1964 Morris 6cwt O-Type Van

1964 Morris 6cwt O-Type Van in The Wild Geese, Movie, 1978

Class: Cars, Van / MPV — Model origin:

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Author	Message
2491tj ◊ 2007-05-14 21:36	Morris Minor Van
stronghold ◊ 2007-05-14 21:42	2491tj wrote Morris Minor Van we've had some of these before, and it's not called minor van ..it's something ?cwt (my memories not good.!)
nzcarnerd ◊ 2007-05-14 22:37	Most know it as a Minor Van but yes it is technically called (I think) a 5cwt. For the benefit of non-English speakers a cwt or hundredweight is 112 pounds or about 50kg. In NZ this model lasted up to 1973.
Sunbar ◊ 2007-05-14 23:40	It was known by BMC as Morris ¼-Ton O-Type van. After MY 1964 because of the larger side-lights/indicators. -- Last edit: 2007-05-14 23:42:10
Richard Davies ◊ 2009-01-31 11:14	The General Post Office had a large fleet of these for both postal use & for phone engineers. The used to buy them in large batches, & the last one was a a fair time after the last of the cars came of the production line. The post ones were red & the phone ones were originally dark green, & later yellow, this might be an ex-phone dept one.