Sparkling With Good Points - (Thames 5cwt van) -1953
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- čas přidán 26. 02. 2015
- This film was made to launch the new Ford Thames 300E 5cwt van, which was based on the Anglia/Prefect 100E. "Styled for strength, long life and good looks", the van offers refinements such as a choice of four colours, fully opening windows and "glide-ride" suspension.
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I've got a 1953 one, undergoing complete restoration when I fit the work in-between paid work. It was converted into a Hawson Holdall, (not sure of spelling) but as I've a pair of side panels complete including the original rear doors it'll be back to original again. Am going to use as an advertising tool for my domestic appliance repair business when completely finished.
Never thought I'd hear the words "Thames 5cwt. van" and "high performance" in the same sentence........
It was compared to what it replaced
I served my apprenticeship as a Coach Painter at a Ford main dealership painting these. Later owned a Squire same thing but with windows , seats and a lot of chrome!
What a beauty. I was sold even before the optional second wiper. I can hardly contain my excitement.
I had to fan myself because of the blood rush.
Ah the first vehicle I remember as a kid in the early 60s cos my dad had one for his business. We used to go on holiday in it with a dicky seat in the back for me. Wish I had one now. 🎢⛱
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We had one for many years went everywhere in it the best van ever
The easy fitting of a "second " wiper !!!
Very 1953 to say that the rough road section of the test track is the "colonial" section at 2:21!
That's an amazing piece of design for 1953 .
glide ride, it's all over the place!
Even the driver is wee...he makes it look like a big truck!
In 1959 my dad bought one of these vans, was new but it wasn't long before the gear box fell out on the M1. Never bought a Ford again.
Did order the optional gearbox support bolts - clearly not.
Nice looking van love the dash rare van now
I used to drive one these vans in 1962 for a well known tv rental company, they were red in colour. The van was let down by the vacuum power windscreen wipers. It was faster than the anglia 105e van max speed was 73 mph.
Some one in the motor pool fitted a ‘blue engine to the 100e. It was estimated that it could do over 90 mph. I wonder were is now probably made into razor blades. O’h happy days in the 60’s working in tv industry.
Eamon Andrews is the commentator! This IS your life!!!
Looks very low at the rear and high at the front when on the test track ?.
Heavy load to stop it bouncing ?.
Yea looks like it
Had one of them, it was alright.
Fantastic machine!
Self closing doors obviously too :-) They were shut at 1 minute 41 seconds. Nice feature.
The simple suspension appears to work really well.
Notice there's no shots from the inside when they go over bumps
Ooohh the memories!!
Notice how the wipers are demonstrated at idle... didn't want to see the speed (or lack of) as you went uphill.
That assumes that it could actually go up hills. My dad owned an Anglia (the car on which the Thames was based) when our family was living in Switzerland. Let's just say that going up Swiss mountains was not its forte....
At 2:48 you can see the driver being thrown forward and off his seat as the Glide Ride suspension isn't quite up to the task.
"powerful vacuum operated wipers". it's a known fault with 100E based vehicles that at high speeds the wipers stop working
+Hancockified Not only that-the second wiper is an optional extra!
David Worsley Not surprised given as in this era, the heater was optional
***** Also number plates and delivery!
I had a 100E Prefect and on rainy days it was a choice of acceleration or having the wipers work. Accelerate and then lift off to clear the windscreen.
Some makers persisted with that nonsense well into the 1960s...including GM Holden in their full size models. A penny pinching nuisance of a design feature!
254KG!! How things have changed.
Powerhouse
Sounds like Eamonn Andrews doing the voice over
Yes, it was Eamonn Andrews. I well remember that distinctive voice.
"Eamonn Andrews, is this your life"
@@minbannister3625 this is your life
The speedo 80mph wasn't seen very often with that wheezy old prewar side valve engine
@@bluegtturbo The 100e/300e engine was an all new design for 1953, it shared nothing with the pre-war units, other than the 1172cc capacity of the previous 10hp model.
it was a quarter of a ton by British imperial measurements for 112lb is 1hundredweight(cwt) and 20 cwt is 1 ton We had one as a meat van up to 1969 1970 K'dua Ghana
Who closed the back doors?
PS liked Eamonn Andrew on Crackerjack Rolfe Harris doing his skit too, first warning of his behaviour was from Sheila Florence when we lived in St Kilda back in '81.
my grandpa had one
Interesting pronunciation of 'Thames'.
DDandrums I only heard the correct English pronunciation of “Thames”
@@AlexEssex8 the very first time he pronounces it incorrectly, after that it was correct. In the first instance he pronounced it 'th-ams rather than tems'
Sounds like Amon Andrews narrating this film?
A heady 36bhp?!
Good old days, crossply tyres vaccine windscreen wiper. Second windscreen wiper optional extra !!!!!!!!
Can’t beat Ford
Nippy van
I am selling my Ford Thames 300E, its in kenya
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Spanking.... I mean sparkling...... playing fast and loose with the word sparkling, maybe.
BEAUTIFUL??
I’ll be the judge of that!
Engine lacked everything the later ohv was 1000 times better and 3 speed box lacked everything . Anglia was probably first practical car like mogy minor
Nah, I had one in the early eighties. For a thirty year old car it was great. The gearbox wasn't a problem as long as you didn't change too soon. The handling was streets ahead of a Morris Minor so you you could carry speed round bends. Unfortunately, like all British cars of the time, they had no rustproofing.
@@oldbloke135 I had lots of 100Es and had two converted to 4 speed boxes certainly improved the car no end. The 3 speed encouraged you to cane it in second which eventually led to broken piston rings and knackered big ends.
The 1955 Fiat 600 was streets ahead compared to this.