Friday 11 October 2013

The only J type van in Norway.


Via the Facebook page "save the morris J type van" contact was made with the owner of the only Morris J van in Norway. Its a 1952 model.
The owner sent use some pictures and some history of his van.
View of the van in 1966.
it came 8 or 11 to Norway in 1952-53 and this one is the only one remaining of them. for some years ago a man called Baard Nilsen imported one right hand drive from England. so it is 2 now but only one that is sold new and have left hand drive okey:) my J van has done 30 000 km, it came to a very small town called Jondal on a steamboat in January 1953 and was used as an ambulance at the hospital here, it was taken out of service before we got road connection to the mainland. So it has never been outside Jondal after it arrived here, it was only 10 km roads to drive on. it is still in Jondal and I hope to keep it here for the rest of my time it is a bit fun to know that the car never has left the town.