Super Van!

I am not much of a van fan. However, the weathered textured appearance of this old banger caught my eye - enough to commit it to film!
Aficionados of the Ford Transit van might not take too kindly to the cut and shut treatment I have done to create the image but might enjoy the modifications presented in the short video below:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg6WdboK1nY
Possibly some of our community members from the UK can remember the actual Super Van back in its heyday?
The Australian variant of the Transit, the model photographed here, received a few ‘improvements’ for the local market. The V4 power plant was given the 'heave-ho' and the locally produced 250 cubic inch ‘Falcon’ in-line 6 was shoehorned into place.

사진작가:
eyeseaimages
업로드:
2024-04-09
태그:
Rollei_analog agfa architecture atmospheric b&w black and white darkroom printing doingthingsbyhalf expired film eyeseaimages forgotten places half frame halfframe industrial architecture industrial design olympus pen panorama self developed self printed streetscape urban yellow contrast filter
카메라:
Olympus Pen
필름:
Agfa APX 100
렌즈:
Olympus Zukio 30mm f2.8
앨범:
Giuseppe's Golden Guzzoline

3 댓글

  1. eyeseaimages
    eyeseaimages ·

    As with many snapshots I have taken using the 24 x 18 mm format, (apologies, I loathe the term ‘half –frame’), the images are photographed frame by frame to create a panoramic scene.
    For this series ‘Giuseppe’s Golden Guzzoline’ the images have been designed to be viewed in a complete sequence as presented via the link below:
    www.lomography.com/homes/eyeseaimages/albums/2455506-giusep…
    The whole is very much greater than the sum the parts!

  2. roaringtree
    roaringtree ·

    Loving the whole strip of images! I remember these old vans from growing up in the 1970's. As I became a young man they started to disappear quickly due to rusting away from our winter salted roads in the UK :-)

  3. eyeseaimages
    eyeseaimages ·

    @roaringtree
    Thanks for the comment and once again, the interest in the ‘snap shots’ presented here.
    The early model Ford Transit van was a familiar site on Australian roads. Most commonly finished in red / white livery and kitted out as bread delivery vans similar to the one illustrated in the link below:
    ehive.com/collections/5704/objects/849774/tip-top-bakeries-…
    With the drier Australian climate and the fitment of the low revving Falcon in-line 6 cylinder engine, many examples soldiered on until the early 1990’s
    Going by the cab chassis design of the example in my snapshot, I am fairly certain this old banger would have started it’s working life as a ‘Tip Top’ bread van.

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