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post office mail van
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 3:09 pm
by basgib2812
hi everyone. i recently bought the red po van locally. im from n/ireland and wanting to know where the van was from and location or district. reg plate is AOI 5055. chassis plate is MAG-5. locks on the rear doos and yale locks on drivers door. jacking points on bottom legs. just the usual GPO stuff
Re: post office mail van
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 4:32 pm
by DAVIDMCCULLOUGH
Welcome to the messageboard!
AOI is an old Belfast Registration first used from April 1969. One of our Northern Ireland branch members has recently got a local reg post office van to restore though I dont know the number plate. Any post office van is pretty unusual these days but especially a Northern Ireland one.
The branch is having a meeting on Thursday night at the McKee Clock Carpark in Bangor, (weather permitting) if you live anywhere near by come along about 8pm, we also have regular meeting and runs out all over the province.
Re: post office mail van
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 4:41 pm
by basgib2812
hi david i was talking to you at shanes castle.i was in the green GPO van. you had the traveller. i got the van on saturday but not a pretty sight. i really need a chassis as my front end has caved in and the rest is rotton. it came from dungannon. then to hillsborough. now here. taxbook supplied but first owner was a bloke ferguson. date of first reg 7/4/1970. so i take it the gpo handed the logbooks in and issued a new one to new owner. there is another red van in belfast and reg is BOI. 1971
Re: post office mail van
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 10:33 am
by DAVIDMCCULLOUGH
Hi Barry, I will ask around about a chassis. There was one in Fermanagh a short time ago that was very solid but had been cut in 2 for storage. Will see what i can find out.
Re: post office mail van
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 11:07 am
by les
Cut in two for storage?-- you're joking!
Re: post office mail van
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 3:54 pm
by POMMReg
basgib2812 wrote:hi everyone. i recently bought the red po van locally. im from n/ireland and wanting to know where the van was from and location or district. reg plate is AOI 5055. chassis plate is MAG-5. locks on the rear doos and yale locks on drivers door. jacking points on bottom legs. just the usual GPO stuff
0040538 AOI 5055 Dungannon x6/76 chassis number M-AG5 + 201 F
Re: post office mail van
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 11:22 pm
by DAVIDMCCULLOUGH
Did lots of them go to Dungannon Chris? I now of another post office van, though now a pick up and it was also supplied to Dungannon.
No, not joking about the chassis!!
Re: post office mail van
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2015 11:01 am
by POMMReg
DAVIDMCCULLOUGH wrote:Did lots of them go to Dungannon Chris? I now of another post office van, though now a pick up and it was also supplied to Dungannon.
No, not joking about the chassis!!
There's THREE about?!
Fair amount suffered riot damage during the "troubles".
Some also dared recount Catholic jokes to Ian Paisley, doomed....