by Seth
28. May 2009 04:37
Whether running on old car on a daily basis or having it as a high days and holidays special, autojumbles can be one of the best sources of spares and accessories. Some jumbles are better than others and then some jumblers are better than other jumblers too. A stall with well labelled boxes of bits is more likely to get customers than one with a load of rusty old parts just thrown randomly on the ground. Of course there could be treasures amongst those rusty old parts so every stall still needs a good browse…
It is also nice to see some jumblers who are clearly fully involved in the old car hobby and so use old vans or pickups to transport their wares about. Here’s a selection from the recent Enfield Pageant of Motoring.
This Bedford CA pick up was almost hidden behind the stall but would have been a show stopper on its own with the wooden bed and canvas bed cover.
This 58 Chevy pick up had a hard cover over its bed, bed being the operative word as it looked like the stall holders used it to camp in as well as to transport various period US accessories.
Staying with US vehicles, how about a battle scarred early sixties Studebaker Champ pick up?
And then there’s always room for a classic Transit at such events, though it wouldn’t be many years ago when this was just a battered old van.
Some other photos from the show appear in the
Practical Classics magazine blog so feel free to check them out there.
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