Another e-bay project J type for sale.

MORRIS J TYPE VAN FOR FULL RESTORATION. THIS IS RARE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE AN EARLY MORRIS J TYPE VAN REQUIRING FULL RESTORATION. I HAVE NO REGISTRATION DOCUMENTS OR OTHER DETAILS, BUT IT IS THE EARLY TYPE WITH THE SIDE VALVE ENGINE. THE ENGINE TURNS FREELY, AND THE VEHICLE APPEARS TO BE NEARLY COMPLETE, MISSING ONLY ITS RADIATOR, LIGHTS, GLASS AND PERHAPS ONE OR TWO OTHER SMALL ITEMS. THE BODYWORK REQUIRES FULL RESTORATION, AND THERE IS DAMAGE TO THE OFFSIDE BODYWORK AS CAN BE SEEN FROM THE PHOTOS. THE VAN COMES WITH BOTH ITS STEEL FRONT WINGS, WHICH ARE ROUGH BUT PROBABLY RESTORABLE, ITS OFFSIDE STEEL REAR WING, AND TWO SPARE RUBBER FRONT WINGS. ALTHOUGH REQUIRING MAJOR WORK, THE VAN WILL MAKE A FANTASTIC VEHICLE WHEN FINISHED, BOTH IN TERMS OF ENJOYMENT AND INVESTMENT. THANKS FOR LOOKING, FOR MORE DETAILS PLEASE CALL JOHN ON 07702274887. DELIVERY CAN BE ARRANGED AT EXTRA COST.

I wonder if the Ambulance van will be for sale shortly?

More J types than you can shake a stick at.

For sale on e-bay.
Morris J type chassis.. Very rare and sort after vintage ice cream van as seen on the main photo are two that have been finished by Whitby Morrison.
This is being put up for auction with no reserve so don't miss out.
You are bidding for the one that needs to be finished.. It has engine and gearbox and very good chassis.
Call me if you have any questions 07540141261

You can tell its a J from the inside view.

Not the best picture of a vehicle for sale.
This vehicle has been a project for many years, its not a project for the novice.
Original registration Number was 5027 N. Also it has an Austin chassis plate, JB/AR.

Needs a fair bit of work.

Here are 3 pictures when it was on e-bay the last time, about a year ago.

Two conversion's already in their ice cream fleet. The badge on 942 BYY looks a bit low or is the chrome grill edge a bit wide? Now 942 BYY is a bit strange, I have recorded on my list 949 BYY as a GPO planners van from March 1960, I don't have 942, so another one to add to the list.

Now another fully restored van is on e-bay and also in various other classic vehicle magazines.

Its the well restored JB van dating from 1st January 1959.

Excellent condition, zero vat item. for more information ring Ian 07711 880510 This vehicle is advertised elsewhere, we reserve the right to remove listing if sold.

Now the North African van I recently featured, well it turns out this is advertising a restaurant in Morocco.

Thanks to Charlie in Canada for the added information.

Another New van to me, is this one owned by Bernie Stewart.

An Austin 101, unknown chassis number or date of registration, I cannot find any trace of it on any government vehicle data base, and yet here it is.

4x4 Morris J type van.

As many J van owners will know, a couple of pictures of YLH 799 have been about on the web for many years. The owner at the time who did the splendid conversion has recently published on his flickr site a full set of pictures of "the van".

I have copied his captions and these are shown in red type.

These were basically single seat delivery vans that were widely used by the GPO and other utility services. The front and rear wings of the GPO models were made of rubber, and the 'dent' on the N/S front wing would just 'boing' back into
shape.

This old van was fairly unique in 4x4 guise, and it performed well enough off-road.
This ex GPO van was mine back in the 1970's. For an experiment I decided to convert it to four wheel drive.

The 4x4 experiment resulted in one wierd looking van ! I added the Turner winch to complete the conversion.
Both BMC marques, Austin and Morris, produced these J series vans. Fundamentally they both looked the same but mechanically the Morris had a side valve engine and the Austin an OHV 'B' series engine.

I sold it to a landscape gardener named Simon who used it for his work. I was living in Birmingham at the time and he was located in London. A mutual acquaintance tells me that when he sold it he regretted it and in fact tried to buy it back. I lost his contact details so hopefully someone will see it and give him a nudge.

Mostly Austin Gipsy stuff used in the conversion, the ratio's matched which meant less faffing about and I had the parts around the place.

When I was running this one my mate had the Morris version, great vans and great fun.
I used an Austin Gipsy front axle, ideal because the 5.125 diff matched the vans own rear axle. I just had to fit some spacers between spring and rear axle to make up the difference in height. I originally used a single speed Dodge WC52 transfer case mounted independantly, this allowed me to retain the vans original 1600 cc engine and gearbox. It soon became obvious that it needed more 'grunt' so I later replaced the lot with a Gipsy engine, gearbox with integral 2 spd transfer case. Thanks for your interest.

Check out his set of pictures here http://www.flickr.com/photos/66663687@N04/8619131060/in/photostream/

Can you add any information about this van, does it still exist?

