Morris Commercial Vehicles - Morris Commercial J4, Morris Commercial Cars, Morris 250 Ju, Morris C8, Morris Commercial J-Type (Paperback)

Chapters: Morris Commercial J4, Morris Commercial Cars, Morris 250 Ju, Morris C8, Morris Commercial J-Type, Morris Commercial J2. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Morris Commercial J4 was a 10 cwt (0.5 ton) forward control van (driver's cab on top of the engine) launched by the Morris Commercial subsidiary of the British Motor Corporation (BMC) in 1960 and produced with two facelifts until 1974, available with the familiar B series petrol engine in 1622cc form and also, at extra cost, with a 1500 cc diesel unit. Stopping power came from drum brakes all round: there was no servo assistance. Suspension was similar to that on the Austin Cambridge/Morris Oxford of the time: the front independent suspension incorporated coil springs and hydraulic "Lever-type" shock absorbers while the rear springing was achieved by semi-elliptic leaf springs. In the 1960s light vans were often named simply by their load capacity, and the van at the time was often called simply the Morris 10/12 cwt. (The "cwt" was a pre-decimal unit of weight much used in Britain at the time and equivalent to approximately 50 kg: these names therefore denoted a load capacity of 500/600 Kg. There was also a US cwt but this had a different value.) The van was marketed first as both the Morris J4 and the Austin J4. Following the formation of the British Leyland Motor Corporation in 1968, into which BMC, by then a subsidiary of British Motor Holdings, had been absorbed, the van was branded as the BMC J4. During its life the van underwent minor improvements under the metal. However, even in 1967 the vans were still shipped with synchromesh on the top three forward gears only. The engine lived in the driver's cabin between the two seats: the van was considered unusually noisy, even in ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=601595