Saturday 31 March 2012

Another project J type, will big business snap this one up as well?




For sale on e-bay, the second oldest J type in the UK, (13th oldest in the world) Chassis J/R 6733. The seller states a 1950 van, DVLA have this down as a 1951 van with the registration number issued in London. Needs a bit of work but not too much. This is a rare Martin Walter mini bus conversion, even rarer now as the last one on e-bay which was complete with all the original fittings was turned into a catering van. 80% of the original van was thrown away, the good roof panel, rear doors and sides went in the scrap bin. Is this one destined for the same fate? With all the skill that went into the last conversion, could they not fabricate  a new front end and graft it onto a modern van chassis.