C cab original or not?

[Howard Wright]

Hi

Thanks ever so much for this.  It is very good to know the history and now armed with the fact that the conversion is probably around fifty years old I aim to preserve it. Originally I purchased the van assuming it was a much more modern conversion and had intentions to rebuild to conform with the Startin vans of the 20s.  I will need to change the seating arrangement as Jack must have had shorter legs than me!

There is a slight conundrum with the dealers plate but I am guessing that this was on the original car and simply transferred to the van once complete.

Thanks to everyone who has commented.  Mike….. the van is indeed ‘agricultural’ in construction (apologies to Jack Acott). Some of the frame members have clearly been used before with rebates and screw holes present.  The roof is a single sheet of plywood simply painted black!

There is a lot to do…for example The bonnet sides have been cut at the front and extended at the rear to make them fit the aperture (chassis bowed?).

Happy days.

Any more information on the van’s history very welcome! Especially a photo of the caravan!!

Cheers

Howard