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Morris Z Van.Rob kindly sent in this photograph, after having contacted me asking if I knew of any Z vans for sale. His plan is to re-create a Morris Z that the family business ran in the 1950s, used to deliver Pink Paraffin to the outlying areas. Interest in old delivery vans and commercial vehicles is on the increase, with many companies, both large and small, tracking down and restoring old vans and lorries to the liveries of vehicles they once ran.Back to Car Photographs Page 3.  I didn't know of any vans on sale at the time, but suggested a couple of magazines and classic The eagle-eyed will have spotted that another van is parked alongside, also in the company colours. This one is the larger 10cwt Y series Morris, which if anything is even rarer than the 5cwt Z nowadays. A photograph showing the Series Y 10cwt van, with a K8 Austin alongside, can be seen here, plus you can read about an Australian Morris Y Utilevan here if you want to find out more about those vans. The Z van was based largely on the Morris 8 saloon, and was a big favourite of the General Post Office, or GPO (an ex-GPO van is featured in the Your Stories section of this site, click here to read about this rebuild of a rubber wing 1945 Morris Z van). In fact the paraffin delivery van shown here could well have started out as a GPO van - it has the railway carriage-shaped door handles, and front overcentre bonnet catches of the GPO models, whereas standard vans had normal door handles and you used a 'T' key to operate the bonnet catches. The model came out in 1940 and continued in production throughout WW2, finally being replaced in 1953 by the Minor range. Z van in the livery of Post Office Telephones.Sadly out of focus, but still of interest, a period photograph showing a Z van, in use with Post Office Telephones. The carriage-style door handle can be seen clearly, as can the presence of the Royal crest on the rear body.
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