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Australian J get-together in a few days time!
Peter Bateman writes from Australia:
There will be the largest assembly of road going Morris J type vans in Australia for many years at the CARnivale Car display to be held on Macquarie street Sydney on January 26, 2013. The vans will be beside the Hyde Park Barracks facing Hyde Park. All welcome & make yourselves known.
Also of interest was a visit to Novgorod, syd’sKnee last weekend by JB 43247’s custodians, Andrew Trollope and Susan Hunt. Mr Cholmondeley’s minder was having a working bee and Andrew was pleased to see JB 43570 arrive for a show & tell then Kelly Ashton arrived with his took kit and multimeter. After spending a very hot afternoon at Novgorod J HQ he went off to Dee Why with Kelly to see the V8 J and the restoration J which is Kelly’s reason d’etre at the moment. On the Sunday Andrew & Susan revisited Novgorod for a nibble and a “tour of the Syd’sKnee sights”. First was a look see at one of the winning Appliances vans then on to Watsons Bay, via Bondi beach, to see the Doyles van.
A pleasant time was had by all.
Also of note is that Andrew & Susan have their tickets for the journey to Birmingham for the 65th.
By contrast we include a photo sent by Roland Turner of his van, which he has been using to get to and from work, in the snow. And just when we thought it was thawing, it’s started snowing again!
Happy New Year!
Wishing J-type owners and enthusiasts worldwide a Happy and Prosperous New Year.
Award-winning J-type!
Morris J-type van voted “Car of the Year”
Soon after being mentioned in Street Machine magazine in Australia, Laurie Bellette has been awarded ‘Car of the Year’ for his Morris V8 J by the arbiters of taste on Sydney’s northern beaches The Northern Beaches Hot Rod Club. The northern beaches of Syd’sKnee are very sunny, sandy and serious OZ Cool. Location to some hallmark Australian television series the car culture on the peninsular is extreme. When the club votes for their Car of the Year it has had to turn heads! Well done Laurie. Another tick of approval for the mightiest of J’s!
Peter Bateman Sydney 2012
J get-together in Australia
Meanwhile in Australia…
There was a HISTORIC COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SHOW here in Melbourne Australia 18.11.12 (An annual event)
We managed to get 7 Vans to the show – not a bad effort ( 2 on trailers and 5 roadworthy and driven).
John Brooksmith
Front view, Far left to Right
Nick Fuller Dark Green, A J with a J/B Engine
John Heir Black primer (he borrowed our J/B grill for one picture). He has a roller door at the rear
John Brooksmith Blue ( We have a J/B grill and a 101 grill but it is registered as a J/B because my initials are JB)
http://aq62uumrcool.blogspot.com.au/ Now registered as 07450H
Mike Red and White, MCJTV
Paul Howell Green J/B with a black J Grill (Ex New Zealand Van) http://jbmorrisvan.blogspot.com.au/
Sandy Payet Predominantly off white (to be resprayed)
Andrew Trollope Biscuit colour. He is only the second owner of the van and it is concourse. http://hdu072.blogspot.com.au/
Morris~Commercial Club win NEC award!
Our congratulations to the members of the Morris~Commercial Club, whose stand in Hall 11 at the Classic Motor Show has scooped the “Best Small Club Stand” award at Friday night’s ceremony. This is a particularly great achievement given that it is the club’s first time at the show. Well done, guys!
Blog: Classic Motor Show 2012 – We’re ready!
The Classic Motor Show opens its doors at the NEC tomorrow morning at 10am. We’ve spent the afternoon in the company of Morris~Commercial members, setting up our adjacent stands. If you’re planning a visit, we’re in Hall 11, Stand 11C63.
Let the show begin!
Blog: Sydney’s Rat Day 2012
Kelly Ashton’s V8 J type makes Rat Day 2012
It was promised in this blog many months ago that Sydney’s annual GoodGuys Rat Day would sport three J type vans. Optimism was there in spades but reality showed me to have fibbed. There in a dusty well worn patch of Gnawley Park, Taren Point was a large group of spectators paying compliments to only one J type van. Kelly Ashton’s Ford V8 powered J. Kelly had his J type exhibited “in the build” and what a crowd it pulled. Kelly was almost hoarse after fielding questions and compliments for four hours. As seems normal these days someone will turn up and wax lyrical about having a J in the past or one in the shed. This time it was Kelly who dragged me out of the crowd shouting “Pete, Pete here quick. This bloke knows of a few vans” and he proceeded to list this one and that and I just had to say, “You must be Steve Day”…Yes! the bloke almost fainted. Steve was the chap I bought JB 41717 from in 1981. We all had a jovial time but I could not get any “new” finds on that day.
Much work is still to be done on Kelly’s V8 J but that first showing has been & gone and the next one will come with SOUND!
I wake each morning wondering if today is that One day….
Peter Bateman – Syd’sKnee – Oz
Blog: We’re in Classic and Sports Car Magazine!
Our website featured in the editorial in October’s Classic and Sports Car magazine in an article about the 2012 awards at the NEC Classic Motor Show.
Blog: Goodwood 2012, a glorious get-together!
The Goodwood Revival is over for another year, but what a great weekend it was. Check out the pictures for some of the delights.
On site over the weekend were SEVEN J-types: 221 EMF, 344 CNM, 477 XUK, 5003 NX, JSK 870, LDG 584 and LVJ 61, with TWO more in the car park on the Saturday. These were MJW 43 and MSK 194.
