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Offline Kev_mk3

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Coffee Van at Lemans?
« on: January 17, 2013, 10:26:41 pm »
Thinking outside the box here - Nice Coffees, Nice Teas, croissants & jam being sold from the below


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1977-Citroen-HY-van-diesel-Ready-for-business-as-coffee-outlet-/170975610013?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item27cef0c49d


Would you buy them at Leman?
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Re: Coffee Van at Lemans?
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2013, 11:28:26 pm »
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Re: Coffee Van at Lemans?
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2013, 10:49:31 am »
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Re: Coffee Van at Lemans?
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2013, 11:16:59 am »
Quote from: Kev_mk3 on January 17, 2013, 10:26:41 pm
Thinking outside the box here - Nice Coffees, Nice Teas, croissants & jam being sold from the below


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1977-Citroen-HY-van-diesel-Ready-for-business-as-coffee-outlet-/170975610013?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item27cef0c49d


Would you buy them at Leman?

I'm sure I've seen the restoration thread of this HY van on Pistonheads.
If it's the same one, the company that did the bodywork bodged a lot of the replacement flat panels and rust started showing through very quickly. Not sure it ever was resolved.

And you're not so much "thinking outside the box" as thinking about being IN the box!  ;D

...and it's £7,500. That's a LOT of coffee to sell!
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Re: Coffee Van at Lemans?
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2013, 03:08:26 pm »
Quote from: Steve Pyro on January 18, 2013, 10:49:31 am
I'm sure, if we ask nicely, Felix will bring his van again!

Ah happy days!

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Re: Coffee Van at Lemans?
« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2013, 04:19:55 pm »
Quote from: Fran on January 18, 2013, 03:08:26 pm
Quote from: Steve Pyro on January 18, 2013, 10:49:31 am
I'm sure, if we ask nicely, Felix will bring his van again!

Ah happy days!

F

Indeed Fran. Felix and our lovely Paula, great times.
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Re: Coffee Van at Lemans?
« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2013, 05:39:40 pm »
Dont mention a good cup of coffee at LeMans........ Canada phil will be on the soap box... LOL
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Re: Coffee Van at Lemans?
« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2013, 02:34:58 am »
Quote from: LuxExpat on January 18, 2013, 11:16:59 am
Quote from: Kev_mk3 on January 17, 2013, 10:26:41 pm
Thinking outside the box here - Nice Coffees, Nice Teas, croissants & jam being sold from the below


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1977-Citroen-HY-van-diesel-Ready-for-business-as-coffee-outlet-/170975610013?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item27cef0c49d


Would you buy them at Leman?

I'm sure I've seen the restoration thread of this HY van on Pistonheads.
If it's the same one, the company that did the bodywork bodged a lot of the replacement flat panels and rust started showing through very quickly. Not sure it ever was resolved.

And you're not so much "thinking outside the box" as thinking about being IN the box!  ;D

...and it's £7,500. That's a LOT of coffee to sell!

Lux pat,

that's my first thought too.
Kev - is this a business proposition or just a different way of doing Le Mans?
 If you just want to buy the van, go down there and sell a few drinks, then go to enjoy yourself in the time honoured fashion, then great, go for it. It would be a tremendous novelty and a great way to meet people. Sell the van on your return.

However, if you need to earn a living from it - a different story.

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Re: Coffee Van at Lemans?
« Reply #8 on: January 19, 2013, 03:52:05 am »
Quote from: Andy on January 18, 2013, 05:39:40 pm
Dont mention a good cup of coffee at LeMans........ Canada phil will be on the soap box... LOL

Hi Andy,
           We have since tracked down a few good coffees, though none to compare to Mulsanne village at 5 in the morning all those years ago.
:) happy memories
Phil
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Re: Coffee Van at Lemans?
« Reply #9 on: January 29, 2013, 11:18:46 am »
Quote from: Brian(Liverpool boys) on January 18, 2013, 04:19:55 pm
Quote from: Fran on January 18, 2013, 03:08:26 pm
Quote from: Steve Pyro on January 18, 2013, 10:49:31 am
I'm sure, if we ask nicely, Felix will bring his van again!

Ah happy days!

F

Indeed Fran. Felix and our lovely Paula, great times.


Good old Felix, here's a snap of his van, it replaced the unreliable Commer in c2005. The Morris FG broke down on the way to LM too...
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Re: Coffee Van at Lemans?
« Reply #10 on: January 29, 2013, 11:23:35 am »
Brian I gather you've not seen Felix in Liverpool recently? Last time I spoke to him he'd just moved from the Wirral to Ipswich but the chavs had burnt his new van out. There was talk of him giving in and instead developing his ideas for a revolutionary battered sausage. I've heard nowt since...

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Re: Coffee Van at Lemans?
« Reply #11 on: January 29, 2013, 11:26:03 am »
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Re: Coffee Van at Lemans?
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Re: Coffee Van at Lemans?
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Re: Coffee Van at Lemans?
« Reply #14 on: January 29, 2013, 03:04:55 pm »
Quote from: Andy Zarse on January 29, 2013, 11:23:35 am
Brian I gather you've not seen Felix in Liverpool recently? Last time I spoke to him he'd just moved from the Wirral to Ipswich but the chavs had burnt his new van out. There was talk of him giving in and instead developing his ideas for a revolutionary battered sausage. I've heard nowt since...


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