Rick W Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 There is a Rover 10 NAAFI wagon on evilbay at the moment. Ive never heard of them, has anyone got any info or pics? Its under classic cars not military by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Johns Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 (edited) There is a Rover 10 NAAFI wagon on evilbay at the moment. Ive never heard of them, has anyone got any info or pics? Its under classic cars not military by the way. Lots of civilian cars were converted during the war to all sorts of uses, my Father was with the local fire service at start of the war and converted a Wolsely car into a fire tender, it carried ladders and equipment and towed a trailer pump http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ROVER-10-EX-MILITARY-NAFFI-VAN-ONE-FORMER-KEEPER_W0QQitemZ150349958002QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAutomobiles_UK?hash=item23018e4b72&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A7|66%3A2|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50 Edited June 7, 2009 by Nick Johns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 (edited) Found this on the Life Magazine site of a simular style mobile canteen vehicle The Y. M. C. A. tea car outside King Zog's house is driven by his two nieces who help in the village by doing W. V. S. work. Location: United Kingdom Date taken: 1944 Photographer: David E. Scherman Edited June 8, 2009 by abn deuce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Nice pics ABN,Not sure our Rover fits the bill,think the owners been drinking to much tea.More like a mobile knife sharpener or the like,any one else got any ideas,as Nick said without the grill its difficult to say if its post war or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Naafi wagon production line:rofl: Ok so what vehicles were they,why was wood so popular and what is the link between these and other military vehicles.:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted angus Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Ney Ney they are Austin 16 Woodies Papworth Industries built 500 between 1947 and 1949 See attached CW the piccy you posted was taken 47-49 their Gadafi wagon production was during WW2 TED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Well done Ted,but why was wood so popular and whats the link with other militarys from papworth.cw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted angus Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 C W in those days virtually everything with any form of coachwork had a timber frame . Post war all the Goddess fire truck of which many were made by Papworth timber frames. In 1970 we rebuilt the front of a Bedford CF RAF ambylance much of it was timber framw. The RAF's first RR b series powered fire truck The MK 5 had a timber frame. Papworth have made stuff for all manner of people military civil WW2 services private customers you name it they have done it. post WW2 they did a mass of work for Austin. TED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Well done again ted it was the Goddess fire trucks i was after, I believe the Austin woodys were good for export so giving Austin an advantage for steel as it depended on how well your exports were doing,a bit like the L/rover story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Nick and i have decided today,its an ex ice cream van.:coffee: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightweight Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Seen this thread rather late but I'm going to jump in anyway (entirely shameless!) An ex-army ice-cream van, wow! They really looked after the troops didn't they? I bet the guys in Iraq would have liked one of them on call! Incidentally, in an almost unrelated story - a friend of mine has told his kids that when the ice-cream van plays the jingles, it means that they have run out of ice-cream and there is therefore no point asking him for money...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Seen this thread rather late but I'm going to jump in anyway (entirely shameless!) An ex-army ice-cream van, wow! They really looked after the troops didn't they? I bet the guys in Iraq would have liked one of them on call! Incidentally, in an almost unrelated story - a friend of mine has told his kids that when the ice-cream van plays the jingles, it means that they have run out of ice-cream and there is therefore no point asking him for money...... Oh that's EVIL!! :cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretfixer Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Incidentally, in an almost unrelated story - a friend of mine has told his kids that when the ice-cream van plays the jingles, it means that they have run out of ice-cream and there is therefore no point asking him for money...... I LIKE this man already, & I have never net him! Another word for it is 'Thrifty'! :rofl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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