1938 Harrod's Electric Delivery Van

1938 Harrod's Electric Delivery Van in Help!, Movie, 1965

Class: Cars, Van / MPV — Model origin:

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Author	Message
antp ◊ 2005-10-19 23:15
Alexander ◊ 2005-10-20 00:28	It is a Harrod's one ton electric delivery van of ca. 1938/39. After buying American Walker electric vans in 1919 Harrod's started to build its own vans. This is one of sixty of the last series.
Sunbar ◊ 2007-02-20 14:00	An earlier Harrod's electric delivery van, so possibly an American Walker electric van, appears in a "Poirot" episode. Its only as a background vehicle and is not very visible so I did not use it. I believe it had an open cab and a single headlight in the centre of a curved front.
stronghold ◊ 2007-11-07 12:22	-- Last edit: 2007-11-07 12:23:00
shiraqio67 ◊ 2008-08-01 23:16	I am still not quite sure why they used this. Its not what you would normally see on the roads in 1965.
Sunbar ◊ 2008-10-22 18:39	At least one, and possibly more, Harrod's electric van covered about 350,000 miles before finally being withdrawn in 1967.
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2008-10-22 19:53	Harrod's are probably wishing right now that they still had them on the road. If a Toyota Prius is viewed in certain parts of society as being cool, these must be sub-zero.