A J type on Brazils version of e-bay.

Fed up with the high prices of UK vans, check out this early (square side lights) van.

Do a "Top Gear" and drive it back to Blighty as a new years challenge.

Details are as follows.

Morris Furgão 1948
Otimo Furgão
Mecanica Original
Funcionando
Precisa de um banho de tinta
Peça Rara
Valor de 15 mil Reais

Thanks again to Mike Parry of the MO and 6/80 car club for this.

Further up-date on this vehicle, it has been pointed out this is the same van that was for sale in Montevedeo, Uruguay. (Montevedeo is about 800Km far from Rio Grande do Sul (the place where it is now). If you compare it to the pictures posted of it in September last year on this blog you will see it is the same van. This vehicle sold for $500US, It has moved across the border and according to the current advert it is in running order with all original mechanical items.
My local contact Diego Moreno Bravo, who is restoring a Morris Oxford is contacting the owner by e-mail to try to get the chassis number. In the original advert it was listed as a 1951 van, while it is currently being advertised as a 1948 vehicle. If this was true it would be the oldest known J in the world and the chassis number would be barely into double figures.
I will keep you posted.
This a 1980's picture of OBL432 outside the original (stars entrance) to Pinewood Film Studios. All general traffic had to use a side entrance, as Pinewood was a grand house (and still is) and has often been featured in period films. I will take the van back to the same location soon so you can see how it has changed. Thanks to D.E. for the picture. (sorry about the quality, the print has faded in the last thirty years).