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The van i first drove was my fathers austun j4 1.6 petrol

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Mine wasn't anything as sexi as that... Ford escort 1.9 diesel (yawn)

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My dad back in the 60's had a Ford Thames tho

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I used to queue, then reverse onto the loading bay, then run it up to park my dad's Bedford 7.5 tonner while he did his paperwork on a Saturday at the age of 14 before of course elf & safety

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Speed Couriers (Stansted) said:


Mine wasn't anything as sexi as that... Ford escort 1.9 diesel (yawn)

1.9 in an escort what reg was that Speedy Rob?

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Mine was a 1.6d Renault Extra fab van

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Mid 60's Minivan

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By the sound of it, some of you chaps are very old

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1990 HiACe 100000 knackers could not be wrong lol

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It was 1996

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AJM sameday Couriers said:


By the sound of it, some of you chaps are very old

52 but was 17 when driving the j4

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I was 18 when I started back in 1996 and we even had real pounds to spend in Ireland

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AJM sameday Couriers said:


By the sound of it, some of you chaps are very old

Depends what you call very old?

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Its all relative innit, 25 is old when you're 9

Just heard a very good quote which ha absolutley nothing to do with ths thread wharsoever

"The World may be getting smaller, but I still wouldn't want to paint it"

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