![whippypaint1[1].jpg](http://www.roadtransport.com/blogs/big-lorry-blog/whippypaint1%5B1%5D.jpg)
Can't you hear 'Greensleeves' already asks Biglorryblog? "Can you remember the Commer Karrier Mr Whippy vans from the 60s?" says Ian Smith (AKA Mr Whippy of Leeds.) I have recently purchased this lovely 1962 fully working van which has had a 2-year restoration believed to be 1 of only a handful left in the UK.Ian." And click through here for a shot of what it looked like before restoration....an another Classic ice cream van...
![whippypre_1[1].jpg](http://www.roadtransport.com/blogs/big-lorry-blog/whippypre_1%5B1%5D.jpg)
Neat restoration Ian!
Ahhh but what about this on eh? Spotted by yours' truly at the last NEC (remember that?) Now question: Ford or Thames?
Ford or Thames? Which stand was it on BLB? Seems that long since the Commercial Motor show.
That van would have been called a Thames 307E in NZ Brian, but knowing the habits of the Ford Motor Company I wouldn't be surprised if they were called Ford in some other markets.
They were of course a van version of the Ford Anglia 105E car.
The Anglia was badged as Ford Thames to sometime in 1965 and Ford thereafter, the pictured one has a 1965 C registration but is probably dates from a year or so earlier when time for bodybuilding and kitting out is taken into account.
Regarding the Commer/Karrier BF, there were some in service with Post Office Telephones/BT as test vans with 1967/8 F reegistrations. as this seems a very long time for building/kitting out I assume that they were in storage for some time before someone got around to registering them.
Those Commer/Karrier vehicles also came on a slightly larger twin wheel chassis.My father ran 4 with fridge bodies,ex Walls ice cream late 60's early 70's. They had Perkins diesel motors.The fridge would be plugged in to the mains at night,and stay cold all day.