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Mega Super Service

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Wednesday 21 March 2012

A J type I like.

I like this J type, this will shock people who know me. Why do I like it? Well a very rusty "flat-packed" J van is living again. That has got to be good news. It also appears to have the rear wheels in the centre of the rear wheel arches.
Talking about e-bay, It looks like the ex-ice cream van that sold recently has gone to be re-bodied and will turn up on the South Bank of the Thames selling ice cream- fish and chips- or Burgers shortly to the tourists. No bad thing, an ex-working van being used again to trade, it will raise the profile of the J van still further and might start the restoration of other "project" vans that are out there. It amazes me that there are people sitting with "project" J type vans in their garages and they don't want to get them restored and on the road. Come on chaps, get that J type out, summer is around the corner, the clock's alter this weekend so an extra hour of day light, please put it to good use.
Get it on the road and take it to Gaydon in June for the J type gathering, prime position for our vans right at the front of the museum, contact the J register for details.

Friday 16 March 2012

Another JB van for sale on e-bay.


The ex Truman's van, not sure if it has its original number plate, or if its now on an age related plate.

Thursday 15 March 2012

See it does work.

Sometimes I post item here and get NO response like the request for 15 and 16 inch wheel rims to help out other J owners. Other times I get lots of what I can only describe as criticism. In this case my last posting has produced a prompt reply and has identified the Austin 101's location.

'My guess would be Thailand. The registration plates look like Hong Kong ones where at least part of the movie is set.
From the movies website “Shooting of the film has occurred since the beginning of August till the end of December 2010 in Moscow, Hong Kong, Thailand and Norway. 70% of material was shot in Asia – it is a unique experience for Russian cinematography.”
Cheers
So thanks T.L. another mystery sorted out.

Wednesday 14 March 2012

Trawling the internet, I found the following.

A Russian film recently released but where was it filmed?

A list of chassis number and registration dates.

J/R 010 10/1949--J/R 649 1949--J/R 755 1/1950--J/R 1061 12/1949--J/R 1102 12/1949--J/L 1518 1950--J/R 1612 03/1950--J/L 2935 1951--J/R 4491 11/1950--J/R 6050 12/1950--J/R 6187 1/1951--J/R 10916 12/1951--J/R 10972 1/1952--J/R 14776 12/1952--J/R 145931/1953--J/R 15455 1/1953--J/R 16261 03/1953--J/R 18124 1952--J/R 19902 12/1953--J/R 20658 02/1954--J/R 21720 12/1953--J/R 23555 1954--J/R 24274 1954--J/R 25618 12/1954--J/R 25079 1/1955--J/R 25741 05/1955--J/R 29869 11/1955--J/R 30963 11/1955--J/R 3183110/1955--J/R 32465 11/1955--J/R 33340 1/1956--J/R 35466 1/1957--J/R 35671 12/1956--JB/MR 37200 06/1957--JB/MR 39547 12/1957--JB/MR 39012 1/1958--JB/MR 39648 1/1958--JB/MR 42533 1/1959--JB/MR 42677 12/1958--JB/MR 43367 1959--JB/MR 45648 1/1960--JB/MR 45693 12/1959--JB/MR 46009 02/1960--JB/MR 47648 12/1960--JB/MR 47907 12/1960--JB/MR 48069 01/1961--JB/MR 48219 01/1961
Approximate Production data for each year.
1949 750 vehicles -1950 5347 -1951 5051 -19524098 -1953 5027 -1954 6000 -1955 6894 -19563169 -1957 3284 -1958 3131 -1959 2965 -19602516 -1961 362
Total produced 48620


Ardingly Vehicle Show 12/7/09. Picture taken by Clive Barker.