Engineering:Morris Commercial J2
Morris J2 | |
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Overview | |
Manufacturer | Morris Commercial |
Also called | Austin 152 Austin J2 |
Production | 1956–1967 |
Assembly | United Kingdom Australia New Zealand Bogotá (Colombia)[1] |
Body and chassis | |
Class | Van |
Body style | Van Pickup Minibus |
Powertrain | |
Engine | 1.5 L, 1.6 L B-series |
Chronology | |
Successor | Morris J4 Morris 250 JU |
The Morris J2 was a small, forward-control van (driver's cab on top of the engine) launched by Morris Commercial in 1956 and produced until 1967.[2] It was offered with the familiar B-series petrol engine, initially in 1,489 cc (90.9 cu in) form, but this was subsequently enlarged to 1,622 cc (99.0 cu in).[3]
The Beatles were transported in a Morris J2 owned by their then-manager Allan Williams when he drove them to their first residency in Hamburg, Germany, in August 1960.[4]
Until 1961, the van was sold alongside the relatively old-fashioned and slightly smaller Morris JB-type. From 1960 the company also offered the slightly smaller Morris J4 which broadly followed the same overall architecture as the J2.[5]
The J2 van was marketed as both the Morris J2 and the Austin J2 or Austin 152.
References
- ↑ Products, www.bmclaheritage.org.au Retrieved on 9 July 2014
- ↑ Morris-Commercial Adderley Park Works & Products 1946-1974
- ↑ "Carros y Clasicos - Austin J2 (1956 - 1967)". http://www.carrosyclasicos.com/historia/item/663-austin-j2-(1956---1967).
- ↑ Lewisohn, Mark (11 October 2016) (in en). Tune In: The Beatles: All These Years. Crown. p. 345. ISBN 978-1-101-90329-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=zQwIDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA345. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ↑ "Van". https://www.thevanconversionguide.org/. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris Commercial J2.
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