Paul John:
Hi all.
Dennis, to be honest I cant remember the model. Over the years all the vans had nicknames. I never actually saw that van as I wasn’t born when the business was started. I just remember photo’s my grandparents showed me as I became a car/van/ truck fanatic at a very young age. Iirc this van was called old Lizzie. I doubt very much if it was brand new, and I’ll be 58 this year so Andrews estimate of the photo being 50 years old is probably spot on!
Pete, I remember A40 cars but not vans, but those were made much later.
My father and later his brothers who joined him were loyal to Austin and Morris with A35s,55s, J4s, Oxfords and Cambridge’s cars and estates or shooting breaks as I remember them being called, along with Morris 1000s and loads of Threepennybits , J2s and others that escape me. As time went on they did buy new, the smell of those new vehicles will stay with me forever. Mind you they were all worked hard and seldom sold on as they were knackered when they laid them to rest.Regards Paul
All the A40 ranges Paul; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_A40
Pete.