NGY 953

I mentioned in the last posting that NGY had rather changed since I last saw it.
Here is a copy of the posting I did on the van in 2010.
A rather fetching 1955 Hi Top van. First seen 30 years ago in Hereford.


According to the DVLA web site this is a September 1955 vehicle, un-taxed but with a recent owner change and fitted with a 1489cc engine, colour Brown.

Looking just the same as it did 30 years ago it re-surfaced and was for sale with a classic car dealer and restorer.

As you can see it is ex-Ministry of Defence, Army Transport. Dating from 1955 it's actual use within the Army can only be guessed at, maybe a NAFFI wagon?

Needing a bit of work but on the whole all there. It was advertised for £950 and I assume it sold very quickly.

The new owner has left it with the vehicle restorers David Wall of Wroham Nr Norwich to be restored!!

Also out and about, spotted recently are the Pickford's van and the well known Royal Mail van.

I understand the Pickford's van is currently for sale at an asking price of £15K.

Latest J news.

NGY 953 J/R27411, registered 1st September 1955, its had a re-paint since I last saw it.

Now if your off to Brazil for a spring break to get away from the cold and damp, pop into a bookshop and buy this.

RARÍSSIMO CATALOGO DE PEÇAS DO MORRIS JB (EDIÇÃO DE 08/1957)
CATALOGO ORIGINAL (ESTA NUMA PASTA NÃO ORIGINAL)
ORIGINAL MORRIS - (NÃO TRABALHO COM CÓPIAS)
ESTA EM PERFEITO ESTADO E EM INGLÊS
POSSUI A DESCRIÇÃO E ILUSTRAÇÃO DE TODAS AS PEÇAS DO VEICULO REFERENCIADO COM OS CODIGOS ORIGINAIS MORRIS DA ÉPOCA
ESCLAREÇO TODAS DUVIDAS
POSSUO DIVERSOS ITENS RELACIONADOS A LITERATURA DE CARROS ANTIGOS EM MEU E-SHOP DÊ UMA VISITADA, É SÓ CLICAR NO LINK ABAIXO:
Located
SAO PAULO.

Price is very good, R$ 750.00

I wonder how much the postage would be? I also wonder if there is a JB van located nearby?

Fancy lending a hand?

One or two old vehicle nuts are thinking about helping out the owner of the famous London knife grinders van.
Its been off the road for the last 12-14 years, due to a blown side valve engine.
How did it happen?, I understand the van was stolen and thrashed and when it died at the side of the road the louts vandalised it a bit.
Dragged home, there it has sat.
Some glass needs replacing and as I say the engine needs sorting out, a spare is supplied.
What is needed are some willing volunteers to get the van running and an offer of transport to the 65th J van bash in Birmingham can then be taken up.
It would be nice to see it, maybe the museum could give it an under cover home?

A nice mid 1955 Morris Commercial. Thanks to M.C. for the pictures taken today.

J type sliding doors on e-bay.

Morris j type front cab doors in good condition for there age require a bit of work but nothing to major these kind of items are rare and extremely hard to come across so grab a bargain whilst you can
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Morris-J-type-van-front-doors-/151018097390?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2329614aee

Well worth buying I would say, item located Cheshire.

J Pick-up truck.

Pictured below, a J pick-up truck in a vehicle museum in New Norfolk, west of Hobart.

Many thanks to Des for the pictures, don't forget mate to e-mail me the chassis number, that way we will know if this is a known vehicle.

Call the Midwife. BBC Tv 10th March.

A rather nice series set in post war Britain, this series covering the 1950's.
A rather small selection of vehicles have appeared during this second series, I suppose it's due to the high cost of hiring vehicles and drivers for a days work.
The same old lorries have been seen parked up in the background these "blocking" vehicles are used to cover up items that cannot be moved, to hide a modern item that would otherwise spoil the period look. The Doctors car has an age related number plate, issued in Bute, Scotland and now it is supposed to be in east London. Funny also the scooter that has recently appeared also has a scottish issued number plate.
The Austin 101 is also a well known film and TV prop vehicle.
Its parentage is a bit unknown, from various sources, I have been told the number plate it carries comes from a 1953 Austin Devon, the chassis is believed to be a 1956 Morris, with the Austin body purchased and fitted when the van was being restored, an easier option than restoring its original body. It has now been up graded to a Sherpa 1800 cc Diesel engine and 5 speed gear box.
Only us sad purest anoraks would know this, still its out and about.
Link to its  5 seconds of fame here.http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/b01rbw29/?t=3m03s

Mind my washing.

Warning women van driver.

Look I have glow plug switches!

Where did you buy this?

You bought a Sherpa diesel engined van, idiot, this is 1957, they've not been invented yet!

For sale on e-bay, USA is
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Vintage-Alloy-MORRIS-COMMERCIAL-Badge-TRUCK-LORRY-CLASSIC-/140927612480?pt=UK_Car_Parts_Vehicles_Automobila_ET&hash=item20cff0b640

Thanks to Dean Martin for this.