Instruction book (English 1961 - 80 pages) Appears to be the most common of the earlier books -
covers the 3 speed gearbox only. Later versions may have covered the 4
speed as well. Glovebox sized.
Thames 800 Operator's
Manual (Australian 1964 - 44 pages) Has a 4 page insert covering
the 4 speed dated 9/64. The manual itself is dated 8/64. Glovebox
sized.
Operator's manual for Thames 10-12 15 cwt range (English
1964 - 56 pages) Has a fold out lubrication
chart and lots of minor differences to the Australian version below .
Thames nameplate on front of van drawing and Ford Motor Company Limited
Dagenham. Glovebox sized. Dated 9/64.-
Operator's manual for Ford medium van range (Australian
1965 - 54 pages) Has condensed
lubrication chart on one page and a Ford nameplate on the front of the
van. Ford Motor Company Limited Warley England and dated 8/65. Glovebox
sized. ( Excuse the condition of my copy - it was left in a Thames that
leaked)
Ther is also a glovebox sized version of the
spare parts list mentioned below that I know of but don't have a photo
of.
WORKSHOP
MANUALS
Thames 800 Service Manual ( Australian 1960 - about 100 pages)
Covers 3 speed only. No page numbers but 10
chapters. A4 size
Thames Repair Manual (English
1961 - 245 pages) Covers 3 speed only. High
Quality glossy paper. A4 size
Ford
Shop Manual (Australian 1968 - 308 pages) Covers 4 speed gearbox and diff. Plain paper. Aus. edition
printed from English copy sep 68. A4 sized
PARTS
MANUALS
Thames Parts List (English)
These seem to have a lot of variations. The
two I have are identical covers but the lower one is almost twice as
thick as the upper.About 6 pages in there is an engine no. chart which
finishes at Jan 1960 in the upper one and Oct 61 in the lower. The first
has 94 pages followed by about 30 pages of illustrations and the second
has 200 pages with the illustrations inserted throughout the text.
I have seen some copies with different shades of green on the cover and
a glovebox sized version as well. These are A4 sized.
Australian Parts Catalogue Published May 1965 and supplied to Ford Australia parts
divisions, this is a loose leaf binder about 3 inches thick (about
75mm?) and has the Mark 3 Zephyr in the front half. Ford were still
using these books in the mid 1980's when I was buying new parts off
them. I used to ask to stay for another half hour after buying my parts
to read the parts manual!
