Oxford 1/76 Walls Ice Cream Morris J Ice Cream Van Diecast Model

If it's Spring, it must be time for an ice cream although I have yet to hear the chimes round my street!  And this superb little Morris J Van is a reminder of the excitement of the arrival of that familiar pale yellow and pale blue van where we could line up with our pennies for a delicious Wall's Ice Cream.

The Morris J Van was a favourite vehicle for ice cream vendors because of its versatility and style. Launched in 1949 as a 10 cwt van, it was made by Morris Commercial at their Oxford plant. First introduced as a general purpose van, it featured forward control with sliding doors on each side and appeared in both right and left hand drive options. The chassis was passed to many bodybuilders who adapted it for varied uses from Royal Mail vans to milk floats and of course ice cream vans. The J van stayed in production until 1961

Here is Oxford's 1/76 scale, or OO guage, Wall's Ice Cream Van is registered VME 585 and features the original Wall's graphics printed in dark blue on the pale yellow bodywork.  The wings, front, mudguards and bumpers are masked pale blue, while the chrome wheels have yellow surrounds matching the body and a black interior.