Ken Cooke has put his Morris J/B van UMO 938 up for sale at an auction at Mathewsons Auctions on 25th April. This screengrab has come from their site.
http://www.mathewsons.co.uk/#!auction-page-1/c5o
We would urge any enthusiast looking to purchase a van to consider this one.
It underwent a thorough rebuild when Ken acquired it, and it will undoubtedly be one of the most correct J/Bs around as Ken is a stickler for getting, and using, the right parts.
Eight is a momentous number.
Australia Day in Sydney was damp but it did not stop eight J-type vans driving to the annual CARnivale display in Macquarie Street Sydney. The Hyde Park Barracks was the backdrop to a record number of fully road going J-type vans in Australia for many years.
“Mr Baker”, the recently restored van sporting the livery ‘The Upholsterer’, had been in Sydney for a few days, following a seven hour tow from Cobargo on a hot 35C day. It was driven to the display on the chilly, damp Australia Day and was dripping water droplets all day. Its custodians capped off a great day with a concert at the Opera House.
Winning Appliances supplied two of their vans, a J and a J/B. Doyles of Watsons Bay, the famous Sydney restaurant, sent their J/B as did Sydney Packaging and Pipe Perfection Plumbing. J/B 41717, the ex ABBCO Bread van, was there and the Bellette family’s V8 J type Rat Rod kept the crowds captivated all day long.
We were impressed to meet a Welshman who told of driving J-types for the Wales Gas Co and another British holiday maker telling J-type tales of driving J-types for an electricity company in the South East of England. They did not seem to mind the damp conditions and neither did we. It is very noteworthy that every J-van on display has it’s own personality. Every custodian has treated their Jubilant creation individually and the public react with Joy.
That must be why they are called the Morris J van! J for JOY!
Peter Bateman. Sydney January 28, 2015
Review 39 is about to go into the post. Collected from the printers a couple of hours ago!
This 20-page issue includes:
A Review of the Classic Van and Pick-up Show at Gaydon
A follow-up article about M~C’s post-war styling
A Review of the Goodwood Revival
Archive street scenes
‘A chance encounter of the J-type kind’ by Peter Bateman
‘On the Move’ Down Under…
‘On the Move’ nearer home…
‘Riding the wave of popularity’
An archive colour Morris advertisement
Diecast Model Update
and A Review of the Classic Motor Show at the NEC
Yes, the Classic Motor Show at the NEC is over for another year. A great show in so many ways, I hope to add many more photographs and details tomorrow. Our thanks to Ray Herritts for bringing along his J/B and newly-restored Minor, and to the many members, J-enthusiasts and friends who attended.
Norton only started making the International in 1932, and we got two from the first year’s production on our stand! Another hectic report but details will have to wait for another day!
A hectic day, more time to load photos tomorrow, hopefully!
Yes, two vans new to the Register have surfaced ‘down under’, one in Australia and one in New Zealand.
The Australian van has been saved by Register member Laurie Ballette. Remarkably, the van is from the same Tip Top Bakery fleet as the van he already has.
The NZ van is currently for sale on Trade Me.
More to follow…
Register-member Ken Bennett sends this photo of two J-type ice cream vans at the Classic Car Boot Sale, held over the weekend at Olympic Park in London.
Ken also alerted us to the article in Classic Van and Pick-up!
Click on any photo to enlarge.
