Bedford Val italian job bus mini doormobile business venture collector classic

  
The time has come to move her on! Willow brook body on this chassis, this lovely old girl was eased out of a scrapyard in deepest darkest Herefordshire in 2017 where she was due to be cut up for export and to be sent to Africa. The bus was towed to Wolverhampton on a straight bar which is a story in itself.

We then began to convert the bus into an Italian job replica for an upcoming event that we have taken part in for the last ten years, the screwball rally (google it). The rear of the bus was strengthened and we then cut off the back panel and lowered the floor to allow us to drive minis into the back, you can actually get three classic minis in this bus. We rebuilt the brakes, new alternator, radiator, hoses, filters, etc greased up all the joints. Painted her and stickered her up in the guise of the original bus.

And within six weeks we were setting off for a 3000 mile trip round Europe. I have driven most cars and trucks but I have to say, even at 50-60 mph this was the best drive I ever had. She was absolutely faultless, never missed a beat and climbed the Swiss alps with ease. I will add pictures of this event. After arriving home she was parked up and we had no real further plans for her until I was approached by a stunt team who wanted to use it for an upcoming event.

However this brought the bus into the spotlight and I was eventually approached by the previous owner of the original Italian job bus, who still had in his possession the original logbook and various parts from the original bus, a deal was struck and we became the new owners of what remained from the original bus, we worked flat out to integrate this into our bus. ALR 453B will be offerd to the new owners and is on retention. So this brings us to this year!

The 50th anniversary of the film the Italian job and the 60th year of the mini. The bus has been signed by David Salamone {Domonic driver of the red mini in the film}. MIchael Deely the producer of the original Italian job. Matthew Field the writer of the Book, The making of the Italian job.

Ed China of Wheeler dealers fame. We recently fitted brand new clutch components. She will be appearing at Goodwood in September and there are also talks of a tv advert. She must be the most filmed or photographed bus today. She has made appearances at many car shows and events all over the uk. And she comes with potential bookings into 2019, this weekend just gone she appeared with the doormobile at IMM in Bristol where she had a fantastic reception from our international friends and we had lots of enquiries about appearing in Europe next year. Sadly I just do not have the time use the two to their advantage having running my Bentley special building business too. The item "Bedford Val italian job bus mini doormobile business venture collector classic" is in sale since Monday, August 12, 2019. This item is in the category "Vehicle Parts & Accessories\Car Manuals & Literature\Sales Brochures". The seller is "bentley4litrespecial" and is located in wolverhampton. This item can't be shipped, the buyer must pick up the item.