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NEC 2001

Pictures of our stand at the Classic Car Show are here before the NEC opens its doors on Saturday morning!

Details of the four vehicles on our stand are as follows:

1. YHT 511 - a J-type ice cream van owned by Whitby Engineering (Europe's major manufacturer of Ice Cream Vans) and which is part of their collection of preserved ice cream vans. This originally worked in Bristol as part of the Verrecchia fleet.
   
2. 3891 EV - A coachbuilt Austin 101 pick-up in regular use with its owner, Roland Turner.
   
3. RLB 778 - A GPO planners van owned by LDV Vans and restored by apprentices in their training workshops.
   
4. 344 CNM - a 'standard' van owned and kept in daily use by Nigel Stanley. Nigel has carried out a few modifications to his van to make it the wonderful advert for his business that it is. This one will turn heads and raise eyebrows in equal measure. Nigel's van has won awards at every show that he has entered!

We will also be displaying a Fish4 poster in all its 'Bunshi's Ices' glory and two quarter-scale 'J's - my mini-NX and LDV's replica of the Smith and Greaves van which they also own.

To cap it all, we are proud to have on display a set of repro front panels by Iain McKenzie.

Thanks to the wonders of digital technology, we succeeded in posting a shot of the Register stand on the 'News' page by 9 am Saturday morning (GMT), allowing J-type enthusiasts the world over the chance to see 'the best bit of the Show' at the same time as those coming in through the NEC doors!

Log on and enjoy!