Wednesday, 31 October 2012

The 6/80 & MO car club.

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The 6/80 and MO car club who cater for our side valve engine vans have produced a new calendar for 2013. Featuring two JB vans in th...
Saturday, 27 October 2012

Another Australian J for sale.

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Another early van has emerged out of the undergrowth, looks like the Dravleys Dry Cleaners van need some TLC. I do hope this very early (squ...
Monday, 8 October 2012

Spending money.

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I have been out spending money, very easy to do even when your feeling a bit short. I have up-graded the storage site (on this blog) where ...
Wednesday, 26 September 2012

Purchase Tax in 1950.

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Another snippet from a commercial vehicle magazine tells me that purchase tax went up in July 1950, this forced Morris motors to increase th...
Monday, 24 September 2012

Commercial Motor Mag 7th March 1952.

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The ice-cream dispensing vehicle has been converted from a MorrisCommercial J-type van, the original roof being replaced by one of...
Tuesday, 18 September 2012

The latest on Bugly the van in Australia.

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Bugly has changed hands but Im glad to say his new owners are keeping us all updated with its current restoration. I understand they are ...

The GPO rally 15th September.

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A good turn out of vehicles but few people. Here are a selection of pictures of the J type mail vans that were there and also the Telephone...
Monday, 10 September 2012

Part 3 of the co-editors story.

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Pt3 Oh heck, Where do I start with this one? This epic was originally penned on 12 th Dec 2006, I edited it somewhat an...
Sunday, 2 September 2012

GPO window parts.

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The summer has ended, the nights are drawing in, what a year this has been. Well this year has been a wash out, the wettest for 100 years, I...