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:25 am

Thanks Ted, I will check it out.

Tony Fearn · Post by **Tony Fearn** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 1:22 pm

Hi Paul.

I remembered that I'd taken a photo of Jim Munro's van at the 1983 NJW at Saltaire. I've copied it below. Is it any use to your contact or has he one of this vehicle already?

Tony.

Keith Andrews · Post by **Keith Andrews** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:56 pm

My 1st thought on seeing it...
I would hate to be driving into a strong head wind

george garside · Post by **george garside** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:10 pm

[quote="Keith Andrews"]My 1st thought on seeing it...
I would hate to be driving into a strong head wind

[/quote]

just think of the performance in a forward direction with aid of wind & gradient!

george

Keith Andrews · Post by **Keith Andrews** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:35 pm

Yeah... that could be scarry too

TedAllen · Post by **TedAllen** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:41 pm

Whatever the performance, it's a really 'cool' means of transport and it's not going to cost a load of lolly to run !
Ted

george garside · Post by **george garside** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:24 pm

Paul
have emailed a coupled of other bradford ice cream van pics as I don't know how to post them on here
george

Tony Fearn · Post by **Tony Fearn** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:22 am

Hello again Paul.

Perhaps it may be of interest if you uploaded George's emailed pictures on to this post.

Just love Keith's, Ted's and George's witticisms.

Tony.

PAUL BEAUMONT · Post by **PAUL BEAUMONT** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 1:15 pm

Thanks to everyone for their help, but keep at it! I still would like to know if anyone knows anything about the one that was in Dursley fairly recently.
I am grateful once again to you Tony. I felt sure that JM had one and I thought I had seen it and guessed that this was at Saltaire, but I have trawled my photos and cannot find it, so I am grateful. I suspect that this one may be with Derek Cox in Bristol.
I do appreciate the comedy too. Just a thought, as Ice cream vans are popular at seaside locations maybe they have all got blown off shore - hence the scarcity of info.
At some point I will create a gallery file of all that I find.

Alan Stanley · Post by **Alan Stanley** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:46 am

The market leader ice cream company in New Zealand has a standard Bradford van ( not a high top) painted out in their company livery. Had been planning on visiting them to do a story for the NZ magazine. Will try and accelerste this project.

PAUL BEAUMONT · Post by **PAUL BEAUMONT** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 12:52 pm

Interesting!!! I don't suppose anyone has a picture of it - an international aspect would, I am sure, be interesting to my correspondent.

Alan Stanley · Post by **Alan Stanley** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:07 am

Plan to get photos when I visit

Alastair Gregg · Post by **Alastair Gregg** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 4:08 pm

Hello All

You may be right when you see the picture linked below in thinking I have lost what few marbles I had. However if you read the text you will see I have linked to an ice cream van not just dry "ice"

http://picture.stockton.gov.uk/photos/t802.aspx

JowettTalk

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