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1948 Morris-Commercial J-Type 
Class: Cars, Van / MPV — Model origin: 
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Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase
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◊ 2013-04-11 20:43 |
Not a H-Van. |
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◊ 2013-04-11 20:54 |
Morris J (or much rarer Austin 101). |
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◊ 2013-04-11 21:03 |
PS I started looking for a few of these in our collection - we have 25 as Morris-Commercial J-Type, 3 as Morris J-Type and 6 as Morris JB. Are these separations correct, and how do they work? Are there any other names I haven't spotted? |
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◊ 2013-04-11 21:30 |
Unless you can read the badge on the grille there isn't much you can do about it; and the JB had a larger engine. Wikipedia isn't any help with the Morris/Morris-Commercial problem, as it doesn't recognise Morris J-Types at all. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Commercial_J-type |
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◊ 2013-04-11 23:27 |
Morris-Commercial J 1948 to 1952, 1476cc sidevalve engine Nuffield Type VS from Series MO Oxford, 3-speed gearbox. Morris J-type 1952 to 1957, similar mechanicals, name change following BMC merger. (Some sources question this). Morris JB 1957 to 1961, 1489cc BMC B Series overhead valve engine, 4-speed gearbox. Austin 101, Austin badged version of JB with different front panel design, followed dates of JB. At the end of 1956 production of the Morris Cowley MCV ceased in favour of the Series III Commercials which used B Series units. This meant that the sidevalve ex-Nuffield type VS engine would now only be required for the J-type, so in accordance with Leonard Lord's rationalisation plans the vehicle was re-engineered into the JB to use BMC B Series standard units. Austin had no forward control van smaller than the K8, or later the LD, so, in the usual panic to ensure that an Austin and Morris equivalent of all models was available for the dealer chain, the 101 was introduced. The J was introduced as a replacement for the Morris 10cwt van, the mechanical units of which had their roots in the 1920s, and was itself replaced by the J2. -- Last edit: 2013-04-12 09:35:31 |
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◊ 2013-04-11 23:55 |
Thanks. Entered as earliest possibility. |
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◊ 2013-04-12 00:43 |
Here's a view of the front:![[Image: vlcsnap-2013-04-10-15h58m13s97.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/11730/vlcsnap-2013-04-10-15h58m13s97.jpg) ![[Image: vlcsnap-2013-04-10-15h58m19s99.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/11730/vlcsnap-2013-04-10-15h58m19s99.jpg) Interior view: ![[Image: vlcsnap-2013-04-10-15h57m28s4.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/11730/vlcsnap-2013-04-10-15h57m28s4.jpg) |
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◊ 2013-04-12 12:42 |
From info above from johnfromstaffs, the 3 Morris J-type (1952 to 1957) had nothing to put them specifically in that date range, so are now reassigned to Morris-Commercial J-Type. Have tidied up date details generally for all of them, but if anyone wants to run through them all to check they've been described correctly, it could be useful. |
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