Morris Commercial J4

The Morris Commercial J4 was a 10 cwt forward-control van, with the driver sitting ahead of the front wheels, launched by Morris Commercial in 1960 and built with two facelifts until 1974. It was sold at first as both the Morris J4 and the Austin J4, then branded the BMC J4 after British Leyland absorbed the British Motor Corporation in 1968. Buyers could choose the familiar B-series petrol engine of 1,622 cc or, at extra cost, a 1,500 cc diesel, with drum brakes all round, independent front coil springs and semi-elliptic leaf springs at the rear. In the 1960s vans were named by load capacity, and it was often just called the Morris 10/12 cwt.