Nice find at the salvage yard this weekend…

The little yellow car at the end is a Ford 100E, Estate, I had one as my first car !

Yes me too. Side valve, 2 bearing crank, with 3 speed gearbox. And vacuum driven windshield wipers. Next car was a Ford prefect. Around 1965. Petrol just under 25p per gallon.

Rick, What was the general condition of the Ford 100E, was it a runner, rusty?.
Jim.
Lincoln .7

The little yellow car at the end is a Ford 100E, Estate, I had one as my first car !

Is that a Commer Cob?? or ford?

I don’t think the fuel truck is ex-USAF, despite what it says on the side.
USAF Fuel trucks of that period were yellow,

It is yellow… under the primer applied over it for fresh paint, look at the bonnet. It came from Edwards AFB

Nice finds!

I don’t think the fuel truck is ex-USAF, despite what it says on the side.
USAF Fuel trucks of that period were yellow, their serial was affixed to the side of the doors with red tape letters. The serial would begin with the year of contract, so it would be 52 (or whatever year the vehicle is) -XXXX.
it would read:
U.S. AIR FORCE
52-XXXXX
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

That it says “SRL NO….63XXXX” is clearly bogus. Possible former film prop?

What’s the Checker Aerobus? Is it crew transport or just a sort of stretched ‘Limo’ – or both?

Anon.

Here ya go:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checker_Aerobus

This & other airport limos here:
http://my.net-link.net/~dcline/limoair1.htm

Out of pure curiosity, what would something like that Aerobus sell for over there?
Paul

A restored one failed to sell at auction a while back at $14,000
There’s one coming up for auction in January:
http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/carsforsale/checker/aerobus/1585797.html

& here’s one for $800:
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2013/02/save-this-1969-checker-aerobus-from-getting-made-into-chinese-washing-machines/

If you punch “checker aerobus images” into Google you’ll see a bunch of them in all sorts of conditions. There’s even one with a Corvette power train in it.

& to add a bit of British interest, altho not aviation related:

Out of pure curiosity, what would something like that Aerobus sell for over there?
Paul

What’s the Checker Aerobus? Is it crew transport or just a sort of stretched ‘Limo’ – or both?

Anon.

And staying with the aviation theme….

a Checker Aerobus…