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Penman
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Hi
Sorry about the quality, it is a scan from a magazine cover.
See how much info you can give for this vehicle.
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Rick
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Churchill Johnson
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| Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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| early type Morris Minor post office van with the opening driver's side front window serie's 2 |
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Penman
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| Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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Anything else to add???????
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badhuis
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| Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Penman wrote: | Hi
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Rubber front wings with separate headlamps |
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Penman
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I knew about the Z vans because they have featured here before but I hadn't realised they did a similar treatment on the minor until I saw the Minor Matters mags mentioned in my for sale posting.
This is the picture from the front cover of the May/June '85 edition
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poodge
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| I wondered about the point of using the rubber wings.It still leaves the vulnerable front bumper ends,and the rear of the vans without any protection whatsoever. |
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clan chieftain
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| Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 10:44 pm Post subject: |
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I used to work on them 
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Bitumen Boy
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| poodge wrote: | | I wondered about the point of using the rubber wings.It still leaves the vulnerable front bumper ends,and the rear of the vans without any protection whatsoever. |
I could never see much logic in it either, but I daresay it made perfect sense to some bean-counter who only ever left his office to nip to the gents...
Unless someone else knows better? |
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clan chieftain
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| Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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Rubber wings were used because postmen drivers were always scraping wings going in an out of gates and up narrow farm roads. The J types had them as well.
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Bitumen Boy
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| marina estate wrote: | | Rubber wings were used because postmen drivers were always scraping wings going in an out of gates and up narrow farm roads. The J types had them as well. |
But with so many other bits to scrape/bend, do you think it was worthwhile? Did the wings really take that much more of a beating than anything else? If you worked on them you'll have some tales to tell... 
Or am I wrong in looking at it from a modern perspective where it seems people can put a dent in nearly any panel on a vehicle? Some I've seen driving around here I just can't imagine how they do it...  |
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