For Sale a pair of shockers..

For sale a pair of NEW old stock Armstrong shock absorbers for the REAR of our J vans.
They will fit J vans from Chassis number 17745, they are six inch stroke and fitted with the correct Morris / BMC rubber bushes in each end. (being held in with blue tape).
Price £42 the pair plus postage, Royal Mail 1st class £13.35 (they weigh 2.35kgs) or I can do next day courier for £6.00 but the package would have to be signed for.
Contact Fiftiesvehicles@mail.com
Well done to the people that noticed the location of the JB van in the last couple of header pictures on this blog.
At the filming location of the golfing section of GOLDFINGER.

Goodwood 2013,

Photo by Chris Stanley CCMV group.

Then and now pictures.

Having had a god response to the period picture at the top of the blog, the most common question was where and when was it taken. I was sent the web image by a friend as it features a nice J van in an unusual colour scheme of "all one colour" and bucked the trend for black wings as so many other firms had at the time.

So I purchased a print of the photograph, the details are, picture taken August 1952 and is Princes Street Edinburgh but I'm not sure where along the street it was taken.
Looking at street view in Google I cannot locate the correct junction, mind you so many old building have gone.
It might be at the junction with South Bridge but I'm not sure, anyone know?
Now Charlie, one for you.
A nice 1930 shot of Stratford Ontario,

 From Google street view, the garage has changed use but the house on the left is still there.

Pipe Perfections J van history.

Check out http://pipeperfection.com.au/pippy-vintage-sydney-plumbers-van/ to learn a bit of their vans history.

An Austin 101 for sale and NOT on e-bay.

A rather nice Austin 101 is for sale, follow this link to the Morris Leslie auction site.
http://www6.amstock.co.uk/morrisleslie/StockDetail.aspx?lot=507&regno=PWH920&sale=1575

Registered on 10 March 1960 in Bolton, early history unknown.