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Started by FABphones, November 20, 2020, 12:57:42 PM

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19and41

That truck box looks like Dave PEI's.
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FABphones

Nice old Bell Telephone truck.
:)
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Bell vehicle and Bell employee.

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Did anyone notice that last image was a right hand drive Bell truck, parked up outside a Bell Telephone Business Office (close up view below).

'... founded in 1883 in London as International Western Electric by Western Electric, shortly after becoming the telephone equipment supplier for the Bell System in the United States.

In 1925, Western Electric divested itself of all foreign operations...  the buyer was the infant ITT Corporation... ITT renamed its new UK operation Standard Telephones and Cables.'
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Nick in Manitou

Shucks, now I feel guilty.

My first job (in the mid-1960s) was working at a low end used car lot in the DC/Baltimore area. I was associated with that lot for several years as both my brothers worked there on and off too. We sold cars for "$49 and Up".

During one period in the late '60s we were the go-to place for all the hippies to find low-cost vans. We would purchase used up C&P Telephone Ford Econoline vans at auction, pull the storage units out of them and sell them...a really nice one might go for $500!

We sold one to a band from Canada whose old van had quit. They wanted the cheapest running van on the lot. We advised them against it, but that was all they could afford. - They stopped by the next year to thank us, as that van had taken them down the east coast, through to New Orleans, back to Canada, and they were doing it again! All in that $350 used up van. We were very surprised, but pleased!

But now, it would be great to have one of those many vans just as we received it from C&P!

Guilty As Charged,
Nick

FABphones

Looks like they had to move a bit of snow for this photo.  :o
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Pourme

Benny

Panasonic 308/616 Magicjack service

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Doug Rose

On Craig's List CT
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Monochrome photos; trucks and workers.
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Sargeguy

Providence Telephone Co. 1914
Greg Sargeant
Providence, RI
TCI /ATCA #4409

FABphones

A team of three, wagon and driver. That's a heavy load. Bless.
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Mid century Post Office Telephones trucks.
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david@london

I remember the type of Royal Mail van in the last picture quite well....from the 60s and maybe into the early 70s.
I think it's a Morris J Type.....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Commercial_J-type

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Bell Canada service truck (after a collision).

Bell Canada utility truck (in flames).
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Key2871

Now there's an interesting twist. Phone trucks wrecked or on fire.
Do hope no one was injured in either case.
KEN