TRADING PLACES

Classic commercials enjoy a special place in the memory of any classic vehicle enthusiast, as they were part of everyday life back in the fifties, sixties and seventies. One particular favourite on these shores was the Ford Thames Trader, and this month we catch up with Alan Barry and his compatriots from the Halfway Vintage Club in Co. Cork, who have only recently completed the restoration of this very fine Trader 70. An original Cork truck with a known history, it certainly wasn’t the ideal starting point for a project after lying in storage, rusting, for decades, but its local background meant that it just had to be saved from the grave. It certainly turned out beautifully, as Andrew tells us this month.