Ex-State vehicles - An Post, ESB vans, etc

hi5

An old p&t van being restored here

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=277674

Blue850

double snap, Moynalty 2006, its a replica of an ESB van, I think it originally belonged to a bakery.

Blue850

From the National Library archive

kev1.3s

hi5 wrote: »

An old p&t van being restored here

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=277674

Any more recent updates on that p n t van? What stage is it at now?

trevorbrady

I saw it in 2010, in storage. There has been an awful lot of work gone into it and an awful lot of replacement metal but I think it's on hold at the moment. I'm sure the owner will get back to it some day, it'll be nice to see a genuine P&T van rolling again

kev1.3s

I hope so it would be a shame to see all that good work go to waste. I think that the end of the Celtic tiger put a lot of these projects on ice.

trevorbrady

I just remembered this: taken mid to late '60s in Connolly's Garage, Kilkenny. My dad is the kid on the left, during his apprenticeship as a mechanic

the eagle eyed amongst you will spot it's a P&T van they're posing in front of...

mk1esc

thats bloody mad trevor, to see an old photo of one....great bit of history for the owner of the van

mk1esc

there was an old mk1 transit from 1968 on ebay a few weeks ago, it was an original fire department job from ireland..he was looking £1500, it looked like it was complete with a big pump in the rear etc....if i had the dosh i would have bought it and given it life again

gigtown

Just picked up a 05' 2.5 LWB. It's an ex-ESB van. The yellow is gas!

Anyway, I was just wondering if anybody new anything about restrictors on ex-ESB vans. Loses all acceleration at 110km. Not the turbo or the EGR valve according to the mechanic.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks.