{"id":4822,"date":"2013-06-18T15:05:28","date_gmt":"2013-06-18T15:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=4822"},"modified":"2013-06-18T15:05:28","modified_gmt":"2013-06-18T15:05:28","slug":"this-1981-british-telecom-van-could-be-great-for-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/4822","title":{"rendered":"This 1981 British Telecom Van Could Be Great For Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s nothing like a bit of rose-tinted nostalgia to get people in a good mood, and while I&#8217;m pretty sure that today&#8217;s BT engineers wouldn&#8217;t swap <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/3962\">their Transits<\/a> for a classic Dodge Spacevan like the model pictured below, I reckon this van &#8212; which is currently for sale &#8212; could be a brilliant promotional vehicle for someone or a usable classic for weekend camping trips and days out.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4823\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4823\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4823\" alt=\"1981 British Telecoms Dodge Spacevan\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/dodge-spacevan-bt-sm.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/dodge-spacevan-bt-sm.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/dodge-spacevan-bt-sm-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4823\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This 1981 British Telecoms Dodge Spacevan has been fully restored and has just 63k on the clock.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The van itself is a a fully-restored 1981 Dodge Spacevan in the yellow and blue British Telecom livery used in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/london\">London<\/a>\u00a0at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Fully restored seven years ago, this authentic model has the rear-mounted ladder that gives access to the heavy-duty roof rack, making this last-of-the-line Spacevan a useable, eye-catching classic.\u00a0With over 63,000 miles on the clock, the vehicle also comes with a comprehensive spares package, which is included in the sale. The estimated sale value on the Dodge Spacevan is between \u00a34,500 and \u00a36,500.<\/p>\n<p>Interested parties should get in touch with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angliacarauctions.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Anglia Car Auctions<\/a>, which is selling the van at its next classic car auction in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/kings-lynn\">Kings Lynn<\/a>, on Saturday 22nd June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This fully-restored 1981 Dodge Spacevan could be a great promotional vehicle &#8212; or a driveable and fun classic for weekend camping trips.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[1731,1730,549,1732],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4822"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4822"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4825,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4822\/revisions\/4825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}