Commercial vans.

[Lloyd]

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I've had a couple in the past, including one with a 'Gown van' body.

 

[Pedrocut]

In Burton Museum

 

[mikejee]

Unless there were two of them, the Bass lorry is, or was 10 years ago, in Beaulieu motor museum

 

[mikejee]

Unless there were two of them, the Bass lorry is, or was 10 years ago, in Beaulieu motor museum

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[Pedrocut]

Motor van belonging to Birmingham Public Libraries Book Exchange. 1929.
(Birmingham Archives and Collections)

 

[Pedrocut]

Another from the Library.

 

[Dinger]

Pictured in about 1938: A van built by Benson Motor Bodies of West Bromwich for Cadburys. It was to advertise Cadbury's Bournville cocoa. The blurb accompanying the picture said it was "fitted with an electric gramophone and loudspeaker system".

 

[Richard Dye]

Pictured in about 1938: A van built by Benson Motor Bodies of West Bromwich for Cadburys. It was to advertise Cadbury's Bournville cocoa. The blurb accompanying the picture said it was "fitted with an electric gramophone and loudspeaker system".

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That certainly was an idea well before its time!

 

[Time Traveller 66]

Pictured in about 1938: A van built by Benson Motor Bodies of West Bromwich for Cadburys. It was to advertise Cadbury's Bournville cocoa. The blurb accompanying the picture said it was "fitted with an electric gramophone and loudspeaker system".

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Looks like it's moving whilst standing still . Love the design.

 

[Dinger]

I hope it found good use during the war. It would have been the ideal NAAFI van, or to offer relief in bombed-out districts.

 

[Lloyd]

Pictured in about 1938: A van built by Benson Motor Bodies of West Bromwich for Cadburys. It was to advertise Cadbury's Bournville cocoa. The blurb accompanying the picture said it was "fitted with an electric gramophone and loudspeaker system".

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Reminiscent of the streamlined vans built by Holland Coachcraft of Govan, Glasgow, for a collar laundry company!
See https://flashbak.com/gorgeous-art-d...t-holland-coachcraft-of-govan-glasgow-439417/