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Rick · Site Admin Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22834 Location: UK

Fantastic old van wants sympathetic re-awakening Smile

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COMMAD · Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 8:12 am Post subject:

Nice old van. Cool

peter scott · Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7219 Location: Edinburgh

I don't know the history of Morris Commercials but it looks rather earlier than 1937. That looks like the Bullnose engine.

The Series II 8/10 cwt van came out in July 1935.

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Rootes75 · Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 10:58 am Post subject:

I would agree with Peter, the Morris would pre-date 1937.

PAUL BEAUMONT · Joined: 27 Nov 2007 Posts: 1281 Location: Barnsley S. Yorks

It is worth remembering that the commercial range was motor manufacturer's depository for obsolete passenger car parts when models were updated, but her I agree with the comments. I suggest that the artillery wheels would date this almost a decade earlier?

BigJohn · Joined: 01 Jan 2011 Posts: 954 Location: Wem, Shropshire

Morris Commercial Vehicles, by Harry Edwards has a C type as 30cwt to 5tons, but his illustration of a 1931 T2 type is a dead ringer for this van. He states it had a "13.9 hp 'Hotchkiss'-type side-valve engine" but no front brakes, but google pics have these:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=morris+commercial+t2&rlz=1R2ACPW_en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=UysWUpOhHIic0AXs8oHYCw&ved=0CEMQsAQ&biw=1093&bih=452
and the Morris register has this:
http://morrisregister.co.uk/3136t2/
which states 4 wheel brakes from 1932.

peter scott · Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7219 Location: Edinburgh

The registration number is from 1937 but your Edwards info. does sound interesting John. I wonder if it "acquired" a later identity at some stage. Strange things happened to vehicles that were scrapped and then resurrected. Or maybe 1931 got read as 1937 at some stage, but that doesn't explain the registration number.

Peter

A 1931 T2 from John's link

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mikeC · Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 7:29 pm Post subject:

That is definitely a T2 - 1 ton capacity, built 1931-36, so a 1937 registration date is not impossible.