Ref the top picture, thats one of the station clean teams vans - the chiltern logo was straight out the stores and the same that was applied to the Class 115s. There were two (maybe three) 400`s and one escort combi van reg was F??? BOK. These were replaced by nasty citroen relays and a C15, terrible vans, by that time I was responsible for them and they were then sold and replaced by three transits and a transit connect - sadly despite seeing them everyday I have no pictures of them! If I recall, Thames and Chiltern as it became had its own garage in Reading that looked after them. After that our depot sherpa was maintained locally, and the transists just went to the ford dealer in banbury, where they were bought from.
I think I saw the 400 in the pic after sale many years later at a preserved railway, but cannot remember which one.
matrylebone depot also had a Freightrover 200, the last of the shape with a standard roof, and only branded freight rover for one year - this was E245 AMW (old oak had E246 AMW). E245 went on to aylesbury when Marylebone shut, and in around the mid 1990s had a full respray, new rear doors and some repairs. It lasted a few years more and was bought by a staff member, he passed away and I bought it, and then sold it some years ago, no idea where it is now. It was quite bulletproof, and got abused like hell, being notably airbourne quite a few times!
Andy
