Palmer Tyres van

[Admiral Puff]

Am I right in saying that the van in this picture: www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235047385-pre-war-interior-colours/ is a Morris? If so, does anyone know of a kit (preferably in something like 1:24)?

[Spiny]

I'm 90% sure that's a bullnose Morris (aka. Morris Cowley) as you say.

 

Assuming I haven't just made a total fool of myself, this is all I found from a quick google:

 

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/180989-airfix-morris-cowley-1923

 

If so, it looks as though you may need to have a hunt through Ebay.

[Black Knight]

Its not a 'Bullnose' Morris. The radiator shroud is not Morris.

But considering the special coachwork, it could have been built on a Morris or Austin chassis and the coach builder made their own bonnet and radiator shroud

You could search out the Revell BMW Dixie in 1/24. It was a legit copy of the Austin 7 [1922-39].

 

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/103264-revell-07131-bmw-3-15-ps

[Andrew Jones]

Try googling " Morris Commercial Snub Nose van" , plenty of photos of similar light commercials there .

[Kingsman]

These guys have an Airfix Bullnose Morris, among other things.  £14 + shipping.  https://www.kitsforcash.com/1-32-pre-owned-kits-c72.htm?a=1&page=1

 

Not bad for a "collectable" kit.  Nothing else there of obvious use to you at the moment, but stock changes regularly.  An Airfix Vauxhall Prince Henry might be something else to consider.

 

What about one of the ICM Ford T's??  They do a utility pick-up with a full cab, on which you could build a van body.  Could you use one of their Ford T ambulances and skin over the external framing on the rear body?

[Admiral Puff]

Thanks all - some good lines to follow ...

 

I didn't think it was a "Bullnose" Cowley because of the radiator shape, but something about the "feel" of the vehicle said "Morris" - maybe, as Black Knight says, the coachbuilder did a one-off radiator.  It's one of those silly subjects that cries out to be modelled!

[Andrew Jones]

It's not a one off radiator , they were known as a Morris "snub nose" , late 1920's.

[PatW]

Could someone just put a picture on here please?

[John Aero]

The vehicle in question is I think a British made Overland.  There are no kits in any scale that I know of.

 

John

 

[Admiral Puff]

Thanks, John - you wouldn't, by some wonderful chance, be able to suggest a point from which to start looking for drawings?

[John Aero]

I would work with a Morris Cowley. The Overland was made in the USA, UK and Canada but at different times. The final vintage production being in Canada (c 1928). The Cowley Oxford wheel base was 8' 6" as was the British Overland. The Canadian one was 9'.

 

In the 1920's  there were many chassis and standard body works each using Sankey 'artillery' wheels (or similar wooden spoke ones) were very similar with often only the radiator shell and the the finer detail mechanical s to distinguish them.  Some later Overland's had a flatter radiator.

 

John