GPO/PO Minor vans

[POMMReg]

I'm putting together a book on the subject of GPO/PO Minors vans.

bit stuck on the cab number section, therefore would appreciate chassis/cab details from owners willing to help!

may even try Civilian LCV's if enough are forthcoming!!

Chris @ POMMReg

[mike.perry]

Russ Harvey may have already covered that subject in depth.

[POMMReg]

Hi Mike,

No-one has even attempted them.

The aim of the game is to accurately date cabs when chassis numbers are unnavailable.

By the by, 609 FUU is still about!

Chris

[mike.perry]

Hi Chris,
I assume then that you have read chapter 2 of Morris Minor Light Commercials and are approaching the subject from a different angle?

[Pikey]

It would seem that 609 FUU is alive and well. Shes just been taxed. Does anyone on here own her?

Date of Liability 01 04 2011
Date of First Registration 18 06 1984
Year of Manufacture 1963
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1098CC
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type Petrol
Export Marker Not Applicable
Vehicle Status Licence Not Due
Vehicle Colour BLUE
Vehicle Type Approval

Regards

Steve B

[POMMReg]

was on eBay a while back....

was in Treharris/Nelson today...deliver to the Co-op there!!

609 FUU's DoFR may be wrong ha ha

Chris

[POMMReg]

A book that's attempted to make sense of Cab numbers....?

a new one to me!!!!

I even attempted the GPO 'Z' type body numbering system several years ago.....

Nightmare on Elm St!!!!

Chris

[POMMReg]

We bought an ex-Royal mail van direct from PO at auction in 1978....

it had a wooden drivers' cab floor - bolded to the existing metal one via the seat fixing bolts...

in our workshop.....uncovered it last week!!!

never seen this mentioned

As for the hefty sumpguard on our SLN 230F......

Oddballs.....

White 'Wingard' mirrors first appeared on the early Bedford HA's - Minors were always black. So if you're restoring one into mint/as new condition....PLEASE take note!!!

Has anyone got the lever pull and rod for a Royal Mail Minor? We have 2 locking bars, but NO pulls/rods!!!

Chris Stevens...

[les]

I notice you say --We, out of interest, are you a trading company?

[POMMReg]

Nah....

referring to my Dad and myself....

certainly NOT any company, just a family who adores ex GPO/PO Minors!!!

Why did you think the POMMReg was a company?

Chris Stevens

[les]

The use of the word 'We' and 'our', with no previous insight of your situation, is often used by companies or outlets.

[POMMReg]

'We' have around 10 Minors....

NMO 603 57 Minor 4dr - dry stored since 1981
ESL ??? - '62ish 2dr
WLA 617 59 MaIlvan - vpc chassis cab
SLN 230F 68 " - restored to welsh livery - with locking bar/yale locks
UOG 904H '70 van - chassis/cab
FVB 838J '71 Mailvan - restored - locking bar/yale locks
BOM 4K 71 Postal Engineers' van - red/white stripe - fitted with hazard warning lights!!
EDD 223K '71 van - original identity unknown - this is a re-registration!!
GFH 168K 71 telephone - dry stored since 1988 - ladder rack and circular buzby sticker on bk dr!!
NFF 79K 71 Mailvan chassis cab

+ another chassis cab buried in the garden... WFH 386H...remains of 413 FLE as well... !!!

I think that's it....

Chris

[POMMReg]

remains of mailvans VAW 982J and VWV 266K lurk in the undergrowth too...

interestingly(?)....VAW 982J lasted only 6 years....from being registered to being sold off from the PO with terminal rot!!

this was the one with the wooden cab floor.

PO bits from VAW are shared on SLN 230F and FVB 838J, the cab door on BOM 4K, and its body now holds our stock of rear axles and propshafts.....

Another thing worthy of note....some mailvans - like my FVB - had temperature gauges on their pull levers....remember seeing this on some Minor mailvans at Tewkesbury auctions in 77/78!!

Have a set of GPO snow chains somewhere....came with 413 FLE!!

Chris

[MarkyB]

VAW 982J lasted only 6 years

Maybe it was based in a seaside town, and the postman had his sarnies on the beach?

[POMMReg]

HpMr Shrewsbury at Welshpool....

must have encountered a flood, chassis was attrocious!!

Both FVB's + GFH's chassis are like new, black paint and all - helped by being painted with engine oil!!

Chris

[POMMReg]

VCJ 463J - remains of a scrap van we dumped in our field!

Minor wise,think that's it...Phew!

Need to sort out our vehicles one day, running out of space...

Add to that 3 ex Royal Mail Vauxhall Astramax vans....although one is currently being scrapped!

J354 NFH = don't ask!
J209 PFJ = nearly 100% restored
L624 DFJ = being scrapped

Chris

[POMMReg]

THERMOMETER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


NOT temerature gauge!!!

Had a blonde moment there!!!!

[aupickup]

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[POMMReg]

GAN 827J (U257349) TA L'S chassis nos M-AE5 294433F

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[POMMReg]

If you want to know the history and fleet nos of your old GPO/PO vans let me know!

Chris @ POMMReg